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: $ |$ H* B5 r( R. c2 U
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Day Air attack on Sarmi , at 48,78 # o# n( a( f& M/ N. `
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Japanese aircraft ) D! _; O& Z* T; U! c
A6M2 Zero x 14 v* P/ z. D& H7 R/ w4 X. Q
A6M5 Zeke x 34
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/ T4 F7 H h( c; }* J2 {! tAllied aircraft 2 w. r8 U: A* z4 ^9 Q5 Z
F4U-1 Corsair x 12
. L1 \ s: A0 z' t1 FP-38J Lightning x 9
0 b! v# T, a9 P8 @: GB-25J Mitchell x 19 3 q: a8 R; w. @. q! C* s
1 K5 m, Z( M7 mJapanese aircraft losses * ]+ t- A: F! T w
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged % o3 m5 W u f) w6 z5 J
A6M5 Zeke: 12 destroyed, 2 damaged
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+ t# o) U& b6 T! I, N( a) UAllied aircraft losses
$ _1 O- i# J+ p" r0 YP-38J Lightning: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged
/ I1 _$ J! I1 U) V2 o( pB-25J Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged J! e2 w1 w! A" H- P
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Airbase hits 4
- d/ f5 t, [9 |% ?+ P6 E1 J; vAirbase supply hits 4 % q w, C* p$ W$ J' W$ i5 B: f
Runway hits 9 , e! W e' v8 M) Y: j o
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9 R1 |0 B, i; i K2 i& ZOur counter attack yielded mediocre results: 15 enemy ac destroyed on the ground. The
: u* C) t. y, W' _/ pswarm of Oscars protected the bombers from fierce attacks by enemy Spits and Corsairs. No
; d% y, Z8 G* Jthat's a bad combo! 0 H/ L" r4 M+ T
' o% |& w& |0 }! t, N" {7 |- CDay Air attack on Aitape , at 51,80
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Japanese aircraft
& A* a3 `2 n* y' rKi-43-IIa Oscar x 79
6 Z0 ^4 }) G7 K, k" lKi-21 Sally x 49 S5 ]+ z9 |' T4 d6 ~/ j0 J) S5 A
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F4U-1 Corsair x 9
0 j6 B9 m0 L5 [8 X2 A/ X0 n+ aSpitfire VIII x 11 , {- i# u. p2 n- c
5 Y m6 I3 b. AJapanese aircraft losses : u/ L* B1 r: _
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 30 destroyed 6 @8 d0 Y* x6 P; \- X
Ki-21 Sally: 2 destroyed, 20 damaged
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" K% H6 s: X0 x, W$ KAllied aircraft losses
; q/ V7 n# F( r9 W- |/ K: I7 BF4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
9 c! m% k8 Q4 F6 f8 P* t, z& R3 ESpitfire VIII: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
$ g) M# c r& E" O# c# dKittyhawk III: 2 destroyed
) w8 Q Y- n1 S5 E [P-40N Warhawk: 1 destroyed
6 X* P$ I7 X0 K6 t2 X/ \B-25J Mitchell: 3 destroyed
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5 T% w) U* f3 L0 F2 x( xAllied ground losses:
0 `$ O: R9 h B200 casualties reported
7 u0 R0 z& c. R g' C8 E, \) P8 CVehicles lost 2 # s9 h+ [' p* v# b. `
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Airbase hits 1 8 f( N4 a( J Z' c
Airbase supply hits 1 7 Z1 g* O9 E3 X% m, ^
Runway hits 7 7 f. t2 `1 q* x n! B( R
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