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Day Air attack on Myitkyina , at 36,28
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Japanese aircraft
8 }3 _0 R# v" v) `* q% `: JA6M3 Zero x 14& m( i7 o5 p; _" U. n0 w3 N) e
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 13
* t# M: S" |) X8 Q! t& ?1 s% h {7 yKi-61-Ib Tony x 13, I5 m% { o& \2 `
) \6 b6 F0 Y7 ]3 K. EAllied aircraft: X# z0 _/ j' {( b
Fulmar x 1& c/ C: x: F! Q6 p# ]
Hurricane IIb x 13
4 Q9 Q4 I. F- v3 K8 ^8 j8 R# EBlenheim IV x 9+ v6 ?9 `3 S# I7 F o. W
Wellington III x 80- ^- J2 Q9 M! S0 Q
Liberator III x 61
" O3 F" _) ?- BB-26B Marauder x 8
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Japanese aircraft losses( K' o8 \) F+ X- G" W
A6M3 Zero: 3 destroyed, 7 damaged
& V, k- W+ G! X" E Z0 K2 y( jKi-44-IIb Tojo: 3 destroyed, 5 damaged
W5 }8 ?/ d, j9 I5 q: ]* UKi-61-Ib Tony: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
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3 @9 m' H& o# l+ q' z" J) ZAllied aircraft losses
6 h/ ~" t* _ u6 X5 z) `- G) w1 lFulmar: 1 destroyed9 `4 P$ n6 e0 ], p+ P
Hurricane IIb: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged
# Q1 l7 }( n" z: }2 uBlenheim IV: 5 destroyed
/ f+ @9 R2 m. g% f7 T" k& vWellington III: 11 destroyed, 19 damaged
9 D3 x; h. v2 K' M; h5 \3 Q, P* U$ WLiberator III: 4 destroyed, 21 damaged
+ q6 z* a( L' K8 K- Q3 m3 g6 pB-26B Marauder: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged6 d! C) p% v0 N, [/ M
& W+ c: M# g- K0 O2 H OJapanese ground losses:
* P d0 h, m' M: f256 casualties reported/ C" @6 Q# x/ N+ Z% c: u
Guns lost 23 L6 f( C* E$ c+ q( T
# h0 h; H7 s7 f( k5 W: M1 L) x: pAirbase hits 3$ ~- G0 a. S4 P3 V9 n( p+ k
Runway hits 27
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$ l: ]1 \$ M( v4 N; PDay Air attack on 51st Heavy AA Battalion, at 36,28
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Japanese aircraft
3 F2 Q1 F% ^: d% B+ D( GA6M3 Zero x 123 n- J$ W& g! J; d5 C) S3 K. m$ ^
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 11& l' K4 i& B* u9 b, z
Ki-61-Ib Tony x 12
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* j7 Z$ W, s7 g* K' t4 eAllied aircraft
% N& I* L, }; x, V* B9 mVengeance I x 16$ y6 e& u7 i% K* p6 f
Hurricane IID/IV x 138 H% P) S5 P+ {8 u
! M: N9 {6 n, R) V) m% KNo Japanese losses8 r0 R. O2 S6 R" ^( W# ?" k. j
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Allied aircraft losses
/ S7 a6 C1 v# z6 CVengeance I: 6 destroyed, 4 damaged
/ Y/ ^: ^$ P. { s5 oHurricane IID/IV: 13 destroyed
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Japanese ground losses:
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A6M3 Zero x 9
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Ki-61-Ib Tony x 6* P% W9 q, {0 t( F4 U) Y
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Allied aircraft
* h, A: k5 O2 g1 J" X( [" X! I- xMartlet x 12
X' M, U0 I+ d7 pF4F-4 Wildcat x 27, P: Q% s) F4 \6 N& H/ V* L
Mohawk IV x 29; V, ?4 N( m. _/ Y- T+ X
Hurricane IIb x 16
5 `( r9 r; U, e" P [7 h0 YP-39D Airacobra x 248 z- c" m0 d. B% ]+ d2 J
P-38F Lightning x 47# E+ P+ O" ^, F9 h. W2 g# n; m$ w
$ D( N: c1 v) e# fJapanese aircraft losses
& L% v q7 H1 w% K4 wA6M3 Zero: 8 destroyed" G9 p6 ~7 l5 H+ S2 c" g
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 5 destroyed
# [* S" q& o( H- S2 WKi-61-Ib Tony: 15 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses
+ }; R) N+ c) n* p, nMartlet: 1 damaged
& N/ t2 F4 n# m/ o0 b" fF4F-4 Wildcat: 5 destroyed, 2 damaged
* @0 }% t3 ^9 o ?- A3 a" SMohawk IV: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged+ O" _% F6 ^, I3 w; a+ o
Hurricane IIb: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged' P1 M; q- r* @
P-39D Airacobra: 3 damaged
" w* i% W8 C' B u0 |9 L d4 u% [& RP-38F Lightning: 6 destroyed, 10 damaged1 _2 B) Q3 k& P; B' U
1 M: g/ p$ R" m" q( l5 n- rJapanese ground losses:
" Q$ A! r/ O) m4 l' v9 F, M( ]* w27 casualties reported% l4 |! U9 `, h. t* F
Guns lost 1 |