AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 28, 42/ E( h9 {! [+ k) P& ?
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& @8 X* s2 l n8 k( t& V5 W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。) {. d7 k& T1 }9 y+ T* C) }( e
日军的陆攻未能突破58直掩圈。
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$ m: M! B. D" x5 HAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Wallis Island at 142,155- n* Q k: n0 ~/ g
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Weather in hex: Light rain& v( z: M$ O1 s# k, d. [
+ c1 H5 i6 w: \0 n1 W/ K- oRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
# i6 ~6 _( f4 b9 _5 J: f% k/ MEstimated time to target is 28 minutes1 Y% G6 y6 ]& ^& }8 d) k
) [& ?/ |& d H5 ]2 f& GJapanese aircraft
( H( r' a1 X1 }; N A6M2 Zero x 9
/ o1 O* ?* a3 O- m G4M1 Betty x 16
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5 v* a$ q9 G' v' V! @8 sAllied aircraft
8 r, O$ X& ^6 z2 l# x. x3 w7 C F4F-3A Wildcat x 30
; H) {9 K/ i2 s6 r F4F-3 Wildcat x 60# b8 Z1 x6 K4 m7 X
F4F-4 Wildcat x 79
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0 x. _3 r. P. ?4 jJapanese aircraft losses* C8 z& c3 N& [" Y
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed( k; l' t# D t( h
G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged
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7 T8 b" l8 s8 Q2 p( @6 a: Z8 ]Allied aircraft losses$ F8 ~/ j+ d: O5 z v8 N) ?
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
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" }0 `2 H; h8 jAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Savaii at 146,159
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
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4 r, K) J: p5 h6 KRaid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
" A5 t; F+ g; o& h- V6 ?Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
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% d' n$ V* v9 l. j$ q. m6 nAllied aircraft$ `5 n& ?" Y% a6 [9 a! ]( H
F4F-3A Wildcat x 18/ g; U ?6 Y& l( A
F4F-3 Wildcat x 36
, V, @# Y6 @& C' x7 t F4F-4 Wildcat x 44
5 t' T2 j3 h( N+ ? SBD-2 Dauntless x 18
& Z# A l. z! U SBD-3 Dauntless x 81
; B+ ]2 D5 g: d" }2 p TBF-1 Avenger x 30. T. p, M$ m" T7 W {$ M
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- P2 J( ]4 W9 n1 D0 Y) j9 H" l- O# ] SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged" g. |, D2 ]* X& d2 C9 J9 K3 S
$ s. K+ y: `/ J# q! V, {" {Japanese Ships
) o/ I8 R7 J# u xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
9 X9 Q* t& h' r3 ~1 { xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage' {) M; g+ X4 d2 a. E, R
AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage C1 W3 p; G9 o7 x" ]% \1 V
AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage! ~9 X4 ~( L0 P& ~
xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk
( D$ Y l, R! A0 }: W3 r! T xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk$ I/ ?2 Y! R5 A' X0 [+ {3 U
xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk( q; D" B. u+ d9 F$ t2 E2 _+ X
xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
f* c. Y$ d$ b3 Y7 x! ? xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage, p: k% V4 Q2 V9 B p
xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
: t& H4 `* K' C9 O& N' J2 D+ N6 y xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage8 N/ @' |$ {& Q) g; I
xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
0 W- `! s0 `5 v+ x0 n# Z0 [ CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 2
0 T& Y& o+ N9 G9 H xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |