AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 28, 42
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: \9 h" ^0 ?1 W; f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。" O$ q4 s1 J3 T1 w( f( E. ?7 ~
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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' ]5 d9 L3 `1 i6 F* n' {0 ?Weather in hex: Light rain8 j4 T! G4 C- e* X5 l8 i6 _, e
, q( ?+ _2 U! j" R, o! GRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.. ?+ t. x6 J9 p( A" P
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes& H+ Q' C; J6 N4 ?! z; O9 U
2 a8 O' W6 O s7 JJapanese aircraft* T9 M9 k/ X$ j. I% Z
A6M2 Zero x 9
% ~' Z! X9 z, D& ^9 j V G4M1 Betty x 16$ P1 D& \! d [5 ?. x
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Allied aircraft
b+ ]. Q6 n6 ^+ C, ? l' | r F4F-3A Wildcat x 303 Y& I, t& w7 D0 W& I# t( f4 h
F4F-3 Wildcat x 60
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/ E- O4 [. S; ?$ R/ H0 wJapanese aircraft losses
- ]5 T, @# J1 e2 t$ a A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
& x/ N! d/ }5 Z, r; | G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged1 y) `* }- v& S7 j0 R
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Allied aircraft losses/ q7 K- o6 g! J. U. z4 |
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
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Allied Ships
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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.
. N( Q1 ^6 k0 u9 aEstimated time to target is 14 minutes
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8 J0 ?7 a4 S& Y: O7 z2 n- yAllied aircraft* J& U) R$ T& w
F4F-3A Wildcat x 18
$ }/ b: B! E. t F4F-3 Wildcat x 36) G- a6 }) Q/ ?6 W! q* r
F4F-4 Wildcat x 449 l2 }2 N$ U0 ~( D( \
SBD-2 Dauntless x 180 a& V' Z' K4 `8 P* \, ]( P
SBD-3 Dauntless x 81" F$ n. n1 x4 d5 j- {0 r9 c; R
TBF-1 Avenger x 303 K3 o: a7 z$ D( a' t7 q) k
4 o- v" U1 G/ k' QAllied aircraft losses
- F: B* T/ b# z. o; X7 E5 w SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged( [" S/ y" P0 I
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Japanese Ships% F8 M' F1 K# U {6 J, e
xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk" U) Y$ z% J" P8 h/ }
xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage( Z1 [+ |- r2 e+ a' }
AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage i l( w: O- d/ [5 L
AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage
+ s$ D o5 J: H- ^ xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk
" n9 j% c& X5 r, s, f- C xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
( P. L1 t! G! j1 _! j! q xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk" [2 h3 p8 O: ~, B5 F
xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage b# d8 p4 }+ X, u5 z2 `$ {
xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage v% n: \6 X, A
xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
* l$ s( D- @3 u F6 B xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage8 W, Z; k% ?* B/ \- @
xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk3 P3 N2 X8 w4 {. t
CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 2) T% m! m( k6 m+ A4 ?, ~' E
xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |