AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 28, 42
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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。1 |0 V3 D' @* s
日军的陆攻未能突破58直掩圈。. V- B( y7 b T8 w+ u5 Q
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& {8 Y- R4 N4 Y4 O/ A% P, k- _, \' JAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Wallis Island at 142,155
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) h" t& @7 ^' w. F# ]& I3 G# JRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.6 k7 h' x/ Q3 j( l: q
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
6 A8 P. ~* K! L- U/ O A6M2 Zero x 9# H# J# l' r1 r
G4M1 Betty x 16
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Allied aircraft
6 ~1 S' L& R/ N& o% c F4F-3A Wildcat x 30/ O( S3 P# ]9 M1 I( G" ]0 R
F4F-3 Wildcat x 60# Z2 C; n) q a2 O+ z! I
F4F-4 Wildcat x 79% h9 |: [3 ]! D, X
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Japanese aircraft losses
8 g. `9 [* t1 m9 D/ `0 R3 I( G% C: U A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed3 O+ V/ u" [; \6 h! D- h
G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged, U4 V+ k4 A2 j4 U) r6 f- x
1 r5 W2 a4 J: P7 I) V UAllied aircraft losses- ]3 ? ^- X+ Y2 g( ?; ]! ?' v0 d
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed2 C/ _" Y+ \1 n$ D" H
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Allied Ships
3 y8 {7 X# _% M+ H; ~9 Z DD Buchanan) R/ e9 ^6 T5 [ J i3 a9 h: F
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2 {0 y, y! k' ^1 FAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Savaii at 146,159
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# H9 _8 |5 x; yWeather in hex: Heavy cloud
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Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.# x4 Q. a, f9 j6 s4 p: }$ V* V% p
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
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Allied aircraft
5 ]. T. L& ~0 r+ ]2 ] F4F-3A Wildcat x 18& z0 B1 E( q" U B* H
F4F-3 Wildcat x 36
2 p; l9 J7 X. I" H6 W) } F4F-4 Wildcat x 44
* Q6 h3 z: h0 @8 z SBD-2 Dauntless x 18
! r' Z( ?! T; B ?( r SBD-3 Dauntless x 81 x3 _4 b8 L t
TBF-1 Avenger x 30
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Japanese Ships
7 |" v6 v6 S2 P2 X xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk4 H- D. u* r, M
xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
4 `: J$ ^2 b1 f( W) X AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
( U; Y& Y( L: H0 y4 M, q& t AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage8 E+ r6 e6 L' j% q" D
xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk6 W, ^) y0 K. g" ]+ F
xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
& b6 v$ D/ w4 z, S3 C xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
. R5 S4 W5 ^: \/ X xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage+ _* q3 ?& A# S3 e( N
xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage) ]% d& J( l+ L- M, W' y5 C
xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage$ a% w# f6 I! Z& P2 n
xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage9 w$ n5 g% s- E7 |. W
xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
% k% E/ S& z3 g/ k" C CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 2 {, U' Y% c, p2 r) F y
xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |