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,( X' S- y: q1 L9 d5 p" S
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 113,1345 A0 k2 ^, R- K2 k E3 a# B
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Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.4 K# D# O, g, p+ Q" x8 j
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes
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Japanese aircraft- L5 b" ?; ^/ o+ Q. J) ?; j
A6M8 Zero x 597 y: t5 E( i* ]- |
A7M2 Sam x 76
# I7 z/ J# r* ~2 `' ` B7A2 Grace x 134
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Allied aircraft) b: M1 W- H- D4 g. _# Q m2 q
F4U-1A Corsair x 140 I4 N1 H* g: r2 y- }
F6F-5 Hellcat x 56# n0 _/ J5 J; `# J$ e1 p0 v
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A6M8 Zero: 6 destroyed' b8 ?' ^, Z# z- \. o# O& C
A7M2 Sam: 5 destroyed
7 E/ j, M I9 v, d! K B7A2 Grace: 7 destroyed, 26 damaged# `: c+ u2 g8 y2 Y( O
B7A2 Grace: 1 destroyed by flak8 s) V8 Z" @! A/ M: G# }
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Allied aircraft losses
2 N& k3 C% X- o$ a5 @$ a6 S) w F4U-1A Corsair: 2 destroyed/ ~, ]8 E* G& U: C0 t9 I4 k
F6F-5 Hellcat: 20 destroyed8 O4 Q3 {& K- I$ C
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Allied Ships
& J! m5 T# }$ U) j# {) e CV Hancock, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk
& x9 [) K+ U) f! b CV Indomitable, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk- V# h, u) r1 L! q o
CVE Munda, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
; G# E/ z5 Z3 C! x CVE Bougainville, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
! u6 w2 L" X1 { DE Manlove, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
. u1 ~0 Z! g; P' f3 p& Z9 N CVE Attu, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
* l5 N( H4 u& h' r' u4 K# q: z DE Lovering
/ D! y2 N3 z( Z0 I" [1 j6 E# S DE Lyman, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk' ^+ h6 r7 b& T5 x8 P- O9 {
CVE Roi, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage2 H; H; w2 a3 T5 F3 W
DE Charles R. Greer, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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