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" g8 P% R' w& D2 Q; i9 FJapanese aircraft
0 M; d' u& `( P; bG4M2 Betty x 12. M6 u& N2 I; }/ u/ A6 L) u
* N! g- k& @% [) t: q7 p% T, ^4 W
Japanese aircraft losses3 @* V# X0 O; N! S" y
G4M2 Betty: 9 damaged2 u9 k. R C' t3 L. `
4 O5 f) a, m4 B& c; W
Allied Ships
7 N) e b& _1 Y0 B' t1 kTK Pueblo, Torpedo hits 1, on fire" y$ o5 ~/ h8 A0 W! c1 `& x
TK District of Columbia, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
" b3 h( \( f7 E- t! z: z# mTK Andrew Doria
+ F _7 t' z" y* Z2 ATwo follow up raids by the Taiho:( s: b9 _" k) }1 _5 C" i5 ?; P
i/ [+ R1 H1 @) J# tDay Air attack on TF at 54,56
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3 ~' E6 t7 O3 cJapanese aircraft# s% E; o/ t+ M# q$ T- x/ @
D4Y Judy x 22
# D/ {9 P+ u8 g
: E; i% b( Q4 }' pJapanese aircraft losses
- A) I2 n( L0 Y" _# XD4Y Judy: 1 destroyed, 8 damaged
$ `3 U& R6 O* Y$ [, I. C j0 C
# ?3 f, H: ]: E; d0 x m1 B/ ZAllied Ships. I J5 J8 Q7 l3 M: N5 b
DD John D. Edwards
5 \* B# _9 D& A. QDD Tillman* n0 O7 `) d, T+ g7 q; j! J. ?
DD Welles
$ k$ V8 \* {$ F0 I. nAK Harvard Victory, Bomb hits 1& ~! v: o4 n5 `" Z# h
DE Leslie L. B. Knox8 J8 l- @" W( `5 M
DD Craven
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Day Air attack on TF at 53,56( p2 I4 V7 C5 m4 [& s; h& z) z2 n
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Japanese aircraft2 V5 t( l$ m: R: i) o
A7M2 Reppu x 6! {7 A' [' a5 m9 H8 r9 k8 ?
D4Y Judy x 2" A/ m9 E( E- u9 k2 p
4 M6 ?' }0 w' I8 V( Y+ X
Japanese aircraft losses& X- Y" |4 `* Q" i# W
D4Y Judy: 1 damaged
6 F% G4 k8 Y" J
3 e( Q) G3 w* m6 L, H/ v$ rAllied Ships
[: H0 N1 w8 S9 c! K' o0 r) f, sAK E. W. Sinclair, Bomb hits 1, on fire5 _5 _/ F. ^ d; Y8 F0 |
# V# i* x( u1 \; U6 T; `. p9 gAllied ground losses: [! f, k6 u ]
7 casualties reported3 K- Z. y2 e$ [ z0 h6 G
Vehicles lost 1: s/ v- M& W$ O% Z
! E4 N j- Y2 i5 `. WAircraft Attacking:, J% r" t' a- M, {& L- a& b
2 x D4Y Judy bombing at 2000 feet) a& u; K& _2 T3 ]3 m8 M9 o. P
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2 Y6 R3 G: S6 v7 ICeylon and Bengal Sea
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0 t0 z0 a5 m1 LDay Air attack on Trimcomalee , at 15,25
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Japanese aircraft
: o8 I) J( L: \ \5 A ~9 H T* cA7M2 Reppu x 6
% ~3 P# ~* j' }' ~$ gJ2M Jack x 5: E4 ~. i. S! m& K4 W! h
J7W Shinden x 7
F w8 @# b. v- l+ n6 Q7 N" [Ki-84-Ic Frank x 65 G. W! n) M; p# i& ~$ L% g
) v% Q# m. r/ G4 O
Allied aircraft
6 T* c- f2 \/ `: f7 }9 ]' lB-29 Superfortress x 31
; i% v# n+ Y8 b/ { R' g! I( r1 W& A0 I) h5 X h) J! c" d+ ?
Japanese aircraft losses
# Z5 T3 ^5 T( }' \6 NA7M2 Reppu: 2 damaged& J5 G+ X+ D9 H* K% q
J2M Jack: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged9 H, l* W: _$ Y/ Q
J7W Shinden: 1 damaged8 w- N; j, i, _& B( A* M6 j$ p
Ki-84-Ic Frank: 1 destroyed
# z( w) |% u2 OP1Y Frances: 1 destroyed. q1 L4 d. r+ q+ [: Z
2 f: j+ L' Q- ~
Allied aircraft losses D0 v* V. |, b
B-29 Superfortress: 7 destroyed, 8 damaged9 V% Q6 {$ [$ N6 }
7 \- u8 Z$ x2 a# Z0 [
Airbase hits 1
7 p1 T* W7 S8 o; ZRunway hits 8$ k( n4 z+ P4 q" d0 |% i, u
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Day Air attack on TF, near Trimcomalee at 15,25
8 ?* ? J2 A; y" B
5 B' t- W" D; J; B) p0 hJapanese aircraft9 [9 q6 f* ]# K- j, _
B7A Grace x 3! |3 w' ^6 c2 Q* F# j. N
G4M2 Betty x 60 I; q7 a* Y2 @" a% O. d
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 183 N3 i- N; t( N- J+ D2 A
Ki-100 Tony x 9
! E0 |6 X6 h n9 S" kKi-49 Helen x 2
7 d" `7 U, R; e; ^ ?Ki-67 Peggy x 3
7 H2 a7 R' _; G& v+ E% w. h3 h9 k3 w, L
Allied aircraft# R& D! z% S) f/ w$ H
P-51D Mustang x 5
$ E+ m2 K' L+ g2 v6 U% f+ W" j" u
Japanese aircraft losses9 E# _- _4 }, T0 c! b# V7 P" \
B7A Grace: 1 destroyed, L% y2 i/ t; `3 j! z
G4M2 Betty: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
) s B n. r9 K2 D: \; XKi-43-IIa Oscar: 8 destroyed$ k6 x2 @% ]0 ~% u
Ki-100 Tony: 4 destroyed- ~$ i7 ~( e7 c3 k1 [) a0 L
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed X3 V N& I' V( Z; V8 l
Ki-67 Peggy: 3 destroyed
5 }( X# f; q. O1 D. _" d# V! y7 v1 P9 V, \$ x
Allied aircraft losses
7 m9 {# W1 E% n9 ~3 G. X* I/ lP-51D Mustang: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged" F' ?& h1 f$ a9 J
# O! H& l9 a* v9 o9 i" E. ^; @
Allied Ships" j$ q6 ]2 {: z8 F
MSW Grebe$ t( [! [/ [$ _/ w* e
AK Morton M. McCarver, Torpedo hits 1
5 r9 D% ^- j; c7 E4 ZAK Diomed, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
- V3 U" S& n4 s, `. }" Q, t& g6 y( \3 X3 l! ]
Allied ground losses:
- F0 i# p G% J- Y& P7 P% {+ ]21 casualties reported7 a& D+ f3 T0 j( Y# T$ j( x/ J, P
Day Air attack on TF, near Trimcomalee at 15,25: H ?) t& ]: E, \
2 }* [4 d( d U5 z; y0 h& w' ?Japanese aircraft& d& _9 W l1 v" Q0 T; @$ j
B7A Grace x 3
% }0 o) W) ~2 X: A7 S# w( N! j& A8 UG4M2 Betty x 60 `# F6 G# p8 s6 M1 v
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 18& x5 a7 M5 z9 O2 s( \
Ki-100 Tony x 9
: O' S5 h$ H/ u$ p, \0 m2 xKi-49 Helen x 29 f8 U. b Q) I: d3 t* Y
Ki-67 Peggy x 3) @( n8 q% k. N/ N
# i0 \; Q* X/ kAllied aircraft: |: a( s- U% {! N" d
P-51D Mustang x 5' [3 q, v' c2 i4 @
/ ~5 }- V& l& }8 w, X
Japanese aircraft losses- V' ~- t/ r. W
B7A Grace: 1 destroyed
( t7 J$ M `2 D# j6 D6 d" ^7 BG4M2 Betty: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
4 ^7 r; j+ \; ^/ s/ \9 l pKi-43-IIa Oscar: 8 destroyed7 x2 A6 M+ R* P! _1 J# h( k
Ki-100 Tony: 4 destroyed. I/ W F, M3 |( q5 L8 h
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed
$ V: s% p. b( D8 N" pKi-67 Peggy: 3 destroyed& b9 s0 \0 Z# M' g! W
B1 |5 }" a+ EAllied aircraft losses
6 ^0 I0 x# N- x6 w! f4 g+ m4 lP-51D Mustang: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged* R1 t: ^* ?$ h
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Allied Ships
: b+ q. n- V' XMSW Grebe$ O+ A" a" q: p. I; b* j S
AK Morton M. McCarver, Torpedo hits 1
1 R: V! _9 H! w+ D x- rAK Diomed, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
" k p, Y9 p5 V w+ m, q/ t. }# Q5 b7 q
Allied ground losses:
0 w& t9 m# Z S) x# b' y( U, R21 casualties reported& s8 L* _/ h0 F/ g
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* J3 I' ?6 W# o" t3 g7 M$ A5 qDay Air attack on TF, near Trimcomalee at 15,25
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- |9 W8 C: z' Z# u- o0 yJapanese aircraft
8 A$ Z \, ~; H1 W. }B7A Grace x 3
4 T C5 c- Z. a4 {G4M2 Betty x 67 h: Y- s* m/ P- p0 _- k
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 185 q9 h/ @7 ^, C1 A7 }! v- K
Ki-100 Tony x 9
7 x5 W9 H) F1 F7 u- c' [5 fKi-49 Helen x 2
- d9 ?2 m: n) F' d( uKi-67 Peggy x 3, D' X# H+ O0 l3 l, q7 C' u
- }# ]1 v2 b7 u; S# M( C% f( G9 xAllied aircraft$ C1 e5 n$ P* ?/ P0 S. S6 z
P-51D Mustang x 5. S+ u* R$ m& @9 U
4 ^; b& I4 t7 x* o- f# b* `- uJapanese aircraft losses
S3 n8 N i% s" R9 e( P' z, RB7A Grace: 1 destroyed
5 z& x# h# ], X! `) d$ r6 }: @8 Q7 OG4M2 Betty: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
6 e, a& R7 j, r! jKi-43-IIa Oscar: 8 destroyed" s. o5 f* n2 D- G3 h# L0 g
Ki-100 Tony: 4 destroyed
' G1 j- B4 Y, }$ gKi-49 Helen: 1 destroyed
8 |- Q3 N) e4 |" YKi-67 Peggy: 3 destroyed& @; j; g' y$ r$ q, X- |
( o4 U1 V$ Y$ m9 IAllied aircraft losses( o5 b' L9 @4 E& z
P-51D Mustang: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
7 `! U% u0 ` P1 j p0 N C1 F6 n4 P9 Z1 e8 m# |8 n+ x1 I
Allied Ships$ x6 G) z* c& [/ H6 |
MSW Grebe
S& B1 w( X" R+ R5 ]3 oAK Morton M. McCarver, Torpedo hits 1) t7 }8 v. e5 O; f E2 \4 w( r8 Y
AK Diomed, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
9 M' A; M% [- Y7 g- q! v4 k2 v$ i9 h/ B. c1 k& i3 }' f
Allied ground losses:$ i: }/ F6 g F' `- O8 Y
21 casualties reported
1 v- a) v4 q$ e7 O1 j7 OThe retreating Yorktown takes an another tube and is clearly in trouble with no CAP overhead!
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Day Air attack on TF at 18,30+ Q% u9 L. `8 Y8 Y/ y1 ?1 Q; k
3 x. S$ g2 k4 QJapanese aircraft
& v5 M, q$ u. y* D+ x9 ~# mP1Y Frances x 3# k9 p! G6 \* O9 c E
6 ~3 A) U# {0 _" f, y5 t
Japanese aircraft losses
" ^7 [1 Q& _4 F6 oP1Y Frances: 3 damaged
4 j/ \6 t5 H' }+ ?4 s# H/ a8 T$ z$ ~4 C1 a( `6 H" D' h
Allied Ships
! o' S# p$ Y0 B+ J, S, _2 tCV Yorktown, Torpedo hits 1, on fire( H' w5 ?- R3 n8 Q0 f$ E
1 H% ]. W9 j+ h
Aircraft Attacking:- n* b. Q9 x0 f# c
3 x P1Y Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet- G( {4 X$ [! E/ p0 R, A- F- M
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. y7 X- `' h5 F( j6 ODay Air attack on TF, near Trimcomalee at 15,25
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. w! i7 A% u; c% E$ E0 B$ P) rJapanese aircraft7 i, T7 }5 Q7 f/ |5 v1 e
A7M2 Reppu x 5
- X8 x! W' B) u5 H4 U! eJ2M Jack x 63 x8 S) m7 @0 |1 j2 A* T! h! D
D4Y Judy x 3& m$ m0 ?3 m0 w: q1 G" Y
B7A Grace x 6/ _& n0 v. b# n& t+ g. ~$ b
G4M2 Betty x 3. J7 p+ }7 `2 x8 C7 Q) }' [/ ?
P1Y Frances x 6" v( D& w7 E8 v! W; O2 }: X0 c
Ki-67 Peggy x 11
3 a, K, g( k: o, w% Y, g" a; o6 F# F& B8 N/ t: ]
Allied aircraft r. a( U9 G1 _7 z
P-51D Mustang x 4
\; |. T7 [# X( e0 a i$ j" k
8 Z6 c2 s4 f$ { `! t2 i7 ZJapanese aircraft losses, ~# N; u2 x( E$ [2 S2 \* n
A7M2 Reppu: 5 destroyed5 o1 R; d, k, ?, L" y
J2M Jack: 2 destroyed) f# k p5 ~- Z! t0 C, i: K
B7A Grace: 1 destroyed0 Q0 S6 y9 S) b3 M; v% F9 H% U% O
P1Y Frances: 1 destroyed$ Q, y. p& j: q
Ki-67 Peggy: 1 destroyed1 v# N0 S- |. M3 g; o
" ?0 N4 V: }2 [+ w
Allied aircraft losses& h8 T8 ]) K5 y, Q N% i
P-51D Mustang: 4 damaged- f$ h3 g( V' p: R
5 g6 ]: v4 }9 y. \$ q8 e- C* RAllied Ships& i( c, `, H! k7 R+ u! }( \' E
DE Lovelace
' U7 G2 D' U* g) |0 B/ F) ODE Martin9 r, s2 U0 C3 |. \( w
LCI LCI-436% o7 j! J/ g& q
APD Blessman% B, F4 ~, v( q! g A i3 f+ V
APD Ruchamkin, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage1 }. E" {( U" |, ~* o% n' p2 d
AP Laurens
( @, H3 E& z0 u0 h& bDD Mullany
8 C1 K5 e# B' T, t3 b9 }3 H--------------------------------------------------------------------------------4 t% L, F- ]" f' W9 u$ H
Day Air attack on TF, near Trimcomalee at 15,25 [6 |( v' x; s @% h& C
4 K! N+ k1 N, i: v. M' O8 i& T" W) yJapanese aircraft# C! z/ h4 i* u7 D+ R' `; v
G4M2 Betty x 9
# x1 ` G7 c/ i0 K
8 j" T9 h; V7 g# Z6 _% T+ i3 RAllied aircraft R0 T: T/ D1 r) X- z# F. d
P-51D Mustang x 24 \& f+ a4 `, D. q
" b0 v- e9 o, ~5 w
Japanese aircraft losses, x$ N+ {0 D1 [9 E
G4M2 Betty: 5 damaged
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# K# Y$ |' i, s0 A2 v+ vAllied Ships
5 T4 m. W4 a1 ]3 GAP Henrico8 X" [% y4 y7 a1 W
APD Noa, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage& o( A2 W; e, U8 P3 y
LCI LCI-223, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage4 E$ ]7 M9 \8 Y$ O; M
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; n& z E4 H; A1 uDay Air attack on Trimcomalee , at 15,25, I* _/ x- M2 m" ~
2 @; T- ~1 d6 i0 Z& P' T' g! jJapanese aircraft4 H5 ~/ X4 s; v& P( Y
A7M2 Reppu x 5
5 |, z- u; x3 d- tJ2M Jack x 22 L4 t7 ^4 m2 Z% P
J7W Shinden x 6
& \; B8 ?4 R/ Y T: n( P6 E& L, Q. L* D6 pKi-84-Ic Frank x 42 w, N6 l' V' y! a3 d. F7 ?
! L9 F; q% ~* `; K, v, \
Allied aircraft
% ^: G0 n0 G1 LP-38J Lightning x 16
3 u% ?- k) e5 R* v3 K* j. z/ O0 z' E
Japanese aircraft losses
- r8 u ^ E z# t4 _, [8 c" eA7M2 Reppu: 3 destroyed3 Z9 I+ \/ v4 F3 d ~
" S; B. }5 W6 Q, @+ X+ ~6 E, [: C* s
Allied aircraft losses5 ~# T3 H! X# i. q
P-38J Lightning: 3 destroyed, 3 damaged
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6 b; u3 X" Y; G5 D3 f- BDay Air attack on TF at 14,23
4 b' x/ _3 |- c! P5 f: j! P
T2 F8 J( z$ i' hJapanese aircraft
- F( w! G1 p2 j1 B% cJ2M Jack x 2! v. q3 e8 \$ K: m8 D
G4M2 Betty x 2: a7 l8 e7 l8 t" E1 m7 T n3 E
P1Y Frances x 2; M% A: x: ]% O/ Z
Ki-67 Peggy x 4
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7 K0 N$ |2 [% NJapanese aircraft losses
! j$ N5 h, X# U5 \, e, A2 B! SKi-67 Peggy: 3 damaged5 b* h3 k( k$ d& y6 |7 l$ S8 U
& h" p0 s5 T3 y2 s
Allied Ships1 |+ E. R$ x8 J; R- O
AK Empire Johnson, Bomb hits 2, on fire; t2 z2 s4 P/ O! L
MSW Bittern, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage1 r9 n7 I* h+ T0 v
DM Gamble, heavy damage
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3 G( y& A$ P) P1 Y! n8 NThe crack Ann dive bomber units are having a field day!$ \* d* {8 B7 Z: g
' l- F$ ~8 f, C& J1 l6 y. [Day Air attack on TF at 14,23) B2 l5 s1 p' S! W3 c" T& @2 V& u
e! ^, N z# P j# m. G( }1 ]Japanese aircraft/ X: W7 J3 R o, E4 Z. k/ X
D4Y Judy x 24
7 d4 x0 p- @; r* {- R9 a& YKi-43-IIa Oscar x 7, t' o4 V$ z L. ?6 S6 I" ]2 t
Ki-100 Tony x 6. @# [" J7 _+ H. C2 A
Ki-30 Ann x 51
9 `3 h8 q; J4 E/ V2 |: { v" C1 V$ I4 n! Z G: ?
Japanese aircraft losses I; ?$ _/ @# Y& K+ \0 n6 N
D4Y Judy: 1 destroyed
1 a1 x9 [% h V9 i( UKi-30 Ann: 3 damaged. ?9 @% Y+ c# ]% ~' I. I
x- S S" [$ {: ~! I% I! t+ z! F
Allied Ships; p' W5 ?6 s X4 b( m% s1 X
AR Hector, Bomb hits 3, on fire8 y# T6 H1 M1 p
AK Red Jacket, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
" Y( k3 Y, a- q" k! hDD Irwin! {* O, J% |# K2 V1 ^1 k! T6 h, J
DE Seid, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage/ }+ B; A! C* B+ L+ |3 q& f9 H/ G
DD Quiberon, heavy damage
8 B1 s/ c' ?1 Q+ N; i+ q/ \" f. BDD Hugh W. Hadley, Bomb hits 1, on fire4 t6 I v0 C) p
DE Mitchell, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
+ R! F) l% p; c& Y* ^" i# ZDM Gamble, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage2 Y# E; c) b1 ], z7 w* Y, D# V# p/ o
AK Admiral Senn, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage, ^% E1 Z, v- d
DE Stadtfeld, Bomb hits 2, on fire0 s/ o% p3 a6 p
DM Ramsay, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
1 x5 }0 x% }1 X( C/ yDE Rall, Bomb hits 1, on fire% i% H/ [0 [8 }1 `! {
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( P' @' `* N6 [. v5 QDay Air attack on TF, near Trimcomalee at 15,25
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Japanese aircraft
$ m/ R+ n8 B0 @7 T5 YD4Y Judy x 126 u! m. C" e& R
G4M2 Betty x 3
/ Y! D! `. G" s1 C: X
7 }3 |. V1 j9 s- fAllied aircraft
, a6 h# k& }, u. Q, UP-51D Mustang x 2& p& O; U# }* A G( E" o
' H; ^& F# |: }4 j" j! f( eJapanese aircraft losses- B Q& g. }" h2 h) l9 S
D4Y Judy: 1 destroyed
1 N7 m9 M1 y& ^; ~$ H, B' f" s
: ?8 w, N+ P' Y. s7 ZAllied Ships
3 B! q/ Q. c, _LCI(G) LCI(G)-79. h2 ^: k# z4 T
DD Renshaw, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage: [, u8 T. p. n# g
AP Callaway, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage
. i$ ^3 O& l6 M* ~; w: mAPD Lee Fox, Bomb hits 1, on fire) h3 c5 i* j0 ^, W" Q
APD Newman, Bomb hits 1, on fire" ?; r1 d1 E: c$ p& i2 {% P% t# \% y+ V
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* {% t1 N" R# q/ |Day Air attack on TF at 12,285 G2 c# D$ H) g$ t1 I0 c( k
- \ ?7 `, P. k" T3 d- tJapanese aircraft+ N3 q, r/ R- n9 v
G4M2 Betty x 40 @9 P. a% e5 N6 f, Q' g
& `$ H) q. ]) ~( y3 O! \$ l4 ]. z5 x
Japanese aircraft losses
6 G0 |0 E5 J+ _& t4 eG4M2 Betty: 3 damaged
" A: v* ~/ G; P9 N5 v) h c' S; @5 O3 n
Allied Ships
) v) n9 v/ U5 Z: {& c" sAP Cape Bon, Torpedo hits 1, on fire/ Q1 X4 K" T/ g6 }
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