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。4 K9 \$ d5 ~, O- ^. [
日军的陆攻未能突破58直掩圈。
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+ `9 {% X9 l; T5 W* ], b* {7 |: dAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Wallis Island at 142,1554 I; U+ X' b% J# A% R+ _) t8 j
+ o4 [7 H- f) I# W; K' |Weather in hex: Light rain' h+ y/ v" }$ o7 V7 R2 @+ k4 Y
2 o3 a. Y6 K$ n9 u1 A4 YRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
' @' V7 f# x6 oEstimated time to target is 28 minutes
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+ b; m2 D* R$ p3 \2 G- { Z3 h/ IJapanese aircraft
: [) M1 o# A. u3 v A6M2 Zero x 95 T4 B; C! }7 w* ]1 x9 ?
G4M1 Betty x 16
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Allied aircraft
0 T9 @8 C4 c: \ F4F-3A Wildcat x 30
t4 i# T w" c t! Q F4F-3 Wildcat x 60, t: }% |& L% S# J4 g% z
F4F-4 Wildcat x 798 y+ n# R3 \+ L. E
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Japanese aircraft losses
1 [: r1 |, U( L6 h. a A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed4 L: F( ^1 ] T8 t# x' M
G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged
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F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed& x- q5 S( z9 z+ J/ E Y5 @
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% W) ], j0 i, u3 x( u& zAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Savaii at 146,159
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud) n, |. S' h |; U" F7 Q0 n
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Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
* X. p* F- ?; g! \9 QEstimated time to target is 14 minutes. ] g# P e5 V- |4 G8 g% f
Q$ E& h% I, x5 s( S' mAllied aircraft4 J0 V) s/ o: t4 M A
F4F-3A Wildcat x 18
% A4 G5 c7 \) t5 A t$ f F4F-3 Wildcat x 36
2 T* ?3 j1 ^9 k' @& X F4F-4 Wildcat x 44
?0 Y9 u4 ]3 E2 G% `6 N' |& ^ SBD-2 Dauntless x 18
& f4 S. |+ Z* t7 x: Y SBD-3 Dauntless x 817 z( Q" {5 {; [) J
TBF-1 Avenger x 300 o5 e1 Y d4 v R4 k0 E% |- [3 @8 v
9 Y5 v& n6 E0 wAllied aircraft losses
8 |: h0 r# W+ K% j$ g( v SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
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$ ]: y1 }, b% ]0 w9 p; tJapanese Ships
1 ]4 _. B5 z0 _, t xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
5 b% }1 J' z# A E3 e xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage) s. D8 h, f( s/ k* I& U* J; v$ h
AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
- g! K$ F8 X4 J. y1 H8 p% W AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage4 q! L: n* u6 r) V2 [9 d
xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk
, i- z3 u, X7 t9 d xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk; c5 j6 o! x6 u2 P& S
xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk6 r. c, u. O! O* f! ]
xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
# R3 d# q5 P; E xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
: e7 ~0 j5 N2 b xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage' k0 `7 T; ?, V, @" ]5 B
xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage( M" Z! K1 D9 k; U+ j
xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk# w+ y# T, n: ]3 l, H& L5 Z
CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 2
: Z) n0 H7 \4 v xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |