AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 28, 42( b* C% _: Y6 o8 D
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9 H8 Q/ f' ~; y$ o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。/ `$ W/ U% K" u! C4 Q! @ |# D# ?
日军的陆攻未能突破58直掩圈。
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Wallis Island at 142,155 m9 W9 k# W5 c) D' C- r& w' d
: }% |% \( E0 D7 HWeather in hex: Light rain) P! R' T' x) f% U! x6 G
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
. L- r0 q' l* J0 O1 s& qEstimated time to target is 28 minutes# h9 a0 x# I( O0 P- q
2 K/ ?% ^8 n/ B: z, v) U( oJapanese aircraft% n0 p9 \' X2 H7 E3 Z
A6M2 Zero x 9
6 W9 B6 s7 c6 ~' O& J! Z G4M1 Betty x 16
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7 O! N2 z7 n* }/ _0 T& }Allied aircraft; {3 o; F A. A* U( X
F4F-3A Wildcat x 30
! P; n. L- k6 l F4F-3 Wildcat x 60" F' E) `! J8 l# u8 y
F4F-4 Wildcat x 79
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Japanese aircraft losses
% }& r/ C" @+ t' |% W0 H A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed2 u5 v, z( D* h3 I
G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged! \. r) p5 J+ e( g1 f% p
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Allied aircraft losses- w! i& P; p/ R) N
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed' Y |1 n; M+ i1 L' `2 r3 s
8 s0 Y5 o. ~4 i* r3 XAllied Ships
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4 D2 \' ]$ h6 @. u$ lAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Savaii at 146,159$ e" ?( {1 q( I% V/ k5 _
6 I* _# z9 l# dWeather in hex: Heavy cloud. a/ C' p7 J1 V; k% d' `# S$ c4 O* v+ o
6 B9 K' |, \) O# N3 CRaid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
7 V( {$ w9 E7 s0 ^Estimated time to target is 14 minutes _; {1 e+ K# i. G9 T) R7 ^' f
_0 o |+ r5 D! EAllied aircraft& q/ F4 B1 k3 Z% a
F4F-3A Wildcat x 18* w/ y! v* `# G$ \. S9 i
F4F-3 Wildcat x 36
. U4 t1 n1 ^, [* C5 `3 Z: E5 w F4F-4 Wildcat x 44- ^9 u) |% T5 b) |6 z" s& L
SBD-2 Dauntless x 18: E# r# ?. @( V. D" h, K
SBD-3 Dauntless x 81, U, O9 v! I$ |/ S2 N% R
TBF-1 Avenger x 30
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Allied aircraft losses( B' v8 x! y T3 Z, O; g6 N
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
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Japanese Ships
" h: ~. v/ C* _ xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
' k. h4 O9 N. `+ a# P/ |; |" t6 [ xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
! ^$ k0 p" ]2 }/ \! x AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
& ?+ c( t5 Z2 q' m% _+ e4 c% @ AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage
) `( R% e4 V8 S# ]) S& c xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk" D) c0 G9 a t/ ~% p
xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
1 o( } B, Q2 u+ t1 K xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
! S& W& s& J$ Z' X6 w ^3 o/ {# V xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage `8 u. v8 l/ x9 F" |. |0 c
xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage- B& e9 }% U! z+ \; }9 e; i
xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
* h$ O. {* f% v4 V, a. ~ xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
; [( d7 \6 k; k+ S xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk5 t: m4 o V& x& r+ H2 [
CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 2
$ X8 r4 G1 i1 h: ~$ F" F. N xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |