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,, p5 n! I1 L: V( D) q' @+ h
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 113,134' }8 t9 g# T6 s% V$ c* Q' l- W
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# r0 X; z" J: S& W2 uRaid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet." G; c( }5 ?2 ]) V; j; w) m( X5 H
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes2 Z, g1 h/ e6 [ J0 y& g! Z E
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Japanese aircraft
! }# v, b/ `5 L A6M8 Zero x 59
0 s' ~2 T" g, f2 F6 L A7M2 Sam x 76) Q7 \* p( e+ a7 Y# D" q/ ?& Y, D
B7A2 Grace x 1347 I H& N" r! s( Z
, N6 a* O2 g+ x9 MAllied aircraft
6 X4 N3 h6 l, A& J& E F4U-1A Corsair x 143 e2 s! D( ]4 P% s7 N" x, {
F6F-5 Hellcat x 56) q1 f* U/ u4 C7 X
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Japanese aircraft losses
2 b3 z6 l& B" ]9 z( M$ `$ N A6M8 Zero: 6 destroyed: ~( Y/ t! e U' _# c1 |
A7M2 Sam: 5 destroyed
9 F1 J4 L8 w, I2 x& \3 y% A6 b. X5 ^ B7A2 Grace: 7 destroyed, 26 damaged! @7 f0 v' V1 z7 b! V+ s
B7A2 Grace: 1 destroyed by flak
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Allied aircraft losses
+ Q, ], ]7 p; F( l7 ^, H6 j" o F4U-1A Corsair: 2 destroyed
% w8 U5 ` N/ X( N1 Y F6F-5 Hellcat: 20 destroyed6 \( C/ m) I4 Y) m" n
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Allied Ships
, c4 X* C' A3 R CV Hancock, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk+ l- e* W, U4 J5 Q
CV Indomitable, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
9 S$ ^2 x' P2 k2 p$ S% f4 ^/ Z0 q$ @2 k CVE Munda, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk9 a2 z5 z: [9 g+ ^
CVE Bougainville, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage6 A* c+ m' q' C+ }
DE Manlove, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk4 M3 ?1 [* n5 g4 E! {8 ^
CVE Attu, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage0 t3 f F; z5 g! B# M
DE Lovering3 e3 R( w' P* D6 n% b" n( A7 B
DE Lyman, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
' J. T* r* _2 q, W7 g* \ CVE Roi, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage0 l' Z, ?% k7 s; W' s
DE Charles R. Greer, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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