近日来,新几内亚中部不断爆发海空消耗战7 Y% f* b" X2 K% j: _
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* F. O3 y. Z m# N2 M1 j' h% rEnemy air strikes against Sarmi were opposed by Oscars and Zekes today: # ?, b% v7 v* I( z
/ n/ O" u/ J1 \: v3 RDay Air attack on Sarmi , at 48,78 8 K/ m2 g% a' R$ o
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Japanese aircraft
+ }( ?& B; u; ^+ t2 W, Z- QA6M2 Zero x 14 % s {8 D& g* K( l
A6M5 Zeke x 34
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4 x& z# D4 p7 E* E' vAllied aircraft
2 j* i# p( X( i# FF4U-1 Corsair x 12
- y: a7 `3 j- F7 GP-38J Lightning x 9
6 Y' z* v" X- L6 WB-25J Mitchell x 19 - O0 R- d; S6 j: H1 ^+ j( x
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Japanese aircraft losses ; g7 f9 W' c3 C N) X
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged - ^7 t* P' ~1 ^* @
A6M5 Zeke: 12 destroyed, 2 damaged 1 b" H6 a$ N d" M/ G: z
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Allied aircraft losses
! ~) u! {: m+ W& G. V* M9 }P-38J Lightning: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged ( g# M1 d3 p* H
B-25J Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged 6 F. ~% s/ }3 v
6 B( b/ m* d- ^: B# ~Airbase hits 4 $ P9 {8 k! C$ ~# M. D8 N8 p
Airbase supply hits 4 / U' X" g+ j; W/ b y% r
Runway hits 9
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. D! x$ v; ?5 s& \! G6 u4 a+ VOur counter attack yielded mediocre results: 15 enemy ac destroyed on the ground. The
4 M1 o6 w3 @4 u) w. e# Z$ [4 |/ Pswarm of Oscars protected the bombers from fierce attacks by enemy Spits and Corsairs. No 9 X6 d4 ?$ A, b1 q. W1 i( m" f# v
that's a bad combo! 1 K; v5 H& l2 z+ f. S7 P! N
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Day Air attack on Aitape , at 51,80
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% f3 n1 a. Q+ n, kJapanese aircraft
4 A7 n$ V5 X! e! J/ ~, L/ yKi-43-IIa Oscar x 79
# m9 W/ _' h; X4 a+ v8 J3 X% T- |" ]Ki-21 Sally x 49
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Allied aircraft 8 C5 X# [+ Y, b# w) T: ^) I+ c1 A
F4U-1 Corsair x 9
- U7 \) i* r3 G/ X+ {2 mSpitfire VIII x 11 & l! Y. c3 E- c, [
+ o- A0 @$ B. y' q6 mJapanese aircraft losses " L. R" C' M8 v+ J$ `+ c' a
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 30 destroyed
& _4 V- L& }: t0 H2 u! ^; SKi-21 Sally: 2 destroyed, 20 damaged
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( X; R' e" t- o. O2 F2 R6 jAllied aircraft losses
! {% B. n6 L: t3 Y& W' }F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
' T v$ |6 ~% l. r/ mSpitfire VIII: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
1 L2 a3 l% @/ |+ VKittyhawk III: 2 destroyed , B3 o+ q1 |- D ~/ x" [
P-40N Warhawk: 1 destroyed ( B1 p! Y1 c" d# p+ Y5 T
B-25J Mitchell: 3 destroyed
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Allied ground losses: . m8 x3 o, \! |0 L. b
200 casualties reported 8 v7 @' }. Q4 E3 N" {/ G4 l1 d
Vehicles lost 2 1 L& h/ L8 j- q
5 ~3 ^/ [- s" f( ^Airbase hits 1
6 [# h! |* c# c( P% c% wAirbase supply hits 1
" |6 F/ V" ]1 O+ H1 cRunway hits 7 5 s" H) m/ o1 i
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