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) _' s4 T# o v( z+ y! r# A- FAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 113,134' O9 r! F0 f' \" Y
/ L9 h o6 Q; {5 W' R& Y9 NWeather in hex: Overcast
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Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.+ t# R3 i6 l5 T+ ?
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes
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Japanese aircraft2 }4 M+ A5 b0 ], n0 v9 R; g
A6M8 Zero x 59
# f* H4 [4 H8 U+ Y* x A7M2 Sam x 76
8 l- F+ H) O6 |: P; Q B7A2 Grace x 134
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Allied aircraft
6 P/ o% ]9 K, j7 x# A; n$ b F4U-1A Corsair x 14+ X2 R$ v' s& B; f
F6F-5 Hellcat x 56: s$ e4 Z r8 b' J
; r( l' d: d: p3 Y( ?- d" NJapanese aircraft losses0 z3 Z7 V7 X3 R/ E; w B
A6M8 Zero: 6 destroyed
4 q4 x3 k/ p# i+ @5 d A7M2 Sam: 5 destroyed9 `! e/ u0 E) r T! P5 p
B7A2 Grace: 7 destroyed, 26 damaged
, }$ D1 W7 n8 e1 J1 P B7A2 Grace: 1 destroyed by flak' s4 U# j" V. W \2 y! K/ {
7 G8 c- O- R3 s( o- cAllied aircraft losses
4 K# g% ^1 |. |' y9 S8 z+ O4 s, ?; y F4U-1A Corsair: 2 destroyed
( Y: l6 e' r0 }5 q" @ F6F-5 Hellcat: 20 destroyed
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- J7 W7 c5 @# K, o5 wAllied Ships
1 o# c! J! Z1 R( w- o* [0 U2 G$ w9 R CV Hancock, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk5 a/ h8 j G0 N f6 o" p# Z
CV Indomitable, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk; U: ^/ p$ p' U6 a" n2 S; H( }
CVE Munda, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk0 j+ R1 k- T& u
CVE Bougainville, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage1 n# i+ g5 t: U. r4 L
DE Manlove, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
" z$ U) g6 t% { CVE Attu, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage( e! Z9 D6 Y3 }+ T* H
DE Lovering
' o$ _4 h. h' i# ]: _% ` DE Lyman, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk- l6 K( j' y8 ^6 s
CVE Roi, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage& Y j. n" L2 `, w
DE Charles R. Greer, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk; r$ j& Z7 C7 l
DE Wesson |