AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 28, 42: G; [6 T/ b! Q# s E' k2 G. X" r$ E
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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。5 F3 y5 r( `; M- L: {
日军的陆攻未能突破58直掩圈。4 w0 X2 C9 A9 f- o/ P2 y
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" ?' g& T3 Z, R& f5 qAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Wallis Island at 142,155& ^& y. T' s# i* m* @ q
* C, C2 @& @' j: JWeather in hex: Light rain
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
. S3 i) s" h2 ~2 a4 {3 j2 ~7 [Estimated time to target is 28 minutes( z% o/ O- F7 b7 H0 i0 E
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1 ^- @2 |$ V" ]- }5 C G4M1 Betty x 16
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Allied aircraft. }3 u/ ?) o+ y1 _0 v; ?
F4F-3A Wildcat x 30& q; ~; B& O: V( B3 p. M& b7 i
F4F-3 Wildcat x 60
* `8 `' p5 U W5 \- L F4F-4 Wildcat x 79* Y* u" s( m8 t- N; ^0 V) r
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Japanese aircraft losses" P* n3 t4 ~9 F" b
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed9 f+ g/ _9 W5 m% C4 Q6 S
G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged. c: f# J) s( \/ h2 ?9 L
8 W5 H& [( T+ B9 E) F' WAllied aircraft losses
+ z2 e. V# X$ c' q) F$ x F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
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Allied Ships
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( _! B7 I2 h+ gAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Savaii at 146,159
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud( b" n2 v/ ?/ X. C
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Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
! r9 H3 S' u1 m8 V9 o7 Z' f! rEstimated time to target is 14 minutes
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Allied aircraft: N. t4 p/ ~; k6 D5 G# N3 v; j- A" L
F4F-3A Wildcat x 18
9 k; u" c, G+ b& m' [ F4F-3 Wildcat x 36
0 J$ V. |1 E/ N% ]3 n7 l* L F4F-4 Wildcat x 44
, f4 c/ v9 ?, e" V+ i6 ] SBD-2 Dauntless x 18
. ?/ s- o" v& U& k; K/ K5 |6 n SBD-3 Dauntless x 81
! C; V- \2 M0 q TBF-1 Avenger x 309 j' v# Q0 t* l, p# n. u) F( S
' B j; b- R: i( R2 V2 u) ?+ G" QAllied aircraft losses/ i- h# C8 r* s( e& J
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
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6 z- w) A( ?) {& L- JJapanese Ships
6 B: @3 J0 ^8 x. @$ S' Z: ~ xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
& B1 w+ d3 a! j xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage$ n8 N! }, c2 Q% b3 h
AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
x& P3 d8 l4 {% @# q AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage5 T* Q5 p1 W w. ^' }
xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk1 w) R# G3 k* n& x
xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk4 m- m @) B* Z. g& ?4 p
xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
, Z. Y2 C% X' U* | xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
. B+ j5 N' [5 x2 i" t" B$ w0 L xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage0 c0 U6 c7 b L* W( \/ i/ @
xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage) K! e) r6 d r! X2 n
xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
, Z; z6 `2 q9 [# [1 } xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
- f( ?1 K" n' E3 d0 ^ CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 2
; m9 Z. |' ^1 Z0 }% p# q xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |