AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 28, 42
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0 }/ a4 x3 a3 i! a7 V5 u# G5 d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。/ S9 o3 z! M$ o4 x& Y$ N0 A
日军的陆攻未能突破58直掩圈。; k' K6 k& O2 s$ {5 P
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Wallis Island at 142,155- P3 L0 c/ ?) ~# h/ M) l
+ L' l5 ^0 V2 F3 zWeather in hex: Light rain7 o' ?& R2 ?( O# }# k
5 [. {, K3 t( J1 Z5 `1 XRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
; u" o: Y/ o% ~Estimated time to target is 28 minutes5 r+ `1 i2 L& a' {
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Japanese aircraft
/ Z- X# `. d5 U$ D4 s6 @' p A6M2 Zero x 9
# Y( g$ }3 l) E0 y G4M1 Betty x 16
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& ~( B2 ]0 `1 U" f$ fAllied aircraft* Q! F. \! l5 ~( }# P4 X* R
F4F-3A Wildcat x 308 N n* h' ?, u
F4F-3 Wildcat x 60
3 B, n- D: t7 T. _ F4F-4 Wildcat x 79( N& a0 H/ S. Z8 @4 D: j
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Japanese aircraft losses
2 {8 `1 H8 P F& K9 ~0 r& D7 \ A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed+ F+ J, e7 x8 T3 R2 ?5 v( X3 a- E
G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged
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Allied aircraft losses
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1 W! F" i& |$ S5 c2 W6 Q. DAllied Ships
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. p) I: }9 V& j0 A) a8 `Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Savaii at 146,159
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|5 v: z# c4 u; kWeather in hex: Heavy cloud
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4 l, m" M x, S" K; ERaid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.! N: d; X# t4 S
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
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Allied aircraft
) R2 \ e/ m4 X! j4 q& e F4F-3A Wildcat x 18
# { ]( g; I" ~% Z7 N3 R F4F-3 Wildcat x 36) f" h8 M" ^! c; C
F4F-4 Wildcat x 445 T* x& m. q7 J# u) ~" y
SBD-2 Dauntless x 18
/ v# ?7 r1 L+ `$ ?/ E* d SBD-3 Dauntless x 81
* E* _% Y. G4 X; S% n TBF-1 Avenger x 30
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Allied aircraft losses6 G, A. s }2 |# C c, J
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged9 I% l X/ I4 z e
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Japanese Ships( r! A7 t- D- n0 ]- P
xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk* P$ H1 N6 B5 y9 s T
xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
4 s7 N. @- ^ {2 n& U% t4 |0 J AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
+ E; D9 v! r% n AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage
7 P- e! m$ T3 y, d% f2 z) h, N1 ] xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk5 `3 g; s# U$ v1 p
xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
" N! a+ r- n. h( N! A' `# s8 h xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
2 W4 b& v+ |* _' L3 P' M Q+ a xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
( [" k0 [# c R9 q" a# R3 c+ G xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage o& Y, R; y$ W+ b8 T
xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
" r- \: _) C5 q% ~# ~; U xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
. g% L k" T3 R4 I xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk( t) W( P+ c( O1 t* p, l
CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 2
! J, D2 o& d L/ L% V xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |