AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 08, 42
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D0 Q: c1 M' c' R+ r6 ^# |南太战场,莫港盟军火鸡了陆攻一把" p Q* J( L- N& l- C. a
印度战场,KB空袭在科伦坡卸载的运输船队,造成8死11伤6 k9 ^$ i X) O# z" o6 M+ O
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Morning Air attack on 15th RAN Base Force, at 98,130 (Port Moresby)
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Weather in hex: Light cloud1 f: Y9 U2 U1 x& X
1 d/ ^# s% b5 i" E8 lRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
3 J+ I7 F i! F1 t" hEstimated time to target is 31 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
0 E% y8 ^0 j. H B0 r- ` G3M2 Nell x 33
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5 a- B3 y9 }/ K5 x! O: i: pAllied aircraft
6 c: [& X1 g, U2 [ I v Kittyhawk IA x 27" I7 c1 q# M, f9 {
P-40E Warhawk x 1+ t' w1 S4 `+ D2 d. A V: I& u
$ r# ~0 D5 o- ?1 V" a8 _Japanese aircraft losses* }& ?/ ~: O9 F% E; H2 k, H9 ~% D
G3M2 Nell: 17 destroyed, 1 damaged
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7 s, ? T/ R4 }* p# G4 n+ XNo Allied losses
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Colombo at 29,48
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Weather in hex: Moderate rain
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Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.4 K( ]% H F* C/ w% U$ a1 [. k
Estimated time to target is 32 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
* G! V; g3 W2 r; G A6M2 Zero x 43
- `# s# t, D+ W B5N1 Kate x 14
1 Y, w$ b6 D4 R# _ B5N2 Kate x 72
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0 S6 {) ^- Y) i& d6 o7 Z9 m Fulmar II x 372 @0 y( B" }- u- R4 S9 S+ N
Hurricane IIb Trop x 161 {7 V/ q9 F4 o" l1 ]
; p3 H& G- N. uJapanese aircraft losses
7 e4 E& o# F7 j9 V: q$ q A6M2 Zero: 7 destroyed" |- j5 g- t g
B5N2 Kate: 1 damaged
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Fulmar II: 7 destroyed
5 l1 N% q0 V: l" q6 o% q- E Hurricane IIb Trop: 4 destroyed
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0 \* P4 E& K: |5 a b: tAllied Ships
& z1 M3 O: J. B# T4 e xAK Indira, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
% h4 ]$ X4 k& s xAK Egra, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage( w T' U9 r( g2 E$ K0 m# \
xAK Chilka6 R9 B8 l; I1 {7 R; W& f
xAK Caithness, Bomb hits 26 n7 `$ m1 N. u2 E+ Z9 D; b
xAK Clan Macilwraith, Bomb hits 1, on fire7 c- {) A' K0 t$ d8 j4 w
xAK Fultala, Bomb hits 18 X5 ?# H! Q3 u. I1 ~7 b3 v8 {
xAK Clan Macnair. \9 H& \! z0 U" U+ q# ]. {0 h/ r7 B
xAK Bucegi, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage, O9 B7 |' a" w! z- A
xAK Jalayamuna, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage+ y9 y( o% {+ `# B, V
xAKL Illinoian
z, a% y& q" z% x5 a/ z u, f xAK Havildar
* ^$ \! A1 E! P# l$ H$ s xAK Jalabala, Bomb hits 1, on fire
) b: j* _' A9 p1 L/ _ V xAK Jalaputra
1 l: ]3 v! j# @ xAK Haresfield, Bomb hits 1, on fire- N* P, M- N- N2 r, C. J
xAK Ekma, Bomb hits 1, on fire
2 I5 o4 q" J! S# Q) V3 m4 o# b/ c xAK Jalaganga, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
, ~: ~1 F" i* S9 V+ T( w xAK E Sang, Bomb hits 2, on fire
/ {/ ]+ `/ z# P" C xAK Garmula8 }0 ?. s. |# W/ `) |
xAKL Katong, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk7 T" ?% N5 D& v0 T. d9 Y) D: P
xAK Jehangir, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
' O* x1 C0 e( |6 A# }5 e! d xAKL Halvdan, Bomb hits 2, on fire
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1 |9 [" G% l4 }- I+ _; `( tAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Colombo at 29,48
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Weather in hex: Moderate rain
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Raid detected at 74 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.( Y5 M3 t% ]4 x; I: Y1 z& h
Estimated time to target is 31 minutes7 s" k# `! u0 I5 C# r( ^5 E
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Japanese aircraft
3 j6 Q, m* A8 `) k. I- @ A6M2 Zero x 9
f3 V& n1 [& |; C B5N2 Kate x 25
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8 Z* e- n1 s8 ?/ k# _ R+ Y4 e Fulmar II x 1
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Allied aircraft losses
K4 P0 f1 n. N3 }; n Fulmar II: 1 destroyed5 i5 p' H& P* H, |) `; t
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Allied Ships
. G2 j* E7 r5 _* A4 E3 l0 x6 Y& m xAK Autolycus, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires; Z' }$ H* V5 b" `4 @
xAK Gandara, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires
; h. K0 w2 O$ l xAK Haresfield, heavy fires2 {7 m$ m4 D, a0 \
xAK Pundit% V& h8 u% y1 L
xAK Gogra, Bomb hits 1, on fire
+ [: B: X4 F0 u1 I$ g+ M: i xAK Itria, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
9 O( K6 [5 m y' |) S0 w: L* k xAK Jalaputra, Bomb hits 2 |