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) R u, s9 C& f# ^1 Y) VDay Air attack on TF at 64,56' C( Z5 b' |) u& \
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Japanese aircraft
+ }, f! m7 @. o) c% |, _G4M2 Betty x 129 V# a& A/ |& U* ?) D: f: W
F' g, j+ Y' B. o1 [
Japanese aircraft losses' o6 H/ ~4 U" C
G4M2 Betty: 9 damaged
6 {, y+ j$ y' o6 }! C! C6 b
4 x" m5 t7 j+ g) H1 W; GAllied Ships
4 L% m2 r3 G/ N( b% g8 `8 P# A" STK Pueblo, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
- D8 \5 Q9 q2 V% tTK District of Columbia, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
4 H7 B% `8 r' rTK Andrew Doria. O/ x; ~; `# s0 P2 @, t2 u
Two follow up raids by the Taiho:
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Day Air attack on TF at 54,56
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7 W4 ~$ M8 }; l* L6 i @Japanese aircraft) U+ } p. \, k' m. d1 s# y4 L. C
D4Y Judy x 22& i1 W, j6 q+ e
6 L1 U: V e8 G8 ^Japanese aircraft losses; E. ^$ t: K3 L" l" w5 C
D4Y Judy: 1 destroyed, 8 damaged+ O4 w8 C0 ]( r1 Z/ M
) u5 \9 ^2 X7 @* D
Allied Ships' `3 E/ I8 _# J! Y
DD John D. Edwards
' U+ c9 ^' U5 G7 j- JDD Tillman
1 w" P; c7 H6 n8 h. yDD Welles; o) ?" h. ^: K& u( h/ j
AK Harvard Victory, Bomb hits 13 u; X( u) O( b/ t0 q
DE Leslie L. B. Knox1 x2 F1 O: \5 i+ t- q& B
DD Craven8 }8 k( v# F; q/ V9 t. }
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Day Air attack on TF at 53,56
9 Q, ?1 T7 v3 ^
! h) G6 V! U! L9 u% y3 JJapanese aircraft
8 Z) L6 k( m% c, y# |9 V( g fA7M2 Reppu x 6/ ~. _6 P/ k4 q0 Q) p* B
D4Y Judy x 2
! F) V9 i3 C D7 G. W& \. }
$ }+ Z& w( C3 d# XJapanese aircraft losses- n3 O8 {! s0 G
D4Y Judy: 1 damaged
# M+ L8 O8 r! z/ u0 A) U9 A
' U; H1 ]) Q3 y6 UAllied Ships
2 I, X8 ?1 c( K: T' D/ v0 JAK E. W. Sinclair, Bomb hits 1, on fire
7 E" H% R: D& [2 S+ m5 M
/ s u7 D! ?6 F* A# n' k+ pAllied ground losses:
+ F+ D3 b u+ G1 A4 [* B( t7 casualties reported
1 }$ o H; v7 k& T' H0 v5 OVehicles lost 14 z1 u) R3 p' D0 z
$ q5 Q3 e# W! E: S
Aircraft Attacking:
5 B, x7 q; s: `! g l1 _! O2 x D4Y Judy bombing at 2000 feet2 U+ Q/ u9 J# j1 n$ v
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Ceylon and Bengal Sea' h. g, j d/ ^" ^% ]1 n) C6 t
- F& o; s4 W! K8 N$ f6 Z' tDay Air attack on Trimcomalee , at 15,25
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Japanese aircraft
* \9 ^7 n* J& }- `A7M2 Reppu x 6) n& }; U1 ~& ^! T
J2M Jack x 5
7 m) _2 r. f! ~: [) s3 p. O. }J7W Shinden x 7
2 O6 V4 h; `" R5 E8 C+ }+ r9 Q7 uKi-84-Ic Frank x 6
, {$ n/ Y9 C) r$ w9 z( @
% g9 o& P+ Y. N; }4 kAllied aircraft
U, b* [" D. d" wB-29 Superfortress x 313 I [- T" ]$ o; C
w" h( w+ c/ z+ p. f+ Y3 c0 W, f
Japanese aircraft losses
5 X% u8 M4 }; y# F4 E: e2 _A7M2 Reppu: 2 damaged2 X; W( a. H5 Q M
J2M Jack: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged3 R- F4 \+ E5 ?+ L( W( K6 b
J7W Shinden: 1 damaged6 y' M' d4 J$ U/ E# V# b& J) q
Ki-84-Ic Frank: 1 destroyed
- E, b7 w8 C& _, SP1Y Frances: 1 destroyed3 q/ H- W: T8 r& }" U: Z
# D9 A; Q I) [3 I+ i( j+ M
Allied aircraft losses
$ f7 O" r5 b2 H3 yB-29 Superfortress: 7 destroyed, 8 damaged2 r2 |- D7 F, v4 O. _
# P& C Z- Y* [+ ^Airbase hits 1% u/ f3 \, [) `8 m7 Q& g7 K! L6 @
Runway hits 8* f H- _9 L/ z" K
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Day Air attack on TF, near Trimcomalee at 15,253 J" y) W; ?+ N! I# [% D
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Japanese aircraft
9 b5 E8 l7 H% D( ^B7A Grace x 3
' p0 r- a6 T2 Z0 WG4M2 Betty x 6- z9 c9 M6 Y8 b
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 181 }# O1 Z$ I5 r( r. i1 Q+ Z! N
Ki-100 Tony x 9
6 q) A3 ]- c, e' e- G) h1 XKi-49 Helen x 25 o+ N. K8 ~: u+ t
Ki-67 Peggy x 3- R9 i; }! c6 f7 ^2 Y8 p
9 W6 i. m m- l% xAllied aircraft0 v$ h% K; v! @6 q
P-51D Mustang x 54 _9 J9 e" L' X3 q# t3 [+ ^2 h
& Y2 u: u8 j0 f* Q8 VJapanese aircraft losses
! t5 L* p% Y1 |2 u+ E1 _9 y4 {% _B7A Grace: 1 destroyed6 |! O& I2 \9 ^. G7 A2 Q* Q3 c
G4M2 Betty: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
% s4 c( |1 o* o/ Y* I- Q6 [5 `. fKi-43-IIa Oscar: 8 destroyed# H" z- Z( G! x- q2 F9 w
Ki-100 Tony: 4 destroyed
6 S; G) k/ x6 S$ G% eKi-49 Helen: 1 destroyed
! x% ?( \$ P. p5 s! }4 ZKi-67 Peggy: 3 destroyed
1 S8 A: E% h6 c8 M9 t6 o6 a4 ~, R" C, `$ \0 J j! a2 o
Allied aircraft losses: g- D4 n5 L0 b( M
P-51D Mustang: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
5 a# x: h) Z7 b! c7 q& _) c, B3 w* Q+ d+ \8 g
Allied Ships. R3 W' w# z0 s" Z' A. {$ W3 L; x
MSW Grebe% @1 b' X1 j5 {& M- g% T2 X: c
AK Morton M. McCarver, Torpedo hits 1
$ G) b4 A0 z( N/ X* }AK Diomed, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage6 Y% s% ~% ]/ q- I% l
7 m# e* @5 |4 b6 iAllied ground losses:
& G/ C) P9 X9 h* \8 k2 u21 casualties reported
' [1 M/ W6 |) a% _0 L) |2 a, nDay Air attack on TF, near Trimcomalee at 15,25
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/ ~3 l* c [, y- S2 ^Japanese aircraft. |# V* M5 \6 U9 O2 L
B7A Grace x 3
" [% G; p9 {! _2 A) OG4M2 Betty x 6
$ _. o, x# S& ?6 lKi-43-IIa Oscar x 184 E+ L# |1 \9 T/ A) N1 h
Ki-100 Tony x 9
' Z3 X1 p, \5 @- `/ Z$ cKi-49 Helen x 2
; O1 j' E: B2 [4 v" T3 eKi-67 Peggy x 3
/ Q2 D. ^( I v3 Z6 r+ `" V0 w. x! X/ y/ i( Y N; a
Allied aircraft c. n% G. d. n7 k6 l4 \
P-51D Mustang x 5! O) w. I( P, ]' g( q; }
$ b/ z. D) u: |) h4 u6 k: tJapanese aircraft losses
3 i9 O* w! l* C/ n* QB7A Grace: 1 destroyed
2 N; U. o1 o1 Q1 \G4M2 Betty: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged% J( z+ K, K3 W6 Q/ l# Z- e1 t5 M
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 8 destroyed
8 B% O, R2 [4 r/ K. @Ki-100 Tony: 4 destroyed
7 ~0 C, h2 _. ?5 Q: p, LKi-49 Helen: 1 destroyed: R+ g/ a) z/ f1 k9 E' g7 K! e
Ki-67 Peggy: 3 destroyed
5 w0 ~. M$ N2 [( b7 u1 C2 L& |1 V- Z2 }% n5 n; f: j
Allied aircraft losses
" j2 [. J. n5 _! cP-51D Mustang: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
6 \6 q) I) |) H E% E7 ^: ^1 H3 C3 r6 g; _: i9 C; D; O
Allied Ships
3 Z; N6 g8 \; C: a$ [MSW Grebe
8 p8 c4 I6 a* j- W4 I# hAK Morton M. McCarver, Torpedo hits 1
0 @& p- T$ Z m2 hAK Diomed, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage! L4 P I+ T* w3 W* P- j9 w- r
c. |8 V3 k. s6 i, w
Allied ground losses:. l# I( X" B7 S4 T: [
21 casualties reported; w7 ^1 r! J; _: q7 M: }6 A2 R; U
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7 A( q% i, @2 r: ]: y& zDay Air attack on TF, near Trimcomalee at 15,25$ ^. p, g/ Z9 d' ^5 K* M
8 \! y! T1 ^4 |( a: LJapanese aircraft
7 \6 [6 ?1 _# M& U& _ t! fB7A Grace x 3
3 M- E- N9 f8 h/ E4 C/ b$ E3 _G4M2 Betty x 6* \: M7 m, }! J# w# x# u
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 186 t1 B6 S' `* y
Ki-100 Tony x 9
# z: q w+ z) x) h @+ b' ~Ki-49 Helen x 2
3 ^. i. x4 ~: H. sKi-67 Peggy x 3' U$ O7 \7 x. o& U* v+ X
0 A& b+ d. F- p, b' A- M5 p' NAllied aircraft
; U+ s% b3 h4 r6 VP-51D Mustang x 5
% y; J1 Z! p8 `# ]; p
1 ] z6 k) M1 M' i% L# NJapanese aircraft losses
' f2 X# N! W! V4 j% z9 Y* [8 h4 DB7A Grace: 1 destroyed: N n& `8 t: g8 ]+ {
G4M2 Betty: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged$ ^6 k$ V+ A" e! Y/ ~6 j
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 8 destroyed
5 f. v9 ]$ `; D+ N# oKi-100 Tony: 4 destroyed
3 z% {) V+ `# z+ q4 C4 F& U' NKi-49 Helen: 1 destroyed
% i8 B# u4 n; P( S3 q. s5 Q) w: k% uKi-67 Peggy: 3 destroyed- M, |/ E. \: Q6 z# w5 X
7 u! N8 L& H! G. L, R& _
Allied aircraft losses
* k; q5 T' U& l8 HP-51D Mustang: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
5 @4 @9 f# `+ d! }) o6 n# ?0 W3 _. R9 p* p
Allied Ships
) N! |! [; K6 S" x+ WMSW Grebe
1 K! k6 b2 P: y. T3 uAK Morton M. McCarver, Torpedo hits 16 j/ F/ w# v a5 U
AK Diomed, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
9 R5 q; X: l) q6 H N) o8 i" I. a9 [+ z, C4 U1 r
Allied ground losses:
2 P0 I% @ c; i2 ^0 c. Z- l( o& n1 n21 casualties reported6 c1 ?4 i) @5 G) O3 b, R+ D
The retreating Yorktown takes an another tube and is clearly in trouble with no CAP overhead!3 ~' T( G3 d+ L( p) J$ p' d
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Day Air attack on TF at 18,30
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: B: j$ Z$ K$ Z% |( x2 vJapanese aircraft
, P& b8 _- H: \% Z2 y" eP1Y Frances x 36 U1 }+ N# ?: b3 A5 @
3 z% P3 s% _. |$ n
Japanese aircraft losses, ^- L* K$ O! E: p E4 _
P1Y Frances: 3 damaged% ?7 T2 A! H7 J: m. ]' I
1 c" ?( J; M" e" d# [6 G) x; WAllied Ships3 U; v8 D* h( G; T0 q5 q' p
CV Yorktown, Torpedo hits 1, on fire* c5 [7 y0 z. g( E" ]& m" x& x
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Aircraft Attacking:, E& L, o6 G. t7 S2 ?2 R
3 x P1Y Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet: t/ @; A3 s8 e4 e( B# B
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Day Air attack on TF, near Trimcomalee at 15,256 q, g( J( @6 W
! [1 N+ ^/ W4 W# gJapanese aircraft$ x3 M% d! q* q* _! v
A7M2 Reppu x 5# X0 q3 t1 l4 P. B$ Z+ i3 y f
J2M Jack x 64 w0 o1 C( R) w
D4Y Judy x 3
6 w4 _2 c' f% } N6 i" {B7A Grace x 6
9 A3 {+ G1 D" [. i; ^' K- T& UG4M2 Betty x 31 `7 C n g2 S
P1Y Frances x 6
+ v( _: a! t* P. c" G% }Ki-67 Peggy x 11) [7 |0 L3 ?4 k3 n R! y
/ g* J) I6 c& ~9 k/ Z& u! b- h
Allied aircraft
& H! _, e4 h; N( E) AP-51D Mustang x 4: w+ `* R( g; B
: d$ \4 M/ V: |1 K* t: q$ T
Japanese aircraft losses7 _+ P' g" Q% T- x
A7M2 Reppu: 5 destroyed* U/ g p) n" m+ n
J2M Jack: 2 destroyed# \0 D' G4 b9 }( ]9 Y8 `
B7A Grace: 1 destroyed8 F0 i8 R) `+ D8 {: X/ n0 v' ^
P1Y Frances: 1 destroyed( d. j! ?( H& a* E5 @. {% m+ B, }
Ki-67 Peggy: 1 destroyed
8 J# N# A/ Y$ \9 l5 k0 k0 D n% ^' m: d- h) _
Allied aircraft losses- O Q& B# ^/ F7 ~4 v) Z9 P1 Y
P-51D Mustang: 4 damaged; S3 ^" O3 p* b6 H
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Allied Ships
: X: _) L0 c0 ?5 |9 }) ZDE Lovelace
1 V: |4 O; u' O# p& QDE Martin; p5 O+ a* n$ l+ n3 O: m
LCI LCI-436
7 U' U- O% [6 @APD Blessman
5 ?4 l& L6 Y$ U4 m! H& M/ mAPD Ruchamkin, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
* @" O2 ?) C! U, X N$ _AP Laurens
6 o/ r v8 M0 xDD Mullany
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Day Air attack on TF, near Trimcomalee at 15,25+ b/ ?+ J+ o4 ~0 n1 k4 J
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Japanese aircraft9 j% t+ W& q4 i3 u, J; m
G4M2 Betty x 94 T t( {) N% M2 F! }6 z
) R1 }& ` \- kAllied aircraft# K0 M) D* N0 I7 G
P-51D Mustang x 20 E/ x8 H! {0 L! e. [8 J% O
" k+ V" U7 v& B+ d* R! B# X* o
Japanese aircraft losses
0 `1 |6 O& a, u6 o8 dG4M2 Betty: 5 damaged, O/ n1 {& Q5 `
) q3 g: I% s% g- f& W' w# PAllied Ships
. Q2 E; ~8 `" z- a* D, IAP Henrico
3 o1 [& D$ d% t1 w) _APD Noa, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
" x0 b0 O( d8 w" B1 [0 J2 QLCI LCI-223, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage* h4 V% S; d$ d4 z* Y: [
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' r9 T! W+ }$ A7 O7 n' lDay Air attack on Trimcomalee , at 15,25
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0 }9 j$ V+ I0 i) i, uJapanese aircraft
& g9 Y. i# Y" N9 n6 p. nA7M2 Reppu x 5
; M6 u& Y6 d8 }7 Y: n2 y0 {7 OJ2M Jack x 25 T5 F3 A: a/ P$ Z
J7W Shinden x 6
d4 v: @* X3 ~& o/ f( ZKi-84-Ic Frank x 45 X& _/ W$ E @. }. C y, N) J7 p
$ ~* m# f# r6 L% x
Allied aircraft/ P2 `0 T! }7 a) J
P-38J Lightning x 16
+ \0 a7 H) c0 w% F
) \, A4 B6 p! [6 L4 DJapanese aircraft losses6 w7 ]7 ?* @3 P ]
A7M2 Reppu: 3 destroyed) D b: J0 C( Q n: j
/ G6 {2 ?5 J0 w0 i. x- UAllied aircraft losses; d( Y* U3 O0 ]4 ~4 e) w
P-38J Lightning: 3 destroyed, 3 damaged
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( e9 X. W+ e1 F+ JDay Air attack on TF at 14,23
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5 h2 i% k3 Y P) m+ O& EJapanese aircraft
. o; N2 o9 d+ H+ AJ2M Jack x 2
3 k. N9 R- X$ A/ A$ K/ x+ m; \( yG4M2 Betty x 2
2 ]& _; ?% G8 t: V' }P1Y Frances x 2
& W6 w9 h: Y: a9 uKi-67 Peggy x 4
6 z# N2 z) k: @2 G, ~* D9 B
" Y; m, W4 h s! lJapanese aircraft losses
, s \6 |2 {8 Y# o6 p& sKi-67 Peggy: 3 damaged8 R2 _: i( |" m7 P' s* J& ~9 E
# D' s: Q0 L0 F$ `: T# ] Z" ~/ E& YAllied Ships" n* W; @+ I2 `
AK Empire Johnson, Bomb hits 2, on fire
: }- _$ |) H6 v6 @MSW Bittern, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
+ o& L0 p4 X* A+ r$ qDM Gamble, heavy damage
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& Y. p6 g: E! Y% o3 p$ NThe crack Ann dive bomber units are having a field day!5 F* R4 F2 O, T5 f8 C
/ S+ |8 y& G) s3 k& M9 M6 HDay Air attack on TF at 14,231 F9 x# N0 _9 I/ c9 f6 k5 q
; _% P& e6 v4 r( [7 OJapanese aircraft8 s$ P: m* w4 o! \- l
D4Y Judy x 24" r; @& z0 }5 [+ f# w' h
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 7
4 I }5 }0 [" m" E! G2 tKi-100 Tony x 6! a$ @. H) R5 |4 s1 k: P4 I
Ki-30 Ann x 51- d( D* G$ o( e. u
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Japanese aircraft losses
) R4 Y* N% u5 | T, c; q; \9 RD4Y Judy: 1 destroyed" t: K! N# R& G X- j
Ki-30 Ann: 3 damaged3 d( w+ E2 q9 \
6 V2 Y( X3 x6 H n6 PAllied Ships
" W' T+ r+ H# q% N! Z$ H. [AR Hector, Bomb hits 3, on fire
( C4 G0 p, x3 ZAK Red Jacket, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
2 n& s! D2 S' E$ lDD Irwin1 z6 V( O- i8 }9 z8 W1 H
DE Seid, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage* r5 G+ q6 C' D- Q& T
DD Quiberon, heavy damage
8 E% d5 l# _& B; p: zDD Hugh W. Hadley, Bomb hits 1, on fire6 ]. i& c) m/ R+ L' q$ H* C
DE Mitchell, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
5 F: k7 X( x9 g! c3 DDM Gamble, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
; F+ V- w; n2 `5 F. VAK Admiral Senn, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
' l1 e$ i+ c/ F: v. {DE Stadtfeld, Bomb hits 2, on fire
% M1 u: f Y* q7 g1 QDM Ramsay, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
9 D& L2 i/ P" W$ e. u- } ZDE Rall, Bomb hits 1, on fire' e" C# Q5 d8 i+ {2 ~9 v
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6 \+ o0 O0 R/ M# G1 HDay Air attack on TF, near Trimcomalee at 15,25+ \* I4 ]8 Y. x" _0 [* [' R' }
$ @: u6 _2 A) c% |) wJapanese aircraft0 M, X( @1 o1 b2 C# Y' ]
D4Y Judy x 121 w, t R$ I3 a- [9 U* T) }
G4M2 Betty x 3
2 d3 Q6 s; B9 R# m% j/ y1 d: G( m3 s
5 X$ x/ j: b+ G9 l0 U* u& v& G# dAllied aircraft$ u/ |" R. m/ G& T; n/ \+ R
P-51D Mustang x 2
4 ]9 g& W( h( N' B$ m& R& k" P& a2 [& [) c, W q
Japanese aircraft losses' c z: k' Y0 e3 B
D4Y Judy: 1 destroyed8 A+ C4 W5 I, x5 W$ `3 v
3 S) M) V: x4 i8 H7 m- h
Allied Ships
' A1 v" i' T4 b$ K9 ^5 B" l, `LCI(G) LCI(G)-79
: z f8 ^. a. Z8 nDD Renshaw, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
* ^) |2 i% o; K+ Z# ]- j& ~3 ~AP Callaway, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage9 Z$ ^7 N' Q) P: R2 b7 y
APD Lee Fox, Bomb hits 1, on fire
+ g9 R' _4 c, n" x+ R$ ~APD Newman, Bomb hits 1, on fire
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Day Air attack on TF at 12,28- R" i; }0 L- U& d" _: g. W
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Japanese aircraft
' f& z& x0 ^& T3 r2 \ Y) R& OG4M2 Betty x 4
- o1 N+ {; u0 N9 c. g3 v8 F9 D) {( ^! U: w' L) T% g
Japanese aircraft losses
( K1 x7 c' \' F7 v* XG4M2 Betty: 3 damaged: Q3 R. Z2 F3 W& }$ [4 ^0 c( g
( o7 }( j8 o* X. C
Allied Ships6 c1 u. _" y. [7 T5 o! L f* ~
AP Cape Bon, Torpedo hits 1, on fire9 ?6 m" O5 i: p/ O
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