近日来,新几内亚中部不断爆发海空消耗战
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Enemy air strikes against Sarmi were opposed by Oscars and Zekes today: 0 x$ q0 W& D5 [1 ]" u; d" _
9 S! j- p% u7 R) s& gDay Air attack on Sarmi , at 48,78 3 {# d6 r4 p& I3 M5 h
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Japanese aircraft ) h2 Q6 Y2 o5 O- r' O7 E
A6M2 Zero x 14
8 H2 C6 o r. t$ U" XA6M5 Zeke x 34
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0 X- P8 [, B( g, q8 a; n `Allied aircraft
) s- ?8 |7 P w, LF4U-1 Corsair x 12
5 k+ j2 \# g0 l4 jP-38J Lightning x 9 $ T( k6 p8 j; t0 D: E$ a9 v1 V5 q+ e
B-25J Mitchell x 19 $ k8 o+ l. O v3 D
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Japanese aircraft losses $ b' R! f& L) A$ J
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged # ?2 G; {& t7 z ~+ O( ~/ w
A6M5 Zeke: 12 destroyed, 2 damaged
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Allied aircraft losses ! n& d, W( x+ o) U
P-38J Lightning: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged
! D' u! x- M8 NB-25J Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
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Airbase hits 4 0 E/ u; m. \9 E2 m3 i. V4 h+ A
Airbase supply hits 4
0 e6 d# o4 x( u; S: URunway hits 9
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7 x( a# u- P9 |8 {2 QOur counter attack yielded mediocre results: 15 enemy ac destroyed on the ground. The ; U1 _8 Z0 G# f2 ^' n+ S# g: r5 F* H7 k
swarm of Oscars protected the bombers from fierce attacks by enemy Spits and Corsairs. No - k0 L1 {" z; e& R h
that's a bad combo!
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Day Air attack on Aitape , at 51,80
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Japanese aircraft
2 M- r6 b" Q8 zKi-43-IIa Oscar x 79
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Spitfire VIII x 11 / v0 J8 t: ?+ G4 P) p
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Japanese aircraft losses / D9 ]6 R' t/ a) f
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 30 destroyed % w4 ~) n, r# ?& z* t7 d1 i6 i
Ki-21 Sally: 2 destroyed, 20 damaged
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Allied aircraft losses $ g. m* ]9 \, W, [* T6 p
F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
. g/ B) Q( I" c9 g1 MSpitfire VIII: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
0 o# {$ c1 I5 ^0 \. \Kittyhawk III: 2 destroyed
# v2 M# W: H+ p) y3 Q: jP-40N Warhawk: 1 destroyed
+ l7 D& C2 Y8 O$ \B-25J Mitchell: 3 destroyed
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Allied ground losses: 0 h( J H4 e% H
200 casualties reported , {& N. k: b( {7 R1 x9 O
Vehicles lost 2 q6 ]# P0 [8 ^' H9 J% F8 i/ F
% B' A- `9 U' t& p5 C1 S- OAirbase hits 1
# m( \) T$ M% N7 z& }! ]$ U3 @3 XAirbase supply hits 1
" ?; C- F" ~' vRunway hits 7
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