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 C! ?9 W6 W( {3 CAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 113,134. c0 O5 A1 z1 a
* a2 w9 v- ]' z8 L$ |Weather in hex: Overcast
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/ w' X: K9 `) SRaid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.3 B$ [4 E; Z! W
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes
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+ |9 X) {- a7 f8 b3 \" {$ g: vJapanese aircraft
+ x, ?# p R/ Y A6M8 Zero x 59
! q3 q; \( K H A7M2 Sam x 76
6 [" k1 s$ s M) S- r B7A2 Grace x 134
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- {. s1 i; Z( p- fAllied aircraft3 ~0 q0 K6 N! A2 C5 `/ C- G: ^
F4U-1A Corsair x 143 h% b# S! N8 N) L4 n7 B7 q
F6F-5 Hellcat x 56% g( p0 M; r4 @$ b$ f2 y, D& v! m
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Japanese aircraft losses7 F: z( I) m$ ]1 P; g4 Y
A6M8 Zero: 6 destroyed
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B7A2 Grace: 7 destroyed, 26 damaged
/ B ]+ m5 V5 P1 B/ P- y4 X0 o B7A2 Grace: 1 destroyed by flak
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Allied aircraft losses$ Q e( y. ^( r# b
F4U-1A Corsair: 2 destroyed% }- ], A! _' _4 }: b6 |/ J
F6F-5 Hellcat: 20 destroyed
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Allied Ships
Q6 s2 Q9 ^( w5 e1 s5 W CV Hancock, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk* j; D. A7 ^$ T8 D+ a" k& W$ l% ~1 I
CV Indomitable, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
8 ? D" f& g, U. M& b9 r CVE Munda, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
7 c! z& u. T" J4 Y3 }4 ^0 d CVE Bougainville, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
9 W. z& g5 r7 L( [* t( c# ? DE Manlove, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk" T, @! ?& Z; N6 B7 p( ?
CVE Attu, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage6 r# M8 D: o N
DE Lovering+ a" c! P3 ?4 t2 q# P I5 O
DE Lyman, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
/ f, D# v, k o4 K- n CVE Roi, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
& v* e6 V7 g w: r DE Charles R. Greer, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk7 n6 C g, F9 R7 C1 @4 c/ ~1 {
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