AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 16, 42
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Morning Air attack on 70th Chinese Corps, at 82,54 (Pingsiang)& ]/ O* i1 i$ O1 `6 i( q! {
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Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet./ [0 G, _' m' u3 V, } A
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
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G3M2 Nell x 279 s8 p( V+ j7 r5 g
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Allied aircraft$ l% C: y7 A' C: S" k: f+ M; v6 i9 W q
P-40E Warhawk x 29
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G3M2 Nell: 20 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on 3rd New Chinese Corps, at 82,54 (Pingsiang)
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Weather in hex: Moderate rain# L7 I7 }1 T1 e W a9 U: W
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Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet." I6 s& d$ R9 v0 i) M* e
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes3 P: }6 \4 C+ i/ Y1 A$ T) {
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G4M1 Betty x 23
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/ {& F) W2 ^" m- {' l a+ h1 RJapanese aircraft losses: q1 b$ C) L5 j' _& c% ~! B
G4M1 Betty: 17 destroyed# e! ?, S! @7 W: ~2 C, X4 G; ?
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No Allied losses
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Morning Air attack on 73rd Chinese Corps, at 82,54 (Pingsiang)% ~- P' ^8 ~ d6 q5 s. ?2 ?9 n! }8 M
" a0 W; I6 E9 z& JWeather in hex: Moderate rain
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Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
% U7 i; K4 S2 o6 p! K M5 `Estimated time to target is 5 minutes9 `7 W0 |& \ @7 V3 X* D
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Japanese aircraft
6 A" y4 o3 B; a9 D* x Ki-21-Ic Sally x 18
% g' j9 n4 m, E# s0 K Ki-21-IIa Sally x 34# H! r5 v# b( a3 v, r3 ]
Ki-30 Ann x 17$ M5 f& `, i: H* R( J6 n
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Allied aircraft
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Japanese aircraft losses
' D8 ^3 C5 y2 R7 i! Z+ { Ki-21-Ic Sally: 4 destroyed
i, K% [( |" Q7 e$ c% t: A Ki-21-IIa Sally: 3 destroyed
3 ^4 i/ {7 ]: T0 M- K$ P3 ]2 D Ki-30 Ann: 1 damaged/ ]1 Y, x& f3 |1 P0 D- }5 e/ {5 E, D
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Afternoon Air attack on 70th Chinese Corps, at 82,54 (Pingsiang); B6 s h7 x' g G! Y( O
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud7 g5 k0 L7 ? Y+ z
7 R0 K" U2 e8 t% ~Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.$ O0 d& }. o+ u0 T
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
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Ki-48-Ib Lily x 10* {3 i% Z& l* x* B
Ki-51 Sonia x 4" X3 D# q$ u6 N/ o" @" J
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Allied aircraft# C0 ?4 x; S! A- g6 V
P-40E Warhawk x 27
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+ L1 {* t8 T* U: E0 p; L% j5 JJapanese aircraft losses
* F: u5 D/ c ]: A \9 Q9 r Ki-48-Ib Lily: 7 destroyed
0 X9 J4 E; ]: ^" U5 B! T Ki-51 Sonia: 2 destroyed
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