AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 25, 42
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, H$ T, N N6 F6 U+ D4 uNight Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 # o6 O( J# _* H. x& d- T
* R5 `" H5 ^4 {( F6 t# ]Weather in hex: Light cloud
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: @1 ~3 v1 `6 q( }1 N: IRaid spotted at 82 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.0 H6 T7 b# Y4 n8 {, t5 N
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes; |; y+ L- \4 }" R0 K! [, Z8 |& n
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Japanese aircraft4 X0 ^. H/ `. _7 d2 W; F" T9 N1 Z
G4M1 Betty x 104 |1 a. S5 v1 A
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Allied aircraft+ d3 A# a ~3 t8 B6 ?% I+ F
no flights" j4 @+ z) _9 K6 _- X* }( A5 c
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No Japanese losses
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! P# M& G& _) c7 Q V- ?! dAllied aircraft losses
: v1 M4 v9 f" ?2 y. q Kittyhawk IA: 3 damaged5 m" X2 `/ x$ e; N& ~+ i9 A
P-39D Airacobra: 3 damaged
9 | Z; o; _ [& k9 C9 K" h. e- R; T& f P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed on ground/ G5 H" [- b3 y& b' S0 I
Catalina I: 2 damaged
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Airbase hits 2
3 ]: v; R5 R2 \; wRunway hits 115 R. E# X2 }2 c! y5 D; D4 v
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Night Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 7 i' O7 h5 u/ f
& Z5 J2 z* ^0 j$ q: D. ~, JWeather in hex: Light cloud$ i9 ]! o) q2 Y2 T Z3 p! ^
' m% I) n S p, ^" sRaid detected at 49 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
; ~, L5 [* L, r4 E& J$ x3 ^* QEstimated time to target is 17 minutes
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6 S& y+ z/ S: _8 _( T' { w G4M1 Betty x 8
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Allied aircraft5 W8 P( }1 O; X/ h: |- X5 B) R
no flights4 G: h% A+ m( N
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No Japanese losses+ z$ f# g* Z# j n/ P6 b/ H
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Allied aircraft losses$ j" a! F1 }7 D e
Catalina I: 1 damaged
5 ]6 n2 |# f1 ?( ?' f8 k) r Kittyhawk IA: 1 damaged
, i# d' d6 L& \ Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed on ground
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& F6 _9 F$ {' v3 ]0 c1 fAirbase hits 3( |' _/ z7 m, w# B; ^( k B
Runway hits 1* J6 Q4 _1 F& i9 [6 X
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( U! @$ ~+ v1 }$ i( kNight Naval bombardment of Milne Bay at 101,133
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Allied aircraft
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2 a- D- F {* p8 Y, `Allied aircraft losses
* `: k; n. k2 e& u# k2 i- E5 \ Kittyhawk IA: 3 damaged
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Japanese Ships8 C4 G: v& V/ ^4 o
CA Kako# T" {- l, Q) y$ N1 ~
CA Furutaka
& V8 f) z `2 ~" d- o7 E% i CA Kinugasa
$ ~# Q' a- |$ s/ E! A1 a+ I CA Aoba
4 D8 V$ _3 @3 o CA Chokai# K5 K# |5 l& Q* F: R' F2 x
CL Yubari
( S+ h( q8 w# c6 _$ | CL Tatsuta
( B2 `1 g/ D, ^+ H6 s" b) K CL Tenryu* w# p" t2 t& v0 V+ K9 ~/ L0 ^
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Allied ground losses:
. G; E5 W% p* I 57 casualties reported3 G3 [" z4 z! @$ F+ Z) }+ s/ J. E( ]) i
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled- [5 }1 [5 F, A9 F8 e8 a
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled2 |: \& G: Q3 ], T* Q: y) ]1 I
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled3 Z3 C- l2 c( _+ y9 j. e) {8 z
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)7 Y7 m9 M- G" X- K$ h
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Airbase hits 3
* U, R! h* K4 H1 j- KAirbase supply hits 5$ u$ b" k D* o. S3 v- v" s3 v, k
Runway hits 10
0 ~6 K9 ?/ h* U+ tPort hits 18
. q5 w0 j8 X" p+ r" m& d% {% ZPort supply hits 3
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Morning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129
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. J8 l3 j) e" M! i5 RRaid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
7 i( V Q! ~. {$ k" jEstimated time to target is 11 minutes
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Allied aircraft
* |8 K" w i8 Q# ]" z$ o8 J- X B-17E Fortress x 17
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( {8 E0 c$ U- c: PAllied aircraft losses
$ n1 g; _ B/ m, c! m B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged |