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当天帝国海航和陆航机队联手演出了一个伏击,在父岛和母岛设置了两个小运输船分队,吸引27的58攻击机前来进攻,不知是计的盟军航母将攻击机设置为对海等待着KB的现身,结果58舰载机果然被吸引而来,全天被击落50多架地狱猫和40多架SBD,日军仅仅损失个位数的战斗机。# q0 i& r, \6 h7 g
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4 p; e( W. X5 Z; ]; T5 OMorning Air attack on TF, near Chichi-jima at 111,740 E' x1 x* p( a& m. f- t
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Weather in hex: Severe storms; o/ F6 z2 R' I
7 X. x$ J% y: S) l, f, _- \Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
5 L$ _: o' G* u8 D1 n' W: ~8 _Estimated time to target is 17 minutes3 g6 Y. [2 d( ]3 S
" R0 p8 K( F8 qJapanese aircraft
/ c, c5 T: K+ \: } N1K5-J George x 361 B) K, n: s t/ G+ n3 x% S
Ki-84r Frank x 41
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; j+ @# O+ W7 G+ W& KAllied aircraft' p- L/ E9 Y" E P# N: Q
F6F-5 Hellcat x 168
& o. _. v; q5 h$ }" J SB2C-3 Helldiver x 32( Y, u, S/ f$ B' H( `8 O* ?
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Japanese aircraft losses
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Allied aircraft losses
9 D" M2 d- E0 L$ e( r6 w F6F-5 Hellcat: 4 destroyed
3 @1 {) y+ m7 C3 D3 w" \) ?0 ~ SB2C-3 Helldiver: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged
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Japanese Ships
7 s/ T. o8 K: f" J1 \( k% I xAKL Asukazan Maru, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk y& ?5 z k- b; l0 C5 X6 a0 g
xAKL Yanagigawa, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage/ `, q0 \( y2 F4 B$ q2 x2 r
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! p- ]* `, c4 R6 x- N) X& t6 nAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Haha-jima at 110,75
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Raid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet. H6 R' W# J7 k' C6 V7 l
Estimated time to target is 31 minutes( m! r C, q7 k9 W% R8 z8 {
. N" m' R/ }' |6 z8 }; y& ^Japanese aircraft
& F: _% ]& L6 R9 L N1K5-J George x 62
, n' Y7 Z) m; Z# X" @ Ki-84r Frank x 83
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F6F-5 Hellcat x 151; f- ~) Y6 a6 W& M& z; n
SB2C-3 Helldiver x 24" _( d- Q4 |+ a' t# t' c
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N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed
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; A. C4 u& @" B3 ]Allied aircraft losses
; O- H) |4 N. z# N4 k( j F6F-5 Hellcat: 13 destroyed/ S) V% l! a. S/ u m6 H
SB2C-3 Helldiver: 12 destroyed3 c5 C/ ^/ r( _- K$ s/ I, b4 M
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Japanese Ships
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