近日来,新几内亚中部不断爆发海空消耗战/ b# S$ X4 {% D5 O1 ?
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6 q7 {* j) E) i: k0 aEnemy air strikes against Sarmi were opposed by Oscars and Zekes today:
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Day Air attack on Sarmi , at 48,78 . n6 s* e3 U! G- Q4 L b
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A6M2 Zero x 14
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Allied aircraft
( x' A1 l; @- V7 F7 _0 ^F4U-1 Corsair x 12 6 e1 g j7 m) f, J9 e' ]0 E
P-38J Lightning x 9 - G: g( R+ j! e# o x- p9 A
B-25J Mitchell x 19
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Japanese aircraft losses & o. f' U! l u+ n
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged
3 Q$ E/ K/ ~0 w- QA6M5 Zeke: 12 destroyed, 2 damaged
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Allied aircraft losses
9 _, [; i) ^1 Q4 S# Z4 A aP-38J Lightning: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged
/ p' u% J0 d h5 \! HB-25J Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged 4 ?9 _7 D1 a( U. z3 `
. [# O, j8 O2 D1 b. Q) dAirbase hits 4
; Q( e" N$ M( y4 K* X4 SAirbase supply hits 4
1 k( ?9 O6 f M0 b7 s6 f% nRunway hits 9 * t1 v5 U& q/ H$ E& \/ \- \' X
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Our counter attack yielded mediocre results: 15 enemy ac destroyed on the ground. The ( |+ @9 C% P% p; F2 j* J3 \( s3 K; n2 g6 h
swarm of Oscars protected the bombers from fierce attacks by enemy Spits and Corsairs. No
6 f# q* M8 T% }% U" r$ jthat's a bad combo!
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+ ^0 L) Q' A+ d" P9 v: F( f+ xDay Air attack on Aitape , at 51,80 # |3 f3 ~; D, L# @) M
4 T# d9 z9 y' x& k& k, ?Japanese aircraft
/ q {) _# A0 U+ i) q/ ~5 AKi-43-IIa Oscar x 79
, m5 I& E% p( A8 c. S, a5 A: FKi-21 Sally x 49
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! }% i) B5 r1 A$ bAllied aircraft
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Spitfire VIII x 11
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Japanese aircraft losses
- g8 k) R& e+ H9 d1 w& VKi-43-IIa Oscar: 30 destroyed
5 ~( Z$ p- V( h$ J9 `, i. zKi-21 Sally: 2 destroyed, 20 damaged 9 l1 ^0 m( K- z/ R% d x0 r
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Allied aircraft losses + E) L: k* E+ _7 o- X# y) D1 T
F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
) x/ C* t% [0 @$ \% r3 gSpitfire VIII: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
" o+ G8 h$ O9 r! c. D. vKittyhawk III: 2 destroyed
* ~. Q% J* w' ?; b7 X; tP-40N Warhawk: 1 destroyed
0 o* E+ X0 U0 cB-25J Mitchell: 3 destroyed
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Allied ground losses: $ f0 Q( E% N: x5 ~5 ?
200 casualties reported
/ l* i; c$ y, a+ `Vehicles lost 2
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Airbase supply hits 1
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