AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 28, 42$ U: ~8 U+ m2 V, ^. p
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1 v4 c! R" b, Q; L7 f: Q2 f, y& G盟军TF58环太平洋游击,在萨摩亚群岛附近空袭了正在萨瓦伊岛卸载的日军运输船队,收获颇丰。! X$ A# X4 q: F
日军的陆攻未能突破58直掩圈。% n" Q# I- B1 i
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* L/ ]7 U8 }( a9 F: @! rAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Wallis Island at 142,155
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Weather in hex: Light rain( C- c" O- Q2 I8 w, b
# x; ^0 a1 i; J* v9 U/ bRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.: P4 J+ T* r0 e1 | j2 L+ s) P
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes* `0 C4 Y% z& R/ t# M
( p- A* C* a6 k5 EJapanese aircraft
& x7 E/ i7 {+ S5 c- U A6M2 Zero x 9
5 w/ ~' i7 X2 N0 B4 f) p: F# H G4M1 Betty x 16/ U% q5 C/ d. a& J- N' ?
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+ t7 C- M7 k7 l; k1 B( R: Y6 r F4F-3A Wildcat x 30
- o' o" P8 f" h. C$ Y6 |! f F4F-3 Wildcat x 60
, z6 f6 y" a+ Y1 s' a F4F-4 Wildcat x 794 {) }8 ~4 M+ E/ P, z
) Q8 L6 I$ Y9 v' H1 d7 G# Y/ j2 ^2 jJapanese aircraft losses
/ ?% ~9 i) W6 w6 @' C A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
; F [+ {' r2 I- o/ b% L G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged: y3 Y8 d" e: `+ q9 e
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Allied aircraft losses
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# J2 |* M4 O3 J3 K/ C6 _1 uAllied Ships
. ^2 l' c0 o/ s0 W [7 j DD Buchanan
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Savaii at 146,159
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
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Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.' I& r3 V9 H9 \7 T7 v
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
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' y! o6 i! Y$ y5 [" x7 K" x) JAllied aircraft
K6 S! H7 Q, i" T2 }: B3 E F4F-3A Wildcat x 18
6 i H; [& x: V5 F+ X1 y, C F4F-3 Wildcat x 36
$ H1 b& X" D( N1 X. M7 q, R* c F4F-4 Wildcat x 44! o$ c0 Y4 E4 J
SBD-2 Dauntless x 18
- D6 l. G* h4 A& S" W: i3 ^ SBD-3 Dauntless x 81
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5 u/ o) N! j' s- m. ?0 e' M, k7 _ |2 nAllied aircraft losses4 F: r* \$ Q6 h& \4 k
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
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% {* j, w$ H. [. QJapanese Ships
# I, @8 Z- T& }# e7 k# Q xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk3 ~0 w8 d8 _# X$ j0 X x* q
xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage( @) @8 ^% O% T6 O* [ {0 y+ \3 H
AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
/ q' j N5 s) d: u* [ AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage
/ [$ y# Q- p4 h ]" H$ L% x xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk+ k! Q6 ?# m4 l
xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
- ^' U# ?, w6 ~% }- M xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk" h& _$ X3 f: `# |' v6 r8 B: M F
xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
* c6 s. ?, e' a* H xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage, H7 p H7 y5 D; f$ c0 x* V
xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage# i- @6 z; B, f" u" W1 G8 U
xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
) [: `! x! ]4 n+ y xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk# h- G3 G( u1 A; g$ ?& K; X
CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 2
* j9 S0 O) G! K$ { xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |