AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 28, 42& j* J5 M9 y- X; t$ l
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7 H0 b1 G+ ~, e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。
_) ^. v: Q& F4 X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, s2 j9 C% B/ o8 L8 j: I
" ]- Q4 F4 f7 S: yWeather in hex: Light rain
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* u/ g E) H& _% J( uRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
% i. V3 u$ Y+ GEstimated time to target is 28 minutes
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Japanese aircraft8 E! Q* F5 E' E" v+ U. l
A6M2 Zero x 9
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Allied aircraft
~0 \9 B8 W# b& `( T, k F4F-3A Wildcat x 30$ c) R/ F; [# H3 i' u9 v$ g* V( X
F4F-3 Wildcat x 602 b+ p$ p p* O- f( C0 z! u( B
F4F-4 Wildcat x 798 l& Q! ~/ Z# `) ~- {2 v I
5 M k1 s" y2 |4 N/ m" KJapanese aircraft losses$ p D7 K4 j* M. X9 X0 C' f) A
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
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* y5 }" d+ _8 X: x8 h% eAllied aircraft losses
. P1 F a& j6 j# } N; w F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed" o# I) p4 H' F7 `
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Allied Ships5 y% j$ m; Q# S `+ M2 C
DD Buchanan4 |1 g6 e5 o4 m# f5 ^8 o, \# d
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Savaii at 146,159
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
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Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
2 [, P0 l- ]' r& u9 m1 g* [Estimated time to target is 14 minutes; ^2 e* L! }- |, g7 c
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Allied aircraft
. q( M+ v' \9 ?* j2 J0 u F4F-3A Wildcat x 18
7 g0 _, U' K) |/ }: b* m F4F-3 Wildcat x 36
2 G2 p! _( i- h) x) t, P F4F-4 Wildcat x 44
# ?% k' |/ Z3 S! n8 Q4 O: @4 ] SBD-2 Dauntless x 18/ u' R. m q+ K0 X# t
SBD-3 Dauntless x 81
: s1 X5 ~/ ?5 ^2 n TBF-1 Avenger x 30
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( x) h8 [) F2 D+ [Allied aircraft losses
, L2 V q9 c: X# J! X8 X$ m2 w SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
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Japanese Ships
3 M% [& Y) Z2 Q6 w+ Z9 e+ \ xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk! G: e# G3 Y3 _1 y: u
xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage2 o& [. q p! Z, l
AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage" R5 }7 J$ [( x2 Y1 [7 k7 A
AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage
, K* V. `& p; U) B0 }1 `: [ xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk/ m0 d9 b1 W6 E4 n+ f( Z3 T
xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk% `3 _! `& E3 A Q
xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk9 U3 }9 ^9 B0 V$ J
xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage1 i; o7 T: ` T+ |/ R+ ?
xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
( Y: x/ a, c& A! o8 p xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage! j7 p+ W' v0 o4 X
xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage3 F/ @8 S7 Y. j. X
xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
2 e) M: }( [2 A CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 2- t) j8 p- q" h/ ?
xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |