近日来,新几内亚中部不断爆发海空消耗战/ E# `$ ?6 i' d1 L
# M8 W' N' A( d! o2月21日
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Enemy air strikes against Sarmi were opposed by Oscars and Zekes today:
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Day Air attack on Sarmi , at 48,78 9 t9 a) `& }1 t' K! z
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A6M2 Zero x 14 . f3 h! {. W3 J. h9 v4 H9 C
A6M5 Zeke x 34 3 D% W) K% p1 }$ @1 T5 s1 D
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Allied aircraft
5 R" H$ U4 X% R6 K) K9 iF4U-1 Corsair x 12 o; c( b, h/ _0 k9 n
P-38J Lightning x 9 ' a( `( }( }1 E$ m6 u3 c
B-25J Mitchell x 19
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; @% Z" R. Y1 SJapanese aircraft losses - F/ M' d, J/ J
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged
- }- b1 B# `2 tA6M5 Zeke: 12 destroyed, 2 damaged
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Allied aircraft losses
" ~0 G' p |# r( U& dP-38J Lightning: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged
7 l1 O; [1 E3 bB-25J Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged % ^* m. T* M8 \, b5 e
, I; }( J" \1 x' w8 D$ r6 kAirbase hits 4 $ d$ [! a" @& l& W
Airbase supply hits 4 ) O$ } V% u! N4 s) W
Runway hits 9
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Our counter attack yielded mediocre results: 15 enemy ac destroyed on the ground. The
; V' ?7 A, e! ~; mswarm of Oscars protected the bombers from fierce attacks by enemy Spits and Corsairs. No " W' T/ z8 Y& {2 `
that's a bad combo! / C/ | y0 J$ m+ ^' O% I
9 z7 E( v4 d0 e! w! C5 q8 o. HDay Air attack on Aitape , at 51,80
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8 d3 U9 g# Z, {) a8 ~" uKi-43-IIa Oscar x 79 ) X, T6 n1 Y% V" J4 ?4 V5 D
Ki-21 Sally x 49
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Allied aircraft
6 u+ c6 C ~* w; }* q& }+ VF4U-1 Corsair x 9 : v* ~8 |# I/ T. R' }
Spitfire VIII x 11
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Japanese aircraft losses 0 P0 C! P* `) C$ C0 \- z
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 30 destroyed
2 H" Y! e2 b' y, U0 qKi-21 Sally: 2 destroyed, 20 damaged . w) V# O0 A4 }+ N
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. u0 @# _, o U- r9 xF4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged + ]3 N/ o" @+ r: E
Spitfire VIII: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
! }3 e3 [! r0 b+ TKittyhawk III: 2 destroyed
/ ~$ c# X* ^4 h+ W4 t: H5 cP-40N Warhawk: 1 destroyed
& P& i) `% |" hB-25J Mitchell: 3 destroyed
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7 v* m) L% R5 wAllied ground losses: , ~- y) W- y* V( ]3 G4 o1 J
200 casualties reported ! ]- [. M8 @0 q8 {5 c! G/ C [' X" y$ H
Vehicles lost 2 . L9 D: d, j4 \# L( _& p5 G2 x
% k/ `* A% M9 O' O7 I8 bAirbase hits 1
) _0 G+ v3 [1 W. ?3 Z! M i2 v3 hAirbase supply hits 1 3 ?" Z) ]1 }2 g3 F3 q
Runway hits 7
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