AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 28, 42, ^& ]9 y4 A- ]3 H, h# e7 a6 J
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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。
' I. W6 t1 K8 Q* A, n: x0 s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 142,1552 k3 ~. b! Y2 j# x; q
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Weather in hex: Light rain
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' j+ n9 Z2 W3 m5 c3 l. BRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
5 n' W# l6 ]: }6 Z3 {% m5 NEstimated time to target is 28 minutes/ z! [- m4 R4 W4 R
: h1 R h% q9 u) V+ lJapanese aircraft, R- {- j4 b# A& n$ W
A6M2 Zero x 9
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Allied aircraft9 h7 N. I2 e3 X
F4F-3A Wildcat x 30
* x: V% K8 u" i; u F4F-3 Wildcat x 60$ p- ^, l: l6 ~* n
F4F-4 Wildcat x 79/ x4 ?% Y+ ~0 X. F4 E
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Japanese aircraft losses' t0 G6 v' q0 L; L2 d( `" x
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
2 o0 S0 i1 ^( ^# ^8 w G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged
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: o% G- y. K$ b! N% j8 qAllied aircraft losses
1 ^2 |% G' `" C- X! @. D' g F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
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3 K8 H+ H! F2 }& z& o5 \, VAllied Ships
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Savaii at 146,159
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Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.8 U% _( f. ^6 D) z9 {
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes' [1 @! n2 L0 E9 X+ o
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Allied aircraft
: y3 i, J, g0 s9 t$ g+ o F4F-3A Wildcat x 18# \- G0 l/ {2 s6 }3 c8 h- x
F4F-3 Wildcat x 36' |' O- ?0 Z9 K$ {4 e
F4F-4 Wildcat x 44: q5 ?' n, E4 S$ f; O; X
SBD-2 Dauntless x 18
1 @, P7 E/ `7 ?9 r% [ SBD-3 Dauntless x 81
. s7 _+ L, Y8 o \6 d# ^ TBF-1 Avenger x 30
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8 x% H) `4 v" x3 D6 K" ^5 L0 mAllied aircraft losses
( H5 v& n+ ~0 r" n' ] SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
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( J& d4 S: d+ _( g* F7 V, _ xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk6 \. Z6 l7 w. n" {: w$ P- m) U
xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
2 {/ y; [* M5 \. ]: k AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage- u4 P7 U* @, }2 y& z/ @# {$ q
AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage& K4 E1 P( P/ q+ W$ A) z3 o
xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk# g7 l/ z$ Q" _6 a# t- ^
xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk$ Y' \! U. P# }* y8 S: x0 c8 k
xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
1 o* y& f0 J# r9 b xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage. c8 } U" Q, e, z/ D
xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage* u+ |* ]) _5 t2 c
xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
: L* J7 a9 B# e2 ], [) W3 s6 ^: g xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
0 ]. b! t4 P2 O% q8 ? xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk/ K% [7 d r b. N i0 ~* C
CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 2
% O, K* Z6 G0 e& j; a Z8 @ xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |