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Day Air attack on TF at 64,56
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# b# v" ?* W6 k/ \) sJapanese aircraft
' k6 j; u D q9 _G4M2 Betty x 12
% J0 ~/ {; K* Y) ~3 O$ @" Y, Y* D1 a# e7 _: @4 J% l7 s: e# i
Japanese aircraft losses
, K- A" p% U m) L- b. dG4M2 Betty: 9 damaged
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Allied Ships
9 r. ~( A( x, b, c! Z+ nTK Pueblo, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
' d3 v" T% B2 T# D/ CTK District of Columbia, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage" {+ q6 I9 e0 J; v, c0 Z+ c
TK Andrew Doria. Z/ V4 u' Y$ z
Two follow up raids by the Taiho:
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$ e7 k) ^/ u+ j: T# xDay Air attack on TF at 54,56
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* ~8 U7 f) [9 \# u) zJapanese aircraft
, L: s% q- U0 ^) UD4Y Judy x 229 Z& c L0 O! \- R1 u4 C p
. M) Q6 J7 D8 e, {& SJapanese aircraft losses3 s+ o7 q4 X# Y7 R' K
D4Y Judy: 1 destroyed, 8 damaged5 B& ^9 q: {; s7 E7 v
; {! N5 ]& b# r' a- M% zAllied Ships4 J( G, L1 Y) U$ j3 v/ A' D7 T
DD John D. Edwards2 u8 R. {5 T8 p) I3 Y& ~
DD Tillman3 \, `2 O- b0 E
DD Welles
$ {2 j- _. |+ |+ ^, `AK Harvard Victory, Bomb hits 19 v" C' V7 w8 \3 @4 `0 P) M
DE Leslie L. B. Knox
( H( t+ `; ]9 D1 ]# hDD Craven
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Day Air attack on TF at 53,56% B& `* v$ m D7 G
0 O; r! `6 i/ S2 Y& Y0 h* cJapanese aircraft
. T; K+ n& i. pA7M2 Reppu x 6
4 B6 `7 {( Q- p4 [$ f* }7 \% S2 SD4Y Judy x 2$ y9 z. W: `$ q/ O9 {
/ q' y z4 G2 o3 M& m+ w- ~) j- vJapanese aircraft losses
6 k$ b. ?2 W( }6 ~5 i! N D8 vD4Y Judy: 1 damaged
, z; `+ s" \! X
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% Y7 k9 G+ h5 M, L) _8 ^AK E. W. Sinclair, Bomb hits 1, on fire p. W: `' [6 F
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Allied ground losses:
8 V7 \7 M6 g2 n5 v7 casualties reported# o3 c0 Z5 a( A6 l+ Y O
Vehicles lost 1
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! a! e2 z% _& kAircraft Attacking:" t, Y& @: C+ d2 y1 V. L9 D
2 x D4Y Judy bombing at 2000 feet
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% M% i! B x: G0 ?* `Ceylon and Bengal Sea
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, n2 W$ z! m8 K5 H/ lDay Air attack on Trimcomalee , at 15,25
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Japanese aircraft
/ s. |7 u% s$ R% ^( g$ `) Q3 Y/ ^A7M2 Reppu x 6
1 U2 c7 @' m) H7 a, ^( Q4 OJ2M Jack x 5$ S" S% j ?! Q" ]5 g6 S
J7W Shinden x 7; p0 o' ~9 m" }
Ki-84-Ic Frank x 6
5 m" S4 k: n7 Z% R% }: B: u" X/ j0 L- o4 S. j2 k% t: k
Allied aircraft
5 E* R. g( k7 C- EB-29 Superfortress x 31) H1 J! l9 q: D8 a) J8 V
' s* d+ F5 {# y$ p$ B
Japanese aircraft losses* F# l; ~! x" u9 @$ f9 {9 b
A7M2 Reppu: 2 damaged2 x) _4 A9 z8 {8 T
J2M Jack: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
# d' j; ^$ C1 ]# L1 b7 @J7W Shinden: 1 damaged; y- A/ `1 K6 q
Ki-84-Ic Frank: 1 destroyed
7 G& o1 D: b% s# f" a: k) jP1Y Frances: 1 destroyed' A- B4 P1 l# |) D" I3 B
8 t1 h6 ~* i! C- e4 G5 g TAllied aircraft losses+ B r; L. x! R
B-29 Superfortress: 7 destroyed, 8 damaged
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Airbase hits 1
1 |3 w, C, B" o+ g- ]% hRunway hits 85 X; z& p+ Y9 V& K3 S- u# ^9 S
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Day Air attack on TF, near Trimcomalee at 15,25+ d, ~& i4 q+ z1 f6 P+ M
( Z, t# m& ?: b+ f7 v& u% \Japanese aircraft
0 R" N1 w0 w7 K" }, sB7A Grace x 3
- M; d+ i. A# ^1 fG4M2 Betty x 6; k. S! b5 Y# E2 a
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 18
, P/ G) ]% _2 e& x. p' V6 V+ AKi-100 Tony x 9
9 M' r3 {$ T) ^8 `3 B# \Ki-49 Helen x 2
) i {9 X+ w8 h8 xKi-67 Peggy x 3
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Allied aircraft
! C i- F6 q/ z4 V+ o" O* CP-51D Mustang x 58 Z# G, r) O8 @/ l$ r0 u6 ?. w
+ b4 Q2 h4 I/ j+ I* X1 f
Japanese aircraft losses6 X4 o/ I4 t+ N. I( K0 S7 X
B7A Grace: 1 destroyed# w' N* p7 g. \0 ~3 x
G4M2 Betty: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
9 X7 F8 S* ~! t% q3 b9 sKi-43-IIa Oscar: 8 destroyed
# A* k' F- G( n" [8 ~8 g% lKi-100 Tony: 4 destroyed
9 }/ o2 k0 P& g) i1 o! wKi-49 Helen: 1 destroyed
& c8 k6 u. }& c9 \# v1 XKi-67 Peggy: 3 destroyed# y ~7 V; l8 x a! Y9 ~
$ d" i: a2 w2 v! R3 v ^! F! d% XAllied aircraft losses( O0 b% q; X" j; f, \
P-51D Mustang: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
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Allied Ships
# Q% z. S. n0 `$ r/ v z" b7 t) r5 tMSW Grebe
; I8 b8 P- f5 x: fAK Morton M. McCarver, Torpedo hits 1
( I8 Y5 H4 v! a9 j" Y9 i0 p1 fAK Diomed, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
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Allied ground losses:9 Q8 {7 z+ l9 f& ~' L0 w0 v% a
21 casualties reported
: J: `- t6 S( t8 k1 MDay Air attack on TF, near Trimcomalee at 15,255 s7 t/ `4 D0 k8 D+ x9 a% _
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Japanese aircraft
; a. @: x5 k' LB7A Grace x 3
" z$ a9 O, ?; W( ^G4M2 Betty x 68 E- l0 N+ W- D% \0 `' }2 I
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 18
/ @ S: Z$ c& T/ N: FKi-100 Tony x 9
+ X7 \0 F' [' {' W- P. l* cKi-49 Helen x 2" {+ \9 y8 d5 E1 D8 C
Ki-67 Peggy x 3; u- l$ @% `7 r, r! o
9 C# B& U" r9 s* P% s5 U8 ]
Allied aircraft4 n5 R) c7 t4 e8 l7 D3 c
P-51D Mustang x 51 i0 U0 t6 p x% r5 c% W! M
2 R( i& s- F: c( r5 h3 LJapanese aircraft losses
. w+ Y0 o z/ P1 Y1 rB7A Grace: 1 destroyed
' i( r1 v; E0 A% U# Q" `1 J! y6 HG4M2 Betty: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
9 W% v- r( c( b4 g yKi-43-IIa Oscar: 8 destroyed* U/ g% _* d4 w9 a1 C/ H; c8 g
Ki-100 Tony: 4 destroyed" b( H7 ~+ [! U% J# V. f7 l, ?
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed" r) S# a; b' Q' j& g; Y- e
Ki-67 Peggy: 3 destroyed" x, K4 v' |5 {) N# o
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Allied aircraft losses$ @9 v' D" a L" Q2 @; U( u
P-51D Mustang: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged1 D- s- {% ?; s u# M
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Allied Ships4 f0 A% X) s; d) K
MSW Grebe
! Q0 i% H- Y' |$ i6 g, OAK Morton M. McCarver, Torpedo hits 1
% M+ G" O. k/ H# V; K& WAK Diomed, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
8 _" p+ B. t" }- M- I5 r! A1 I [$ @5 _2 O4 o
Allied ground losses:. K* ~ f/ A3 q$ F
21 casualties reported) r! l& d4 G& `7 j) c
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Day Air attack on TF, near Trimcomalee at 15,25
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Japanese aircraft- C' L! @ T3 S& Y u
B7A Grace x 3$ y- a. w# Z6 `7 z' F1 e6 A: O' m3 i
G4M2 Betty x 6
! R9 Q3 _- `1 N/ o' d1 m+ zKi-43-IIa Oscar x 18
3 O4 l* j- p2 j8 tKi-100 Tony x 98 d/ p: o+ F( s1 ^& n+ p2 X
Ki-49 Helen x 24 _$ A2 K; l- J
Ki-67 Peggy x 3; U% G4 a1 i2 |1 e9 e
8 r0 D. W! s+ I/ C9 {! l; CAllied aircraft
2 y; h+ }8 s7 v* _. lP-51D Mustang x 59 L& d r/ Y9 O
7 V; M: A5 O3 H. J, |. aJapanese aircraft losses" R7 \5 r6 x& B# j
B7A Grace: 1 destroyed, @6 l+ I, q" w" p5 v3 h! N
G4M2 Betty: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
+ Q/ D) u, P' HKi-43-IIa Oscar: 8 destroyed: F9 q4 ]- r- }( _
Ki-100 Tony: 4 destroyed
/ o7 V, J( T/ L, S; YKi-49 Helen: 1 destroyed
/ W9 Y- Q" F' H& [: S$ j `9 bKi-67 Peggy: 3 destroyed
Q0 i+ [5 p: P* s+ ]* ^1 q9 x r. Z0 d. L+ q+ s" p; ?
Allied aircraft losses0 M% i7 G. }% D# \2 _
P-51D Mustang: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
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Allied Ships
/ x: c. k$ [ l3 c2 W( @MSW Grebe
- `! u/ O6 X/ q- T% K3 O$ |AK Morton M. McCarver, Torpedo hits 1/ p- j8 Y- _9 T4 C: c' W, L- i
AK Diomed, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage7 b& S8 Y' p5 ]( Q+ l: C7 C
0 O4 n' m) I* EAllied ground losses:
7 z+ j) m+ O' }& C- v$ m21 casualties reported
. W# D7 {3 i$ U4 I) i. e3 z+ }The retreating Yorktown takes an another tube and is clearly in trouble with no CAP overhead!( q) F6 g6 l) V* d
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Day Air attack on TF at 18,30& s* A$ s$ b8 O& W# S2 h8 j3 H7 y
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Japanese aircraft( D3 Z0 `9 u2 z- N0 u
P1Y Frances x 3
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Japanese aircraft losses
$ h0 ^, p2 N; \; BP1Y Frances: 3 damaged
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CV Yorktown, Torpedo hits 1, on fire6 i4 C. Q& G$ U6 C6 r9 y6 i
7 ~2 `- F+ h0 n4 a! l6 c4 OAircraft Attacking:
$ R6 |) i4 M) [8 ]# |; @3 x P1Y Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet p% M7 j" |, h: Q/ B
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Day Air attack on TF, near Trimcomalee at 15,25
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/ l, k5 V0 E& \& vJapanese aircraft+ U0 i: r6 K. Z3 Z4 d1 o* m
A7M2 Reppu x 5% {% m. T# c) b, E4 C2 _& H. I
J2M Jack x 6+ n2 \5 |+ I" R. B% j
D4Y Judy x 3, C) ] r) g! @% V3 V5 L7 [
B7A Grace x 62 a/ [' B R$ J: f
G4M2 Betty x 33 U4 |1 Q& \( ~
P1Y Frances x 6
$ r+ @7 i- ]& k9 e3 y6 L+ `Ki-67 Peggy x 11% Z$ B6 D% G j+ n( ~& [) X1 y8 D
* W6 X4 R5 Q5 `8 D/ Q7 m% KAllied aircraft
: y( Q# V( ^/ `: V# I/ i: _P-51D Mustang x 4
7 ^# Q) m9 n4 R2 B
6 }/ }' a4 X' q: @# e1 SJapanese aircraft losses
/ s- W" o% U! ]5 ?A7M2 Reppu: 5 destroyed
3 C) i! I8 M1 R2 q" I3 y9 `J2M Jack: 2 destroyed
1 k# D" i5 W$ Q/ m: zB7A Grace: 1 destroyed7 `! y- Y z" I5 Y8 b4 B8 k5 w
P1Y Frances: 1 destroyed$ Q7 b' H8 P9 J6 c% k
Ki-67 Peggy: 1 destroyed3 E/ B0 [2 _" q/ ^3 S# J5 F
% ^: j2 p4 Q# W2 _ D. X! n% zAllied aircraft losses% Q$ [, O6 q; q# K& W1 O
P-51D Mustang: 4 damaged
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$ u+ T( [1 s/ C$ {Allied Ships: q8 j( j( W$ O" _8 n0 `/ H+ c
DE Lovelace- \2 R* K+ s% ^
DE Martin6 f q$ U( H0 q
LCI LCI-4368 ?4 D; J; o/ \! c% q, X) C( D
APD Blessman
$ i9 F" Y$ u- B+ H l1 c8 a: ^APD Ruchamkin, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
7 g* h/ o1 d; X, o/ E6 _) }AP Laurens |. U" s/ |9 V4 ~, A5 _3 Z+ o" O
DD Mullany
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Day Air attack on TF, near Trimcomalee at 15,25
9 [! t" i3 G/ z. p* ^5 t& B
8 z0 Y* u* p, T1 }Japanese aircraft
2 o* B( R& z: R9 \ T- l1 l" a5 oG4M2 Betty x 9
2 e: i( F3 N2 w0 z6 L/ ^, w0 K: e
Allied aircraft/ U0 v! B0 `2 F% d w
P-51D Mustang x 2; w/ p9 \" M- a5 h- J6 B1 O6 X- y
* _4 {1 Y( e% Z6 t0 ?; d6 m$ G
Japanese aircraft losses: ~$ K) F$ q; y1 E) ?- N
G4M2 Betty: 5 damaged1 u- ~9 r: ~; U( S1 M% v
- [7 p* n' J6 }& ]) |# `% lAllied Ships$ n; U( ^) b, |
AP Henrico
0 D. E, T' `7 y" _- cAPD Noa, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
( z/ b+ h5 B0 q c+ @3 p, z2 PLCI LCI-223, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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Day Air attack on Trimcomalee , at 15,25
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) |/ ?0 ~4 u/ KJapanese aircraft
! _8 f: n) D; f4 y9 v+ K/ uA7M2 Reppu x 5
) l8 C$ V+ T1 a1 P8 sJ2M Jack x 2
/ R% H5 j- ~8 }2 M4 u9 qJ7W Shinden x 6# @) x9 j( M; o3 h. w- l
Ki-84-Ic Frank x 4' h& G& U0 H9 b% o- x
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Allied aircraft& M: P. M8 `; t1 e
P-38J Lightning x 168 e+ s! ? b( b1 w% W# D2 T
1 ]4 Y4 j# Q3 S4 ?: D- v. k$ x, v$ MJapanese aircraft losses/ m$ l+ l2 s8 \' |1 d
A7M2 Reppu: 3 destroyed! B7 A2 c) Q8 J
% i; T6 d, | R. f7 r
Allied aircraft losses
( v/ R* o& V! V8 V2 Z9 hP-38J Lightning: 3 destroyed, 3 damaged
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Day Air attack on TF at 14,23
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j2 `9 e) N+ E) f' sJapanese aircraft
/ s! i) W! _1 C9 t/ p$ t' [J2M Jack x 27 [9 X/ T/ }' e
G4M2 Betty x 2
4 V9 i2 E6 h) HP1Y Frances x 2; p$ K3 [7 d0 D1 u, Q u/ s5 k
Ki-67 Peggy x 4 J, [- S. w: }5 o! B
0 J6 c& u3 G/ {& ZJapanese aircraft losses
: T$ Z% V# ]7 C) g) ]2 a$ tKi-67 Peggy: 3 damaged
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Allied Ships
4 a; [( _6 y6 _5 gAK Empire Johnson, Bomb hits 2, on fire! m- S+ t8 C* B3 G' h' t
MSW Bittern, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage- I8 w" I/ s V9 F$ B' R
DM Gamble, heavy damage8 C( S7 }% w$ ]$ a6 ~
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& \6 H, M3 A" F2 S% SThe crack Ann dive bomber units are having a field day!) |5 Q7 [+ J( _" n9 c
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Day Air attack on TF at 14,23
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" _$ Q; g( `9 g- H3 uJapanese aircraft
& x3 a8 O4 e3 d; W8 L/ D$ MD4Y Judy x 24
( I9 b/ G( B* W' x2 k9 m* CKi-43-IIa Oscar x 7
. o4 b5 o" o: s6 lKi-100 Tony x 6
* u7 q& Q/ V& ^- E# cKi-30 Ann x 51& d9 M4 W3 t b \" F
- O9 O, V' n- CJapanese aircraft losses5 {1 x# l' B9 h( Z4 F- d
D4Y Judy: 1 destroyed& f4 q5 q# T5 Y+ w# g& J4 C0 w
Ki-30 Ann: 3 damaged
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2 h7 l+ O n& sAllied Ships" C4 x8 y/ {' `& m' `; N
AR Hector, Bomb hits 3, on fire+ _7 N: B w) O6 y. X
AK Red Jacket, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
+ D m5 Z1 }3 v$ V* i* y, @DD Irwin" S! A- e- p. Y$ n3 b* g
DE Seid, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage6 g5 ]4 ~: f& a* e2 W) F% L
DD Quiberon, heavy damage/ N' w: c/ @5 _1 p
DD Hugh W. Hadley, Bomb hits 1, on fire. ]0 G7 p+ }0 i, ^6 x( M% `0 q
DE Mitchell, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
! Q0 ` P& t7 M8 zDM Gamble, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage" s- ^1 e! }+ F1 J; Q' Q
AK Admiral Senn, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
. a; c, l( h* G5 t; D, P- ?DE Stadtfeld, Bomb hits 2, on fire m; v" L9 Z- T7 q/ _* m+ u# o8 L& k
DM Ramsay, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
* h3 B T: L/ u ^% }+ ~DE Rall, Bomb hits 1, on fire: z5 I! G5 \; h' c5 L/ q$ F( R
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9 m( c3 ^* X9 u# ^7 CDay Air attack on TF, near Trimcomalee at 15,25
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Japanese aircraft
0 ]3 A8 O0 I( x" Q! AD4Y Judy x 123 ^( B" a* {4 t0 T
G4M2 Betty x 35 V( T2 m3 N" L$ e
/ x/ o" G6 v V" Y8 VAllied aircraft; q) \8 [' N2 O5 i
P-51D Mustang x 2. }0 Z# z t% A/ q
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Japanese aircraft losses+ n; O* E& ?8 H1 \ T
D4Y Judy: 1 destroyed, A* j, J- E& P6 `: I9 P, v
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Allied Ships- _( C# B5 o3 A, R; @) [
LCI(G) LCI(G)-794 N' e- v( }4 H6 U" `; X
DD Renshaw, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage. K9 f9 d6 F+ |0 A5 h% R
AP Callaway, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage4 w& t: A* @6 Q* a
APD Lee Fox, Bomb hits 1, on fire
; F/ w2 R4 ]6 x) v; a- w/ NAPD Newman, Bomb hits 1, on fire
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Day Air attack on TF at 12,28
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2 z: j' D! p1 [. ]& n7 E- vJapanese aircraft
9 o* s1 g- a5 T2 A9 }G4M2 Betty x 49 Y2 a- a v2 m7 y! j
! C" b9 a9 h8 g% h# U# QJapanese aircraft losses
5 J6 C- K x# p0 [# L6 OG4M2 Betty: 3 damaged
% Q- H# Y$ I7 ]0 q8 {' K1 U0 B& I6 S/ U" A9 _; y
Allied Ships% L1 g) p5 m5 u
AP Cape Bon, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
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