AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 28, 42
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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。
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Wallis Island at 142,155' o, Z* D5 A+ d4 O9 s# u8 Y4 K
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
: P# P% l* I0 iEstimated time to target is 28 minutes) |( ~. Z) S" Z, `
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( Q( @, @) \3 c# o+ I+ }Allied aircraft$ }7 J2 o( f1 C
F4F-3A Wildcat x 30
5 [; F2 m, X3 B2 R0 a3 g F4F-3 Wildcat x 604 w0 J1 ~ B* C
F4F-4 Wildcat x 79
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Japanese aircraft losses5 x- j4 o3 U2 Q; S# w
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed2 h& I4 `' {& Y3 U0 z0 p1 T9 W
G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged- p3 ` m6 V- u- e$ R% Q" a
2 H% [2 E+ f, B8 r# t9 oAllied aircraft losses
; m" B; N$ d) z F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
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Allied Ships& Z0 M6 f7 M' a: {; R. |* m6 l
DD Buchanan
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( P% m$ l" {7 Y* ~3 S/ d: p0 EAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Savaii at 146,1597 g y$ g0 }& Z* B! N
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Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.( q* { m/ G) W3 n) Y
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes4 J" [9 \# Q0 T
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Allied aircraft3 k% D$ z1 T9 R% `! H+ k, g
F4F-3A Wildcat x 18
# m% O2 P/ j; {$ b2 l% \7 ? F4F-3 Wildcat x 36
u$ X3 C6 P. L7 h% [6 b/ b F4F-4 Wildcat x 44
- {4 D5 u3 v9 U SBD-2 Dauntless x 18
7 {, f* C7 `3 L4 x( G SBD-3 Dauntless x 81
9 I4 n" s7 d% Q& w o TBF-1 Avenger x 30
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SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged, Q: h5 K0 H& K* o
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Japanese Ships
4 i A% m8 y, {% X$ x xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
5 R- S9 I! V: S$ O; J xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
7 w, a6 J3 h% z. C; n AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage. Q6 p% L8 C& G6 r
AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage8 N. p3 T/ E9 B3 T) D3 O3 o$ u
xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk" T4 ~4 D5 L. G8 r. ~4 a1 ]
xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
9 S. T! s Y& Z) A, F* s4 q xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk' G% {4 V O. Q+ D3 [( i* R$ K3 `7 P
xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
9 a r8 R W( X" ^) N1 h7 k. ] xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage! k9 s) A4 [9 Q' x% k" E6 a5 r
xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage2 d. s# g7 n: y; E5 D' z! b
xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage0 Y6 D- f# T, `) {+ P
xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk# _( R! @8 ?9 e) p
CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 2
d' U' W4 S* ` g' R xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |