AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 28, 42' Y8 m \! o# M1 k
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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。. F# y$ o- Z' O% o. o4 J1 n# ?
日军的陆攻未能突破58直掩圈。3 e* [8 @3 V2 ]2 H$ y: U
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& G8 O' O# K7 t6 ?0 x" wAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Wallis Island at 142,155# U3 {0 P3 @* u: L' s; {7 q/ L( Z
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4 S- m6 F* V/ ^9 [2 ^Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet./ t& ]& t; K! R' o
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
0 }7 `; B( a% d w3 W A6M2 Zero x 9* N7 l/ [8 A8 s* @' N2 O) `
G4M1 Betty x 16
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Allied aircraft& V5 a2 y* k8 B+ `; W2 j: w n8 m
F4F-3A Wildcat x 300 P) g" S$ v+ ]6 N/ L' a; {1 W
F4F-3 Wildcat x 60
* L& V1 T# J; }0 t$ {7 t F4F-4 Wildcat x 79
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& ?( O9 B, P( `4 vJapanese aircraft losses6 r/ S' P T7 Q5 n
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed2 h$ O( b2 g# R0 h
G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged
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& {3 e4 g- B1 ?! W- iAllied aircraft losses
9 D3 ] ]$ Z+ \" z6 Y+ ?: }. A k F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
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* r! y; j" X1 Z( s. p) D+ GAllied Ships
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6 k9 D, A; |/ i, _" fAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Savaii at 146,159! _6 G y5 M& t/ F3 T8 Z" z
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud8 g5 H0 q0 q) S. F: k7 _- I
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Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
# f+ k& R- Q8 `1 C5 N8 REstimated time to target is 14 minutes
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6 q9 V. K- b7 u2 s- bAllied aircraft
! x" S6 O* p8 e F4F-3A Wildcat x 18
, w/ U; o6 a$ s( | F4F-3 Wildcat x 366 C4 c. N8 i6 R& S
F4F-4 Wildcat x 44
9 j2 D8 p9 n0 G4 `3 i SBD-2 Dauntless x 185 [) r( L I b4 E
SBD-3 Dauntless x 81& }' R/ S) P) F) j+ K! I+ V
TBF-1 Avenger x 30
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3 Z& C1 y7 h1 L+ x SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged- d; Q) \! H0 c" U8 B/ i- O3 K) G
. H3 M2 \; c0 D" }) ]* oJapanese Ships
/ k4 H ?8 `. K. l+ c) W, R xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk( W+ o u% t$ j, j1 j
xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage, F+ _ B9 r, e r# T1 O5 q& r
AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
- F6 v* T' U/ N& D: X5 h8 h, d AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage
: m, a* P4 H+ F# m xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk
" {) x8 Z2 }9 I; z. q) d3 E xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
+ X; R% \4 e9 ?/ b xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
# T9 `3 f/ ?, W G* b7 ]0 H) t6 o xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage( }# _8 T3 P: {! y; T* b& d) [. p
xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage0 F) r7 r. U ]$ Y& O- r M) ~7 V1 |
xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
6 D, ] {# @ u! W xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
" ]$ {8 _9 l2 C$ ~4 e+ j2 a7 \5 q7 B xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
9 |& j* I( _3 i CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 2: r& d. Z' P4 o* \% g
xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |