近日来,新几内亚中部不断爆发海空消耗战
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2月21日
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Enemy air strikes against Sarmi were opposed by Oscars and Zekes today:
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Day Air attack on Sarmi , at 48,78 9 p4 b. _) D- q" t5 j: w4 {# y
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Japanese aircraft
2 o0 ?, C" u8 O0 ?. l% n" _A6M2 Zero x 14
% E# h X+ W) E' W1 X; rA6M5 Zeke x 34 1 {! {* n# [0 H" x
0 @$ j( f. J) ]8 k6 CAllied aircraft
$ ?# C g) L, _5 |; z2 n0 c# E" C7 `F4U-1 Corsair x 12 ) x$ ]) V/ S4 R' a" {7 ^ g7 {2 F
P-38J Lightning x 9
% s! s1 @; k7 i% _- mB-25J Mitchell x 19 5 Y+ h7 h P/ V# F/ q9 C
, U! k$ c, {0 t" t- YJapanese aircraft losses
* d) A9 R* B; e. g( mA6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged ( P& d- t6 M% H ~
A6M5 Zeke: 12 destroyed, 2 damaged 6 J' d( ]/ s) h! G# X5 f
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Allied aircraft losses
) p6 I1 F1 ~5 W$ R( Y& n- t D; FP-38J Lightning: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged 1 D3 ?; X& ]/ T! \* [' n
B-25J Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged 6 L& q- V/ r; }3 h6 W
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Airbase hits 4
1 w6 x+ c+ `/ b4 u8 ^, RAirbase supply hits 4 `5 ?2 H- j( x- ^# h& i' u
Runway hits 9 * U5 L& x5 S+ ~1 B; G
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/ L; k- |* q% N: a' E" [' [# P* [4 {8 nOur counter attack yielded mediocre results: 15 enemy ac destroyed on the ground. The
# ^. E+ L* U1 e5 R5 C9 E/ Hswarm of Oscars protected the bombers from fierce attacks by enemy Spits and Corsairs. No + A0 M) T, f1 r2 T R
that's a bad combo!
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$ r4 r; G/ a% {2 }* W g3 oDay Air attack on Aitape , at 51,80
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2 K6 ~! e/ G9 v# V' `$ W2 b" O8 VKi-43-IIa Oscar x 79 & S3 M9 L4 \5 N+ {+ f- S/ `
Ki-21 Sally x 49
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1 R- U8 k" M+ L: d: k+ a6 UAllied aircraft
2 G5 L6 \; [* U! y. HF4U-1 Corsair x 9 4 V7 Y( s0 k% ~, T2 {
Spitfire VIII x 11 6 T9 W$ {2 ], r) m
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Japanese aircraft losses " u7 a6 n# O+ t6 p2 }+ V
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 30 destroyed : P2 d& q2 T' |8 W- l
Ki-21 Sally: 2 destroyed, 20 damaged - m$ E* ]: X' g
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Allied aircraft losses 3 O. _4 [* @ ^8 y" T& l$ o$ w
F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged 8 I' {- H9 l* ^2 {
Spitfire VIII: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
; o4 h, \* U1 H% J- fKittyhawk III: 2 destroyed
) m% m9 f, j+ A' z4 p6 P% oP-40N Warhawk: 1 destroyed
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$ b+ d1 N* K- G) Q! H" [' N; A+ D% XAllied ground losses:
8 i3 W% g$ H9 ^* p200 casualties reported
, O$ j4 P" D: H2 O: SVehicles lost 2
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Airbase hits 1 * X# c# \) z; K! m5 ^4 C0 w
Airbase supply hits 1 % h3 D' D5 D' p* c/ {1 B
Runway hits 7
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