AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 28, 42
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5 ^/ ^5 s" h4 u/ f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。
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- R. r w# [( YAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Wallis Island at 142,1553 m$ b0 i( f: {- b- Y
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Weather in hex: Light rain
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.. v$ n {6 }$ _) w0 l) m& H# Q
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes+ L. ]- b& u/ I! X9 ]4 H1 X$ ]! x; S
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A6M2 Zero x 9- B9 D( P! t% a1 E5 D
G4M1 Betty x 16
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& T% o1 T( W# q+ D cAllied aircraft
T9 j" l9 T5 l% K F4F-3A Wildcat x 30
) M1 D( ^8 P5 ?0 l- S& y8 L' A, c F4F-3 Wildcat x 60
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Japanese aircraft losses' R" O5 K) L# m0 [ u) i8 ~
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
2 j$ R* E$ H& q G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged' @* d1 G! y. B5 U
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. _* @ ?) q1 X& T: K" h! B F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
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Allied Ships
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) L# u5 H5 b6 g9 I/ O1 x& nAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Savaii at 146,159
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Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.3 `# r4 E) g: B
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes" W2 @1 P- |. I) o: U1 H+ [
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F4F-3A Wildcat x 18
, q7 i# o+ L5 r: r F4F-3 Wildcat x 36
! O' [, L& C" X% U# I F4F-4 Wildcat x 44
% @+ {; u) ?/ ^' l0 p SBD-2 Dauntless x 18% b2 T% I- @+ S; S
SBD-3 Dauntless x 81
* y; z' d9 W% C0 o TBF-1 Avenger x 30
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7 T6 a( @8 K& C3 L' z% P- U( d) b1 FJapanese Ships
* @ h4 ~6 f" d! O xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
% {" {4 W. [; P* t' @" y6 g) Q xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage2 u2 O- e9 f0 W" v
AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage* u4 c& \! K6 J) S" M
AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage T+ |6 R0 P8 a1 [2 K
xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk: P" c$ y4 u: H4 o; E1 L, [5 o
xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk; n7 }2 G( @( U6 L& J9 i; N
xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
! I4 a' c7 Z' B% A xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage: w* I9 h" o6 m8 A1 Z
xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
+ i+ U. H$ m$ |; \" y3 _ xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage5 T1 c/ V3 G4 X0 N1 p* m
xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage g7 R+ o: S0 }3 U+ U! W
xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
$ D+ h4 M0 o: ^' J+ K6 L CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 2
- U$ k0 S4 R! y# t xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |