AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 28, 42
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/ R7 W7 {0 A( T( N8 Q% V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。
6 v1 M. D% V# J7 W日军的陆攻未能突破58直掩圈。
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Wallis Island at 142,1555 K; j2 b9 N% q+ h8 d4 G) |, f! h& S
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Weather in hex: Light rain
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
% U4 ?0 h7 a, |+ Y+ G) JEstimated time to target is 28 minutes' e8 w4 A# h/ Y# o+ G% J* E8 z" v9 V, \/ W
2 y8 {" [, u5 E: W8 Y6 z1 ~! UJapanese aircraft
+ h1 |+ F7 N, }1 e# z A6M2 Zero x 96 Y: @4 J- ?; z: x# U3 Y
G4M1 Betty x 16
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Allied aircraft
9 R. T- R% d% f# X, [% O1 y* T F4F-3A Wildcat x 30
" s p2 w, U% H9 D5 ?% ^ F4F-3 Wildcat x 60
+ o% i! H" ~# F( Y F4F-4 Wildcat x 79
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Japanese aircraft losses2 g5 c2 u; y/ z( f4 u- A8 ^; m0 n
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed/ d; y! ]4 f5 g! v. ?! B3 |
G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged( T5 ^9 O; P3 ^: W
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Allied aircraft losses
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Allied Ships; w3 V( t4 m6 z1 `. r' o
DD Buchanan+ ?( J1 s+ ^) S: y; t& e8 E; V! Q$ j
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; E- I+ ~9 M2 X mAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Savaii at 146,159; s8 I7 b3 X9 c5 b. h; g
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud# ~, R- @ k$ i
5 T8 Z! D# |# B d7 _Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.4 \' H) A4 O3 J$ ~
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
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Allied aircraft5 [4 ?& N8 E2 g2 E0 {
F4F-3A Wildcat x 18& |+ D) L7 d9 T0 t* N5 p- ^2 p
F4F-3 Wildcat x 366 P2 p' N4 i) e4 x2 j9 T& b0 i
F4F-4 Wildcat x 44
4 S8 I, p" x4 c0 H3 O SBD-2 Dauntless x 183 l T& j& { z; D* H2 Y) f6 z1 b9 A
SBD-3 Dauntless x 81
% X; ^% Q- W0 d3 j. s TBF-1 Avenger x 30
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Japanese Ships
6 {; Z8 ?8 f0 m- c xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk1 i# |% T L/ }' Z+ B
xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage7 p) Z6 R7 I, x
AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
t, T: R) }* Q$ {, n AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage4 `) M' S0 d" W( Y
xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk
( s8 `% H4 S' H( O* X) m% t, C xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
, ~3 ~; T" o P& V4 y xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk$ z! c) T6 c, G6 o( B( b7 R
xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
) m0 D& a* k4 p xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage( c2 R. j% ]$ L) B
xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage& ?& Z# {/ v- y
xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
0 z2 L9 ~9 `9 ~* r W: U2 v xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
# i( |7 y \& y& w: S5 D8 G4 S9 V CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 2
3 w% j* m% @# _6 H9 ]1 ] xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |