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,
0 k1 ^% t4 I% }' p$ {8 w" \4 mAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 113,1349 v' o2 Y" |: ]1 b* _6 ]9 ~
5 O1 `7 n0 }7 S- Q- D$ pWeather in hex: Overcast5 ~ p8 F$ w9 P! T, Z) G
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Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
5 d% j8 @# Z* O7 kEstimated time to target is 21 minutes
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1 W1 B. f0 B# {2 Z# l& Q- xJapanese aircraft% e1 ]" ~ ?" f! X0 d# P+ @0 l
A6M8 Zero x 59
& y# ^7 P& R" y2 Z7 V) N A7M2 Sam x 76# b# w& s/ T6 ^% k- y' B( H, f
B7A2 Grace x 134
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Allied aircraft
2 K; }, L6 C# }9 @3 ] F4U-1A Corsair x 14/ `4 z0 G# }) g3 Z$ U& W
F6F-5 Hellcat x 56
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% [4 D) A Y: @Japanese aircraft losses7 i# V0 n* g+ c# o+ ?+ O8 x
A6M8 Zero: 6 destroyed
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6 B- N: ~7 v) c' D B7A2 Grace: 7 destroyed, 26 damaged
* Z* O- {; B, H B7A2 Grace: 1 destroyed by flak' I5 K$ I. f6 V
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Allied aircraft losses8 [+ h* w5 g6 Y3 L. E* ?
F4U-1A Corsair: 2 destroyed
$ g7 {4 b g8 ~" ?5 r4 b F6F-5 Hellcat: 20 destroyed
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Allied Ships) K- i: A* G- L) `7 \: A
CV Hancock, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk& O6 z/ ~; A E0 }8 v
CV Indomitable, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk% Z9 V1 Q. W% D/ R/ d
CVE Munda, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
6 r+ R8 V# F: q7 Q CVE Bougainville, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
8 y. }: w ^* b4 b- k# A: K DE Manlove, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
/ q3 o& ~2 a& [ CVE Attu, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
0 h- _1 ]* r% X2 I DE Lovering
5 [( W, Z' a' {- ]- w- L DE Lyman, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk5 [$ |. ?3 u% ]& Y. ?
CVE Roi, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
- G2 h/ G! f6 X+ B- |2 b DE Charles R. Greer, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
" D9 s* d) z5 o) g# f DE Wesson |