07/21/42
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4 H8 V6 o5 K( H$ A! ?1 H为打击米丘嚣张气焰,近日帝国精锐海航再次lcap曼德拉,击落超过60架敌机,其中包括33架p-40e。自损也达到50架6 L; {6 f* h3 R- _. O$ O
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, a$ U4 T" O; j0 E* ?) R7 HDay Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,29
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' Q5 w' [. h/ E% o6 WJapanese aircraft
* L9 x: x8 V6 rA6M2 Zero x 303 v, `: `) f7 z% N. w, i3 L# l
A6M3 Zero x 35
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Allied aircraft% \2 I1 Y) \ u8 o0 V9 j# {
Martlet x 11
0 }" F7 I, Q" Y9 s! I: V3 ]Hurricane IIb x 16
% T2 v. Q7 Z" T5 n% b' MKittyhawk I x 16
& M, X6 H( H5 O rBlenheim IV x 24
5 q A; [6 Y( XWellington III x 32
6 Y: G+ G) o; L7 iP-39D Airacobra x 24
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2 g; O6 ~% n+ m9 C, {4 ]- ]. {A6M2 Zero: 34 destroyed
1 w. O! o, x1 r Y4 _; ?/ pA6M3 Zero: 16 destroyed, 1 damaged: q0 ^. M9 a4 t8 S
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Allied aircraft losses
% J2 c$ ~+ _8 ]' W: f8 wMartlet: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged
3 X) d3 L+ ]1 n# \) j% PHurricane IIb: 5 destroyed, 3 damaged
2 o: Q, ^( h8 M# u3 G3 [Kittyhawk I: 7 destroyed, 2 damaged; P+ C; e5 x2 ^+ _* w7 l
Blenheim IV: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged9 @4 A. }6 a7 u6 {9 n3 T- U: }; C3 p
Wellington III: 3 damaged
, J" t' ?3 r7 E0 K& \1 SP-39D Airacobra: 11 destroyed, 2 damaged
0 z" L. L; l' \# Q: EP-40E Warhawk: 33 destroyed2 H! x C6 o7 L0 O. x, ^8 x* z
+ h; q7 D6 j }4 E2 MJapanese ground losses:- u9 j( Q7 [$ }5 w# X- j: Z
398 casualties reported Y3 { Y- y7 y' O6 `, R! Y
Guns lost 5
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Airbase hits 4
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" m# D" z" h! w: Y4 c! NRunway hits 442 p' s# I& T- }; t& a
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Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,294 Z2 A' `+ ^4 j' j/ v4 }1 x7 K9 @4 D
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2 H9 d( S* Z p0 s& ]0 dA6M2 Zero x 2
9 F: Z! a2 [! q# r- W2 F. F. fA6M3 Zero x 12
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Allied aircraft# R' @+ W3 T, @, L1 m
Wellington III x 6' I$ b$ j1 z8 p
Liberator III x 129 g& }+ p9 t& [7 g f& ~6 p0 Y
Hudson I x 11
* e7 x% A: m. ?" t, ?" O! tB-25C Mitchell x 11: _1 J% ?. S/ B$ F2 @1 m% H
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A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged$ h' i* P# U, u2 H* Y
A6M3 Zero: 2 damaged Q# ^1 R# Q: L5 i3 m! M2 G
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Allied aircraft losses) U7 n! V- t+ b) e" h! R
Wellington III: 1 damaged
! y) u6 j* _+ |0 ]0 B; l+ h+ }" @Hudson I: 1 destroyed4 n; U: G2 O$ ~7 E0 [
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Japanese ground losses:
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: y% k! Q1 O* Q8 w6 |3 uAirbase hits 1& ]6 f9 k. j$ @8 a: _( q* b( {
Airbase supply hits 1
5 I, V+ [. y1 A9 @( kRunway hits 21 |