近日来,新几内亚中部不断爆发海空消耗战7 A. E. u, v$ z, [2 {
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Enemy air strikes against Sarmi were opposed by Oscars and Zekes today: ( ^5 M7 S$ W# {3 h
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Day Air attack on Sarmi , at 48,78
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, t5 E; z7 W1 Q* c8 G* ^: S8 u; AJapanese aircraft ( y( z* W; N8 ?( X" T+ y
A6M2 Zero x 14
8 S' f5 }7 [ ^1 a4 C# OA6M5 Zeke x 34
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Allied aircraft
3 E0 t ^/ R& gF4U-1 Corsair x 12
$ K2 |! g( j/ Z. V6 L. j( }, JP-38J Lightning x 9
0 j$ J% p' {; K# l. [" P1 dB-25J Mitchell x 19 , o4 U7 e+ y" @. ^1 g
0 B# h% F, |* H- G6 ^6 o+ ]7 BJapanese aircraft losses " |8 \" r! }9 {# g& r8 M
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged
0 n% T- N0 r7 N1 AA6M5 Zeke: 12 destroyed, 2 damaged + Y; W. r- G, S
5 q+ o2 q* t/ P/ ]- ? G3 }1 dAllied aircraft losses 9 o1 W0 p. b+ \% v
P-38J Lightning: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged
8 @# ^, s, W, fB-25J Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged % Y4 r. k. R, X
" T7 u R3 z3 e" s8 E$ UAirbase hits 4 ; v5 K' f/ `- t+ k4 ]. T
Airbase supply hits 4 : f* T+ l# ]" I$ r& v
Runway hits 9
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Our counter attack yielded mediocre results: 15 enemy ac destroyed on the ground. The
1 R* Y/ J5 ^ v! O) J1 ^swarm of Oscars protected the bombers from fierce attacks by enemy Spits and Corsairs. No 6 b: l g; f. D6 L$ J' H2 O
that's a bad combo! 0 U1 D) @; ]8 L3 F, m
5 u# E! g4 e! NDay Air attack on Aitape , at 51,80
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( y* J; N' I- v6 Z) p5 M# \Japanese aircraft
' }- J/ A U iKi-43-IIa Oscar x 79 % S$ {! _3 U3 e' C2 a9 x5 V; m
Ki-21 Sally x 49
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F4U-1 Corsair x 9
, x, Q5 v7 a9 r* S* V2 T) W3 ^Spitfire VIII x 11 # A e2 a* d7 Z0 ^* |5 }
% A$ I7 P" r- d. C' U. rJapanese aircraft losses 9 g# y7 t1 j' |9 x4 T
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 30 destroyed
# Z( b) P# h' q: _# k) w% DKi-21 Sally: 2 destroyed, 20 damaged
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7 j' x0 H; g. Q0 r( RAllied aircraft losses
5 T% z) y# n: W3 B/ Y8 D8 @, iF4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
, g' i( g" S; W" |! pSpitfire VIII: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged * P& D+ o2 D3 m) V% p8 N
Kittyhawk III: 2 destroyed
/ t& M2 ~8 ~$ c$ t: L8 k( NP-40N Warhawk: 1 destroyed t9 M& w' s4 K3 y3 B
B-25J Mitchell: 3 destroyed
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5 W c% ]2 E. e) j% y4 ]8 @) EAllied ground losses:
2 f8 z8 K9 v4 {; @! Z4 j. g200 casualties reported
1 `8 _! W! Z. IVehicles lost 2
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+ Y( a0 X' P- V$ ~ aAirbase hits 1 # S+ s7 R$ G$ ~* f8 y/ | _( }
Airbase supply hits 1
2 W( O! ?3 F) x/ H6 ^* B. |6 eRunway hits 7
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