AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Oct 09, 429 S! y' e' U A" \& N; s# t
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日军进攻莫港的MO计划失败后,运输队向腊包儿方向撤退,从珊瑚海深处赶来的盟军TF58兜头拦住,在强大的空袭力量下,海面上再也不剩下一条舢板,一片干干净净。
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Gasmata at 105,1302 a/ E* y; [7 @8 P" ~( U) f' i' @3 J
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud# r( Y+ J: ^+ B) ]# v
' i6 s& ?9 \ o0 E! |Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
+ l" M: @. @" H( ?% y. _Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
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2 r" S d& I: S& I( Y) R* o- KJapanese aircraft
# C. `9 Z; Z! U4 j" ~ A6M2 Zero x 2
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Allied aircraft
/ h7 Z2 i8 @2 f4 O: [& ~: u F4F-3 Wildcat x 36' k8 N& R: ^ v% H
F4F-4 Wildcat x 543 s: [5 u1 d* @6 g
SBD-3 Dauntless x 70
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; f( @/ N7 A- S) i3 U9 HNo Japanese losses
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Allied aircraft losses
! c. ?0 N; a8 \5 O1 `. ] SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged) W$ G7 H" S/ R. ~, v( H0 Y
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Japanese Ships$ x: H, d- t4 h0 d( ~- Y$ T
CA Kumano, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
1 m$ N. u! n& J6 c+ `, L$ n( E CA Mikuma, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires1 I' P! ^* L# \8 @3 `
CA Furutaka, Bomb hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage
5 W7 ]3 i( l/ Y2 S+ L! e xAK La Plata Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
' H4 t& P3 W; l& e/ x xAK Shozan Maru, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk. _/ ^0 ^& {# C4 h
7 ~* z3 |( h+ I! dJapanese ground losses:
3 |1 _# P9 I) A n) d: _7 P, F 750 casualties reported
2 D, @; O8 k# J P1 [) i& p Squads: 12 destroyed, 16 disabled
, ^; t8 E; m; f# j Non Combat: 33 destroyed, 14 disabled1 B1 w" c1 a- y7 }( I
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Normanby Island at 103,133
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Weather in hex: Moderate rain
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! a+ x! k$ W% G9 G" b# B* O3 ]9 DRaid spotted at 7 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.* R: o: K) A. J0 N
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes3 A; P! H' o G% [/ B0 X1 q T+ Z
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F4F-4 Wildcat x 12% o' y, J# G2 g+ k) x
TBF-1 Avenger x 15
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No Allied losses1 w7 i& q3 n$ j8 S
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# T- y# Z$ _; f4 _9 @) g, m xAK Taihei Maru, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk, R- I& t* r5 p$ ?! ?7 z/ ~
xAK Mansei Maru, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk0 _" @. C) n! A# X) {( F/ u# L
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Japanese ground losses:& G( {4 J! b* o ]
422 casualties reported
3 s* P* S7 R" ]; ]. [/ Y7 t: R Squads: 18 destroyed, 61 disabled
{/ f4 N& @. p: `& I: ^ Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 13 disabled
2 ]8 \8 W N$ [& H) N4 P* P5 R Engineers: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Gasmata at 105,130
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Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
. {8 N" e1 H o; x- ~. o4 T5 A, |$ WEstimated time to target is 7 minutes% q! r2 k1 i# ^( L; v9 p0 l; S
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A6M2 Zero x 25 A7 w9 O' F! j: I _; B. L
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F4F-3 Wildcat x 36
6 T; u A1 s4 Z% J: r! A F4F-4 Wildcat x 66' S3 z% O; G# h) d3 A: h
SBD-3 Dauntless x 202: t* l+ T b; o
TBF-1 Avenger x 808 }1 n* a; {' c3 C5 X/ x7 e
5 t; I' ~5 k+ jJapanese aircraft losses
( }3 \! h2 z( x% g. i# i* Z8 ~ A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
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2 C w: p6 }. ^- d0 }2 t/ BAllied aircraft losses
& `1 Y0 S% z4 r4 { F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
# P! x4 ~5 j$ e+ m8 \4 `, m SBD-3 Dauntless: 3 damaged
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Japanese Ships7 m, g( C( Y/ ?' N" a
CA Furutaka, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
. M7 H* U! u" i/ w CA Mikuma, Bomb hits 17, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
4 H7 g3 B+ a' v+ _- p& O CA Kumano, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage |