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。/ o' m, Y. }2 r0 x6 n# l
日军的陆攻未能突破58直掩圈。4 W2 V* w( o' c* J/ g
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! y4 T8 C1 O0 o" d& E- ZAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Wallis Island at 142,155
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Weather in hex: Light rain N+ }/ o2 z3 r8 F7 w
4 c J( f8 Q# J! K8 mRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.# x& m5 V" @/ M! P1 D* g1 ]! J' [
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
1 H* D1 S# k' Z# W% ]& D A6M2 Zero x 9
& p; e% O' {) m$ w% c1 @ G4M1 Betty x 16
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Allied aircraft) s x8 ]0 H- X9 @0 B2 _
F4F-3A Wildcat x 30- B7 n2 z8 ^ ]& E: c- [! M0 Y
F4F-3 Wildcat x 60
4 U, t" c1 D" I' }+ X! N4 k% o; W' z F4F-4 Wildcat x 795 t; p7 G! P C U8 E
6 T" y# B' Z4 ]9 F) Z6 c4 HJapanese aircraft losses1 e; L* h' X, \; e
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed. A% _) _: S7 R% H/ H. w! w
G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged/ x8 p8 f+ c+ V" h
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& l& ~6 b9 y* \: n R6 g& M F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
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Allied Ships
8 ^( n* W. S, p DD Buchanan
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Savaii at 146,159$ S1 _" }+ q1 ~& e& p' V
2 i6 U7 r* J% o/ m( z0 w1 L3 WWeather in hex: Heavy cloud
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/ o! U3 B7 S8 CRaid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
; B. C# X$ J* B) z2 ?' X% q; TEstimated time to target is 14 minutes4 c, m% n& f: q- t. ?4 Y/ L/ w
- d1 Y1 g" v' T- _" AAllied aircraft
9 ]4 Z4 E+ ?% [4 { F4F-3A Wildcat x 18
* o6 M! D: {" {9 ?( m g6 e" O F4F-3 Wildcat x 36
6 I* N! ^2 d/ t* d" {! A8 V. U& b F4F-4 Wildcat x 44" ]' l8 M; U5 h3 ?# u+ `* f# w
SBD-2 Dauntless x 18
' |! S7 ~! z1 v C' Y0 j2 X SBD-3 Dauntless x 81
& d2 e/ }" c; V% |9 B! S1 G/ ] TBF-1 Avenger x 307 G6 a5 `( |3 D+ U" }; N' y9 J! ^
. n0 C8 @! \, f- x Q% Q( ]5 bAllied aircraft losses
& z! k3 f8 ~7 K: e. I7 ] SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
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Japanese Ships
! C# j% d7 u4 h* ^2 J xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
# `# t) U9 a, J( b4 b5 ` xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
- b$ e7 l9 A+ `4 f: u- S+ A7 q AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage$ F l4 _! |3 }# x, T
AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage
8 X) m- {( H1 h! O1 W xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk* [) l6 L$ x6 P5 T& w# j. f
xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
, j; Y6 ^/ i7 E& L! Q% h- U: a xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
1 v1 _( \- f: ]# ^% n xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage$ v" N2 c7 I- b% d, E& M% {" c0 q
xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
- `2 ?7 f6 c7 W' G xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage/ L& ~- n% A/ X
xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage/ `+ @2 Q7 V" C
xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
$ N7 t7 s$ u5 ]2 ` CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 28 g/ N% Z4 L# p1 g' Z& J |
xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |