AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 28, 423 O3 U9 F( [/ z. G- }6 p( R6 M
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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。. c% m3 C' F& j% F& y
日军的陆攻未能突破58直掩圈。
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Wallis Island at 142,155
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.3 O' P, A& E n$ T) v9 D$ B5 [
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes; F# F% @! U1 Z- j# a3 ^
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Japanese aircraft% W% w! z! e, T2 f4 g
A6M2 Zero x 9
3 H; y/ M' |7 Y+ V/ x G4M1 Betty x 164 p& Q0 [: B! r b# g! M- c
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Allied aircraft7 L5 |, }0 X1 a* l& z
F4F-3A Wildcat x 30
! E3 }4 B- P" B F4F-3 Wildcat x 609 y# Z6 o" P* M& _( ^8 d1 P3 @
F4F-4 Wildcat x 799 B/ l% q/ C+ E
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Japanese aircraft losses0 Y p* B. q; R, _; F% Y
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
1 @# o8 B7 P9 i) H G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged
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R# r8 Q$ c1 I5 j4 n" w& d F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed# K; ]1 D, G) E; C
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Savaii at 146,159( m' U0 h. U" F9 N0 P8 n3 }
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Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
# I4 w! U4 i6 u# v, eEstimated time to target is 14 minutes- @( d4 }; C/ J- ~2 M1 a/ h
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Allied aircraft
* f1 T( ^; e* x2 `* K5 \. K F4F-3A Wildcat x 18
: A7 i# h! L3 [" X" n0 e F4F-3 Wildcat x 36% s5 o2 Y" d9 \" F
F4F-4 Wildcat x 44
* M4 o) V7 [2 e7 V% a SBD-2 Dauntless x 18
7 I. N, H9 m- ~5 m SBD-3 Dauntless x 81
9 s# n; ~ c; y! ? TBF-1 Avenger x 30
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Allied aircraft losses& a' l: x. j" }! g, n. ?
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged* e9 I0 v9 m& m8 ~6 c9 p0 b5 c
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* {) A: o* T. ~( p8 d' S xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk4 v. d1 n5 x. a* M% d+ h% l- y
xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage8 c% j5 F9 B0 O& T
AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage% B I7 H5 I5 k
AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage
- s0 v: s" q- t6 H2 `3 b1 c xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk
0 S/ N2 O. Z' Y X8 j xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
9 q( |9 A- p# A xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
( Z1 o/ u6 {! d9 } xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
: I$ w' A" \# L xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
# R' v2 S( r/ I# W+ z6 A xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage) f4 h8 X9 r0 N6 r
xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
. o& Z* x! R0 g& t3 d xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
6 F, y6 O6 _3 Q9 u1 H CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 2
2 E# b7 I3 F! C! i, S, l$ u* D xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |