06/18/42
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仰光天气不好,造成帝国大批飞机在机场上当靶。' \) Y- z7 k* A6 n2 G
kb在休养了几个月以后再次出马,对坎顿岛狂轰滥炸。( n" V% x; w& @. ?, F( }& U
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
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M- D2 r! d6 NDay Air attack on Rangoon , at 29,33
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Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 4
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- V3 W4 C8 }: P KAllied aircraft+ K: _$ u v6 G" y }* r2 @
B-17D Fortress x 12
; J8 J! E5 w9 k6 K" SB-17E Fortress x 101
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2 B2 s3 e* m& \2 z8 ], x/ j% OJapanese aircraft losses
( a- p1 L! o9 S6 ^; r- _2 Y+ gKi-43-Ib Oscar: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
+ A/ W+ h. b9 a! q2 l% v* C0 N, sKi-49 Helen: 2 destroyed$ B$ T/ a$ R% b% U9 E& j
G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed
3 M" O' v2 z4 X* N* z2 ~/ xA6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
5 p% Q& w* m% j% D- R& A: eA6M3 Zero: 2 destroyed
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Japanese ground losses:
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6 N' A! J6 u" U. [Guns lost 5! Y7 J% P6 n- t3 @8 S& b, D
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Airbase hits 3: i6 `3 ?7 ]$ h7 I1 S p' \' ?5 p# t4 E
Airbase supply hits 1& V: d! f) j% U' ]1 j+ X8 Q
Runway hits 10/ Z2 d3 U2 n! k2 s. Z
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Day Air attack on Canton Island , at 100,100/ t2 z5 Y+ |, e; E1 u7 B
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A6M2 Zero x 15
4 e5 {6 D5 |) j, lD3A2 Val x 156
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Allied aircraft% i; I7 A* _5 O& x: H/ _
no flights; D1 Q6 X9 p5 c
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Japanese aircraft losses
8 F; C) X. H, `' g9 I, VD3A2 Val: 5 destroyed, 25 damaged
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, P8 B1 A# ]9 l6 g/ WAllied aircraft losses! `8 T- p3 e* @8 g+ r
PBY Catalina: 1 destroyed
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& S$ ]* X9 {* @3 I6 ^5 sAllied ground losses:
! k G9 I; J/ e3 P1 ]50 casualties reported# ]" A8 g# i4 O* O" E: Z
! Z5 l0 N0 f+ o" B1 S& UAirbase hits 207 E! I( \0 J1 B0 t& A
Airbase supply hits 4
4 P, _, p* R% W' b' IRunway hits 184
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Day Air attack on TF, near Canton Island at 100,100& b' m8 b5 [7 [
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B5N2 Kate x 1932 }# c/ ~1 E8 d/ @; `0 X' V
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Japanese aircraft losses( Z! R4 z+ X. w+ |% q
B5N2 Kate: 2 destroyed, 5 damaged
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Allied Ships
, L$ C# T& W; q- r% }; @5 b: ~DMS Lamberton, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
3 Z6 v9 d) R) M$ o VDMS Wasmuth, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
# q& }4 n; A( F# i' X) qDMS Southard, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage; h6 t( |& X5 ?3 c+ q
DMS Elliot, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage3 Y& d8 \0 ?7 n: C5 r, n, k
DMS Hopkins, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
1 o, K" S, ^) A. D, KDMS Perry, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage1 m3 j% D& `8 O0 X9 h& v$ ]* e+ R
DMS Dorsey
. G/ J4 E3 [# t# \DMS Long, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
, s* x$ j% r0 e7 \7 J& h" g! gDMS Hovey, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage+ X: `# a7 J3 Z1 k& ~
DMS Chandler, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
+ B5 v0 a: j+ L6 t7 F/ T* FDMS Trevor, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
% Y1 ~# ^4 i& m. y7 M1 nDMS Zane, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage: r! ?4 f$ J; g/ D" f* l
DMS Boggs, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage& \( i G# Q L3 L. M* M9 z' P
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Day Air attack on Canton Island , at 100,100
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A6M2 Zero x 6
! _- V1 Z, L" H# T3 V. pB5N2 Kate x 171
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B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed, 15 damaged
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4 c2 B) S( h! ~) a& sPBY Catalina: 3 destroyed
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Allied ground losses:# d4 i, M* S+ h3 _7 T% v0 S# C% [& g$ D
22 casualties reported$ k- ~6 J+ Z# t/ b7 h$ N
Guns lost 1
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; U: s6 @* O" a8 i' FAirbase hits 12+ B/ L3 U( o$ E0 l. [
Airbase supply hits 79 }- I* t" E n8 G7 `# ?' n
Runway hits 65 |