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,
\7 V! I4 I1 R+ P2 hAfternoon 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.9 U$ ]& y6 c! G9 {. B b) r6 u
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes
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. B+ \& @' }/ n0 I% U* j% { OJapanese aircraft
6 E5 e8 ?9 k( D" q' V A6M8 Zero x 598 d8 y7 y w/ v$ L& U
A7M2 Sam x 76
' J. m; O( w$ s3 z B7A2 Grace x 134
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Allied aircraft' g+ @# S$ A/ r2 S. }* @
F4U-1A Corsair x 14+ Z- B$ ~6 T9 I6 z
F6F-5 Hellcat x 56! X& a( T* N0 @# F; u+ l" v- M7 e- h
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Japanese aircraft losses/ I1 \9 [2 U. D" R
A6M8 Zero: 6 destroyed7 X4 D% y4 }$ l6 D) C0 b1 `1 l1 Z
A7M2 Sam: 5 destroyed/ R: i( l2 W) f! o0 ^
B7A2 Grace: 7 destroyed, 26 damaged
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Allied aircraft losses! [6 G' T, z3 {% h( c
F4U-1A Corsair: 2 destroyed( L4 `# J& i6 M) E8 g. z! _
F6F-5 Hellcat: 20 destroyed
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Allied Ships- ^, `" x# Z( W1 ~ H
CV Hancock, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk
/ B4 Q5 l: H- i CV Indomitable, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk$ I6 N5 m9 P& O4 v3 ]
CVE Munda, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk. a7 J$ N4 n( d+ H# o- ]
CVE Bougainville, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
8 p9 @! ~, g) r, j. i DE Manlove, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk) N: f! p- ?4 j) ~- v% }* V
CVE Attu, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage9 y B6 I6 C5 b
DE Lovering! F2 f [/ F6 N
DE Lyman, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
! B! R& b& [% M$ ~2 b; T. a* I# u CVE Roi, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
3 m/ {! C! R0 k* c* t P DE Charles R. Greer, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk3 {) U/ v6 |& D3 p
DE Wesson |