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,
$ E d' P# p$ I6 _( l. wAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 113,134
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2 X/ X7 A* `& F2 qWeather in hex: Overcast9 j; {* D8 P. D" P! G, g! W. o% c
; o" @* V, L. yRaid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
0 m4 Q' O0 e) \7 w6 kEstimated time to target is 21 minutes3 o8 u$ ~- S8 F5 \9 ?
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Japanese aircraft
a9 ?% ]& }4 m T" m$ [ A6M8 Zero x 593 X: |0 ~1 V: |/ w: ]: r
A7M2 Sam x 76
/ a- d$ H4 ?- o7 v B7A2 Grace x 1347 K9 {+ N, o" m
, L' o1 v( E/ o' M8 ^( B$ xAllied aircraft
# H. }9 ], ~4 O: M5 P F4U-1A Corsair x 143 s Z* x' {8 v# Q5 h
F6F-5 Hellcat x 563 l: T; }& x- W
7 b1 A9 b- w- T$ b: cJapanese aircraft losses
" E( D" u3 n' Z8 t A6M8 Zero: 6 destroyed
& _) A/ Q; Q/ G" Y4 j0 o9 H; ]7 Y A7M2 Sam: 5 destroyed5 w$ V) V. H% D' W1 M
B7A2 Grace: 7 destroyed, 26 damaged( c: g0 { H7 D$ b# ?7 @
B7A2 Grace: 1 destroyed by flak
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Allied aircraft losses& ^0 d, m, ~' ~# _! E7 C
F4U-1A Corsair: 2 destroyed2 @7 c3 _7 @- s! R p
F6F-5 Hellcat: 20 destroyed" c2 l( c) z% [& T$ [: u* }/ J+ ]
5 S3 G# e+ F4 m6 YAllied Ships' g2 Z) g D) v+ I) C9 f7 X
CV Hancock, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk
5 }- `2 B1 Z9 \ CV Indomitable, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
( ^% i# l! |6 o( ~, _+ ] CVE Munda, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk) I& j7 e' f$ C( D
CVE Bougainville, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage# f( I9 a3 U" J! `
DE Manlove, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
0 r0 y0 A$ b/ R% C CVE Attu, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage. h$ Y+ f1 I6 Z- c% g! o
DE Lovering
, ]) a1 X- L4 U/ W g DE Lyman, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
$ U4 q* ]# ~# S5 V! H( w0 S9 I) g1 f5 A CVE Roi, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage' z5 t! {! I* b
DE Charles R. Greer, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk: X+ g) l% M; O0 {/ N4 c
DE Wesson |