AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 28, 42
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. ~- c% \1 y$ U8 v/ p' i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。! O1 \% Y, f0 K' l1 J( V
日军的陆攻未能突破58直掩圈。3 V/ s, J2 S& b' V6 v' E- i
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+ ^% G( M; O$ h. Y! g' hAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Wallis Island at 142,1557 _& B9 n8 }, q- R1 h4 ~) @! o
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Weather in hex: Light rain7 I. N' a6 U: @- v
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.) o0 @' B! Z9 T3 C, V6 A$ M6 W) ?" e
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes
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; N8 c! r# \& V0 f/ PJapanese aircraft4 T% o! U0 F% I& Q2 ?- L
A6M2 Zero x 9
3 P* _" d V5 r& B6 u G4M1 Betty x 164 o' Y- m% X" E, v
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Allied aircraft; d: ^3 |; j! a1 X% A4 ?- V
F4F-3A Wildcat x 30
. `6 [: y6 j( \/ l F4F-3 Wildcat x 60. q5 G) r' F! _7 f; g7 T3 E7 Z
F4F-4 Wildcat x 79& d: A9 e, S6 S! a; [
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Japanese aircraft losses
; ^, B1 q/ `/ u; h& i- c A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
' D3 I" J) v7 q8 h9 ? G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged
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F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Savaii at 146,159
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud* h+ x7 B! K5 A2 O8 G7 s
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Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. P+ u+ _$ ?5 S* A
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
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Allied aircraft
5 q! a, f' B( [/ h0 U F4F-3A Wildcat x 18) F) e* W4 R& j( k8 p) P
F4F-3 Wildcat x 369 a, U0 E. I5 _$ L y9 x
F4F-4 Wildcat x 447 B. u5 q; a. k9 |
SBD-2 Dauntless x 18+ ?; h2 r. g- d2 E' `8 c9 N
SBD-3 Dauntless x 81
4 y$ A% }7 R7 v TBF-1 Avenger x 309 J0 d$ {$ t0 B7 x1 G- P% [
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Allied aircraft losses
& Y3 d/ H! e( p! y0 a# x SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
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G3 w: t/ u4 b: O" w" {8 t3 h( OJapanese Ships
6 g& l9 a/ {1 Q# l& x/ v0 n4 X( j xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
2 q( b3 d* H# a! W/ { xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
! J: P. g/ r* s9 e AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
7 |2 ]% Y9 h( T- Q2 k1 |5 G AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage
' J' d0 P; X; P3 e xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk L. j4 I% L, c& ?$ ^. p1 J+ O
xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk- A; N7 a( m% W( c( d
xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk/ \4 d; |& w, s& p* {* q! A( z
xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage! P2 i/ `# E1 w8 ?# A
xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage. f. Q: ]6 d5 ?/ b
xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage; Z' p9 s: w" H! m
xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage& ?4 I: B, f" i6 }- R6 a. t4 d; M$ |
xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk% {) i1 j1 J U7 P6 V
CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 2& d5 }) ^0 c3 }. v1 M
xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |