所罗门的血腥地狱又添新魂,蝗军针对过于前出的盟军登陆船团发起轮番攻击,击沉汉考克号和不屈号2艘舰队航母,3艘CVE,蝗军损失作战飞机300多架,* A; R4 b5 C, k8 J' g! w/ ^
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 113,134 n# j% ~3 ~$ [
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Weather in hex: Overcast L1 l0 O% a; B7 Q& s
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Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.! A' A" z# P$ c: ~; k) R
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes5 U' g* B; n u h$ P3 P
( C7 d3 R* D* u9 O" [. yJapanese aircraft! A* L; m, t+ M6 |7 B7 h! c
A6M8 Zero x 598 _" C8 e7 b0 `. v# ?
A7M2 Sam x 762 H# E$ ^# V" t) |1 z+ \
B7A2 Grace x 134
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Allied aircraft
' b. V" m; [9 ^) p F4U-1A Corsair x 14
+ k) [, K( d( D F6F-5 Hellcat x 568 J/ I& P6 `7 x M. p! Z
& B; B2 H3 Q/ n: GJapanese aircraft losses
& C1 \0 {3 Q8 [ h A6M8 Zero: 6 destroyed1 g! ]% R }4 {1 M/ H6 w
A7M2 Sam: 5 destroyed
( G( k9 `) U' p( V8 A: L" u+ o- s B7A2 Grace: 7 destroyed, 26 damaged
" B' |: K* z2 I- a2 g# y! {. \ B7A2 Grace: 1 destroyed by flak
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F4U-1A Corsair: 2 destroyed
; m! S( b: u; p F6F-5 Hellcat: 20 destroyed: l( d3 x/ ^" E2 S; S- a {4 o0 ]) m( \
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; p) a3 W: k: O: E CV Hancock, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk
+ Q" V6 g1 o! v* z0 y3 O CV Indomitable, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
6 G' t, g/ n0 T+ C CVE Munda, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
1 a. W; c6 G" Z9 k% D CVE Bougainville, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage* E( N% M' k0 B, h8 k2 P8 o
DE Manlove, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk, r, s5 r, R( N1 c- z1 a9 j1 K
CVE Attu, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
: X' `( A4 h, Y7 a+ F [' f DE Lovering
' m: o7 W4 Q+ k. w+ L( i DE Lyman, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk' b$ W# i" I' K6 Y O
CVE Roi, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage. \: Q# v$ W% Q9 I2 A8 W9 ?7 u
DE Charles R. Greer, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk& y. o& s/ S" N! u& G% h! i1 [; P
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