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,
0 p5 p0 ]' c% K9 `( DAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 113,134
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Weather in hex: Overcast* E/ U6 y% G8 K6 f( O% n& m0 Q: ~( [
) C8 [% W! E* E7 yRaid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.. e) q! d: @2 U! W5 G
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes" O/ j# y, s5 I7 D4 r9 F; b7 R
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Japanese aircraft
' [+ e/ I6 @, P5 q; a A6M8 Zero x 59
1 B. _) a- \2 ^( D, J Q A7M2 Sam x 76
6 @$ A5 j4 m/ v/ O& b B7A2 Grace x 134
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2 X7 Z0 \) {" S( z4 T. z* u( CAllied aircraft
$ y' U0 }- i8 ~1 w4 m$ h ^- L F4U-1A Corsair x 14+ S# [ c) D% }$ @/ l# D. a- P
F6F-5 Hellcat x 566 l: q# t+ n( e" J0 O
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Japanese aircraft losses
* }9 F; M/ q* C% _ A6M8 Zero: 6 destroyed8 j) U2 W1 ^. T a1 Z( f7 Y9 U
A7M2 Sam: 5 destroyed
! ?1 l) ?$ P, j- p B7A2 Grace: 7 destroyed, 26 damaged ]" Q, B+ k, J9 V' I Q
B7A2 Grace: 1 destroyed by flak
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/ g- V' q* T' e! YAllied aircraft losses% W* v! H5 x/ a" u8 x3 c& ?7 b; T
F4U-1A Corsair: 2 destroyed# A, |; W1 e+ F& a
F6F-5 Hellcat: 20 destroyed
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# ?- f( x$ z- T& SAllied Ships
& J4 V9 y& n3 x8 i" O CV Hancock, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk
! @ S, y8 [) G3 T+ O3 @ CV Indomitable, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
8 U% U" V/ ?: c" ^ s% n CVE Munda, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
9 U4 Z# I6 X7 V& G+ c6 r CVE Bougainville, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage |# c. {; u0 r4 n* V* V3 m+ K% f9 u
DE Manlove, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk- d# W5 w' Q2 ?. `' i5 Z' K
CVE Attu, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
$ c6 z1 B" Y1 K5 B) k3 F DE Lovering
3 A* c" N6 ^6 o9 k8 `7 D5 r2 [! _ DE Lyman, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk' p# A6 g+ J0 a$ w
CVE Roi, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
! Q+ c: E5 M; r0 ?' i( i! _ DE Charles R. Greer, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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