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,
; Z/ K* W& [. L" x; [ ZAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 113,134/ B( N! G& i" s9 g
+ k7 d2 b, o9 EWeather in hex: Overcast
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8 H, X. {0 S4 F$ _5 E# P3 g4 M4 gRaid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.; V" B+ x& M/ m1 N
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes4 M. G: N- y9 _# |
c/ {" n$ y9 e" c0 BJapanese aircraft
2 v' n: d4 q0 l8 }% V& ~7 g A6M8 Zero x 59
2 h7 e$ D7 w; x+ f G) q. P A7M2 Sam x 76
0 E- I3 @5 s# n5 F8 m. S# p, C B7A2 Grace x 1346 H5 w( `/ ], |8 W4 j9 V4 n
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Allied aircraft
1 u& _0 ~4 J0 A+ }. |" A F4U-1A Corsair x 145 ~" f7 b4 G F3 g0 z
F6F-5 Hellcat x 56; W# i4 }' Q+ f! v
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Japanese aircraft losses
- O% Y% V* d' X A6M8 Zero: 6 destroyed
3 V" |( r; o/ X3 |& h, u9 P A7M2 Sam: 5 destroyed
* H$ I( b* ?# Y B7A2 Grace: 7 destroyed, 26 damaged* M4 ^8 L) D: ?$ S
B7A2 Grace: 1 destroyed by flak: }4 S) f3 L: L5 f
G' w$ m3 I/ _Allied aircraft losses6 q$ Q# l' O7 n5 c5 j
F4U-1A Corsair: 2 destroyed
A& d# X( S7 `* c+ v( Z F6F-5 Hellcat: 20 destroyed
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Allied Ships: ^8 `- ^4 z) r0 I$ ]) X$ S P5 p: z
CV Hancock, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk
' P" i1 Z$ `- {2 b( ^ CV Indomitable, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
# j4 s( f( A( D/ i; W CVE Munda, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk$ o2 M/ Y! E" q/ `* O3 K; e
CVE Bougainville, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage) L$ \7 Q/ y) o
DE Manlove, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
& b# n1 O' ~1 c0 j CVE Attu, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
1 _6 ^/ C% x: ?% m- Q- F7 m DE Lovering
' ]; i* z' s0 A0 {2 F/ V DE Lyman, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk5 h! i8 @7 g: b4 y
CVE Roi, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
: ^4 O) U6 E8 h9 P! a DE Charles R. Greer, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk5 r3 Z; A+ D5 ^( f5 }$ c, u+ _
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