AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Oct 09, 42
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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。- c7 I# j# j1 D; y* S/ d
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; K! h. S8 A; G1 @Morning Air attack on TF, near Gasmata at 105,130
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1 G1 T) N! K$ H; R, R- s% o- JWeather in hex: Partial cloud I. K, Y( ?8 S$ v3 i( p
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Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
% S) I1 {; e' f1 {Estimated time to target is 7 minutes3 D3 i0 _/ j: ~3 x G
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Japanese aircraft: ?" k0 b; I) ?2 J1 U6 b$ r. c
A6M2 Zero x 2( g' p5 |2 }! v' T8 U
# I; \, _8 M/ O+ ~Allied aircraft
8 i- F5 Y8 L/ d F4F-3 Wildcat x 36
8 J: \$ |# n. h/ K1 l' M$ V F4F-4 Wildcat x 54
( d# h6 U9 H. C, Z SBD-3 Dauntless x 70
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, w5 @ ]% ^$ t$ f& h7 gNo Japanese losses
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Allied aircraft losses
9 k0 C T" {, a' Z- E9 V, P$ k% u SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
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' |( h6 [, d7 U* `7 w1 A' RJapanese Ships
4 p# ?! G9 |) p8 V CA Kumano, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage% U% E; x: i. m6 i0 O; }
CA Mikuma, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires
$ o& A8 \2 _9 g0 L1 O$ f CA Furutaka, Bomb hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage' J- ^2 {. L0 K; [1 Z; X0 s
xAK La Plata Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
6 @# Y( D' f0 c; H xAK Shozan Maru, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk
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8 N9 U, z t$ XJapanese ground losses:: I- R% ?% K* o
750 casualties reported
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Non Combat: 33 destroyed, 14 disabled% t2 X1 k7 c, r9 k& v' V" A; [/ Q; |/ P
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled+ }& I8 T/ x# t, l1 ], V, P L, C
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$ G R% t0 Y# N6 x9 D6 l. i, ZMorning Air attack on TF, near Normanby Island at 103,133 i: }4 O1 }# E6 _, o
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Weather in hex: Moderate rain
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; O5 ^) w$ v5 Z# \" L: q) w; ?. aRaid spotted at 7 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
$ J3 y; Z' S5 u: H! _Estimated time to target is 3 minutes2 d2 @, E8 d) d. c' t
( w/ I& w9 g- fAllied aircraft
# J7 {, k. O( f5 H, N) a' X' e F4F-4 Wildcat x 12
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No Allied losses
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Japanese Ships# E" j2 `; U1 _$ _. O3 A
xAK Taihei Maru, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk9 a/ M( M$ U1 y- ?# N
xAK Mansei Maru, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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( d2 w" J k# H$ YJapanese ground losses:% x$ [+ r* J' u2 ]
422 casualties reported3 G) h; ], z2 @7 o: L" I% L2 P, `
Squads: 18 destroyed, 61 disabled, B" Z% O3 E4 K( c
Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 13 disabled
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Gasmata at 105,130
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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, @ F7 J) t& bRaid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.6 z' n2 r, c: N; m7 M6 Q q5 D7 A
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes, t( L! P" r* m% X; T) F- L0 a" |
% l) N9 y( g+ d. KJapanese aircraft
8 x; |- U7 Q" L: r. m. c4 B A6M2 Zero x 2! M A% l1 p& b9 o, x0 [, s6 i
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Allied aircraft
( ~7 ~7 N, P/ [ z4 t0 A9 |. S F4F-3 Wildcat x 36 W8 T3 t. R2 q" K
F4F-4 Wildcat x 66
! m& s& e9 S( P n* n* W6 G SBD-3 Dauntless x 202
/ h4 Q; k+ g" ]9 T' ^: {4 w8 k) m9 V TBF-1 Avenger x 80
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A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed- O! r8 [" g6 V& e( {/ P( M7 H) U; d
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Allied aircraft losses0 U2 F5 x: L& v! x
F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
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CA Furutaka, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage5 E+ n) @+ i) a0 c. S9 ]2 O
CA Mikuma, Bomb hits 17, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk* m1 L% X3 b2 ^; c5 B
CA Kumano, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage |