AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Oct 09, 42
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日军进攻莫港的MO计划失败后,运输队向腊包儿方向撤退,从珊瑚海深处赶来的盟军TF58兜头拦住,在强大的空袭力量下,海面上再也不剩下一条舢板,一片干干净净。( p# Y7 F7 ]5 d$ N9 x% X
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( _6 Z: {9 K7 Y/ T, ^) f. e# \Morning Air attack on TF, near Gasmata at 105,130
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$ O' A$ X, N/ F* X/ Y% s3 u$ oWeather in hex: Partial cloud- a7 {9 O% N, ], t# F8 o1 ?. J
- b3 z8 h y# ?Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
/ @! Y/ U4 p9 b/ T/ J6 K( ?Estimated time to target is 7 minutes" H/ N# ~- h1 k* n1 C6 g
) S4 d4 k' S+ s5 bJapanese aircraft
8 f" }; {! ]/ s A6M2 Zero x 2
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Allied aircraft
( _* H" I7 J! k# q F4F-3 Wildcat x 36 o( l z1 }% l8 b7 L
F4F-4 Wildcat x 54# E2 V7 K; ]% U( L' C' v$ ~
SBD-3 Dauntless x 70- W: X8 e" n, e/ D
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No Japanese losses
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" I' R5 U2 A% g8 m) UAllied aircraft losses2 m3 c+ ]0 Q- b' g
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged- z0 W* @0 }/ j# Z3 ?
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Japanese Ships
5 g- P$ a8 { f0 B B CA Kumano, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage0 }9 v5 L( Z$ w9 i7 @4 n/ S
CA Mikuma, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires5 a6 w2 }4 Q2 S, Z# V8 G' g% I
CA Furutaka, Bomb hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage* ]) `2 o3 t4 a
xAK La Plata Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk8 q3 `2 |# A# F9 B8 T- n9 `
xAK Shozan Maru, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk
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/ V) @0 r6 F7 }# fJapanese ground losses:
4 h( Y7 `: w- ?! v! s 750 casualties reported/ {; v) O0 x* ?* C* _ W
Squads: 12 destroyed, 16 disabled
0 z! H( i! c1 C$ }( y' s Non Combat: 33 destroyed, 14 disabled! h( i2 y$ P1 K8 Q6 S& }$ g) B% M' c
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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1 z' {+ L1 H; P+ l1 AMorning Air attack on TF, near Normanby Island at 103,133% T9 @/ @/ X, C4 ?3 i
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Weather in hex: Moderate rain! A3 o' z5 a! F) w8 I- r; [# e @
& f, N' V) T3 C$ F XRaid spotted at 7 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
. \! U/ f, l- [2 G8 _( d2 f z9 T: |Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
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& a" @1 B2 E$ q0 q, D3 GAllied aircraft
: K0 w& q' r8 M( O8 Q F4F-4 Wildcat x 12
: t9 F+ l% q% W# O( ^% W8 B TBF-1 Avenger x 156 I: x$ @, H6 z7 _: {4 W
* H5 Z9 q/ j4 |4 GNo Allied losses) p4 d4 F2 I% ?/ k$ H
9 z' u3 y5 a6 Y8 }Japanese Ships0 l( F4 k# H: j! _" w d
xAK Taihei Maru, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
( Y: d4 D- r/ P6 x, ^ |1 u+ I# U xAK Mansei Maru, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk6 f! v% w4 a: q$ L, W3 D! L7 m
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Japanese ground losses:
8 ^( L' U% r) B$ y0 `8 u" J* b! y 422 casualties reported' b# r0 L$ K$ M8 C* v4 i# P8 Q
Squads: 18 destroyed, 61 disabled3 B! S' Z& r9 ]2 c* m5 p) Y) d1 W4 q! d
Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 13 disabled
5 m% v- w) G: p) L6 P6 B% @2 R Engineers: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled
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& G* j9 G- p' iAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Gasmata at 105,130
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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% ]! M$ V, @9 b2 s3 o& |Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.% u. Y% h. a8 V7 r0 M% u
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
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Japanese aircraft$ s. l4 _ h- K( I' w
A6M2 Zero x 2
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+ t/ G0 a, U& D! L: R* N F4F-3 Wildcat x 36/ i0 V: r7 v( a- ?- v
F4F-4 Wildcat x 664 L- M, Y) G! n
SBD-3 Dauntless x 2020 i7 i0 J$ e$ _: X( e( U2 O$ u% }2 W
TBF-1 Avenger x 80$ U! W; R( ?+ u' s
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Japanese aircraft losses
1 [! C8 ~% l" O# K! | A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses
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$ F. A: y! O: w$ ?8 d& ?Japanese Ships) Z2 r0 z& M9 V. `( t4 r% P
CA Furutaka, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
2 `5 J; {$ Q6 k( h) {+ W' n5 L CA Mikuma, Bomb hits 17, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk+ F9 g- {! S: C6 c; ~, X
CA Kumano, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage |