但是巨港的航空队却击伤1CV1CVL,
6 ?6 z N! C! D+ S9 ]再加上PzB根本没有扩建新加坡的修船铺,
8 {% s3 W' w2 d5 P! Tandy现在在新加坡只有7点修船铺,根本来不及修理,排水结束就只好拖回澳洲去修。
' C1 J0 @$ k. G+ IDay Air attack on TF at 24,52
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Japanese aircraft ( R. r1 ?/ G5 C
J2M Jack x 15
6 r1 O, M# i/ v& h( }G4M2 Betty x 61
5 B" C- Q; w( z2 B! H8 SP1Y Frances x 6 ; t& q! ~% k: A# K6 G
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 12
! E. i- s' z; O8 EKi-67 Peggy x 32 9 Y- f( r F- S5 d
- {! {' D# ^6 n% U- FAllied aircraft
l) g2 ?: n1 ~. J2 ]2 qFM-2 Wildcat x 4 ; y; e5 t" ~8 j6 q
F6F Hellcat x 50
; L% d7 F/ I/ ]0 P1 JF4U-1D Corsair x 17
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Japanese aircraft losses
: H, \. d8 ?( N, X8 v0 ^( N4 [J2M Jack: 13 destroyed ( u+ P o7 `/ P4 h/ B7 u& ~; p3 k
G4M2 Betty: 36 destroyed : r* P/ O' N( R/ P' i7 ?) B2 g
P1Y Frances: 3 destroyed ) w% R q# F1 ^* K
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 12 destroyed 1 Y$ @- \: K& \1 Q3 I
Ki-67 Peggy: 20 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses - a 4/80 kill ratio, or 1/20. . D4 h3 d% j( U4 D. |$ B! E
FM-2 Wildcat: 1 damaged % X6 r6 O r6 N+ A6 h: |3 [1 _
F6F Hellcat: 2 destroyed, 27 damaged 7 C% d7 e- K: q d
F4U-1D Corsair: 2 destroyed, 6 damaged 9 s) L2 E$ H# y" u9 y" _9 A
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w e3 K/ a9 n. N( U6 P( ?4 NCV Wasp, Torpedo hits 1, on fire <- suffers fuel storage explosion and should be out of business for a while. She's a flimsy carrier at best.
2 I/ `) q$ L5 ~8 qCVL Belleau Wood ; e( t# V3 R/ e
CVL Langley, Torpedo hits 1 <- damage doesn't seem serious 0 V& H- H) n4 H
CVL Independence |