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,6 y1 V+ n9 v7 |" A& g2 v* M
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 113,134/ G; ?# r7 s! a3 u6 j9 w( Q5 z2 }
* K! @ \5 `( r# ~) T# LWeather in hex: Overcast
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% {/ y K$ U% H; x: Z2 ?" |9 qRaid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
) k' i1 M4 K! L7 n. o% fEstimated time to target is 21 minutes+ s/ }# N- \+ x2 V8 D$ l1 [ d5 X( ~
& K0 A$ M) C) [7 B" eJapanese aircraft4 D0 h+ n. J. p+ C# N' c
A6M8 Zero x 59& u: t8 X5 }* r
A7M2 Sam x 76$ A& n! Z1 v- p$ H9 {
B7A2 Grace x 134
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Allied aircraft
; r/ M" V6 ^" x2 i/ j/ a L' S F4U-1A Corsair x 144 K/ _0 A' m) N! U
F6F-5 Hellcat x 56( x! h2 w( Z+ b4 l
6 q8 w( {+ ?; ]( aJapanese aircraft losses
+ ?1 t4 b9 N( `0 e) T$ ^ A6M8 Zero: 6 destroyed! X$ n: f* s$ @- i" N
A7M2 Sam: 5 destroyed
5 `& ^: m5 G& | B7A2 Grace: 7 destroyed, 26 damaged/ t& A8 J6 d9 p, ?! a( O9 y+ H
B7A2 Grace: 1 destroyed by flak2 D8 s# [* r6 M" o' F/ V. j
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Allied aircraft losses
4 {+ ~3 u9 E+ W/ A7 P; T F4U-1A Corsair: 2 destroyed
0 z" _& p' Z& ]3 ~ F6F-5 Hellcat: 20 destroyed/ j3 v- [. t9 {% o
# o7 _; {0 l* c8 H; Q+ r! R. fAllied Ships
8 V- f& {$ w2 a. Q* C CV Hancock, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk7 z* \5 s8 e* w2 L& g: N9 k
CV Indomitable, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk2 O9 x6 C9 K+ i% T- q1 t/ n0 r2 Y
CVE Munda, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
' E9 ~4 m- |0 P& w# u9 N, N CVE Bougainville, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage/ j9 M6 A8 G; b; n; M+ X0 z6 E
DE Manlove, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
3 n! y/ ]* \1 u" n6 P+ A CVE Attu, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
# y/ P- @. v2 t/ a7 Z1 ]3 D* n DE Lovering
! [0 _9 J; d6 U( | DE Lyman, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
: Y4 [3 y. p4 S6 \, F# r CVE Roi, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
6 T% V. ? y8 d$ u! {! } DE Charles R. Greer, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
+ w' ~. r2 Y/ Y0 C& F8 i DE Wesson |