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阿姆罗

8月17日，瓜岛海域再次迎来大规模空战（相比AE动不动几架出动而言已经算比较大的规模了，当然跟WITP动不动几百架而言这只能算过家家）。日军莱城和拉宝尔几十架陆攻和99舰爆分别空袭了伦迦的运输船和莫港卸载的货船。当天，58的战斗机和莫港的飞蛇击落击伤日机40余架，再次证明了裸奔是靠不住的。% A0 T; ^' C! l" s) Z2 I
Morning Air attack on TF, near Lunga at 114,1388 n3 Z5 P3 h! L1 t7 T7 Q$ z. `

4 d. [) ^- w# p0 z( R6 ]- QWeather in hex: Overcast* {6 H+ Q' F7 e8 k3 w. ]% a! z0 x

9 f9 L8 v) z+ u  @Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.3 y$ ]4 _) y. ]7 V% W4 p) e
Estimated time to target is 42 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
# Y8 c0 d9 F0 R) n! R' w! m, Z      G4M1 Betty x 6
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  \+ v0 r& T+ E% s; T$ ~: ~$ J      F4F-4 Wildcat x 8
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, R1 G7 N% S% {Japanese aircraft losses
" O3 Q+ v; x- ^* r" k- _- n; K6 B; E0 @      G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged( _- O; X. T4 i; b& v

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" _6 a6 u+ z' N7 G2 X3 s% D      AP Heywood
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130' @/ F6 Z6 W/ R% m
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Weather in hex: Moderate rain2 m7 R6 s# J: T  r8 c7 A: O
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Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
" H, ^; H# M, ]. ?. r) MEstimated time to target is 45 minutes
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Allied aircraft8 t, [) R% t) P9 t. s" N! |
      Kittyhawk IA x 66 f5 z- O* Y& O
      P-39D Airacobra x 33
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9 `3 r. q  R6 [; ^8 ]8 s3 wJapanese aircraft losses
3 }5 J9 j6 D) H, P  J, {      D3A1 Val: 3 damaged$ z3 I3 h: F; v; ]( [
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Allied Ships8 N% ~" C. `; z7 u- T
      AM Lark
+ ?0 B# Q' A; d0 j, p: K; |      AM Starling
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Tulagi at 114,137
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud7 x5 e( m* _* I% l# V8 z5 |

) p4 b' E9 V, e5 DRaid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.  M; t9 \/ q/ m" d
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
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Japanese aircraft: W5 v) J. D- X: W0 t/ A1 {+ @
      G4M1 Betty x 13) {# k4 _* F' I0 J8 r1 L9 p  u3 A

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Allied aircraft( l/ f, \8 r* b- p3 {# \; `
      F4F-3P Wildcat x 3
% v# p1 U' r) w6 z9 g6 J4 W      F4F-4 Wildcat x 121 m! t$ X: J5 q( ]# H

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Japanese aircraft losses
7 w/ Z% e! I; M) v0 u      G4M1 Betty: 8 destroyed, 1 damaged
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; S6 I: W9 t$ |6 q+ h1 T      DD Henley  h3 x1 B. d4 L/ \: v
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Morning Air attack on Buna , at 99,1296 \& w5 ^* o* Y1 G$ k' }1 N
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Weather in hex: Moderate rain
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Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.* e0 S' G  G( c! u4 B) t! Q
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes8 l: d# Y6 U# H( t8 f, W

0 y6 m0 d) F$ F( S3 Y0 ~7 IJapanese aircraft1 m- O9 S! Y$ m* P# m: G
      A6M2 Zero x 2
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      Kittyhawk IA x 5
- ?0 |( y$ {9 E      B-17E Fortress x 8
; z' i: F% U  ~5 b: A      B-26 Marauder x 6
% t8 c+ L, U8 |# C2 W; k. g1 W      P-39D Airacobra x 21
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& H4 k3 p* M& M1 m5 mNo Japanese losses
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* U, N! Y5 ?! WAllied aircraft losses. x/ L4 R) w/ ]  G5 ?5 L& h& s- \
      B-26 Marauder: 2 damaged
- i$ s- L2 @0 S2 f8 \      P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
0 s6 C& C& }0 P* g9 |/ M1 o$ yJapanese ground losses:0 @9 ?) _) R7 z4 J
      7 casualties reported1 }8 w; [4 i! c) S6 z
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
0 ]9 W9 K+ H9 ~6 N" ?, d0 c4 P         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled' m' ~8 V) ~+ l9 {( p+ y
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
" r6 ^3 i' B, q2 r  L. k      Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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Airbase hits 10 x4 n* R! @* O& n# J/ M
Runway hits 6
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3 s2 p2 e: d. [7 n4 o* {* [9 N  Q% gorning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129( X$ s% t0 k: W* Y) E

% {& ]' N7 B3 ~6 F/ ?% ^Weather in hex: Moderate rain
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6 Y; H9 S4 {5 t& T/ j% E: ]( \Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
  B5 _* s7 {1 h6 gEstimated time to target is 3 minutes
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Allied aircraft7 @  `& w. ~  p8 K/ p
      B-17E Fortress x 5% V% Y) ~5 K: w/ t9 n
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No Allied losses, @6 ?6 p4 Q$ m! a4 r' E

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Airbase supply hits 1
5 ^) t) Z  p9 t2 @7 yRunway hits 43 S6 \/ r. a/ ~2 Q& s8 C3 u

8 |8 `- C- P6 d1 Z/ c7 }5 Borning Air attack on Lae , at 99,126
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Weather in hex: Light rain
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/ h. j- d* k4 xRaid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
; ]3 x) k9 R4 sEstimated time to target is 7 minutes
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3 a4 f. \) U3 Y6 h0 u      A6M2 Zero x 23 b2 u4 H0 j" K6 H, n

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Allied aircraft
' s6 u9 A/ D% y6 R      B-26 Marauder x 6- A2 c1 Z+ R# f! I* D

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Japanese aircraft losses5 a  W2 J" o) [% A# N: s# h
      A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground. m* ?/ J7 r& k0 d

5 ]3 i8 j3 q# h+ F, {9 e9 D. vAllied aircraft losses3 X4 [2 q3 {: I' Q- z
      B-26 Marauder: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged- P8 A, C9 }: ~% v* t' Y
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Japanese ground losses:/ ?0 m: z+ X0 E. V' _7 u- R
      8 casualties reported+ x2 v  g, j; T* |* v( I
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
& d; ?% Q1 L' A, D% |         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
2 i  g" N6 F' m' Q- w+ P# Z5 x  z         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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) }- N' S- h: A+ pAirbase hits 2
+ T% E" U( w2 Y' B# O4 MRunway hits 4
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0 f8 l0 E; Y, k2 h8 I9 g6 G) NMorning Air attack on TF, near Lunga at 114,138" h) Z$ S( p! B4 i4 M" D6 ^) Q& g1 i
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Weather in hex: Overcast& B' a- m" ~9 r1 X
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Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
( G# h1 u2 b: h- |Estimated time to target is 42 minutes* y: F. U2 C- |* h) a

1 q' R* i# z! Q5 NJapanese aircraft6 ?  y9 D0 D9 x: p+ [. c7 v9 P4 s
      G4M1 Betty x 121 q4 r9 K6 @7 Y9 G% d4 q% x( O

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* g8 [$ ?# G  r% e5 v+ a/ @# K      F4F-4 Wildcat x 217 W" E# h& |  S; |  b8 t

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Japanese aircraft losses2 }8 P( I- T' L8 B
      G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 2 damaged
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Allied Ships4 r! N4 ]0 X+ e5 M0 T6 p2 p1 C! \
      DD Aaron Ward
* F+ G9 ?0 N* m      DD Laffey9 H. w% t0 t1 ^8 I) _4 c: s% v/ C+ `

- C( M( m8 D1 l. B0 @1 sAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130! J+ l1 R# c/ R$ y
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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* K8 M' a9 L! z  |5 LRaid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
1 W; F$ o5 b/ `* c* ]Estimated time to target is 15 minutes
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4 P- a5 k9 o/ `0 Y0 N) c1 {9 t9 NJapanese aircraft! r# U6 {/ s: R
      D3A1 Val x 12
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2 z% U' ^1 Q) d9 qAllied aircraft2 y. O* s  V2 W4 ?$ j, L
      Kittyhawk IA x 5& B$ K! H: p+ T" ~" c
      P-39D Airacobra x 32. O; |3 ~" _7 }- R) V3 B$ Z6 _
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4 o9 I2 u$ i( D7 T; e; G* I1 t/ VJapanese aircraft losses
# ~" J) `8 Z+ f      D3A1 Val: 8 destroyed( \, c  E  i, T$ u2 g1 q
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Lunga at 114,1382 K9 x' B* u7 s/ T* i
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Weather in hex: Overcast
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Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.: t1 @. w/ m8 v# }# K5 b% }
Estimated time to target is 42 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
4 t' l) I4 q$ H$ W. U      G4M1 Betty x 5
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3 r( G- G( ^+ w2 ?Allied aircraft% J' G( Q8 u6 e" t  H# p
      F4F-4 Wildcat x 63 A' o* Z) [" h7 [  i' j
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Japanese aircraft losses, L5 V% F- z/ K' Q
      G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed
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( B4 _" _# A. o4 I; _同日美军占领图拉吉，瓜岛海域的登陆战顺利结束。

adsl01

有雷达的帮忙,裸奔是没花头的.也就是说,42年中后期日本人就悬的很

chen0529

0战挂副油箱仍然比大部分盟军战斗机航程远, Z' ]  ~2 Y: p, J) j3 m: [7 E
而盟军估计也就只能靠4发肆虐了

阿姆罗

挂副油箱极限航程的0战遇到精锐的盟军海航只有被屠杀的命，所以还是标准航程内才能达到一定得战术效果，达成比较合理的交换比。

sunjiafu

0战挂副油箱仍然比大部分盟军战斗机航程远+ @' u* n: Z" u% j
而盟军估计也就只能靠4发肆虐了* X4 U) |$ V' ^( m, }
chen0529 发表于 2009-8-2 19:03

0 m) K' L/ C3 V/ e4发一如既往打不下来.....

hongqi315

是不是意味着0战初期没优势了？

chen0529

初期南洋老爷机还是乱打撒~~~

阿成

感觉四发就像现在机器人，根本无法打败！

阿姆罗

4发现在也不像以前那样动不动几百架一波的耕地了，至少目前看来，4发限制还是蛮大的，即便机场够大，一次性出击4发数量也没能超过50架，总在40架左右，而且经常分几波出击。

hongqi315

集中200+ CAP 吃4发，，

阿姆罗

瓜岛日军就那么几十架0战，哪来的200架，天上掉下来的啊。。。。。。

hongqi315

没其他战斗了？

chen0529

要说火力4发貌似比好多战斗机都猛

阿姆罗

42年8月28日白天，驻扎在伦加的60架TBF和20架SBD发起了进攻，全天上下午一共出动6波，将靠近的柱岛炸成残废，前一个回合日酋还声称1000磅炸弹就跟挠痒痒似的，现在，美军海航理科给了天皇一个响亮的耳光。
7 ~$ Z7 t; o3 s* w' {Morning Air attack on TF, near Russell Islands at 112,137$ S( t; @; q! }5 r/ l9 K
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
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Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.( ~1 @+ j# Q# j/ V: f: d* }
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes
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Allied aircraft
+ p9 }. `9 k8 H* V( N5 V      SBD-3 Dauntless x 11- H, F3 u+ [4 E1 j' m; {& h6 _
      TBF-1 Avenger x 26
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7 X0 H& Y/ O( L& }2 DAllied aircraft losses
# Y( L1 {( ^) l8 P! v# C) u/ f2 d      SBD-3 Dauntless: 5 damaged) j$ K5 w3 {" l( A8 }* a0 O: t
      TBF-1 Avenger: 14 damaged
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- i2 H2 ~/ {# B; z8 D$ \      BB Hiei, Bomb hits 7,  on fire
8 l$ F, x* d9 ]" Z/ v5 D      BB Kongo, Bomb hits 2& p0 ^2 y8 h$ ?# \$ R
      BB Kirishima, Bomb hits 1- d2 ~- g- l' ?3 c" D
      CA Maya, Bomb hits 1+ C/ `! y4 \8 Q% T' ~) ?! ~

% }' W7 L. D0 Y3 d; f& L3 nMorning Air attack on TF, near Russell Islands at 112,1371 q* J/ P9 y1 L- x
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
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Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.6 _' U- H( {8 C# j4 t4 y3 d
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes
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Allied aircraft
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  {0 B5 R% Y- l! l      BB Kirishima, Bomb hits 3
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( e. K5 [6 n  ~5 XMorning Air attack on TF, near Russell Islands at 112,137) V1 x" L# R& ?* V

7 u0 x( N! z1 H$ R0 jWeather in hex: Heavy cloud
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Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet.; W. _; f% _5 W2 p& Z
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes( b3 |$ }1 T0 {7 Y! s
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      SBD-3 Dauntless x 39 M: x4 m9 c2 ]& g4 W
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      SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
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Japanese Ships
$ l: I) Q. r- y3 H      BB Hiei, Bomb hits 1,  on fire% l4 y# q6 b$ ^2 R, _
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Russell Islands at 112,137
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; u* U/ e( e' NWeather in hex: Partial cloud+ n, F8 O- L( ^" G

5 y4 M! ~' V6 I$ GRaid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
; a1 b0 d' p% U$ oEstimated time to target is 14 minutes: J! Z0 O, E4 q- C
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Allied aircraft: r4 T+ V" o9 P8 B& V" Y
      TBF-1 Avenger x 18; x: U+ u5 Z6 v" q+ S/ ^
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Allied aircraft losses& s2 B' v9 T* n1 p4 Z0 D8 k
      TBF-1 Avenger: 6 damaged
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Japanese Ships
( F/ N8 A/ \4 L! O7 Q2 y- S2 O      BB Kongo, Bomb hits 26 o: q7 ^  c% e, Y
      BB Kirishima
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) @$ l, F$ e2 {+ [1 O5 ZAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Russell Islands at 112,137
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6 L" N% |- C, c: lWeather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
! r6 ?0 k. E/ M/ A" [Estimated time to target is 22 minutes7 x: Q0 z) a+ c: w9 z. U' F2 ~

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Allied aircraft
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Allied aircraft losses
7 i6 T+ e0 t& w  W      TBF-1 Avenger: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged2 `" g* _2 g, B$ y, o# z: D
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Japanese Ships
9 S/ P. A6 C. r7 y2 k0 M      BB Hiei,  on fire" A; N, v* U6 W% \4 a
      CA Atago, Bomb hits 2,  on fire" p. K# }, ]# X+ H( Z# \
      BB Kongo, Bomb hits 2,  on fire
8 ~, ]2 y+ z( D" k: S1 ?1 ~; _6 I7 ~      BB Kirishima
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: z* |8 j0 ^6 kAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Russell Islands at 112,137& V- D' U* q) ?' E) E7 L

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Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.* s* {7 _# L. V
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
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3 v+ }" U1 [/ p$ z, IAllied aircraft7 Y' F+ Y0 V" ?
      SBD-3 Dauntless x 6  q3 t: A# e8 X3 g2 O* K( ^
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Allied aircraft losses
: D, x; i6 u' z8 R7 b      SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged/ q5 z. F$ T# Y% g
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Japanese Ships
2 c  L9 q% Z; ~6 q$ N7 _      BB Hiei, Bomb hits 2,  heavy fires