近日来,新几内亚中部不断爆发海空消耗战
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Enemy air strikes against Sarmi were opposed by Oscars and Zekes today:
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Day Air attack on Sarmi , at 48,78 $ v6 L7 M/ U( x
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Japanese aircraft
: z- R9 J: A7 p% |A6M2 Zero x 14 - @( g( P# A6 M% i0 {9 S
A6M5 Zeke x 34 ) [; @0 C, j; b( Y' O7 |% E! S: E/ \
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Allied aircraft
8 r7 T4 }2 R$ H4 p3 x/ v% QF4U-1 Corsair x 12 $ o; k c. p( h6 u1 [& y/ I$ X
P-38J Lightning x 9 7 {# h& Q: o/ Y( l B
B-25J Mitchell x 19 / ?0 L& c- K! f
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Japanese aircraft losses
. Y) y' w8 i3 FA6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged
% }; a+ E8 J3 V6 ~2 E+ J' ?7 wA6M5 Zeke: 12 destroyed, 2 damaged
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P-38J Lightning: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged ; s) O1 C! O) i* x; `
B-25J Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged ; f, U8 l* ?# m2 N2 B5 A
) \4 ?8 Q6 T2 \7 rAirbase hits 4 7 P, q8 ], y( l7 k2 \3 _, S
Airbase supply hits 4 : l8 |& }+ @ L, k; x
Runway hits 9 " ~2 M. L5 c! h# ?
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Our counter attack yielded mediocre results: 15 enemy ac destroyed on the ground. The 2 Q% x% @2 c8 Z$ L' ^! o
swarm of Oscars protected the bombers from fierce attacks by enemy Spits and Corsairs. No ! T0 k' I" A( _! v0 ^$ l0 n
that's a bad combo!
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Day Air attack on Aitape , at 51,80 " }8 p5 Z M3 k, T2 @! J Z
, f3 g! ?: n+ U( h! xJapanese aircraft 3 L3 E$ j9 U, d2 ?4 j# a8 H
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 79 % T5 e, K. @" f( ~
Ki-21 Sally x 49 1 S, J6 f- r! y: X' U1 j
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Allied aircraft : Z3 o- S9 X1 g% d/ W& t
F4U-1 Corsair x 9 1 Z" @! D+ p1 u! j# r8 D: h: {7 p/ q
Spitfire VIII x 11 ?" a; Q' h% L+ G. |/ m
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Japanese aircraft losses
# J& h# x& L* W6 I8 cKi-43-IIa Oscar: 30 destroyed
6 t% S& V% M$ \/ {Ki-21 Sally: 2 destroyed, 20 damaged
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Allied aircraft losses
$ J& D( f. Z9 k$ G9 ]% b/ y. X9 AF4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
+ {5 q, x' x3 Y, [) p6 I$ eSpitfire VIII: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged 6 i* h3 F, g6 Q0 L$ {9 A
Kittyhawk III: 2 destroyed
$ L+ W; _+ q: l: V( y! w' fP-40N Warhawk: 1 destroyed
, t1 D" L+ s7 b* A5 x3 SB-25J Mitchell: 3 destroyed
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3 k# P4 j+ H( PAllied ground losses: ! l6 q. C5 B* E4 a
200 casualties reported
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Airbase hits 1 . m+ x! x& t+ k* r
Airbase supply hits 1 6 Z9 z& B( e8 ?$ ?! \- C) P9 z
Runway hits 7 0 U) e/ n' |3 [2 O0 J+ T. W
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