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,8 V6 L7 L4 E2 p
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 113,134. \% ^" r8 \5 a' A2 I4 [7 V% l
& X) M3 ]* V% OWeather in hex: Overcast0 _( J; A1 I0 N7 s
' h! ]+ U1 w! `Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
! ]9 y/ j8 i! T# H! rEstimated time to target is 21 minutes
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$ {3 B# e: ]3 m8 q4 t; m+ FJapanese aircraft
# d6 V" |- O, D2 O: _ A6M8 Zero x 59 p3 t }1 _7 x8 s5 ]4 c1 }
A7M2 Sam x 76
- c7 V; } ?* }: }- N0 r2 h B7A2 Grace x 134
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Allied aircraft
9 w5 g1 R! i% E6 ?. h2 g! C F4U-1A Corsair x 145 d( ?* ]3 R5 _4 O
F6F-5 Hellcat x 56& Z9 ^* ?, }( G0 H
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: Z9 z' {4 P: u0 { A6M8 Zero: 6 destroyed7 y8 {" ~( J& e# S1 f8 c& Z' |
A7M2 Sam: 5 destroyed
0 R3 |; \5 R5 R, z5 p B7A2 Grace: 7 destroyed, 26 damaged7 @$ |8 P$ e9 { p j0 {
B7A2 Grace: 1 destroyed by flak; W7 E8 v0 g# W, }9 y! M1 m) u
) u, n6 Q \: j8 ~# O/ w3 [# z fAllied aircraft losses
k4 j( V' o7 `/ D( R2 V' a5 ? F4U-1A Corsair: 2 destroyed
8 B: R k' A/ ~, V, i7 y F6F-5 Hellcat: 20 destroyed
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Allied Ships
: l& s8 N0 e" J' b4 s: e CV Hancock, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk7 ?; u- y* F5 b; h; e
CV Indomitable, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk% \. a; N6 s9 U; A
CVE Munda, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
8 \! S' B8 Z: A7 E t$ W' [ CVE Bougainville, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage& G9 l s4 ~8 W m
DE Manlove, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
! Q" H \+ y$ Q+ h' E) D$ A0 \ CVE Attu, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
% I% G7 ^. ]( v/ Z, \3 h4 V0 _2 } DE Lovering
: ^6 V* i' D+ @5 f" q DE Lyman, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk" {0 {! _; e% N
CVE Roi, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage& X! g2 j/ Q& O* S
DE Charles R. Greer, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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