AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 28, 42; ], z7 m0 Z5 X# _7 I' s: v8 I2 L
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9 @3 _. @* J* S& O# |7 e4 E7 @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 D( Q4 G; g$ m
日军的陆攻未能突破58直掩圈。8 J9 A* K; ?* A, z8 h. y( {
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Wallis Island at 142,155! ]2 v/ m% [$ f0 f, L5 Q4 Z
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Weather in hex: Light rain* d% O$ ]7 C" [
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
4 M1 ]8 T; q& D, S) C4 AEstimated time to target is 28 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
! k6 d5 l7 U3 @# o. U A6M2 Zero x 9) J4 N1 ]2 r' L; T4 l/ U( h
G4M1 Betty x 16) \2 w, X0 i) \7 n7 ]" I6 v4 C
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Allied aircraft& [1 @, w& Q" M
F4F-3A Wildcat x 30
* [9 ], @. f; \; [1 q: _ F4F-3 Wildcat x 60+ S$ |/ R3 V9 @# S# v% ]; S3 N% K
F4F-4 Wildcat x 79
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7 w B* f) w' }# [Japanese aircraft losses! o+ I, R2 \. M( x$ ~4 I' w
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
8 J) F8 h9 T: C) @ G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged
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Allied aircraft losses/ z2 E! }9 K& Y! x9 ?" s( ?; R
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
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F" Y) E2 S# k- gAllied Ships$ j6 H' }+ D8 ^- g
DD Buchanan
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Savaii at 146,159
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud! n' \% Q7 P! W! ]4 V
8 y4 u& V! Q" Q' ORaid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
$ ?) i( l# P, aEstimated time to target is 14 minutes
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Allied aircraft
; p/ e9 P% x% m/ z3 E F4F-3A Wildcat x 18
' r) G3 s1 Q9 Q3 X3 k F4F-3 Wildcat x 36* i' D8 n4 t+ g$ j. F! ?1 A
F4F-4 Wildcat x 44+ h+ }+ T6 {' n' P4 ^- ~
SBD-2 Dauntless x 185 Z' J4 j& f8 y, j2 A' T, u, T; J
SBD-3 Dauntless x 81
1 j9 H% l# y5 I- V: W9 a$ R TBF-1 Avenger x 306 E5 V" L' i5 C& a5 Y3 N
7 p8 f' O; s& n- {0 a: f+ L l3 PAllied aircraft losses: b! K8 L5 ]: {4 `; d4 d! K: s
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
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) k, Y! x3 Y& e$ c/ VJapanese Ships
1 [+ e" n4 V E: I v6 c+ h) i xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
& p* j, \$ V2 ^/ g( o xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
7 C n( V- n3 j H AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
, B& ?4 T# O% Z- S AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage5 A" |+ i1 K+ r4 B+ v
xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk ^* V W; b9 n: t
xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk: W, L }) f9 I8 a+ r% N. q
xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
; Y9 M1 p% j2 v* m- L( L4 i xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage: Q) ]# j! r( u" L
xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
% f6 p c# {0 ~. ] xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage) j* {: |. ]2 u. E
xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage3 m% l I' B7 x& b5 c' j6 k' k
xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk" V. s; _: O! H
CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 2* ]& j- H! z: }7 g
xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |