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。6 t4 H: Z+ i/ I6 M r3 w
日军的陆攻未能突破58直掩圈。
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; @+ V! ]# H# S$ e9 H. j4 mAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Wallis Island at 142,1551 j0 T8 [* _8 q2 b
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Weather in hex: Light rain) [( i% H, j* v( D2 e% u1 M2 Y& b
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
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Japanese aircraft5 S' x; I2 O% [4 V* R, X
A6M2 Zero x 9
2 r+ F6 Q8 G) D; G4 c4 ^7 A3 t G4M1 Betty x 16
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Allied aircraft
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8 [3 L; k x" p1 Y4 w4 D$ u F4F-4 Wildcat x 79( b1 n7 I& B( d# F9 H$ t4 S( M
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Japanese aircraft losses
' S) }" a) _7 P8 H A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
9 F- s6 g5 b0 j4 M M, w G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged- Q2 |5 M" @$ M) a
$ O& z/ S2 ]6 P0 ~Allied aircraft losses
1 _( ~) i: m( X; h F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed+ n$ F/ b% l5 T3 ~5 w( R1 {9 A
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Allied Ships
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Savaii at 146,159# V" g" w7 ]! I
. a4 r* r6 l7 p8 JWeather in hex: Heavy cloud
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Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.+ _: M/ p: j2 D* l( I7 p* }
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
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Allied aircraft/ M& ?( `0 U7 X# R2 z i' C( e
F4F-3A Wildcat x 18
1 I5 ^. W# }$ m: ^ F4F-3 Wildcat x 36
. i* d3 }( G* C0 w+ G6 ^) o F4F-4 Wildcat x 449 m8 \# e7 @, F. Q$ o; |1 m
SBD-2 Dauntless x 185 g; B( U6 ?) s6 M9 \
SBD-3 Dauntless x 81/ F. k6 r, o+ Z+ U# `" y
TBF-1 Avenger x 30( d4 R! v1 \8 E$ C8 | S
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Allied aircraft losses2 ?% ?7 Q e. ?- c, \* E
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
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Japanese Ships
- `) q3 e# E. ` xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk6 J: M7 Z( B; m2 }1 s( Q3 _
xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
' ^/ c# U" D2 o; e AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage! H# {: `; r1 ~7 M! _3 k p: g7 q
AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage
2 L @7 U( ^0 V xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk
' @# w8 p, l" S" ^0 \$ H4 S xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk, E `0 b3 t% q5 ^! i4 t% N! o
xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
$ \+ `9 {& X+ G" z/ w xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage/ L! D: z* b$ P# g
xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
5 v) L5 {/ Z$ E J) K X xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage! O' j- I, q. a+ n# }
xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
" Y) ]' z) y% G) c( O3 ` xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
% ?- m$ W# c" ]0 R% T CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 26 Z6 L5 M7 z, |" ^
xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |