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,
; K8 P5 e2 G0 M* r# dAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 113,134
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Weather in hex: Overcast
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Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
1 q% _# D5 l3 [4 W" iEstimated time to target is 21 minutes: Q f4 C) l l: c% O: l# O0 C
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Japanese aircraft H1 K6 V1 W" H( i
A6M8 Zero x 59
/ T/ g+ x3 G9 k; O/ L! g A7M2 Sam x 76: W7 ] t* z% g/ O" \3 t$ z% p
B7A2 Grace x 134
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3 M8 w8 R' o2 P) DAllied aircraft6 q: z* k' j6 `: d$ z
F4U-1A Corsair x 14/ B: [$ ?& Q6 k5 j4 z( N# h
F6F-5 Hellcat x 56
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2 k* h. q2 M" N* {/ w$ v- G# @; ZJapanese aircraft losses- Y V t& E) P* y. a/ @/ @- G
A6M8 Zero: 6 destroyed1 |9 p) I' s, u
A7M2 Sam: 5 destroyed |9 G; V( o( @
B7A2 Grace: 7 destroyed, 26 damaged, v D4 k3 e9 Q/ M
B7A2 Grace: 1 destroyed by flak4 Q# v. v0 @. }2 G
, V. F8 e, Z' K/ _4 C% HAllied aircraft losses
! s$ T7 o2 w. Y E- L5 H F4U-1A Corsair: 2 destroyed
+ B8 ?% I$ i7 g F6F-5 Hellcat: 20 destroyed. g' W+ @8 e' F( N
2 Z' N9 l% F! z* MAllied Ships
6 H0 `' `4 r( G/ f; A9 s0 L CV Hancock, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk
/ O7 h1 f1 T4 Q! P) Z* l! w CV Indomitable, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk4 }! X {2 Y0 r2 h
CVE Munda, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
8 l! w% c3 X, h o- U& K" G CVE Bougainville, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage4 d* Y5 W l! s
DE Manlove, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk# m) m" Q6 ~% o, D& p$ A; U" ?
CVE Attu, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage1 _ `" [5 S2 t
DE Lovering( h, Y7 N/ S+ Y: I z1 q8 V, C
DE Lyman, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
9 ]$ {! @1 z; N* [* ?- D CVE Roi, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
( V# I# h: K- b* o6 q DE Charles R. Greer, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
3 ?1 w8 H; S/ G: [; P4 Y V% h DE Wesson |