AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 28, 42( Z; @' T+ o7 ?9 {& c! {
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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。0 z4 H" P7 `1 }: c! {/ S3 P
日军的陆攻未能突破58直掩圈。
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3 B; T* `5 X3 ]0 `Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Wallis Island at 142,155% h& N! X' k# Q
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.0 _& ~" X- k% l; T! `
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes( F' t5 a( l$ ~; O) s2 |6 R, P% t
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Japanese aircraft
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G4M1 Betty x 16
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Allied aircraft
1 S/ @' D+ i1 V: ? F4F-3A Wildcat x 30
! r/ @$ w: T# O0 u; a, j+ i F4F-3 Wildcat x 60
; e" k& e2 _. {! i9 o F4F-4 Wildcat x 79
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Japanese aircraft losses2 S: w$ P A) b9 n/ Q7 N) Q
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed' |1 J6 y9 C0 A( C9 O( U, p
G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged5 u% X0 j& Z$ G. E( B' G4 u' i d( G: V
}, q" p- N0 n7 P S& UAllied aircraft losses1 \4 G/ a0 N; [. A3 L& X+ c
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
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Allied Ships- I2 o, N' o" ]/ @, g/ K" |( P: z; P
DD Buchanan
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u- E2 {* t1 }8 s4 {: D' s/ V7 MAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Savaii at 146,159
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' R9 @$ G8 t$ d S) Q: ERaid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
5 u+ J, Q% D. {$ I4 |Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
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Allied aircraft, @9 u* M) j ]; t! L
F4F-3A Wildcat x 18
5 ^6 f9 `# H% M* x4 M F4F-3 Wildcat x 36/ p. W5 c) T! v5 F& c9 ^
F4F-4 Wildcat x 44
. u2 l+ f# a* K! r" G; F SBD-2 Dauntless x 18, P, d. A9 w9 I4 q# v
SBD-3 Dauntless x 817 S9 l5 O% ]) Q* k- t' D+ [7 S
TBF-1 Avenger x 30( b9 r# N$ X" ~% F9 g
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Allied aircraft losses# z& q! b3 u1 l! r0 k( z
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
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Japanese Ships
1 z$ E+ q. u& Y1 y. b xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
' p @2 ?% B4 }. k) g6 ~ xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage0 } ]9 Y. ^! k7 v
AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
$ E4 a! a5 u, a8 f* Q9 T AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage
9 R8 f+ V0 W; {) r* e7 O xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk
5 a1 e: U% S# j4 v) Q xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk9 I% o' ]( ]9 o- {6 R3 g
xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk1 w5 A4 a1 ]; B* Z; L& I! `
xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
; p1 k# J. ~" U3 {, W4 q xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage0 [$ e" a, }/ I; t
xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
2 H$ z" R% p7 s. O8 I8 n v xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
P. n, b, ?+ I2 Q xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
% I' _9 W% t5 F Y7 ~ CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 2
" q) i! h6 D! N0 ^ xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |