所罗门的血腥地狱又添新魂,蝗军针对过于前出的盟军登陆船团发起轮番攻击,击沉汉考克号和不屈号2艘舰队航母,3艘CVE,蝗军损失作战飞机300多架,4 Z$ O' p6 c9 c' @1 L' T
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 113,1345 G4 b% q, h( {$ N( [: k
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Weather in hex: Overcast
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+ Z. F3 r8 Y: E4 J( mRaid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
$ j- b: _3 X% ] T0 |Estimated time to target is 21 minutes2 v/ r* Q; ~. a" F
! J! c, y) J9 dJapanese aircraft
+ E3 q9 U0 H4 K; ?; y# h A6M8 Zero x 594 ~1 t7 ?: p& U5 g' w0 \
A7M2 Sam x 766 V# ]1 _" x3 ~1 S1 L0 [. S! ~
B7A2 Grace x 134
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7 x& H3 v1 K) F( Y7 h( h* u8 BAllied aircraft
4 w2 Z9 B U# G F4U-1A Corsair x 14
, Q% {% m, C4 F- S6 Q F6F-5 Hellcat x 56
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6 E: I$ R3 Q O' B. LJapanese aircraft losses
) X5 r) S+ S% u, _0 g. E5 G0 u A6M8 Zero: 6 destroyed
9 n6 y4 S. T4 h; [ A7M2 Sam: 5 destroyed
5 P& | o+ x+ H% j9 |! r8 P B7A2 Grace: 7 destroyed, 26 damaged
' M. f9 E0 U# T( M4 N7 X2 B B7A2 Grace: 1 destroyed by flak
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Allied aircraft losses0 W6 {$ w2 R8 Z9 |/ z
F4U-1A Corsair: 2 destroyed
, n. c" G- l' i: j& q F6F-5 Hellcat: 20 destroyed
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Allied Ships
. p5 ^& e8 u6 f+ w t CV Hancock, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk
/ p F0 {# G5 M0 j CV Indomitable, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
+ t. _1 g! R7 E' j, J0 E CVE Munda, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
0 n% i& d0 J8 ?$ D CVE Bougainville, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage- \* }6 z9 M+ Z2 Y9 n) J* [
DE Manlove, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
8 T3 W4 {, k% p1 s CVE Attu, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
! @# [2 p6 G2 Q+ d! Q$ Q DE Lovering0 E( q( w% j) P) T- Y+ n0 X8 g3 B1 I
DE Lyman, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
' \ W. S, z0 Q7 j CVE Roi, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
, c0 P. F( O" s" O DE Charles R. Greer, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk6 x+ V1 ]4 H! M! {5 p7 X
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