近日来,新几内亚中部不断爆发海空消耗战
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2月21日
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' X, y; [$ k5 A, ~Enemy air strikes against Sarmi were opposed by Oscars and Zekes today: s# C; b2 h8 F% M
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Day Air attack on Sarmi , at 48,78 1 A6 m8 B& I- }- m; s! O# ]' y$ c! k
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4 B; Q0 }& P" k# ~6 H$ fA6M2 Zero x 14 5 Z! H9 j& a n; K# O' k4 J
A6M5 Zeke x 34
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Allied aircraft
& x1 m$ s, _8 JF4U-1 Corsair x 12
; I- s; m2 d0 vP-38J Lightning x 9 * D* @2 j2 {) p8 k6 ~
B-25J Mitchell x 19 1 `" ^( e# m4 X: v; t% S
?: V. z, F. C: u8 R( D2 iJapanese aircraft losses # Q8 h& J' k( u* k0 Y
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged 8 `8 W4 ]6 X0 }
A6M5 Zeke: 12 destroyed, 2 damaged : _9 c3 P X5 c6 V
$ w9 e6 x7 f4 X) N4 qAllied aircraft losses
( E- A4 q# ?- `# X2 w4 H MP-38J Lightning: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged
& k) v2 ?5 f* d% B4 u! u% RB-25J Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
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4 B7 _' J$ S5 R. s) M4 N( lAirbase hits 4
3 s: B9 b, h8 w' [! P4 W/ e3 KAirbase supply hits 4
3 W# o1 |6 R# h: W, VRunway hits 9
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8 [3 h" W4 y9 F9 y6 e% dOur counter attack yielded mediocre results: 15 enemy ac destroyed on the ground. The * ^$ D% b% @! l# I5 i
swarm of Oscars protected the bombers from fierce attacks by enemy Spits and Corsairs. No
7 i( U @( Y* \' kthat's a bad combo!
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Day Air attack on Aitape , at 51,80
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Japanese aircraft
! T9 }, I9 k( K: L8 RKi-43-IIa Oscar x 79 9 Y/ [, i+ p7 P# `3 l: l8 y8 R
Ki-21 Sally x 49
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7 N# j. D* Z) J. @1 Y* ]1 S! JAllied aircraft 9 d* C! C& b% G: [ e8 o( ?
F4U-1 Corsair x 9 1 O& `* ]7 Y s; [) \
Spitfire VIII x 11 : ?/ E0 K3 {' ~0 T& D
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Japanese aircraft losses
4 d- X; X/ x6 ^7 iKi-43-IIa Oscar: 30 destroyed
3 M) _' a$ W1 ?Ki-21 Sally: 2 destroyed, 20 damaged
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; }, o& A* v' w& B- pAllied aircraft losses 8 S- C$ M; r+ f5 b$ |
F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
2 C3 i* R, r, uSpitfire VIII: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
z# r o5 I) ~3 \: |% ~: _Kittyhawk III: 2 destroyed ( S% |4 E8 a9 I$ K7 B1 T* G- H* B7 {
P-40N Warhawk: 1 destroyed 8 d' ?8 J) {( `- }9 A
B-25J Mitchell: 3 destroyed 1 P. y7 h: D# K/ u: ^( O7 M
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Allied ground losses: # N, V# j9 Z; t& f0 N- Y
200 casualties reported / P# V, r& O2 `5 m d
Vehicles lost 2
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Airbase hits 1
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% ]4 v6 {) \" k5 r7 _( ?4 K' |) tRunway hits 7 - B/ t! T! L9 t) O2 U4 l
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