所罗门的血腥地狱又添新魂,蝗军针对过于前出的盟军登陆船团发起轮番攻击,击沉汉考克号和不屈号2艘舰队航母,3艘CVE,蝗军损失作战飞机300多架,+ o# x% F1 S; b5 W& C
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 113,134$ ?) q+ \5 _' t# a F' L
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Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.- P7 T( q. [/ L* {9 [; I" h7 o
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes
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A6M8 Zero x 59, V2 a3 N" c& B: X- I
A7M2 Sam x 76
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Allied aircraft
! A u- V" A5 E2 ?, w F4U-1A Corsair x 14
8 d+ Y& I8 {5 |' h F6F-5 Hellcat x 56+ w; Z# _' }! P: _4 }4 o R& @- Y2 n
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Japanese aircraft losses- S4 _, S! _) L% P6 G6 R& ~! Y
A6M8 Zero: 6 destroyed
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$ q" w. `) |+ k7 L8 \6 p B7A2 Grace: 7 destroyed, 26 damaged# I. o) F9 Y+ @! E7 ]' i8 L
B7A2 Grace: 1 destroyed by flak
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Allied aircraft losses
( x! U3 J* Q6 w/ `3 h' E F4U-1A Corsair: 2 destroyed
3 I% f% g# G( x9 w: u F6F-5 Hellcat: 20 destroyed6 X2 ~, o. B: X `" w% _" e0 b1 o" p
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Allied Ships
+ U7 F( Y { ?6 t6 L& s CV Hancock, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk
! j7 k/ o+ f4 k# Z CV Indomitable, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk+ l Z/ ^8 }. `2 v# i4 H
CVE Munda, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk& {! b& V; P& C
CVE Bougainville, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
) y! S6 E$ L* k- T9 n DE Manlove, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk1 x5 B5 S2 q1 a, p9 K
CVE Attu, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
, s s% _* H& [. H; D0 l. Z DE Lovering
5 k( }6 }7 n0 i1 ~1 ] DE Lyman, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk5 D U+ @4 \9 N8 q# I
CVE Roi, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage, k( f8 B2 o) ~5 P
DE Charles R. Greer, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk- f) A* h$ f( n- b% z
DE Wesson |