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,
; U" S* E0 `$ X! E) g5 G pAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 113,134) T8 _. \7 ]4 F
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Weather in hex: Overcast2 m0 U5 [2 G" J O5 |+ S/ u
4 H1 `7 M4 M8 d2 v, J$ o& a% qRaid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.1 k6 j4 G3 U) N7 j1 `1 W
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
, a {6 W, q5 ^4 b: v9 c A6M8 Zero x 59
/ C7 [) J. h9 @+ u+ ]# ^0 y A7M2 Sam x 76
5 p) R$ `. b, a$ e8 b% Y. b B7A2 Grace x 1340 Q; I8 N9 q$ a* B7 K9 }! W j
p* K2 n! l/ l3 G5 N! P1 aAllied aircraft3 x' H G7 \, }& H9 H
F4U-1A Corsair x 14
L. |* L1 y' @; w& L4 p3 P( Y F6F-5 Hellcat x 56
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Japanese aircraft losses* o" c* s6 R) d+ E& S- X# Q
A6M8 Zero: 6 destroyed1 |/ p) w/ E1 ^- t6 Z
A7M2 Sam: 5 destroyed. q% h7 j: A. Y* t8 i$ C
B7A2 Grace: 7 destroyed, 26 damaged7 b/ x1 F6 @4 |; q1 e. C2 p# m. h% B/ m
B7A2 Grace: 1 destroyed by flak' ] r$ W3 U, N
% u. z5 Z- {$ `, rAllied aircraft losses
) K, m0 F! K- B" @3 C F4U-1A Corsair: 2 destroyed
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Allied Ships
( Z- S; a( W- n' ~! K CV Hancock, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk
, [' ?3 M9 V+ Z4 ?0 Q* ^4 } CV Indomitable, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk4 B# i0 G% i0 x
CVE Munda, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk) C( {! r; W, `, O! J4 L
CVE Bougainville, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
# ]2 l! w1 N, ^7 U$ S. [" a DE Manlove, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk: W: v [6 R" n1 n1 j1 r/ O7 [7 [
CVE Attu, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage' y2 ?+ y( j, E' Z" N: g# m* T
DE Lovering( l( M. r# B0 j, T- u# Z; m4 l
DE Lyman, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk# m4 ?8 b/ G% d# x) E+ ~: F3 R/ E9 I
CVE Roi, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
. G' O1 ]6 Q+ u" V DE Charles R. Greer, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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