战局恶化了,爱头的3CV开始发挥,空袭了肖特兰岛的舰队,而拉包尔的空袭队居然没有护航战斗机跟随,损失惨重。。。。8 F9 R# [) M% \& C1 l3 d* g* J
# e7 ^# ~+ w3 x/ _% `- X( KAFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/08/42( F. ^/ F* D; U2 O5 C9 c
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TF 1004 troops unloading over beach at Lunga, 67,97; p( D( V6 J% v' j# |6 |
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1 h& [7 K3 ?: Z8 }0 N; {Coastal Guns at Lunga, 67,97, firing at TF 1008
0 P5 G6 N( M( \. }8 R3 V* {TF 1008 troops unloading over beach at Lunga, 67,97
3 D8 a3 L4 }, Q0 @9 } ! C+ [! c1 ?% ]6 M6 m6 W
* `5 r0 _* E, s4 D8 @+ L% W, q! B# k0 a$ y , v' w; L- I' m2 t6 C2 s e
Allied ground losses:
" H& M5 ?9 F8 W: j45 casualties reported& [' R9 Q! _ W! B# V
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Naval bombardment of Lunga, at 67,970 f, h. e1 I3 m2 [3 L9 B* y( }( v
, m$ g2 c1 ]6 ?" V& eAllied Ships
% P6 ^; D# [$ S. s& UDD Mugford5 y0 k: J* [9 d- @) O! C) B
DD Ralph Talbot& P" B/ F% V( A0 O3 h1 j% Y, u) V
DD Patterson
( i8 d# _7 J, V+ @, MDD Ellet, Y9 Z r, `4 J2 U
DD Wilson% n' E, g6 l( W4 F2 _. o Y
DD Selfridge
S3 i! u) \+ n0 kCL Hobart
' E7 o' u4 L8 Q8 {9 lCA Australia6 g* K x+ b( }+ V) W
CA Vincennes% f8 @) `' S7 G
CA San Francisco. o) x8 G8 m; R4 C& ]+ r4 T! D$ o
CA Minneapolis
! _, l, h/ g( I" L1 Z/ E4 ]( PCA New Orleans1 t1 \7 V' L. P
CA Salt Lake City
/ E% V l1 N; I4 e7 rCA Chicago% z; d3 J9 }5 ^
CA Portland! ~+ p& C% D' B) m* }6 l$ x% b! e
+ ~6 w' G7 |- P+ P: B& P( ]
Japanese ground losses:
# h) M2 k- m0 [0 D46 casualties reported
9 f" K9 ^7 ^; o8 A - e4 r+ l* g# n" S( d
Port hits 3
6 Z9 b6 P* X' B& b h2 M) HPort fuel hits 1) ]" ~1 c! ~# i. Q
Port supply hits 42 d9 \4 k4 ]! ~: d6 W
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Coastal Guns at Gili Gili, 56,94, firing at TF 306 k- @5 c# l' H
TF 30 troops unloading over beach at Gili Gili, 56,94
9 m' }( S o8 G! ~( Q9 X 2 g# p* }& p2 O/ b: x0 m3 Z6 o
& Y; q1 x$ _0 @; B
Japanese ground losses:
8 v# h9 \0 \8 }. c: H111 casualties reported+ N9 s0 }4 Q; k+ h0 Q# J( c. F i
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Coastal Guns at Gili Gili, 56,94, firing at TF 30: I ~7 f. j9 Y. Z) g
TF 30 troops unloading over beach at Gili Gili, 56,94
. R6 Y5 @' u D' f( f+ p- X
) g9 q L3 s* E- x" g$ U$ j8 B
1 A; W6 a0 L9 L105 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.8 ~5 o2 j! p! b( D; \) q
Japanese Ships1 Y" G& [. s& f! @9 } o
DD Namikaze, Shell hits 1
4 L- k% j" J7 y$ ?2 v) l2 ?PC Tama Maru #8
5 n: ]1 \4 _8 {+ [) J( r) O + W3 ~3 l/ m) }; |" d' x+ z
Japanese ground losses:
" ~( D1 C: X7 G5 [* S98 casualties reported7 U. F1 r4 R' I7 P2 H1 `
6 O7 D9 x* D' ] E
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TF 1008 troops unloading over beach at Lunga, 67,97
6 |% D2 ]/ y% _' k) O7 \+ M1 O
1 z3 Z" k4 y+ S- d . f" M3 E! H% P4 o) O# Z2 z5 H
' u( n7 t3 t0 G# N1 s- S) I% Z
Allied ground losses:
0 ?" `* Y" s& B18 casualties reported; S4 ?( ], T. z: p
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Coastal Guns at Lunga, 67,97, firing at TF 10099 W# |& O- a; a! N! u* Y5 y$ R+ {: l
TF 1009 troops unloading over beach at Lunga, 67,977 K% ^ A$ U- V8 Z
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Allied ground losses:
5 }$ _, X) y6 V9 k$ I$ S9 Y% O! {168 casualties reported
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' t1 Q1 t' @* c2 T& GDay Air attack on Lunga , at 67,97
. a3 ?: x8 k. A6 q0 u2 r" G) G
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Allied aircraft" p# X6 c8 K* z E
SOC-3 Seagull x 1
% K5 g# J/ m; b
, O) {; Z. a% S+ A D! k
# P8 V! Z" w% s# F" }* [9 V2 zNo Allied losses/ ?1 d' Y0 D) w/ H3 v+ k
2 G8 m6 n4 ?) P+ o0 i/ T
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Day Air attack on Lunga , at 67,97
2 n0 _+ Z. i' d7 o3 h' p ' b4 m! S5 s) \% I
3 ~3 ] m5 \/ Y: S$ T5 x; h, M" y# PAllied aircraft! B) V, O" I _5 N8 K! B6 H
PBY Catalina x 2
2 Q& s( s2 `* W" g s# Q, B/ n6 o 4 G9 }7 d: \& y' m
& e) i6 E9 L Y( q* Y" b" ?No Allied losses
$ J# k0 h4 v/ E
5 P1 v( S d% D+ \8 h f% I--------------------------------------------------------------------------------! e& Z! g8 Z. T; B: E: n9 V
Day Air attack on TF, near Lunga at 67,97' c _3 h z9 k6 f T" y2 z
6 P" q8 L% R# }Japanese aircraft& b4 y; z K6 l8 m9 G; ]& O) T: Y) Z/ }
G4M1 Betty x 625 m, A5 V" B- X1 N
; h- v) e6 H" ~* q1 _1 K2 }1 yAllied aircraft+ d A, x( U6 e$ Q8 t9 w: i
F4F-3 Wildcat x 12
; r+ j2 r4 B7 `9 q7 R, hF4F-4 Wildcat x 22
7 \. v/ e- ?& `( T- ]- [ I$ d 5 M, p$ g3 l& c# m" ~
Japanese aircraft losses( F( A, _8 R5 ?8 N; Q/ Q! s) M" U
G4M1 Betty: 13 destroyed, 22 damaged
: a, ?9 N/ K) y: f
# h' R7 S% W( W+ z9 n% HAllied aircraft losses
# a& a) w: L0 i' E5 Q, jF4F-3 Wildcat: 2 damaged6 r$ G! a* M9 e3 f
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed, 10 damaged& |- Y1 I6 ]% p$ U+ @
5 H# o* H- o* }2 i' VAllied Ships
( R% O& O! B( a0 ~AP George F. Elliot
9 F" ~# X5 R; f5 _6 k8 _; [AK Libra
1 \, l% }2 k9 H/ _- _2 ?: R4 M( e2 q" JAK Bellatrix, Shell hits 4
$ y, J, {6 i" V. N% ?DMS Zane* ~& E+ r5 r' M6 K) d" R- f
AP Hunter Liggett, Shell hits 4
^5 L# ~9 g+ [9 m( kAK Betelgeuse" X5 B& R2 I3 G3 v
DD Helm
/ n# B, `* ^/ W8 S F Y5 ~* MAK Fomalhaut
" Z: G8 @4 x3 Q6 s9 T& x9 CAP McCawley% @1 V* h/ U" |' E/ p# @* Y; Q5 ^
DD Henley C( I- C3 I. C: y
, ?# D0 ?3 e" A7 W" q4 s/ n; P9 t3 A% gAircraft Attacking: N' ]' W/ b z& _5 A1 e
1 x G4M1 Betty attacking at 100 feet5 u1 H. ?, Y7 e$ x* x5 f
3 x G4M1 Betty attacking at 100 feet+ o2 ~6 i" l0 E' j: o; q4 l% @
4 x G4M1 Betty attacking at 100 feet
* I `4 ^" Z) W; _+ q 4 x G4M1 Betty attacking at 100 feet
0 M4 T0 Y4 J' x4 Q" A2 z 2 x G4M1 Betty attacking at 100 feet% W. Y$ k J+ W
4 x G4M1 Betty attacking at 100 feet: E* f( D: M& x4 V+ ~9 {3 @! E
4 x G4M1 Betty attacking at 100 feet
/ `/ {( `* w4 Q9 @9 y 3 x G4M1 Betty attacking at 100 feet
) Z# G0 D+ n& y, L 4 x G4M1 Betty attacking at 100 feet5 H; O) Z, R; \% Y
4 x G4M1 Betty attacking at 100 feet/ r% V5 j/ {! J8 \4 |7 G. H
4 x G4M1 Betty attacking at 100 feet
3 W1 T, q4 Z5 `+ c$ |0 L 4 x G4M1 Betty attacking at 100 feet
9 T( H# j' @* Y* N6 p6 K" k 4 x G4M1 Betty attacking at 100 feet
) _% O& r6 T: _/ v+ ?% n 4 x G4M1 Betty attacking at 100 feet
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, G9 m) U/ v# a* ^4 B6 gDay Air attack on TF, near Lunga at 67,972 r* B, }4 Z9 ?) v* d. s8 |
+ E1 p) h% } |1 f3 HJapanese aircraft% _4 T0 u4 T" u) \# _
G4M1 Betty x 32 ]6 }) C1 \9 R
" a6 l1 }5 A) q' m% ]3 K- C. QAllied aircraft, L! |2 j) V# t" Y" Q, ], }
F4F-3 Wildcat x 12
4 A$ @1 g( V9 @3 F9 SF4F-4 Wildcat x 21
0 C" k6 C1 D- k; P( v0 g " H+ W4 I: y+ f( Z
Japanese aircraft losses/ Y* @+ f+ T6 m G3 {6 ?
G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed
! E' r: I/ \* p# F( c" l* q
0 o8 Z4 S+ g, A5 K7 |8 q8 A/ z
, U- v+ ?) M7 K7 u! G9 _Allied Ships2 @6 o$ E: `- U9 A4 f6 }+ J6 u B
CA Portland
* s/ U1 f" I/ `6 V
+ \8 l6 y( h- D" oAircraft Attacking:' r2 F, F) a8 d3 c8 k4 e
1 x G4M1 Betty attacking at 100 feet
8 H1 ]: H. x5 T# {+ _--------------------------------------------------------------------------------7 s; Z- f2 P! a- l* G e1 t
Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91/ \- U. ^. X' K: r7 p$ a' m% _
# S8 d. L* [9 P8 |1 S$ p
Japanese aircraft
) e& @ U$ q/ h9 q, Y3 d+ oA6M2 Zero x 18
% p3 F3 r, i* N* bA6M3 Zero x 6+ }4 b K5 ~! V3 V
G4M1 Betty x 5
2 N9 l1 r2 {1 o$ U
2 {2 e; c$ i' f6 Z+ ]) ~( U8 sAllied aircraft
: G! \6 g0 {( Q gP-39D Airacobra x 24; v$ F H5 Z( M
/ z: f6 j; O# ?5 t- ?+ C& d
Japanese aircraft losses4 n0 `. M8 Q' V8 K# Y, k! G: p2 h6 q
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged
: q5 L7 D1 V) y. f7 aG4M1 Betty: 3 damaged
! a9 \! y. e; I% {& E, X' y/ Y/ z
* m( A" ~9 Y% AAllied aircraft losses
: e7 K# [0 ?% F3 R7 E4 E, q& O: e" CP-39D Airacobra: 4 destroyed. g; \, ]' F& ], W
* a4 V/ U) w% H2 FRunway hits 3
: v+ [/ Z5 K$ C# Q 2 b/ t6 o, P) G# }& R
Aircraft Attacking:
, _- p! g/ c0 l 2 x G4M1 Betty attacking at 100 feet
8 V4 k0 X5 i" Z4 ?6 n$ Q' u1 E0 i 3 x G4M1 Betty attacking at 100 feet
) A$ I' z+ |" `7 a8 g! W* m( R& T--------------------------------------------------------------------------------3 A) z% y( W- W
Day Air attack on TF, near Shortlands at 63,93
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Japanese aircraft( ], q+ G _2 E
A6M2-N Rufe x 3
4 O; g0 x, k/ m$ g' `5 kA6M2 Zero x 6
# |, M; l; s, x/ [& t, C. j
: q! N: Z4 d% D5 a( {/ Q; \Allied aircraft
2 J2 N. L4 h L8 T2 qSBD Dauntless x 49
$ J) v7 [) A: B# D+ |7 aTBF Avenger x 30
5 f# g& n8 v: y, A
* L4 }- [0 Y$ Q: Y9 q) g1 MJapanese aircraft losses
$ \6 F& ~+ |6 ~& v/ S$ AA6M2 Zero: 1 damaged4 L- r8 d6 x4 _6 ^& G
) i1 W. ~5 I6 G3 U7 J, hAllied aircraft losses
9 r4 d' Z* F0 k+ N& {+ |' ]& lSBD Dauntless: 5 destroyed, 13 damaged4 F: C6 h+ z+ q! n; M( \
TBF Avenger: 13 destroyed, 3 damaged
2 f; L( K% F/ l
: e" k+ H' B/ x' d3 A" hJapanese Ships7 z% `+ Y) F. x
DD Harusame, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage- {1 q; E t& U0 T6 r' f( f2 Y! Q
TK Azuma Maru, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
" Y, @9 J. c- d- bDD Shiratsuyu, Bomb hits 1, on fire: V, e$ ?; I$ ]* O, T. s
AP Nichibi Maru, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
7 n- e* X* S/ Q- R# s! RAPD APD-2, Bomb hits 1, on fire
$ M8 @# L$ |5 O# c7 a1 F/ jAPD APD-34, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage1 \% v! Z% a& U( A( r
DD Yugiri, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
# Y- b5 R( W) M& x+ W0 C6 M& GTK Fujisan Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire4 O6 V0 V+ _1 U+ |
TK Ogura Maru #3
/ f, s. X6 f! w x2 z& e, ~5 ^
; P" i8 M6 J( o+ eJapanese ground losses:1 z2 \/ l6 ]$ `0 m
54 casualties reported$ H3 _* u4 i$ Z; S# X
g9 M" x7 Q: U" `* ^" C; gAircraft Attacking:
' T' X* n% p6 R+ ] 3 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet7 S+ L( p9 s5 y% `) Z% N- Y; y
1 x TBF Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
$ D2 |7 |/ C+ [& E% v 1 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
% i& x2 i1 s* r. T! y* E; u/ [4 c 1 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
( J+ I) u. c+ w. t& a3 p 1 x TBF Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
8 ]& ~8 ~8 J+ u$ ~/ o 4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet! J' D1 W0 ]- s4 Q# }7 I0 y' d
3 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
. ?- j8 |2 B+ B4 X( G+ s$ { 4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
) o% R$ m/ E8 F$ U8 y 3 x TBF Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet$ l# O3 [) ~& d
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
5 K o$ h I( C9 j* X8 U# P 4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet0 N; k/ g. d# v( K
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet5 Z7 M0 g0 }# |6 G( n% C
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
9 d8 Y( }4 Y8 `" Q' I- U+ [! X 4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
$ e% e$ ]- o/ M, H 4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet, c+ X8 D. l) M# `5 e& O* n
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet# R* d0 f9 o$ F# X$ N
4 x TBF Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
& ?8 q0 O4 X0 F s/ ] 4 x TBF Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet Z" K1 y$ Y: S3 O: t
4 x TBF Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet- Z# w6 X( q- x' P- G$ g
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Sub attack at 60,863 W& v) f5 k J h$ B- L# k
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Japanese Ships
2 ]5 H( n% x, Y2 T0 }7 c: mPC Ch 32, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage2 i4 d) g/ c: G0 p5 C2 X
PC Ch 23
) H6 s# O, l; j4 t% FPC Ch 188 P$ `6 |4 c2 u
PC Ch 17
9 ~) ?$ @ S& YPC Ch 16$ G+ ]5 G; e) h* w$ ?6 ^0 Q7 S
c. [: j* k* _' \
Allied Ships' B% f$ K: V0 p) J& I
SS Greenling
9 m+ ^3 X- ]0 ` , T% c" q$ P5 ^/ d9 Q% I' f" t
1 j. g# h" d0 W+ n7 M6 G
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Ground combat at Lunga
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Japanese Bombardment attack
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Attacking force 1723 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 49
+ M2 l4 D# T; O; ^. ~+ S% l
- t8 v/ [/ z1 t7 G/ ]0 Z+ ~Defending force 19804 troops, 218 guns, 24 vehicles, Assault Value = 466
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6 k6 |+ B7 [: }" Z 9 m) U5 F$ z5 Y7 U0 _) Z
6 O& u; V6 S) j$ }
Allied ground losses:
8 J6 f z+ z6 D" M$ H" r2 d9 casualties reported/ `8 R2 O3 x# O4 H
% Q: y3 `* X6 n 6 K2 ]5 u+ f5 f7 m! X: ?6 v
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Ground combat at Gili Gili
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Allied Bombardment attack
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# e; u' R: \. y" UAttacking force 3977 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 126
. f7 ]3 W H/ s% i
7 U! |5 m# b' u7 n4 D/ K, {Defending force 852 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5% ^/ {( g7 Y; x+ |) k
7 ` P: U6 M' ^ R) p 3 _+ O8 h/ z; u! g
Japanese ground losses:
* f3 q/ S6 K7 H" {16 casualties reported
r1 G! |& w# U3 t0 U4 I' }
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Ground combat at Lunga
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. \: T. s/ u0 X1 {0 P& TAllied Shock attack; f" N1 ]* }$ O" e) F4 u
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Attacking force 18631 troops, 211 guns, 22 vehicles, Assault Value = 4667 c1 V- Q3 P$ g/ r G
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Defending force 3363 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 49" ^7 [) d! ?" \6 I q/ {" T
% S2 @' h1 a f) G& Y' z, x
Allied max assault: 938 - adjusted assault: 1388
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Japanese max defense: 24 - adjusted defense: 3 - i: ~0 E0 g0 g
8 N; M% ]4 C0 C0 wAllied assault odds: 462 to 1 (fort level 0) / q4 s# k6 T; h9 C: q P
4 ^, P! B( i2 {Allied forces CAPTURE Lunga base !!!
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Japanese ground losses:* P6 [9 k; c" g* _/ [
397 casualties reported
+ r# V7 z( E) Z; \+ K y) ?6 tGuns lost 2* c7 E9 f" E* X- @) f) b- X M+ m
0 T m3 `/ k8 Q4 L2 G% E! c) uAllied ground losses:5 @) o3 z) Q. p- U
49 casualties reported) F! p |" | V
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Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! |