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。
9 r- Z3 s8 \& b% Y1 S- d; P/ ^日军的陆攻未能突破58直掩圈。
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9 Q& z; C+ @2 Y5 S# F- B* @1 f9 BAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Wallis Island at 142,155
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Weather in hex: Light rain% N- U* K- r1 V! A- x6 ]( B( L
" S; {) [- o1 A' \" GRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet." O* W. v7 M- \; g4 q. L) k8 O
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes6 u4 O2 P: m% \: d& G
3 U" j h; k' r: JJapanese aircraft
. I- E( m: i- Z3 [7 S' ^ A6M2 Zero x 9' C9 b2 H. J* e( D
G4M1 Betty x 16' \( ?* Z4 g+ Q+ A! J
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Allied aircraft
7 F0 [. }8 ]1 ]- Q F4F-3A Wildcat x 30
( B# k0 X. B& E" |% C F4F-3 Wildcat x 601 @' Z1 t6 f' F
F4F-4 Wildcat x 79
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Japanese aircraft losses
1 e- p) d o: K1 P A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
+ f+ C% K& U4 q3 d G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged
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F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
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4 b) k( i% q6 S' t. ~Allied Ships4 M8 k0 d* U- G
DD Buchanan6 @( q0 ]# O4 N6 I( P4 F1 `5 }
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5 }8 W C8 i% i. A& `! tAfternoon 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.$ b4 a" G. ^9 Z1 s3 C0 y2 M; f2 f
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
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Allied aircraft! G' o5 E. v2 s, f* [
F4F-3A Wildcat x 18: a3 O0 `! m0 E3 o* @
F4F-3 Wildcat x 36
/ a$ ^4 d3 T k- J5 t { F4F-4 Wildcat x 44
* w9 s1 n" w) v j. Q SBD-2 Dauntless x 18
5 Z% w' n$ A: \- b0 z6 z SBD-3 Dauntless x 81
) J8 Z8 t$ l3 c ^, S! p# x TBF-1 Avenger x 30
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Allied aircraft losses0 W6 {% |- D! L3 U- |9 ?
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged# x! _. q( K) K' d) a4 e- B
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Japanese Ships# x) T- M7 d, o. \5 O+ _% |
xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk" |: w( u- ~: Q6 i
xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
! [. d" C# m! ?0 a( U7 D2 k AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
4 _. V* E+ k" Z- S1 X+ M8 ? AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage
( |0 O% m- L4 ~7 c1 N xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk
- u7 m! }6 @3 Q) i) @ xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk3 H6 a2 m9 h7 H4 z9 \ ? n0 x) Y0 }
xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk! O0 s; e6 s0 g% d
xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
x1 `; Q5 y( v/ R5 l xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
$ U* h: |3 _% W( M* Z. T xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage* f" C! [ t" H* k% O* D
xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage* J7 T& C1 I* w' s4 v
xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk9 x: @8 \6 @, c1 M, ^& g
CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 29 l& W0 b6 x1 I! o# W0 Z! {
xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |