AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 25, 42/ A* h h7 T* D/ Y, o/ n* Y
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% @3 F1 _5 L1 q& x9 Y0 rNight Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 9 y- Z6 `/ V, P' |) Y5 \
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Weather in hex: Light cloud0 `0 `0 O' d \% v- e! l
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Raid spotted at 82 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.; e9 w* X5 A7 a/ h
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes
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& N& Q r$ v4 h: nJapanese aircraft3 {9 W$ y z* S" w+ s& E
G4M1 Betty x 100 |- t/ X S6 K- Z
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Allied aircraft# F' O6 x9 Q+ O* O
no flights
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No Japanese losses+ b5 c3 ]1 L F. f
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Allied aircraft losses& i7 ^' c0 n7 V( i1 Z, `5 Z! [5 A
Kittyhawk IA: 3 damaged
( P7 B4 w, z7 u e4 H, \& j) q P-39D Airacobra: 3 damaged
8 f- [% x$ }$ W0 Z1 A/ g+ E! d P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed on ground) W: o1 Q! Y8 V- @3 Q4 O& T3 [
Catalina I: 2 damaged5 f2 Z6 m. l9 ^4 W
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Airbase hits 2
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Night Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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4 N" Z6 F: ?" M0 C7 RRaid detected at 49 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.5 ^) b- ^2 S# q& ^
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes7 l0 x+ p' K' @' ~
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Japanese aircraft
5 ~: ? d1 w5 [% N% b9 g, y0 ] G4M1 Betty x 8
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no flights
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2 @' \4 _6 g c( S( L) t5 xNo Japanese losses% ]3 M2 f- R g+ {. W/ r
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Allied aircraft losses" Y1 C; ^; p/ `. h+ i/ q
Catalina I: 1 damaged
7 i' G* b/ a7 } l3 X0 f Kittyhawk IA: 1 damaged/ @6 M$ l! `, A/ i+ |
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed on ground
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Airbase hits 3
9 l {) k; [5 r9 s7 BRunway hits 1( s& W1 m3 ?" [/ H3 F, W3 y
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Night Naval bombardment of Milne Bay at 101,133, J! x3 H6 F* t
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Allied aircraft losses
, y$ ?/ E5 I" V' c4 l* I7 _ Kittyhawk IA: 3 damaged( ^: z; ]. n$ ^3 }0 g
B& T" ^3 {4 {, X4 {2 |" VJapanese Ships2 J. a0 v' N5 O; }$ r1 c# y
CA Kako
4 V6 i( [+ _ A( A$ R CA Furutaka; T. r- k" v# B- T5 o( ]
CA Kinugasa
. U- U' D# o& N+ A2 R& | W: [ CA Aoba
' y3 M& k6 M' U7 F CA Chokai- I) b( v# ?- @ {7 V/ O0 ]; @: C
CL Yubari
, y# V! F+ W; w! {2 A) U) ~& [ CL Tatsuta
+ e6 T9 a4 U& X! g! l CL Tenryu
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Allied ground losses:
0 J: u2 ?" T! O3 b: B4 t9 T" l 57 casualties reported
" M: @7 E$ Q" d; Q3 L' O% ~ Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
3 X; [2 g8 N" q# V8 ~0 t Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled
# t* g G$ ]/ f3 G, K, ^2 |6 f Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
$ k. B% B6 ]0 i) }; L" Y/ l Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)7 w3 H9 r, J4 o' @) p( d, b8 s2 y
0 y: j" w* V1 P! uAirbase hits 3" F/ [' e3 w" P
Airbase supply hits 5. v1 \/ l* J a
Runway hits 10, U j% a- ~0 O
Port hits 18
9 X. u6 ]7 R; e5 S) ^- k2 U# V QPort supply hits 3& S' h1 v5 m, b6 S- E7 A: \
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. ~, b/ c1 Q; x7 x5 y( H% } xMorning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129
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" G) f! Q3 x& i* a& JWeather in hex: Thunderstorms
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Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
% t- [2 P$ R; h: eEstimated time to target is 11 minutes
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Allied aircraft* w+ c" o$ C4 G) K' ]+ N
B-17E Fortress x 17
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9 ]0 w: C8 n1 {6 a/ QAllied aircraft losses
% ^% l8 A" Y! `0 r. [% o4 n" F3 e B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged |