AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 28, 422 ?: `) K1 d# z8 v( G
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) U8 W) G2 q" z5 O) ~0 O, u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。! }) g2 t$ @' s, v7 C
日军的陆攻未能突破58直掩圈。+ v7 [' q* S: X" X; B$ `
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( z4 x( \4 R5 X% C8 uAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Wallis Island at 142,155
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' T# P: _, {7 D- V* M. u, S4 V7 ]6 G; AWeather in hex: Light rain
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
- R- T X0 P% I+ Q& H7 iEstimated time to target is 28 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
?8 R9 ]0 u% o A6M2 Zero x 92 q6 Q! S3 v, z a; W
G4M1 Betty x 16
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Allied aircraft
# O E9 {1 d; U$ Q. |: Z% s F4F-3A Wildcat x 30
7 |* Z0 O$ ~5 X F4F-3 Wildcat x 60
0 Q1 m( C( T; a9 b F4F-4 Wildcat x 79; x4 P# |6 w! y3 \
# b# M1 U+ d( _! O4 u' kJapanese aircraft losses
& L- T' ` f+ i. p0 j, M7 W A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses
" T, H) ]$ l2 B! {8 H& u F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
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DD Buchanan( z3 Z) b( F$ V9 x9 o/ j
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Savaii at 146,1590 z% }8 g, x m
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( C/ V- G+ r1 r# q, O/ |( URaid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
3 T, }& y! z# @1 P' `: }2 }$ ^4 JEstimated time to target is 14 minutes$ m* l3 X3 E/ g- ^. d" s
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Allied aircraft) ]% I( j N3 w/ P, X
F4F-3A Wildcat x 18$ {; l7 `2 ~; X; Q$ q& u, d# h d6 K
F4F-3 Wildcat x 36$ R9 o9 o# Q7 D
F4F-4 Wildcat x 44( [! f7 \' t; L$ f) ~
SBD-2 Dauntless x 18
& d$ V$ N8 o2 H0 \& I SBD-3 Dauntless x 81: D( }% T4 ~8 ^' J
TBF-1 Avenger x 304 H* n5 B3 ]4 O* c& F- y
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Allied aircraft losses
5 ^$ F8 P. j9 v/ D SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
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Japanese Ships
d/ c% V8 q) {1 `4 Z# Z xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
3 m4 Y) n, G# d+ _3 Q# U" p xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
! V" U& a# d- N" l8 X( A: K AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
6 U+ E0 V) v9 ]2 k AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage
) b% \4 `& `; N* H* M4 [ xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk0 p3 e1 y! ~! Y) p
xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
& _ d* W b. e4 Y- R# J+ y xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk; B' Y8 m# w, p0 r1 }2 e
xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
- o' ^ ~+ \% r' D xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage4 O; J& X3 p9 a& a- o% g# o
xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
7 M3 H5 _) n5 G, _- e4 m) D. D xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage; ]9 g' ]8 I& T' |/ j% ]
xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
9 t! l/ p# q* Z+ U. ] CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 2
; n; [# U0 g$ M7 X$ q9 g+ @7 H% X xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |