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,
* L+ |2 o. Q4 v& q4 z: ZAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 113,134
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Weather in hex: Overcast
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' H9 _( i) o9 c% r5 CRaid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.) C( Z7 E& w: m
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes, f/ p- ^+ ?% `8 t& X% J
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A6M8 Zero x 59
" |$ x- k/ ?7 X0 I3 A) G A7M2 Sam x 76
) |/ C8 N- o, T) F2 T4 ^3 g2 j B7A2 Grace x 134
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Allied aircraft, F4 G: Z/ i$ T5 d+ ^( A" H) h2 U
F4U-1A Corsair x 14
' D* g) j* S0 f, q1 W F6F-5 Hellcat x 560 [6 J4 F+ l" |% G
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Japanese aircraft losses+ T6 Q4 C0 d, Y+ a' B1 {% l
A6M8 Zero: 6 destroyed7 T+ @" x8 S* z" z3 W" Z5 X
A7M2 Sam: 5 destroyed
0 ]& d* H. M0 E4 n B7A2 Grace: 7 destroyed, 26 damaged
0 ]1 ?7 H8 d/ @+ D) O. h7 j B7A2 Grace: 1 destroyed by flak5 P G/ \; B7 f4 f! }$ b2 }; I
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Allied aircraft losses. a4 d" u2 @9 S6 t4 u2 ]
F4U-1A Corsair: 2 destroyed* T6 U: } A; a" i3 o% B8 Y
F6F-5 Hellcat: 20 destroyed: k# i8 H6 Y* A! C
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Allied Ships. J1 I* @( `0 E1 \ v# c
CV Hancock, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk! o' P: F9 J1 @+ X! A( j
CV Indomitable, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
% O( e0 P$ T; d CVE Munda, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk& C9 C# p# J! ]( O# S5 J0 }
CVE Bougainville, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage4 V! i9 X+ f* E
DE Manlove, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
6 E; ~. A5 N4 q2 r, ]" J CVE Attu, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage- u7 Z) B% ^% R% H' U. {
DE Lovering
1 t% P1 H4 w4 D2 B y) J DE Lyman, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk& L$ |" N0 i9 a" ]7 f* \. h4 b
CVE Roi, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
$ C' r! r9 k, t7 U' V DE Charles R. Greer, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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