AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 28, 42) u+ a! M2 z: R( S) h% A" r
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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。8 }! N8 N( r$ Y6 z8 D/ J6 t
日军的陆攻未能突破58直掩圈。
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Wallis Island at 142,155
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Weather in hex: Light rain0 Z& r$ M& \0 f3 B; S3 ?% y! M
* B' \7 I4 S4 G: T8 g. C+ aRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
, W3 y, _, b7 B8 w, L! JEstimated time to target is 28 minutes
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& F5 x$ n! K3 Q& e# OJapanese aircraft& Q( }# Y: d0 p0 ^ Y+ [
A6M2 Zero x 9
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F4F-3A Wildcat x 30
0 g; \' m& R& m* |' R0 _0 ]% ^1 x F4F-3 Wildcat x 60: @8 Q, j! `7 z/ }9 }( h( \
F4F-4 Wildcat x 79/ s7 t' s# | |( c0 \' q( c6 L
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9 ^# R0 M- c9 x& C* K5 | A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed- ^. @$ R6 f+ W/ P( k y% H
G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged
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F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed9 A& i& n% j: j: [( {1 s" ~
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Allied Ships/ B, c- \/ M; `: S& C7 u3 [
DD Buchanan
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) s2 R# u) ^8 Z3 d) v5 v8 j" CAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Savaii at 146,1596 T% K: V- ~4 z* O. r- l6 w# W' ]$ ]
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud! _; P q- k0 T }: O$ w! A$ F. P- p
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Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.4 L: I8 I' I1 ]* J5 h+ r! x
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes- \5 Z6 q2 |. j3 S/ h
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7 a2 d) l0 t, z3 ~9 [4 e- x4 H F4F-3A Wildcat x 18: d* @/ A" f+ C! r* L& m0 f
F4F-3 Wildcat x 36
A* @" J$ \2 d" ~9 f' o F4F-4 Wildcat x 44
8 j a3 e) `# V SBD-2 Dauntless x 18) M; M7 C7 n9 t$ v6 k% S9 V
SBD-3 Dauntless x 81
9 y* V b! ]8 |9 b& s: C, B TBF-1 Avenger x 30
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4 l. h3 Z6 X/ q% ]% q8 WAllied aircraft losses
5 F1 h2 x# H/ ?1 m* r SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
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0 w) g; `$ f- k7 SJapanese Ships
& }* H6 N g: ?1 T3 u0 Z3 D xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
; C7 b4 i1 }6 ?' N) ]( h4 ^. Y xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage2 c- [! V% v$ R- Q7 e
AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage9 w* D& ~: E0 O1 y8 l/ k8 _
AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage8 C7 F6 ?$ J' z/ S! m9 t$ u* M+ K! M
xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk' F! ~1 L" g; ~2 c
xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk* b! F5 V2 w3 _ @) r
xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
1 b4 U8 Y- Q4 i# a* |& j xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
0 ^4 x& e' w! N9 c xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
. S- z- C2 g) n6 ~% q! [3 S" ~ xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage" m) M% n( S; @& I, u1 `) `2 L. g1 [
xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage& N* ~) Q1 w0 b; g3 I: V
xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
9 K! t5 G0 n( e1 \ CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 2
+ z0 a7 L9 ~2 n' p4 ]% O, D xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |