近日来,新几内亚中部不断爆发海空消耗战' Z* l, M7 Y' _" b# V9 ?! u% g
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Enemy air strikes against Sarmi were opposed by Oscars and Zekes today: / K8 d+ A' a, I( {5 `# A' |9 R
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Day Air attack on Sarmi , at 48,78
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Japanese aircraft
) B: L' T$ b3 @1 _, rA6M2 Zero x 14 % b# K+ ]- n3 v4 r$ c
A6M5 Zeke x 34
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Allied aircraft . D8 y5 R8 ~# f, K/ Y- a+ r
F4U-1 Corsair x 12
- ?7 b. i2 \' S/ ^9 ZP-38J Lightning x 9 ' P& k- A& b \
B-25J Mitchell x 19
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" x4 m2 }9 V- I+ r, J% bJapanese aircraft losses W/ F/ `- y P5 T% C) m: `
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged 1 {7 _7 v9 Z1 h' u" d- I5 V% i
A6M5 Zeke: 12 destroyed, 2 damaged
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4 Z4 T( e y, O2 B1 r/ tAllied aircraft losses
f7 L! K, n( N TP-38J Lightning: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged
5 r" k2 E& s1 r4 ?B-25J Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
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1 i& ~3 A) P+ M3 p& ]# l& E/ H4 p1 AAirbase hits 4
: d3 ~& T/ V* z# L- EAirbase supply hits 4
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, a {) l# @% R+ N. tOur counter attack yielded mediocre results: 15 enemy ac destroyed on the ground. The
/ f' z* J7 b" X4 S$ Dswarm of Oscars protected the bombers from fierce attacks by enemy Spits and Corsairs. No * ~9 e7 w3 q( e7 G
that's a bad combo! 4 x8 R% o9 p+ G$ i" K" N: `. G
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Day Air attack on Aitape , at 51,80 0 f) I+ W1 _4 M& z' K; ]
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Japanese aircraft
- a1 g s! Q& g* R, jKi-43-IIa Oscar x 79 8 ?1 I; e- Q3 n7 Q+ f
Ki-21 Sally x 49
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Allied aircraft
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Spitfire VIII x 11 8 b( K& n9 a; l7 _; p9 X0 g. N' A4 d
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7 h l8 o+ U3 I9 wKi-43-IIa Oscar: 30 destroyed 4 K2 U9 T+ x/ A+ Y" ]" \
Ki-21 Sally: 2 destroyed, 20 damaged 5 K6 c9 g: ? Y1 j# m* f, O
( y2 H8 N2 _9 C5 B Q5 i( P* qAllied aircraft losses 6 O1 I$ G0 F5 \" H4 C% ]
F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged : y, |0 A! C7 n/ u+ ^( U
Spitfire VIII: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged . V3 @6 z& w: J( N: P% T1 O& m0 b5 ~- Z, L
Kittyhawk III: 2 destroyed
' a& X. U* g' x, H# m* r/ mP-40N Warhawk: 1 destroyed $ ~( x1 P9 c0 `) q# P# v. v3 }
B-25J Mitchell: 3 destroyed $ p7 Y6 c5 p$ O3 t( d+ U* _
# l4 e0 M: b6 S4 \ D) DAllied ground losses: 9 I" Y4 N# L2 ]3 ]* e9 C
200 casualties reported - g8 q* P8 R# C d
Vehicles lost 2 - c# S) b! j! n* K
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Airbase hits 1 9 V0 l3 l' |% F7 k( }7 `
Airbase supply hits 1 Q) S0 f3 I; \3 R3 m) U+ z0 s
Runway hits 7 9 D, F. i$ ^ w! q$ v) U
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