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,
! z5 F: u0 G+ C* S, z; y5 EAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 113,134
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Weather in hex: Overcast
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Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.% w2 ^$ [: `, g7 e
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes3 s- M* l3 s0 z: u9 N7 S+ r
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Japanese aircraft
# W& a8 R3 b, q4 h$ O! Q1 ~/ b9 C A6M8 Zero x 59
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B7A2 Grace x 134
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Allied aircraft
( x3 S# h3 S0 B# \( r F4U-1A Corsair x 142 z k7 F& E. k7 b
F6F-5 Hellcat x 562 u& q0 }) o' D$ }
- O/ K8 s- R' p) j* _8 i3 Y$ |9 \$ _4 KJapanese aircraft losses& N- y1 @! E1 Y& D# @; ?
A6M8 Zero: 6 destroyed' L) a& I- C- X1 h- b- L: F
A7M2 Sam: 5 destroyed6 `% W# Z$ S2 C& ]7 ~
B7A2 Grace: 7 destroyed, 26 damaged1 i6 k' }6 p q# A: z% c1 Y! ^. d$ v
B7A2 Grace: 1 destroyed by flak) W K$ {% C) }4 r' \
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* ^1 [( f8 _/ [! p F4U-1A Corsair: 2 destroyed3 G6 @3 f/ S, I. r3 C
F6F-5 Hellcat: 20 destroyed
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CV Hancock, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk
' c# W/ T0 S0 D5 o$ O* p# G CV Indomitable, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk8 C9 P8 w) g; F' \% F
CVE Munda, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk" n `* a9 e* L# u. m. W! o
CVE Bougainville, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
6 W" K5 F! h$ v7 |7 h DE Manlove, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
' h% U: _* a5 @+ r CVE Attu, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
# D, X+ Z5 ]' P( x DE Lovering# L$ }9 k; O4 u; i$ x
DE Lyman, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk; G. ` ~# g, H, P! k* I$ h2 U
CVE Roi, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage7 V: i3 W8 m( V% Y
DE Charles R. Greer, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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