AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 16, 42
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& h, w! y! u$ A; @; WMorning Air attack on 70th Chinese Corps, at 82,54 (Pingsiang)' ]3 o- J5 G( I4 H8 c. }8 A$ N
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Weather in hex: Moderate rain
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Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
4 ?% Z \; g3 H6 E6 _# OEstimated time to target is 4 minutes
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G3M2 Nell x 279 i7 t0 Z) R8 K$ Z
% Q# c+ d* d5 X/ IAllied aircraft5 p; K% @) _, }6 i
P-40E Warhawk x 29
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Japanese aircraft losses
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No Allied losses& |8 P. ~% V1 O- s. C( D
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Morning Air attack on 3rd New Chinese Corps, at 82,54 (Pingsiang)1 N( Z4 L9 F$ f3 H; y5 V
% v1 w4 B/ ~. W# EWeather in hex: Moderate rain
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+ @ i3 L% ^/ G. ^Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
7 Y1 e9 k4 C2 D+ p7 z KEstimated time to target is 7 minutes
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G4M1 Betty x 23
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P-40E Warhawk x 21
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G4M1 Betty: 17 destroyed' N8 T, T9 J. ?' r- Z! f5 O
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No Allied losses
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) H* V9 T# `/ h7 n" r1 o" yMorning Air attack on 73rd Chinese Corps, at 82,54 (Pingsiang)8 ?1 s" q M( w$ ^7 R
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Weather in hex: Moderate rain) I7 a( D6 T* ~+ B0 B
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Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.1 u0 E, m/ W5 I+ d" { P
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes6 m# c& B0 K5 X
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Ki-21-Ic Sally x 18
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Ki-30 Ann x 17
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P-40E Warhawk x 8! {' }. h. v. a' f2 j& G3 j9 v! j1 g
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Ki-21-Ic Sally: 4 destroyed
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, D, n* [) p1 U/ j7 ^& PAfternoon Air attack on 70th Chinese Corps, at 82,54 (Pingsiang)
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud( H% Y, u7 r4 t6 \+ @& H
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Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
& ^4 F) w* [& S3 j6 z$ _* NEstimated time to target is 6 minutes' g, I* }8 `( }" Q
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Japanese aircraft
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4 n7 Y4 w4 t0 R) l" h4 j3 yAllied aircraft
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1 f$ q/ [" J5 S5 `1 |Japanese aircraft losses
2 j5 U" l; h* q Ki-48-Ib Lily: 7 destroyed
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No Allied losses |