AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 28, 42# M8 D/ P8 G8 N* A5 F, c
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1 z( J) J8 w" a: Z, b& I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。4 r# {: [: ` ~; t; {: p) K
日军的陆攻未能突破58直掩圈。
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8 |7 f8 R8 C, ~8 [; ]Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Wallis Island at 142,155- b6 k& ` k* t) s6 T% n! M# p
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Weather in hex: Light rain: g) j$ m8 ?. `, _9 n
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.; c% o* g% Z- T* l; U* d# k' d
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
8 D2 s5 [" P" E, K( ]$ s A6M2 Zero x 9
/ H+ p- S/ a1 d G4M1 Betty x 16
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0 P; V# {8 g0 M. G: \2 @Allied aircraft
( U: H3 ^( c% ^3 ^: r, Q F4F-3A Wildcat x 30: c6 a5 @+ ?& t( `
F4F-3 Wildcat x 60
Y m) S1 w8 o6 B! Z) F% T) d F4F-4 Wildcat x 79
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Japanese aircraft losses
) b+ T$ ]/ Z) F9 O% c' K A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
4 Z$ h. ~5 k) d G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged% p' G; ^; U) y
4 K- ?8 E6 L2 I- m- D5 @1 IAllied aircraft losses5 B( s" R2 a7 d. a
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed6 l+ a. _, q' r; ?
* p! v& T) H: }3 E$ jAllied Ships
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- ^5 J! F8 ]. ?3 KAfternoon 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.
/ l8 K3 R2 i! PEstimated time to target is 14 minutes
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Allied aircraft2 z7 _ b" X& k8 a0 J" M7 ]- @* k
F4F-3A Wildcat x 18
) h! c' |) R- B9 }) J1 Q1 N! m F4F-3 Wildcat x 36
. l8 x* W/ F% N+ \2 V0 @ f9 ~ F4F-4 Wildcat x 44" M; s- i% G2 H5 u9 d
SBD-2 Dauntless x 18# t q, d- K: r3 C) \
SBD-3 Dauntless x 81
) B2 l; Y' X* Y$ S TBF-1 Avenger x 30- L! o( n" \ S6 z' ~1 }% j
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( v: R5 \0 H8 x( x# b SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
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2 U8 [3 N3 i" n, V# l, bJapanese Ships
* H# v+ m$ H7 U, m7 O xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk# v4 I, _2 U1 C1 X
xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
* \9 b. S q& X3 i AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
+ i' u q" ]/ `# O U1 z$ \8 t# V AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage9 }# k( b3 a7 R G! m) l
xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk3 l# g+ ^$ U, N7 a* ~ B
xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk: a% ?& q y6 o6 V2 e4 ?0 y& a
xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
3 E. ?* b$ R" C' Z& n$ [ xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
0 Y" r& ?: g* z# Y xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
8 U; E3 V0 J' z# f& E( u8 m% t. y1 y xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
3 g% ~7 k& o$ t1 H$ b& e+ T+ a xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
- \3 ^- `+ y& C# E$ L* L% u xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk( Y- i/ o- y" J" c* I, E" M
CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 2
: x9 E+ z. I s! C2 L9 c9 Y xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |