近日来,新几内亚中部不断爆发海空消耗战3 T' p4 Z: G& L3 g; R2 q! T
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Enemy air strikes against Sarmi were opposed by Oscars and Zekes today: 8 J# E; m" ~' {( R& O
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Day Air attack on Sarmi , at 48,78
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A6M2 Zero x 14 ' w$ W* c& w2 @. q- v
A6M5 Zeke x 34
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Allied aircraft
& K7 j( f2 z4 u6 O2 N* I1 z! |F4U-1 Corsair x 12
Q# j% [- T/ I) A5 L7 A/ ?P-38J Lightning x 9
3 F+ e4 C D$ R7 Y0 D+ PB-25J Mitchell x 19 ; a, C) p; n1 Z
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Japanese aircraft losses ' k% S( F+ ~# g+ b7 c$ w. {
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged 2 Q* e- \' m$ x/ [& B( ]
A6M5 Zeke: 12 destroyed, 2 damaged ; E2 o; P, E: Z
$ }; k l$ a/ g) V7 gAllied aircraft losses / b- g8 [0 e1 L# V) w: g% s
P-38J Lightning: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged
+ A. }2 V/ ~/ s: i. WB-25J Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
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5 b1 Z; b% r, ^1 S2 EAirbase hits 4
" W9 G: g7 m2 H/ G' p# `Airbase supply hits 4
+ L# U0 m; F& A# M# Z1 Z" URunway hits 9
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5 M7 n7 O+ {2 f0 V B: dOur counter attack yielded mediocre results: 15 enemy ac destroyed on the ground. The
" W5 p6 A8 n- i9 Jswarm of Oscars protected the bombers from fierce attacks by enemy Spits and Corsairs. No : S) H( e% b" _. Z; O: [: J' \
that's a bad combo!
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' Y; r+ S0 O) r! v8 p% k/ qDay Air attack on Aitape , at 51,80 " F Z8 X3 d$ H
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Japanese aircraft
! D1 k% k' s9 lKi-43-IIa Oscar x 79 7 D: }: E& e( ~. H9 X
Ki-21 Sally x 49 ( N0 X: ^0 u( G! h( d. X
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Allied aircraft ! l; \! R" G3 x( x f
F4U-1 Corsair x 9 . W5 v6 h$ j* V: y4 |; Q
Spitfire VIII x 11
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Japanese aircraft losses + p1 b3 E8 N* N+ h* O$ X) M8 v
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 30 destroyed
C" {& G( C! \2 A. ZKi-21 Sally: 2 destroyed, 20 damaged
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Allied aircraft losses # ]6 K# P% c2 f! k
F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
7 {. c% g( ~, `2 y" {+ X; Q5 P: E& M9 nSpitfire VIII: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
& R6 p" Q- {1 |/ l1 uKittyhawk III: 2 destroyed ) A U% K, M1 l/ @
P-40N Warhawk: 1 destroyed
7 n) U( C/ A) C; @4 N) r7 o+ H; \% gB-25J Mitchell: 3 destroyed + r! \) c* v* O1 N5 P, \- }. E
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Allied ground losses: . {! j& w% n0 R% t2 i/ T, y! {
200 casualties reported & p' z/ G, i! v
Vehicles lost 2
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4 O+ S9 [2 O5 @# ?9 y0 y: g7 BAirbase hits 1
6 Z2 V1 u C! x0 rAirbase supply hits 1
- J( g8 X* r2 j: u G* V& F4 CRunway hits 7 * T- O/ o0 a! O
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