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,
) {6 T( J3 `9 T% e3 \/ l4 D0 W% wAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 113,1345 J$ C( e, o0 Z1 g
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Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.. X2 G9 h) F1 w# o$ b/ B
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes+ K9 R. i* w9 D$ s+ w
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Japanese aircraft
5 T0 n7 T4 s' C* l2 s+ k A6M8 Zero x 59$ m* d& ~! Q* O" j9 h' k
A7M2 Sam x 76% A* l' C- r) B
B7A2 Grace x 134
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F4U-1A Corsair x 14
1 f+ `. _6 Q" G* G$ L F6F-5 Hellcat x 56
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" |5 Z8 _& q- l( A2 ]1 WJapanese aircraft losses
! ?& w1 M9 i% s# d$ P; f+ ?( a& y A6M8 Zero: 6 destroyed
0 n, t: _! J& ] A7M2 Sam: 5 destroyed' n6 k \/ c+ b4 c- n- r0 J
B7A2 Grace: 7 destroyed, 26 damaged
0 y4 `( m! @6 I ] B7A2 Grace: 1 destroyed by flak/ `% s/ H5 u& ^' F' W8 N) b
' a' {; x7 {5 X" q! d9 CAllied aircraft losses
# C& N3 o7 ]( {' Z2 Y F4U-1A Corsair: 2 destroyed
- ^& n9 X) ]9 a' q4 m; n0 m F6F-5 Hellcat: 20 destroyed
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- h) ^9 o+ T1 n/ DAllied Ships
7 V2 T; h- ?5 I* _2 e' I CV Hancock, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk
( M/ O6 C5 a: D1 K7 K& v6 M CV Indomitable, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
7 @; s4 s6 ~% G- z% F CVE Munda, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
! D L5 N# i0 E- L CVE Bougainville, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage& U. n& a _# D7 O/ }
DE Manlove, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk2 w# i9 f- W7 Z" K6 `0 ?, W
CVE Attu, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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DE Lyman, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
* d/ Z4 g4 J P CVE Roi, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage/ m+ d- S5 Y" A" ?" J3 O
DE Charles R. Greer, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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