AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 28, 426 A( O& s! V2 W# \4 R g
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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。9 H$ y9 o ^/ q: Y( ~4 Y7 Z
日军的陆攻未能突破58直掩圈。 z& n$ l7 V& \+ ?8 o
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* f9 \; _: ?$ S' \, }' C" rAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Wallis Island at 142,155
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' X; `. @" K4 H, oWeather in hex: Light rain7 n* ~; ?$ q3 z, S
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
5 @: H( V, e' ^ Q- v+ E$ CEstimated time to target is 28 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
, ^5 e7 t. `1 B! l$ y/ u A6M2 Zero x 9
! Y4 K" M; \: r7 Q+ F G4M1 Betty x 16( N( x9 ` r) j
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Allied aircraft
, ~% a, `5 B5 `% ^9 j$ Q5 g: D F4F-3A Wildcat x 30: d, H6 ^% w9 b3 V
F4F-3 Wildcat x 602 ]7 _# z T, O2 w/ R6 E
F4F-4 Wildcat x 79
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Japanese aircraft losses
4 O0 ]3 T m2 k8 F A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed; c; L% p. j5 @3 n- `
G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged
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Allied aircraft losses: j/ t, b' {$ f: N5 ~, M
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
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Allied Ships
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: }3 k1 J& M, I$ dAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Savaii at 146,1593 O0 s8 D* c+ a+ o. I ~9 A
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0 \; I; S5 z9 R$ wRaid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
8 \. S; V1 i1 t) j) kEstimated time to target is 14 minutes, V% T0 ?( F: r
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Allied aircraft
0 O$ f" S1 J; ~+ H5 O F4F-3A Wildcat x 188 ~: J% M, u+ c, F# ~' A
F4F-3 Wildcat x 36
; u% I3 V( s( L3 `. {& A6 ^, S F4F-4 Wildcat x 44
" l" F. w; W' s2 W3 [' p' v SBD-2 Dauntless x 187 [ Z7 {! k- F
SBD-3 Dauntless x 81
# a! F7 \$ U: k, t" e1 _ TBF-1 Avenger x 30
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( f" g% E8 p1 gAllied aircraft losses
6 t& `- B8 L Q/ }% l4 {: |) g SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
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Japanese Ships
" E0 O' p3 `1 a/ Y; k xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
7 h v2 W( V6 ^; Q xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
$ A5 a% d! L9 e. R; Z- p AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage% f2 R& h' l- n9 e
AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage
) i4 Z0 D T& b( v q. J3 y xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk$ p; P" r! p: E6 Q7 {3 J/ F
xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk; ]' A8 W- a: J. O( J- K1 P1 d9 C
xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
$ V c* T/ |4 C& ~) L xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage! d3 C' _1 E) u0 C* n* q! n* a! v
xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
4 b8 Q5 }9 M1 Z. I7 ^! f" V xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage- I2 l1 r9 K! M0 X
xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
9 C. {+ ^4 f0 U0 a4 G xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
8 j% P: }7 ?6 Y. E1 j CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 2
5 `; r' f# \" k1 ]: I# k0 o1 o xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |