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,
7 c5 H6 v, `- ]/ A# wAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 113,134. u' Z% M1 m+ q# N0 T4 k
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Weather in hex: Overcast
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! @# N) ]- c5 FRaid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
. ^. d X7 c# g4 Z4 N3 sEstimated time to target is 21 minutes- n2 [8 Y1 r/ t4 n! P: z
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Japanese aircraft
$ b8 d/ ?8 H1 X. B. u9 e A6M8 Zero x 59, t; a' k* l6 c2 A
A7M2 Sam x 76
/ i; r8 M7 p# K* G B7A2 Grace x 134
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& Q' w9 ^7 l) w- Q1 vAllied aircraft- `1 g- Y1 r& X! d) G% Q
F4U-1A Corsair x 14
3 ]- X7 e& F+ C- A( W6 k1 y9 V F6F-5 Hellcat x 56( Y5 |, C. w s
( d! r% f/ f3 K+ g. A$ bJapanese aircraft losses9 O: c" Q0 |& `+ N: G
A6M8 Zero: 6 destroyed
, f; p7 [7 {7 i' B A7M2 Sam: 5 destroyed
" ^2 L( G) N: ~. b1 F! ` B7A2 Grace: 7 destroyed, 26 damaged! a* F) L" Q% X6 e
B7A2 Grace: 1 destroyed by flak
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! U8 R9 A" t9 IAllied aircraft losses9 T; z9 W% S: u$ g8 }2 R3 c
F4U-1A Corsair: 2 destroyed; g6 ~, F: V, L- _( N* }
F6F-5 Hellcat: 20 destroyed
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CV Hancock, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk
k) c6 k/ ]3 [; l CV Indomitable, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk3 w' f" K; X; w2 l
CVE Munda, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
7 E9 |6 |- N& }! o {, T, X2 p CVE Bougainville, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
& N- s8 x$ t# x1 X. F* ~ DE Manlove, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
4 e, v9 r# g7 W, J3 ` CVE Attu, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
, g6 G. H0 g# ~ l3 v& J6 O/ @+ |4 W DE Lovering/ L( p5 l- A9 N3 K
DE Lyman, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk+ f2 ]0 Y Y* D6 `9 ~5 s
CVE Roi, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
' {, g/ ^# B$ \( d4 [' u3 Y/ y I DE Charles R. Greer, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk" a1 Y; p6 M- e! w9 ` i
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