AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 25, 42
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- ?$ b$ S/ j, X9 kNight Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 ! r; \8 F6 r2 k6 p+ ^
$ m& J1 w8 O5 {7 `: XWeather in hex: Light cloud
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Raid spotted at 82 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet." S3 Z3 j& d; I9 _+ {; Z9 `
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes% _. F% W2 z' q' m
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Japanese aircraft
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Allied aircraft
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No Japanese losses
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. O- Y7 K3 W/ r+ @Allied aircraft losses
# x* @$ C1 i5 Z; _/ j Kittyhawk IA: 3 damaged
& K2 R5 P! z+ V P-39D Airacobra: 3 damaged( `1 l5 i0 x. b$ D* E3 ^0 H
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed on ground4 O3 G, \( p* i4 N/ W
Catalina I: 2 damaged
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Airbase hits 2. Z8 L- b: T) \' {% K2 w
Runway hits 11
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Night Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Raid detected at 49 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.9 X& F7 I) T+ Y; n' r! a
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes
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Japanese aircraft: C* q- P$ H7 Y. \: |
G4M1 Betty x 8! D1 ~# Q3 B% l; t1 R# d) I4 G
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Allied aircraft
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4 n6 o8 ]! U/ tNo Japanese losses! o! e: F. k. {" `
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Allied aircraft losses( g4 p8 S' A$ Y. n
Catalina I: 1 damaged# k& [' V' @1 V) m* Q: h0 B4 d
Kittyhawk IA: 1 damaged+ V5 P5 m% ]2 H8 ^; h# S
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed on ground; f5 N# s# I% E! {7 r
/ d: p, U: }! K$ w* D' tAirbase hits 3
1 t( V; A+ y4 F& SRunway hits 1
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5 ]% @8 P% K. S2 a/ ~" QNight Naval bombardment of Milne Bay at 101,133
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Allied aircraft losses* m( @( c; U3 L, e
Kittyhawk IA: 3 damaged e z; \, d8 D8 g! j1 a
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Japanese Ships4 d9 I- K6 u: h- ]5 O/ @
CA Kako
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CA Kinugasa
+ M/ P- R3 V" A/ J- C CA Aoba" s: c6 d9 M; k
CA Chokai- h$ `) o! h% _/ T- h, W' @5 T
CL Yubari
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CL Tenryu% D; [ E$ o" W) c% }' I" e
! `2 m$ b% {1 \' qAllied ground losses:
( _" n% O) F- M$ x u: |! C 57 casualties reported
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Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled' b5 k+ } m: `
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
: H0 H U8 r5 Z D# p8 e Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)6 ?! X, `# R/ l4 ^/ w- ~
6 H$ h" x, y3 D, Z9 J3 t6 x3 dAirbase hits 3
: Q/ ^0 @/ M: u$ z$ ^Airbase supply hits 5
% D& g% j! |& w6 R& z: ]Runway hits 10
2 c" ^3 x- u! G! w* wPort hits 18
4 C) X, f3 n5 a. VPort supply hits 3; J7 E% |5 U: U/ Z& ]! R% ]9 K1 d
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Morning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129 4 o$ m0 ]6 S) {1 g2 f$ `
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Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
; E6 N- \ b# q# J2 WEstimated time to target is 11 minutes3 Z/ M+ T. A* w- m: o
; ? a7 q. i) J, q" JAllied aircraft4 y8 c+ q( R: K
B-17E Fortress x 17* l7 q3 C( t5 @5 @
9 a4 ?" @% c& E; `Allied aircraft losses
5 x& ^2 r/ `1 X8 D; o- | B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged |