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,4 H: N- D) g1 a7 `* n, [, H2 z
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 113,134
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Weather in hex: Overcast G; \6 Q: S6 v, x2 C' | T
' B( ?1 _- q* {' i$ J( YRaid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
* u" a/ |2 n/ W! @ wEstimated time to target is 21 minutes
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Japanese aircraft5 E* Q5 P, ^! f9 X/ |1 c! M
A6M8 Zero x 595 H/ Y& J g1 w; R
A7M2 Sam x 76
x! A# y' P2 b B7A2 Grace x 134
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# w. e& e* |# V5 W: F! K$ fAllied aircraft- e* ?- V0 A% F% g
F4U-1A Corsair x 14 X8 _" D, N4 G K( ]
F6F-5 Hellcat x 56( O3 l6 \7 r; i
3 I0 F, X! U) t+ c1 R+ TJapanese aircraft losses
) d3 }: w( Q; G; _1 U% p- ]2 [ A6M8 Zero: 6 destroyed, ~1 @ w- C7 q% s- c& R
A7M2 Sam: 5 destroyed
, N" J' n0 l3 ?2 U4 {2 |/ t+ n B7A2 Grace: 7 destroyed, 26 damaged$ j* x: {6 X2 x% Z
B7A2 Grace: 1 destroyed by flak$ B; d2 G; M4 M& c$ x; d
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Allied aircraft losses
+ v; Z6 U* M$ U: h9 S7 o) R. K+ X F4U-1A Corsair: 2 destroyed
$ a& Z# m$ [7 y0 H ?: y F6F-5 Hellcat: 20 destroyed
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1 J2 \# C* n& Y6 H! B+ CAllied Ships
4 q/ C. y& c3 X/ y/ t! a3 h CV Hancock, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk
0 ~. u# f4 u2 t# H CV Indomitable, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk6 ~9 `2 d8 G! F7 i3 |# W
CVE Munda, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
$ G L8 ~9 V: `, K5 F+ ~ CVE Bougainville, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
) p- r$ e3 H. U" v1 y% q: D& u DE Manlove, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
) ], E/ x1 ~( `' n" m CVE Attu, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
* g2 n9 {& v* [ DE Lovering
K* c. x9 d# j DE Lyman, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk& j: N9 x3 }( x$ n" L9 t. l* J
CVE Roi, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
( ^. @) c* l% ]0 b DE Charles R. Greer, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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