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,! D- A' p/ q" X1 l- o$ G- k
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 113,134
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8 @5 l6 v" o2 W( XWeather in hex: Overcast
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Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
5 B! F6 v. g" _' K, P2 h% REstimated time to target is 21 minutes* x! |5 i8 \8 e, q
6 [ \& w7 z; C+ E: _2 I3 f+ \/ U7 kJapanese aircraft' s7 U/ X" i0 A1 b2 y; H- s
A6M8 Zero x 59
2 Q5 b* G* q0 R- ]& V A7M2 Sam x 76. d/ a6 u7 X( r0 T t
B7A2 Grace x 134# S. C* H; u% h V" R
. ] J/ j# |* V9 SAllied aircraft
5 r& o' {5 v" b8 m+ O5 c ]* ? F4U-1A Corsair x 14
' d: }$ |5 z( f4 N F6F-5 Hellcat x 56* P* _- j+ V* ?
7 I2 T F5 I" |. CJapanese aircraft losses
5 v2 z, N* W7 g5 ~ A6M8 Zero: 6 destroyed! f* _' Z" Z9 M! X) }
A7M2 Sam: 5 destroyed: e: i3 C3 _0 Q9 U( A! j# |4 J" u
B7A2 Grace: 7 destroyed, 26 damaged
6 G% x. X% i# @$ s8 Z6 i/ T- I B7A2 Grace: 1 destroyed by flak* a# [ P% @9 ?2 R2 {7 K
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Allied aircraft losses6 A L8 m+ M4 k, M5 R: ^1 T
F4U-1A Corsair: 2 destroyed+ O, _* e2 m6 j, P. x/ ]
F6F-5 Hellcat: 20 destroyed
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Allied Ships
' W8 x/ D* N0 E: `/ Y6 X: Z CV Hancock, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk: Y) p$ f/ n* ^
CV Indomitable, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk! h+ E6 Q- b6 h8 T- z( z
CVE Munda, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
1 I6 F& R! i* x- [* U CVE Bougainville, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
6 `6 Q2 ?% A/ o" e DE Manlove, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
; Z# m" {3 E2 e" @1 |4 Y2 T! t CVE Attu, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
, h* U- f. q8 s; @8 q DE Lovering
3 X0 L' f% Y3 c8 [5 @ DE Lyman, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk9 S4 S5 ~0 V+ Z8 I( a4 @
CVE Roi, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
+ Y, |' b& j9 O& I0 c: r DE Charles R. Greer, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
( J; b2 I1 s* S- Z7 g$ v DE Wesson |