AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 25, 42
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# P2 @/ O& s/ m! H, [) i# {Night Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 . q2 X1 T! E7 E; f6 }+ T1 L
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Weather in hex: Light cloud6 K1 c- t8 }7 l8 Q: p; q
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Raid spotted at 82 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
# P# l: p( `3 K- P/ p# |/ i) REstimated time to target is 28 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
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Allied aircraft
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) H" y. ]/ e% U% K" d2 a1 y8 g5 o/ oNo Japanese losses0 b1 ~) B2 e0 Z J: ], K- G
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Allied aircraft losses
! _9 v. a5 N, [: I1 D; R* l' ]2 b Kittyhawk IA: 3 damaged
3 N3 D! }& w5 c" J, M& S! X+ M! a! | P-39D Airacobra: 3 damaged; S+ O' g, U5 L4 V" F7 E) N; _: i
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed on ground- @6 H& e6 v5 Z& b2 c& g5 x
Catalina I: 2 damaged
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( k& ~' s# x( d; [/ |" MAirbase hits 2
+ T2 b5 x6 C# tRunway hits 11
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& g9 p$ w# Z0 s5 Q/ {Night Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Light cloud$ A& J+ Y5 ]6 J$ Y6 i- ]
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Raid detected at 49 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
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6 X. h5 v0 \0 X2 @5 }Japanese aircraft: O3 \- m+ R1 z5 c- z9 e8 w
G4M1 Betty x 8
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Allied aircraft
4 H5 N7 p6 b4 y" X9 p: D no flights
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No Japanese losses2 K. I* ^4 X W, ]% X8 [
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" k1 _+ Y& ?* N: J* R1 Y2 n0 _2 D; f Catalina I: 1 damaged' D6 l) P- Q9 C6 j1 l* g- Y' ?3 u2 U( f
Kittyhawk IA: 1 damaged
2 P3 T* x# g& l8 v9 | Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed on ground
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Airbase hits 38 z% _3 r! v: j2 u# o" m! B, k6 B6 I
Runway hits 1 Q5 I4 ^. N- G3 U/ A/ d
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' w" u4 L5 Y- H! yNight Naval bombardment of Milne Bay at 101,133
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no flights
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Allied aircraft losses
9 f: o$ p8 A5 L4 F' } Kittyhawk IA: 3 damaged O+ k7 |$ v: S) |0 K& Y1 C% @- ?
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Japanese Ships# r7 ?- ^8 W( _ V
CA Kako* |4 m# R' U& w
CA Furutaka
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" [3 K7 Z$ d$ T" b; m) n5 F1 s0 [3 A CA Aoba& `3 _9 R5 z3 [/ v( W
CA Chokai' L/ k% V. [; O4 C' r
CL Yubari
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CL Tenryu
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2 S7 y. G6 R, a1 d+ q& xAllied ground losses:0 h& g0 c: \: l* Z) f: ~) `' y
57 casualties reported+ I6 _, z, ]. i& p* e# L/ g
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled- l& `7 Q6 N' E& D
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled
0 `( a8 }$ L1 U9 e Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled: W! p2 p" w! ~ |
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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Airbase hits 3
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& E0 P' }9 |3 X1 Q% N2 ?Runway hits 104 L ^ z/ [2 c& \* S8 n# Z- w
Port hits 18% J* n7 c: l1 T L8 j' d4 P
Port supply hits 3
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Morning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129 5 S6 ^& a0 W* e' E8 ~& h/ ?. i. T
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Weather in hex: Thunderstorms% ~- q% O0 Z' ?" `! [8 [. v' W' c
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Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.0 `4 `; W! t8 n0 g
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
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B-17E Fortress x 17
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Allied aircraft losses
3 u U0 M( u4 G' p) C% g B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged |