06/18/42
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8 r. e1 l2 \& H/ J! V$ m' O: v仰光天气不好,造成帝国大批飞机在机场上当靶。# l% P z% Z) Z. Q. e, N- D
kb在休养了几个月以后再次出马,对坎顿岛狂轰滥炸。
; g8 a* ~4 l$ j& P- y上午,帝国精锐分为两拨,db攻击了机场,而tb把港内成群的dms滥炸了一通。下午,tb再次出击,对机场实施二次攻击。可惜机场上除了有侦察机,其余什么都没有,帝国的重磅炸弹只好用来挖坑用了。上午被炸得12艘dms于当天结束前悉数沉没 & e3 @, k" h+ K8 @9 j9 E, f
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Day Air attack on Rangoon , at 29,33
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Japanese aircraft& k" a3 N. {& m2 Q) b$ U
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 4
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Allied aircraft7 A- t% I% V0 {1 S a+ }
B-17D Fortress x 12
7 p7 R) p% j" F# z2 G; {" ZB-17E Fortress x 101
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7 T. x9 \# _ P9 s$ OKi-43-Ib Oscar: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged# g/ W5 a A& s% X* }
Ki-49 Helen: 2 destroyed
( V1 P+ w6 y( D) a; QG4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed4 S& _# Y9 B0 v% w. w
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed; w% l* P5 I M: _- D2 n
A6M3 Zero: 2 destroyed
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Japanese ground losses:
3 z9 u5 z0 x2 n! B355 casualties reported
$ Z1 Y' ^! x' g( Z) G' K; a% k% mGuns lost 5% G3 q; M+ Z! n/ S0 J/ U
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Airbase hits 3& S; X, k$ v3 d; {' O' l9 T
Airbase supply hits 1
8 v% f9 M* U8 IRunway hits 10
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Day Air attack on Canton Island , at 100,100
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' L4 s, f1 o3 a& dJapanese aircraft
' {; h j/ _2 ?0 y l4 ^3 o% XA6M2 Zero x 15
" g, e! Q8 K' N9 |/ RD3A2 Val x 156
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1 f- c* {9 y) c; D4 x8 [Allied aircraft
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Japanese aircraft losses- \+ c1 a; F4 S7 P! l
D3A2 Val: 5 destroyed, 25 damaged
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PBY Catalina: 1 destroyed5 M7 W' S2 e2 X- }: ~. [0 j& d
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Allied ground losses:
8 A7 D' q* Q# E+ \50 casualties reported
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) q2 w8 X0 l( q5 ]: pAirbase hits 20
: j9 O# ~' n9 rAirbase supply hits 4
4 P: c3 c; [. }& LRunway hits 184 S( V4 B) X) V" }9 ]; e% N; C g
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4 _: c4 \3 ]5 B$ @. k- mDay Air attack on TF, near Canton Island at 100,100! Y5 \: E7 l, G" D
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Japanese aircraft
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B5N2 Kate x 1932 F3 `# c1 z* p- Z
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6 c3 ]" _7 `7 c8 G0 _; TB5N2 Kate: 2 destroyed, 5 damaged% d! [/ h7 z* u4 g! r" l
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Allied Ships
/ K3 A0 t$ A1 e1 fDMS Lamberton, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
% g) p) N; _" l6 g3 zDMS Wasmuth, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage9 K) [7 L: [, v' }
DMS Southard, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage8 @* I' z) [2 e4 \
DMS Elliot, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
; ~5 S- O' }$ \/ HDMS Hopkins, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage& F& ^9 e* E0 f# l3 W+ g1 M( |" ^
DMS Perry, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
5 F1 w) w% `/ N* h NDMS Dorsey
& z; Y. r) R/ B- j+ Y# h5 x) F7 DDMS Long, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage3 S# h, ^: C0 s2 a" l+ b4 r! o; l
DMS Hovey, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
/ p0 D2 z, O: j1 t& c; oDMS Chandler, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage1 p) C0 ~/ A: c4 u1 y" S# A% W
DMS Trevor, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage- @6 N; R) b7 Y' u* t6 W% h P$ i
DMS Zane, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage# H: H; m) Q- h0 d8 j: Y
DMS Boggs, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
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. ]- V% f, ]3 E* v$ w' oDay Air attack on Canton Island , at 100,100
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6 f, }4 j/ A% x1 T: LJapanese aircraft losses9 p. H% F; }, ~( g. u! G; B7 I# a
B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed, 15 damaged
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# K7 @6 y% Q- C3 v) j) Z! LPBY Catalina: 3 destroyed
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Allied ground losses:7 @5 U+ F3 a0 y- x ?3 t2 ~
22 casualties reported# a( P: z, x! F/ E( ^% U
Guns lost 1
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8 H- M1 T% J* e2 ^Airbase hits 12
$ j% l9 @4 R$ O0 d4 @5 ]Airbase supply hits 7
0 A$ c+ q- @ m" {4 K5 D2 @Runway hits 65 |