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:
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t, g% d# ^: S/ {8 e" U% T; M' iDay Air attack on Sarmi , at 48,78 ) [9 c$ S) ?( C/ I" K3 y9 \5 B
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Japanese aircraft
4 E, X% d& J! RA6M2 Zero x 14
: D7 D. q0 F/ ?* o) CA6M5 Zeke x 34 9 n$ |. h" U- U7 C- m# O1 W# A6 R
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Allied aircraft
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P-38J Lightning x 9
& a. V: Y1 O Z% a, VB-25J Mitchell x 19 ' z9 ]$ A; p' |
' u, ]$ m% c- w3 uJapanese aircraft losses
3 g- f" V6 i$ r0 Z% I; tA6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged
( c# Y6 K" \1 r3 v/ t a+ HA6M5 Zeke: 12 destroyed, 2 damaged 4 k: A& {! N$ Z0 J8 r
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Allied aircraft losses
- F" N2 K M3 ^: l3 `. _4 wP-38J Lightning: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged
3 \5 R5 ^! ?' lB-25J Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
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, B1 o. q5 s" N" E" b4 j iAirbase hits 4
7 w" h! B# \: C } [) D* a7 Q5 RAirbase supply hits 4 0 x3 U1 A2 A) v5 c% z
Runway hits 9
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Our counter attack yielded mediocre results: 15 enemy ac destroyed on the ground. The ) R+ {5 p1 D: M. ~1 K$ g* k$ g
swarm of Oscars protected the bombers from fierce attacks by enemy Spits and Corsairs. No
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Day Air attack on Aitape , at 51,80 9 l. B j, T# l% v% K
: A3 x8 I/ v$ p% hJapanese aircraft 6 s7 F( ?$ c8 K# m, l- K
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 79 8 q& W; v+ l: H E
Ki-21 Sally x 49 , P, m6 A# I0 b7 n
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F4U-1 Corsair x 9 1 L* Q3 O6 t$ \2 f! J% B; _
Spitfire VIII x 11
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Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 30 destroyed
! _4 _% [0 q4 T7 B& zKi-21 Sally: 2 destroyed, 20 damaged
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F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
# m8 C8 I: X$ [Spitfire VIII: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
0 h4 ?& V: I/ w+ ~( a' O$ l7 mKittyhawk III: 2 destroyed
' B# g1 M# R; `( d! lP-40N Warhawk: 1 destroyed
4 r, T/ `+ _3 J' tB-25J Mitchell: 3 destroyed ( l8 Q. U3 W9 p: V8 L
6 v+ r b6 ~, Z; L$ ~6 QAllied ground losses: ) y* \4 r) z/ H- Z2 R" j" a0 R
200 casualties reported
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Airbase hits 1 8 D! n. W9 E# Y- u$ V. i* b8 N. @
Airbase supply hits 1
5 R) ~* M9 N. [2 N1 w* A7 E( o7 yRunway hits 7
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