AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 28, 42
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" b( s9 |& e" }/ J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。7 g/ w' R0 d+ G3 e4 e
日军的陆攻未能突破58直掩圈。
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( ~; ?2 h, U4 ~8 @* SAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Wallis Island at 142,155
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Weather in hex: Light rain. A8 d/ ?6 f4 X2 x) M- m1 Y
/ \5 e3 @# D# |. T4 iRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
: u. N3 \( `: Q9 W" @0 UEstimated time to target is 28 minutes5 t! U( O9 H) V8 x3 M& W% Y% e: x
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Japanese aircraft1 h9 Q1 m) K* m2 t! j; l# R0 P! B
A6M2 Zero x 98 ?4 o( q% F* m( a9 Z9 Z; q( c
G4M1 Betty x 16
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Allied aircraft+ s& |) k( K9 q
F4F-3A Wildcat x 30
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F4F-4 Wildcat x 79
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9 e2 K. |6 l# c- K5 p. RJapanese aircraft losses9 j3 `5 b2 \7 S& |* k$ c2 L
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed1 \, i$ {, s M
G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged9 n" {6 G8 _. _4 {$ T) s# L& {
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Allied aircraft losses: ~9 g. A5 f* n* ^5 R- {" M$ H# y
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed v9 c6 C0 a& F+ ^- x
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Allied Ships5 f. C+ a+ S# g, W% ^! D0 a
DD Buchanan
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1 O9 k/ L- ^% }& D4 b3 [Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Savaii at 146,1594 W* }4 g; y: \+ U9 S
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Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. P; D( u" g5 c- `' I
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
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Allied aircraft; u. S) z; v# c- }# B1 Q
F4F-3A Wildcat x 18
9 j# b/ }' @. i0 ]3 p3 ]7 c$ O+ u F4F-3 Wildcat x 36
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SBD-2 Dauntless x 18. T4 O1 _( r1 B5 o$ f; T
SBD-3 Dauntless x 81% q8 K4 g; z, P7 ?0 l
TBF-1 Avenger x 301 c V- S& g% ^, n
8 P$ [ _( |% \! m' wAllied aircraft losses8 h0 b4 c+ }% g7 f
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
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Japanese Ships0 ]. ~" \3 l, ^7 l5 ^# o' j$ A
xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
d5 t6 Z0 M8 K8 O xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
. A7 |; ?1 v1 O; ~# }( {! g AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage; N6 d0 s9 d: a
AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage4 K& G9 q5 b% h9 W9 g
xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk
8 C: z& J8 ~2 o7 ^! J5 R! r( X xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk/ w) [. ^: e$ W8 i# h1 i5 K
xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk) o& z) H6 O$ u- B9 F6 r
xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
1 L: B% k' M% c: T5 B xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage" r1 x9 y, N N) M! w# e
xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
1 P2 [$ }6 }# I5 a# t+ C xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
# v1 X$ [ I, q; P1 Y$ Z xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
6 c9 R7 |9 m) H' c3 J5 v* l CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 2
6 M/ N6 D8 V8 b W3 K, T xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |