AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 08, 42! p7 y, i6 J- x5 K6 U" S. t. _
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Sub attack near Milne Bay at 99,133 - M* s& l% c6 v: s1 c , I) a% P3 F( p+ U9 R8 `; g7 q
Japanese Ships( r( M8 R( r" w- i
CV Zuikaku, Torpedo hits 3, on fire0 p% X) t1 A' m6 g
DD Ariake ( U/ E% v( m/ s8 {' H+ l! T3 Z DD Yayoi# W8 V8 F/ B) N! `
DD Mutsuki $ g; h U+ y' [. H DD Ushio 5 f. n9 L% ~. P! k, |* a+ ~ DD Sazanami " V# l7 Q, n; E% o" h" ? 4 R* J8 i/ n' j) h5 S
Allied Ships % W' i1 ?" q: `+ m0 V SS S-38 # Q {2 q4 P9 Q) _/ ] 5 x. x' C) X4 b8 _7 A! X
Fuel storage explosion on CV Zuikaku0 Z4 X+ P6 S- S1 B
SS S-38 launches 4 torpedoes at CV Zuikaku4 v$ r2 y `* C0 k; _
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 ) e3 I8 X" R/ l - Y% L- |; J2 B4 ~4 d
Weather in hex: Light rain: T1 b) ]* t: ?2 r* m) F
% A ~. a8 u- [* U! h2 {% fRaid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. ' e- y9 F6 b5 F" ]2 s: @* }# qEstimated time to target is 5 minutes3 X$ t( N! u4 R% G& a. R! @
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Japanese aircraft+ ?/ E% |' y) X) a' P
A6M2 Zero x 19 & h. P: E# S6 @7 k8 D: [3 K( K D3A1 Val x 17- v0 L8 R' W' ?! V
1 `0 K( P$ h. Q1 }( T4 vAllied aircraft 3 Y( D* ^4 ]- u: O0 j F4F-3 Wildcat x 9; n+ Q$ c" ~) h9 o' |# @ p
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Japanese aircraft losses, U( [) B- l" ?6 _
D3A1 Val: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged % K/ b% }4 q. r6 Y& s) i $ ?3 T5 B: A4 j9 t% _# jAllied aircraft losses7 d, X& g8 ~5 ]; E: f/ \
B-25B Mitchell: 1 destroyed on ground+ p, Q$ C: e; \# Z( Z
Wirraway: 1 destroyed on ground 9 |7 w" M+ K b $ g& W: h3 }2 t- a! G
Runway hits 4 # Y% v2 g g- p, B9 q. _ 4 L, Q: ^) U, Z! S
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 99,133 8 z% K o3 |" [6 }- Q : h$ o4 S' y+ nWeather in hex: Heavy cloud " b, C+ Y r) u# h* J7 ? # o8 p8 B9 q: f% ^
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.; L8 T [. N* N5 b# q, N
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes + M- P. ]% q4 Y; B/ f 5 h9 u5 `/ M8 b# z; _Japanese aircraft/ }0 E& \7 u6 u" k4 T8 A
A6M2 Zero x 353 m5 R* a. Y3 N; R" | r. W: M
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Allied aircraft1 b5 _& p s) R/ V* A
F4F-3 Wildcat x 19 1 b0 J3 ^0 Q& w( S SBD-3 Dauntless x 62 9 H( ^- L- ]- F9 Q* t6 e" x2 H/ a) d TBD-1 Devastator x 24 a G, S' K8 p6 l" v
