AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 07, 42
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Submarine attack near Rabaul at 107,126
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Japanese Ships
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SS S-47
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AV Kamikawa Maru is sighted by SS S-473 T7 c# Q1 y4 ^: y$ B9 P1 C/ B
SS S-47 launches 4 torpedoes2 ^5 c5 p! o2 C* S, ?7 r5 V
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9 Y6 V h& |5 ^* lSub attack near Rabaul at 106,1286 z6 w1 l& \6 r5 c E5 o$ Z& X
9 s9 P7 K+ B( M! @4 @4 xJapanese Ships
( H6 U: f7 V: Q E Asanagi9 \. Z( z* u8 Q, B% V5 c
AMc Fumi Maru #2; [4 X: ?# [( {' {- v
xAK Ikushima Maru
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xAKL Hagoromo Maru9 n2 j5 \: ~6 p
E Oite) n r Q6 j/ b- G8 I) K. t
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SS S-44
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+ N5 ]- _5 o$ _SS S-44 launches 4 torpedoes at E Asanagi
1 s% s' m& w6 b2 i- k" XS-44 diving deep ....6 Q K- [: K$ z( ~0 G+ w. Q! l
E Asanagi attacking submerged sub ....+ [/ f4 C% [0 H- m4 V' d9 b
E Oite attacking submerged sub ....0 p) I, W+ D# u8 o% x3 V
SS S-44 eludes E Oite by diving deep
) s4 z7 j0 ?8 G& ~' tSS S-44 eludes ASW attack from E Oite 9 B( R6 j/ y2 J) A6 H ^' h
SS S-44 eludes E Oite by diving deep1 S* N) U( k, z" B2 q/ @
E Oite cannot reach attack position over SS S-447 f3 U t+ ?) ^: }
E Asanagi fails to find sub and abandons search
8 D7 g, l* y" \# N7 @E Oite fails to find sub, continues to search...
. |) z) h( j6 Z; q, ], l* eE Oite fails to find sub, continues to search...
& o6 y( _. q! g$ s" N, wE Oite fails to find sub, continues to search...6 J( m- m* a# s* d& @+ f
E Oite fails to find sub, continues to search...
8 p' l' B/ ]4 F+ \# W/ ]# [$ m% VE Oite fails to find sub, continues to search...) C5 |' `* ]( t! q( R
Escort abandons search for sub, _8 k% n0 D" u) {" N* V
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, ?0 I4 F; S+ G TMorning Air attack on TF, near Rabaul at 106,125% L, C# l! R/ j; [- P9 [; r" B
% T+ i/ O3 ^9 Q' OWeather in hex: Light rain5 a: q, n* y/ O
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Raid spotted at 5 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.5 V8 [( N5 S( b; U! K3 o' U0 o; V
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes
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Allied aircraft
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No Allied losses/ h) B, ~$ k' U8 v
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Japanese Ships4 I8 k+ P E1 @* t$ f* B; q
CL Tatsuta1 T1 {/ h7 y6 ?) h( F# [8 f
CA Kako4 B! J+ ^: l. k& c. X, j
CA Aoba) M( F- [2 q" C9 s+ u4 V
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Aircraft Attacking:
9 [- c1 i+ p( ^8 I% Z. t" s" Z 12 x PBY-5 Catalina launching torpedoes at 200 feet; Z& g3 H# z% o7 K/ D6 R* W
Naval Attack: 2 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo* \; S5 Z+ L3 C0 N, [
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Rabaul at 106,125
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Weather in hex: Light cloud
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Raid spotted at 6 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.# c8 \1 m/ t& D4 m3 v$ x
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes2 A- u6 { L& Y5 ]7 Q/ t
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PBY-5 Catalina x 120 a2 @2 v+ n' y( [* }3 c
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Allied aircraft losses
! h z; G: u- V4 ?% H# w4 q* ? PBY-5 Catalina: 2 damaged
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( j3 o/ t2 t- AJapanese Ships
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CA Furutaka
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CA Aoba- }9 A7 H" [& b
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Aircraft Attacking:
) }2 f# R# L9 `1 h2 | 12 x PBY-5 Catalina bombing from 6000 feet
' ]9 y) y8 t! ?+ v Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb2 B! S! e" z$ D+ m
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Gasmata at 105,129
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Weather in hex: Moderate rain
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Raid spotted at 9 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
^4 R& ~* x4 G( { ?Estimated time to target is 2 minutes
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Allied aircraft
3 B2 x1 p, x' ?7 V. u7 z B-25B Mitchell x 48 a3 w/ ~! J) l2 G
7 G7 |% D/ q' a* ?2 [, }1 J! eNo Allied losses+ f5 o7 t( b V+ s: |$ H
7 G, I* l3 P7 u3 s8 T" x# L3 SJapanese Ships
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4 x B-25B Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet *
' P8 Z4 `6 I$ S* ? Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb' T6 j5 J8 k, y/ M
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$ |" I# T9 \; u) b" H" `kevin_hx版主 現在不僅 狼群猖獗、竟然連 PBY、B25 都調來對海了?!
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