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0 A! V8 r o& H! _; T+ g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。7 ^) C5 V( a& `, A( f9 z
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X9 k: X+ `' Y& R Y' ]3 \, JMorning Air attack on TF, near Chichi-jima at 111,74
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# O% B* E# C$ XWeather in hex: Severe storms* e% H- A1 ^$ |5 [9 @0 [' M
2 P- @9 E9 r" m+ g Y) g8 d# @/ [Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.% u2 N- M) `( n$ t
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes
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Japanese aircraft: W: _" V+ X) { ?6 V2 D1 r. h
N1K5-J George x 36
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5 P7 Z, i) b; C3 Z- j; G F6F-5 Hellcat x 168, X" p- B. J# |8 {2 z
SB2C-3 Helldiver x 32
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Japanese aircraft losses
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F6F-5 Hellcat: 4 destroyed$ V9 A* @/ [* H" b+ E
SB2C-3 Helldiver: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged, g4 s- D3 M! S
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Japanese Ships
# u& }9 |1 T6 N3 i% c- P$ u3 r xAKL Asukazan Maru, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk" N3 S$ |- s _$ j# |
xAKL Yanagigawa, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage8 X. H) b7 F, z. q, _
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Haha-jima at 110,75* j( D5 I4 d G: U! M: S$ o# s
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Weather in hex: Overcast: ^3 c9 P# Y) m' N! b
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Raid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.7 Q" l7 O# ~& m' h! ~$ a$ u$ p
Estimated time to target is 31 minutes* r3 v* y, S; B8 U
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N1K5-J George x 62
0 a" {: U+ `& w$ X0 m. D% O Ki-84r Frank x 83
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Allied aircraft
; x1 d- g" ^$ j" j, l0 f7 }. w: f F6F-5 Hellcat x 151( G+ n! ^3 G( k
SB2C-3 Helldiver x 245 b6 J) K8 T3 I4 Z# L3 \
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Japanese aircraft losses
1 Q/ ?' y$ F- L8 M9 T4 g N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed
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F6F-5 Hellcat: 13 destroyed' B2 y" x* d7 z6 ]
SB2C-3 Helldiver: 12 destroyed8 w |1 M* N/ Y. d6 x( P/ I- c
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