AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 28, 425 J, P+ a# s- o1 ~
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, p3 ?5 @5 V7 h, t7 I3 i, k' c盟军TF58环太平洋游击,在萨摩亚群岛附近空袭了正在萨瓦伊岛卸载的日军运输船队,收获颇丰。- U7 n7 A" c& S7 M; ]
日军的陆攻未能突破58直掩圈。
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& K2 T {! c0 _: U3 e8 T- BAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Wallis Island at 142,1558 q4 D1 n6 f5 `: o. `
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Weather in hex: Light rain4 d0 X2 U& i. ]: ^0 C2 J a5 v% |0 h
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
! o7 v% n+ ~. l. ~: kEstimated time to target is 28 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
/ a: k7 \% b& `1 _/ e. x" l. P A6M2 Zero x 95 Y- a( z3 l. G/ U! Y
G4M1 Betty x 16
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Allied aircraft
2 P) \: N9 }& A" [+ q) t; m F4F-3A Wildcat x 308 ~3 X5 u0 U. L8 r
F4F-3 Wildcat x 60! V. `. y+ I, J
F4F-4 Wildcat x 79
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Japanese aircraft losses6 d; I( O, J# y6 {* W5 J6 M
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed% V% [* Q7 d+ F- H. }6 e" i
G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged
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Allied aircraft losses
4 w, }7 T4 n9 b( q F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed7 U c1 X3 b; Z, C
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DD Buchanan
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Savaii at 146,1595 S' Q: \5 e4 p+ ]
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Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
, b f+ i3 g2 eEstimated time to target is 14 minutes, [ v( v% S4 j1 m
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0 d, s1 Q: r g, M, }6 u% B/ ~6 J F4F-3A Wildcat x 18 H, X5 G$ a* _
F4F-3 Wildcat x 36
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1 A5 \ c# `+ D: m4 A SBD-2 Dauntless x 18
6 K% Q- q& S# {/ Z SBD-3 Dauntless x 81- v5 U2 c- ?" D% p3 M; a$ @
TBF-1 Avenger x 30" n! u' ^% k1 E$ g/ T g
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Allied aircraft losses8 p) ?7 V) a' q9 F; T) \: C. }
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
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Japanese Ships
* o3 w* L" i! J" G xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
: W# R* Z, n5 a3 O- @ xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
% b6 c" O# v2 Z- Q AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage) D8 ]- u- t. b! v- \" R* B5 A- ?6 a
AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage2 [1 w* H5 c f. `
xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk
- m7 u" Y+ b, E3 g0 L xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk( {: v) d* u3 b3 z
xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
/ Q/ w ~% h& B! B3 J: V xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage" o6 U# _2 i# ^) d/ \# R2 r
xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
* y% N0 X$ j0 w+ |# m xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage- ^- c5 K. D) X/ Q) \) A2 h# Q4 ^
xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
7 O; `+ n% _- t/ j6 N! I: o xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
! b1 j7 {9 H6 ?$ x; v, z' D; q/ ` CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 23 O% \! ] n/ n3 @
xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |