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。
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Wallis Island at 142,155
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.# L; D. V% o' b6 o. w5 v
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes) ], ^, Z4 U# L& i' a
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A6M2 Zero x 9
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Allied aircraft
7 ~) a4 J) ~2 x4 } F4F-3A Wildcat x 30
' I( M/ N. s2 Z3 Q F4F-3 Wildcat x 60
$ F4 Q, n! N$ W& m. n( b7 y9 l F4F-4 Wildcat x 79
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Japanese aircraft losses# A; t4 d$ M' }7 R
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed3 _7 i) d/ z1 ]+ [7 s8 c
G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged/ O: r' n2 r8 f# T8 ^
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Allied aircraft losses, E }* {7 g' K7 S! q6 d5 U
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed0 Q: d9 ^ Q8 N8 C
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DD Buchanan
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% h1 T+ Q0 E/ T2 kAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Savaii at 146,159
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% a. ]& \! ]+ e$ M& \9 e/ {Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
" R( t( g y/ @0 J j" r4 IEstimated time to target is 14 minutes4 l5 K# Z! y4 f
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4 f, ]; {/ |! c s F4F-3A Wildcat x 18, S; U8 i$ Q# C) z
F4F-3 Wildcat x 36
# r8 |4 h( \' y+ ]' u: K F4F-4 Wildcat x 44/ p6 V' B' k9 H! a) r) c
SBD-2 Dauntless x 18
/ v) [, H1 Y& u8 ^: J SBD-3 Dauntless x 81
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SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
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! _+ I3 ~3 O$ \; D: B; n1 QJapanese Ships
; B8 b1 E8 o0 [. `6 M xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk- |% ~& k; g2 F9 F0 M
xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage) o7 P4 w5 u' g, t: N( w2 v
AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage( D/ T$ K8 n( R4 _. n
AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage! G7 K3 q, ~/ V e$ k5 E. \
xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk
6 [& S4 p, W$ T xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk, U0 S6 E; ^" U* c- e
xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
# R" Z7 _+ m5 U$ A. B: H6 Y( e xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
2 Z. m' c* C* @' \2 c) R xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage/ h" U# L. z! F v1 |
xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage- E' C! _2 ^/ C2 |, Z, f
xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
, C" B8 [: _* D9 T, v xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk% `1 w$ W! a2 n4 S
CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 2
$ ?( q+ o0 q3 B xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |