AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 28, 42- [7 d# v) Q3 @- q, k1 G
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盟军TF58环太平洋游击,在萨摩亚群岛附近空袭了正在萨瓦伊岛卸载的日军运输船队,收获颇丰。
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: i- O6 H- I9 x4 C# d$ CAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Wallis Island at 142,155
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Weather in hex: Light rain$ K5 M0 v" R6 g* f7 o: E* J# B9 k
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.6 X1 W. Y! P* k. ^! b$ o4 g( ~
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
2 O+ C2 d4 c5 J0 \9 D A6M2 Zero x 9 h/ V! W6 f: F
G4M1 Betty x 16
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3 ]( }! r3 P6 y7 V' [: K( ?5 \ F4F-3A Wildcat x 30, _% l! `: N7 {! x& ?3 {, ?: l
F4F-3 Wildcat x 600 | H; V/ j7 J S1 }
F4F-4 Wildcat x 79
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Japanese aircraft losses) v3 V* |; `' {4 w" ?
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
1 V+ _' ]: z x. i, n2 E G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged
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Allied aircraft losses
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DD Buchanan
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% J8 U: `' S* ]7 nAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Savaii at 146,159
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
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6 L; J6 I. l9 O2 l: zRaid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
8 e- D: v7 O2 A6 o& LEstimated time to target is 14 minutes
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Allied aircraft& y4 R% {! j9 i
F4F-3A Wildcat x 18
' @* y% d! u' i F4F-3 Wildcat x 36
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: s- T8 _. K4 E SBD-2 Dauntless x 18+ F5 X' A" J9 i2 Z/ G
SBD-3 Dauntless x 81
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Allied aircraft losses2 G: {" Q/ g7 Q* ~, R W; r) W9 a/ l
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
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Japanese Ships
: X' S# P) O$ _! z xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
( N$ |2 ]8 Q" T# t; Y& j xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
& v1 j n( h& C$ i AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
( ^. Y! i. Y- c) X+ E+ ]7 F' {& v AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage- g/ U* G$ A m. s; o. d) T) n( e
xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk
; i7 C2 x" [ H5 n1 S xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk8 k) U9 h' n/ {
xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk3 A( g3 F4 w# g. k/ z
xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage. ^4 g" G: t/ ^! N
xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage3 w, P# J' e4 d+ E% {5 K1 p1 I) Y/ L
xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage9 T" u% p( D# q" R7 H
xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
" ]9 i! f. q# N4 c7 e) k3 c) [2 K xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk8 c2 p( r6 u' p4 X. j$ y( n2 t- W
CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 2
( ]' p2 e% R( `2 J( u$ k2 r$ r4 w+ k xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |