8月24日,空战日
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本日美军的航空队撤离到了瓜岛上(难道另外两艘CV也沉了?)# Q8 I. V4 N8 r& r* K
日军KB没能在瓜岛以南海域抓到TF的后撤部队,因此抓了几艘DD虐了一下。) K7 [6 r- @/ ^* {4 F
不过前去突击美军CV的CA编队遭到了瓜岛仙人掌机队的集中攻击,伤亡较为惨重。4 H/ t6 Y' p& n$ C1 I5 Z1 w
好在还没有沉船,保持了日军截至目前CL以上船只全数幸存,仅沉没几艘DD的辉煌战果!
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! n \ D$ E/ u, d同时,美军航空队也向KB发动了突击,不过由于没有了航母编队,进攻非常杂乱。徒增伤亡。。。
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Kirakira at 116,144
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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2 C: S b9 I; U- n: C3 mRaid detected at 74 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
8 H9 D9 {# w; k3 ~/ b9 Z+ Y8 QEstimated time to target is 29 minutes
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( }, T" d) h6 G! zJapanese aircraft
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Allied aircraft
8 b3 X4 h" ?. h, P' O4 h F4F-4 Wildcat x 17
) W6 Q6 G8 G) m: |) [4 f% d* C SBD-3 Dauntless x 16# Q. S% [* l9 n! `7 C0 Z, v0 {
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No Japanese losses
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Allied aircraft losses
: ?7 {& w1 A+ [ F4F-4 Wildcat: 8 destroyed% i/ r8 g3 m2 \- x
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged
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BB Mutsu, Bomb hits 1 L3 M9 I$ u4 }3 @
CV Shokaku+ N1 X( Q" ?5 T: h
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Munda at 110,136* H. P+ `2 `" E9 M
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Weather in hex: Severe storms
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Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.! v1 R0 D( ? d) P2 i# b
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
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F4F-4 Wildcat x 1; e* `' r2 J4 s: {- ~) ?
SBD-3 Dauntless x 9
; @! L$ @8 b& _* v( g& I TBF-1 Avenger x 12
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" n6 t+ r6 w; c5 X: _* hAllied aircraft losses
2 x* `# R& |% k" h. k( f$ [ SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
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Japanese Ships& t; H& ?) \* v+ `+ S) H. y
CA Tone i* s/ h7 m5 D, P
CA Atago, Bomb hits 1, on fire
# B. o% \1 C- _! O( J. [. X8 f CA Takao, Bomb hits 1, on fire
3 G" M2 w O8 [/ q$ w1 o7 ? CA Chikuma: ? g$ d x- |: C3 {9 y
DD Hagikaze
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Munda at 110,136" [2 s' @" Q2 Q
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. A K6 ^& E- ^2 ERaid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
( s& G5 g1 Z% D S- DEstimated time to target is 15 minutes
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Allied aircraft6 g$ m7 f- g4 t h
SBD-3 Dauntless x 6
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Allied aircraft losses8 b G e1 f3 W
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 damaged6 L6 V# X9 Y7 P0 z3 j2 X# [' s
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Japanese Ships4 o( ]& {) q |( G3 Z
CA Atago, on fire( W& G5 r( G4 o9 F/ ?1 z
CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 1
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: O2 b* q' t8 y6 O7 pAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Kirakira at 116,144. R' R0 b7 N5 F3 `7 s* B* b) _
0 ~+ w: }$ y: @* y/ h# JWeather in hex: Heavy rain
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, f3 ~. R2 f9 B q8 H- L! zRaid detected at 21 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.: _3 q( D% y+ i
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes5 l' l+ s) O( Z/ r5 z3 @5 D
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Japanese aircraft
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. ?! o. J# x: P- yNo Japanese losses
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3 G e) C& v+ V* i. n9 w F4F-4 Wildcat: 4 destroyed
7 N. c' ] l9 L3 ~ SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Lunga at 111,138 z) V# |/ M! F6 C+ M
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+ A8 [% a- A: Z. QRaid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
2 ^/ T4 n* M9 b. ?9 ^ |Estimated time to target is 7 minutes5 t$ P- P4 @0 Y/ V7 Q
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F4F-4 Wildcat x 5
& a; f$ ~/ B: m SBD-3 Dauntless x 26
0 i6 }4 m- q0 v. I TBF-1 Avenger x 15
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Allied aircraft losses8 O% R5 {; t. a& j$ M) n
SBD-3 Dauntless: 16 damaged# d) I+ G: e1 X' s, C% q" x
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak
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DD Isokaze
# s9 ?. `1 r* {: W1 m DD Maikaze, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
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CA Suzuya, Bomb hits 3+ ?5 x, d, b- X& M8 D# Z8 C$ y3 @. m0 `
DD Arashi
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) r% B+ i! P& N: _. kAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Luganville at 114,1492 M8 ]7 {* O; a
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Weather in hex: Light cloud
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6 R5 Z5 m6 G8 v( i9 VRaid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
; p+ N' F5 M' REstimated time to target is 13 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
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B5N1 Kate: 6 damaged- o# `7 X2 L) F8 J8 k
D3A2 Val: 1 damaged
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Allied Ships8 o% R% K2 U, L0 U# {
DD Dunlap
5 M9 J! R4 f: |: V' T5 u DD Conyngham, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
# O& s7 }& h9 e8 d2 s DD Fanning, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires' {( C& b; F ~! z1 o
DD Cushing, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |