AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Oct 09, 42! B2 S$ |( ^. y. {3 H
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' E x( ]- t, b1 ~) r: z% o日军进攻莫港的MO计划失败后,运输队向腊包儿方向撤退,从珊瑚海深处赶来的盟军TF58兜头拦住,在强大的空袭力量下,海面上再也不剩下一条舢板,一片干干净净。
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6 j* C3 f( j7 c& b" T% \Morning Air attack on TF, near Gasmata at 105,130
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud% V: W8 v4 |1 [2 w, d
: t- q' p6 w' D( v( S' BRaid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.2 f( _& y2 q7 b# q$ s
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes1 Q" j1 a; N9 o3 G' r6 F5 {
" Z# s' N: _% h6 ]- uJapanese aircraft
" M( l5 |3 A3 n( ? A6M2 Zero x 2, n1 h" x5 w4 b
6 |3 v% {7 r8 UAllied aircraft
* i# B/ [( B1 J! W2 c1 s F4F-3 Wildcat x 36% a4 x% ?! A) z' L% n
F4F-4 Wildcat x 548 L' `7 k6 F+ r
SBD-3 Dauntless x 704 A+ K" g; B; h
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Allied aircraft losses
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Japanese Ships9 w) v, Q0 X, L# u7 J; \9 ]% I8 l
CA Kumano, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
- o0 t( G* f) n; @, w- @) E CA Mikuma, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires
2 Z0 k5 i8 \+ Z$ D7 r CA Furutaka, Bomb hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage
. t0 n& i* C! }3 f) p xAK La Plata Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
% f0 c: Y" ?3 M% Q9 D, e xAK Shozan Maru, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk% @- i2 B. h: n$ O0 b6 z! H
+ F! E( ?% f2 q tJapanese ground losses:
, z7 w5 s7 O# p1 K$ s) ` 750 casualties reported
E }4 Q: L1 R+ M0 x- s" t Squads: 12 destroyed, 16 disabled7 v9 u* n8 w( d) y) P! M
Non Combat: 33 destroyed, 14 disabled
$ ]8 z+ K. R: t Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Normanby Island at 103,1331 }3 I ]+ ] O0 L& e; Y
& Y- t o" n& ]Weather in hex: Moderate rain
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5 p/ V$ r, ?) g, p$ R6 j+ C( |Raid spotted at 7 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
: F/ g2 f4 b& AEstimated time to target is 3 minutes
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Allied aircraft$ @. ?4 A7 W( L. E+ |
F4F-4 Wildcat x 12
4 q# x7 W: V+ E* Y TBF-1 Avenger x 152 B- @5 S, {% k2 E5 N! g
( B" f% k/ p |) I: m5 eNo Allied losses
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Japanese Ships
$ P3 ]: c4 `! E* |# @$ }$ i xAK Taihei Maru, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk9 H u% M) K, t/ g) N
xAK Mansei Maru, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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5 ?2 C9 w# ^( ~2 m% eJapanese ground losses:8 @5 \( Y! T# ^# }
422 casualties reported: q5 D6 r( m$ F4 g) C( } K
Squads: 18 destroyed, 61 disabled
2 C' q/ r# A3 X( [" L e0 J Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 13 disabled
s& r+ W! T: }6 G Engineers: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Gasmata at 105,130/ s/ q/ I/ \7 q2 l
: `. L+ i9 R* X, @$ q. ] n0 IWeather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
9 Z8 N; T ~9 b- d1 v; C/ N6 S9 XEstimated time to target is 7 minutes
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Japanese aircraft( O* N6 w8 k3 Q7 Y" p9 S D: B) r
A6M2 Zero x 2
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Allied aircraft
$ q" J4 Y5 S/ L; _! S F4F-3 Wildcat x 36! T4 D: z! p$ i0 ~7 v2 i
F4F-4 Wildcat x 66
; w! `, _) `) b SBD-3 Dauntless x 2021 Z5 g; h& W8 h; f7 e7 D i
TBF-1 Avenger x 803 a* ~: _9 M _, e
$ T) I' w! s2 O" R; h) A5 K( F; BJapanese aircraft losses
9 R7 \( G+ e& ^* G7 S. F A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
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F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
9 i# D+ G' m- Y! m# \) D2 v: t( s SBD-3 Dauntless: 3 damaged
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CA Furutaka, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage7 L7 m/ H9 Q# Z( }1 m) _6 V
CA Mikuma, Bomb hits 17, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk; ?2 h/ ^( a0 N" x' L+ @( I' ^
CA Kumano, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage |