AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 28, 423 ^5 Q9 A8 |9 {3 f* x
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# E6 i/ W6 a- M. r8 {; \& n" E g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。4 w, @* o! E' f
日军的陆攻未能突破58直掩圈。
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Wallis Island at 142,155
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Weather in hex: Light rain
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5 l& M5 w/ \* }# I/ i" b4 [0 sRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.# w* W. |3 K* x% W& f- K# l! q( Y
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes
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3 @! @" N. P/ A3 iJapanese aircraft, o9 T# f% Y- k8 d6 P u4 @
A6M2 Zero x 95 b" g, B9 l+ V) j* D( P
G4M1 Betty x 16
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Allied aircraft7 C2 }) g( Q9 O( b) \' V
F4F-3A Wildcat x 30
3 I0 [2 d9 Y2 ~ F4F-3 Wildcat x 60
( e$ O6 V9 {) ^6 g' T2 Q F4F-4 Wildcat x 79% K" `5 Y& e D$ t [! }
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Japanese aircraft losses
+ e7 n1 y$ c8 ]2 h7 L+ I2 e7 S A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed( \& R( j, C6 Q8 Y- \, q7 m" F
G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged# e, s) E* Z0 J' U6 t
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Allied aircraft losses$ }- |0 R/ s. H0 x0 _2 ~
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed6 B% R0 P0 ]; p9 u3 e. [
6 a0 j8 ^3 m5 A# I% eAllied Ships
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Savaii at 146,1596 z5 L( A ]% C/ B& x
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" w* Y' G0 Z5 V: JRaid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
1 D I; ^: ?+ j/ w3 `Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
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Allied aircraft
0 Y2 n' p2 w$ D; V' ?( Q9 Y F4F-3A Wildcat x 18
" R' X) Q ^- o F4F-3 Wildcat x 36
- ^3 X, A K& `5 R F4F-4 Wildcat x 44
+ O/ f4 b) j7 r- ~. J) a SBD-2 Dauntless x 18; B* L2 R" O0 g, S1 F- ]1 k
SBD-3 Dauntless x 811 `( m! m) T& U( t# d, L+ K, @* H, r
TBF-1 Avenger x 308 n1 Z" ], _( Y: Q) Z
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SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
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Japanese Ships- p7 Q/ O$ w( ?6 L2 t9 _% o" R; w# k$ {
xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
" X. b8 M! o' J/ N xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
, Y/ P: n1 F" f" F AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
2 u, g" l$ q2 o AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage
( A3 @7 u7 T0 Q1 k- ^' w xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk
) h$ q1 l% h0 k0 J' m3 J! b9 l xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
$ W; k7 ?$ p' \. E4 q9 W xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
) b, Q# y0 ?/ l2 T4 D xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
. m7 k6 r% d# v# U% h) U; ^ xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
( |: L% d1 L% e. H/ c4 D8 k6 |( U xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage: S! @' P7 H9 t: g1 {% l' A! p
xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage7 M+ R6 _% k: ]9 R. F" f( U
xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk4 E! q- E4 E ]% O4 J! g
CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 2
& T7 ~ N' d$ G xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |