AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 25, 42 F& c: @( ? B0 e! E
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! R1 f) f5 x/ y1 O; ^0 ONight Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 $ G- n: r. }& R5 R4 q: S% Q" f& {
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Weather in hex: Light cloud
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" [4 ?4 ]) l- rRaid spotted at 82 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.9 F9 H- S* z+ ]$ S5 ^
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes
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7 G! w' ]7 U' JJapanese aircraft
7 I) t J" a+ f G4M1 Betty x 10
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Allied aircraft" _1 S/ t7 j0 V3 F' g! j8 W
no flights! B- a* s9 S( ^* V, B& o
K. e9 d9 F b& d- Y/ R/ VNo Japanese losses; P( ~; T. M- I2 _5 f5 O* J" r* Y
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Allied aircraft losses
* Z: c# H4 m, e) a! R4 @ Kittyhawk IA: 3 damaged
& J, P* Y! j+ |. w) ]" O P-39D Airacobra: 3 damaged
X$ X; n: R R+ g! W P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed on ground" `3 f/ y H( L4 [1 ?" J1 Z: n
Catalina I: 2 damaged4 k; M' W1 U8 e7 l P. k
6 ^; D$ U# u% M* t* C- mAirbase hits 2 [+ [1 O2 U& Q4 i- d
Runway hits 11+ ~0 E) ~- t9 a% C9 G( W
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Night Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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( ?! y9 _1 h/ |( wWeather in hex: Light cloud
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+ k. e% l# a2 Z. |2 J% c5 |& GRaid detected at 49 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
+ C! S9 W6 Z) q1 a: d! eEstimated time to target is 17 minutes2 ^3 I8 [1 P* V+ D; n; u
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Japanese aircraft% R% ?; o/ D$ z3 [. ?
G4M1 Betty x 8! X5 ` R! B" z! A1 `
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Allied aircraft
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No Japanese losses9 Q% }+ t% Q$ _+ s1 a5 X# J
& K; S) a; L }4 jAllied aircraft losses
$ o4 [0 s& N$ B7 R; k5 G Catalina I: 1 damaged
0 O7 `9 D$ M: O2 N. | Kittyhawk IA: 1 damaged& S8 M V2 e! z/ c8 m& I! ?
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed on ground6 c; m/ X5 d- T' V9 G
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Airbase hits 3
0 P2 o9 S8 D2 eRunway hits 1
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Night Naval bombardment of Milne Bay at 101,133
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Allied aircraft9 B2 B5 ~7 E, w, \ \$ g
no flights
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! b ]( q; O8 w7 H' M7 b$ R1 B" VAllied aircraft losses
1 e7 e. R8 c7 p. b Kittyhawk IA: 3 damaged
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Japanese Ships
* t7 ]7 c0 o9 {% D; l CA Kako
8 }& V1 }( _' h) P& W/ e CA Furutaka
8 _8 P. h# @0 ?; n4 K4 D T CA Kinugasa
% e' s1 v% G& L7 l! B1 h2 [# I CA Aoba
& U8 z2 _$ ]' e, N" @ CA Chokai
, S8 f4 F1 I) i4 K8 _ CL Yubari
- f' F2 H h( V- K CL Tatsuta
1 |" H8 _ ]/ T; ?, Y. O, U: r9 a CL Tenryu; I3 T# [, O6 y7 B0 W" h; [
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Allied ground losses:0 T$ O J. l2 g4 k1 [$ p) J
57 casualties reported
' Z' a4 I& j. b' k5 Z* h Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
7 o% s$ V/ W# Q, w: ?% J# ]: @ Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled
! o3 C0 U4 M9 B7 C4 w Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
$ D9 q5 q0 o) Q# e% c Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)) _3 e2 V! D% r
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Airbase hits 3
1 q( P* o3 R9 A& ]' m' w* vAirbase supply hits 5' ]* H. e& W* `- y5 x
Runway hits 10
# u$ ?, C9 A& i. A, [7 VPort hits 18
8 r1 @% Z7 ?7 m8 S `/ X. a( `9 f$ W) ePort supply hits 32 R; Q* c9 F5 i9 ~; y) O7 z
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e- {( @, {9 M* ^) v" K* ]Morning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129 ) Q2 m& k# g3 A! G! Y' q
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Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.# Z1 u$ N \7 s7 }
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes- Q" S! P2 v, v, i1 d- v) K
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Allied aircraft/ C1 m& v. w9 r3 @3 P, T2 e/ X
B-17E Fortress x 17* Z9 @" q9 S/ E8 {: r9 \
0 H' Q7 ^% j( ]3 G( n3 x& ?Allied aircraft losses
4 E2 z9 s; b+ q/ i* z B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged |