AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 28, 42+ Z1 q7 V4 t$ c' g" {( T
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& {& O( ~# P1 L% z$ R) P5 J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/ v2 s7 x; o! X. k" T日军的陆攻未能突破58直掩圈。
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( `) l8 {( B( L. Y/ H9 h, L% O. ]Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Wallis Island at 142,155
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Weather in hex: Light rain
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, g+ {" `3 _' g+ ~! Q9 dRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.5 m8 I h1 ]' z2 D" B: w( B' ^
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes/ F2 ?0 M' I9 c- h1 i
# c% L0 Q5 g1 e# l3 MJapanese aircraft
( ?) Q: a3 L% L% Y9 E! ] A6M2 Zero x 9& H. a; K. C( O5 g
G4M1 Betty x 16
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Allied aircraft
7 @, E$ s3 ~4 K0 Y$ V+ ^ F4F-3A Wildcat x 306 s3 |( _, `/ {: Y$ Q
F4F-3 Wildcat x 601 E6 J% o5 y( y6 p5 q' S- a8 m
F4F-4 Wildcat x 792 M* u) S: g, B3 E
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Japanese aircraft losses/ c/ N, X6 P2 N
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
: _& @& r$ j; e$ U m G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged
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Allied aircraft losses
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Allied Ships# C4 K6 I$ _2 Z
DD Buchanan
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' N! s, N/ d9 w @Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Savaii at 146,1596 Y) r; \& L5 A$ B s, c' y: p, b
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Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet." s7 ]' l6 U7 ]* z8 z
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
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F4F-3A Wildcat x 184 h, r& B0 ^) R: P& |% G8 l
F4F-3 Wildcat x 36
1 I0 ^& j% r' L* p! B; {; {, | F4F-4 Wildcat x 44% D% `3 Q- f/ x/ r0 c
SBD-2 Dauntless x 18! t, b. I, b! l: V. L0 d" t/ j
SBD-3 Dauntless x 81- ^1 T* Q3 Y8 m2 _6 I
TBF-1 Avenger x 30
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SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
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xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
O* T* P2 ?# i& Z( a xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage+ J1 I$ }. E- B, _. ~! A$ V
AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
. [( I" u2 W! r% r s% J7 T AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage, O0 u9 X0 B$ ?+ O: r
xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk& @. I$ N/ W* B3 k4 }% ?$ _; v* t0 ~( y
xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk. {+ j' X1 ]/ z, N
xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
8 |/ D- q8 w' D1 H7 W% O' c/ R xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage9 `, f0 D2 C& D( z) c. }4 O
xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
^6 g/ m& A& H xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
+ B0 | W6 s9 l5 j% g* |9 F xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage/ j) \. x- R. R
xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
a9 H. _ V3 j0 V F5 Q CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 2 h4 e; n5 G& O# v1 A5 t9 Q1 ^
xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |