AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 28, 42
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: ^+ {6 t( t7 C( E, 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。/ A& [7 J' N" R) R$ D, Q
日军的陆攻未能突破58直掩圈。
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+ T) E% W& O. f4 a5 d$ v r- bAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Wallis Island at 142,1556 p- _ W9 b. D: t% V
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet./ x1 |, o1 |% [5 ~$ ?
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes
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Japanese aircraft, |( S; r. d% K+ h; b& N
A6M2 Zero x 9. V. Z; k/ w- C& C
G4M1 Betty x 16
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Allied aircraft
1 x1 P+ e) Z" Z& P9 q# n F4F-3A Wildcat x 30# Y# b6 T5 u0 `7 G9 V8 ^& v
F4F-3 Wildcat x 60$ f, V7 A: f* f4 V7 S* t- H- M* @
F4F-4 Wildcat x 79
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! @9 w8 d5 P ?$ GJapanese aircraft losses. @6 w, H( o7 d+ H$ V
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
2 N5 d* h( ~; `' \/ L$ @# g { G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged& q7 v4 b* K8 | ]3 t$ n
# l ^8 Q$ h; e% e$ y/ ZAllied aircraft losses
# {$ O0 t8 o$ d8 ^4 s2 ~ F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
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1 U( T2 Y- u' m" \$ u3 ? DD Buchanan
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Savaii at 146,159/ i; M! v0 ~1 a" W) o! o6 Y
0 @' b3 h# I+ ^- s" vWeather in hex: Heavy cloud
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Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
. F7 ?+ Q3 Z2 \1 M1 v& @Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
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F4F-3A Wildcat x 18
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" u# n) `) ]1 G F4F-4 Wildcat x 441 |) h* x+ E$ j" W
SBD-2 Dauntless x 189 m+ x1 h& j( ?* _! q+ M
SBD-3 Dauntless x 81
1 I# c* R1 Q7 }/ V5 Q) U TBF-1 Avenger x 30
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6 ~9 A4 W e) ` R' V$ M5 nAllied aircraft losses
# K0 }: l0 J' X, _8 e! P0 ? SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
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6 ?1 r7 n7 Z" A6 N" R6 Y1 l2 XJapanese Ships4 z, [7 b5 q3 {
xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
. V2 e, s j+ y! F! V8 a% U3 a/ u xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage% h7 d3 e! s, s( t: l
AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage/ p8 m3 G) @3 w; g. W U
AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage
N! l9 x0 o: ?" R6 t xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk7 H _. o; [) F, {8 E2 N" U
xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk1 B+ s+ u: A+ p: K
xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
9 D! U N& I1 D! F xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage, K# u' w% S8 V5 A5 O: e; U
xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
2 U. u, }* i0 Q# _/ p xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage* O' l( ?% O' w1 P, r8 q
xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
: E" d9 T) l3 } xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk, v$ o: D; `7 M7 O9 y$ d
CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 2
6 b4 i& Y1 S, b1 Y; ~) |+ w xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |