AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 28, 42! p- q0 M) [( J: G9 C8 O
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5 m2 j9 t. K/ ?( Q# 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。
) v, ~* f" K3 j日军的陆攻未能突破58直掩圈。) U. ~; z- _2 D) _1 O8 J0 P% I* F
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Wallis Island at 142,155
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+ v6 R( _, }" l" Q$ E7 d- ?Weather in hex: Light rain1 [% U( U: w* p; i6 p
& B) b; t# J$ U2 T- fRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.# O. L. f3 F. i% m( {) A
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes, Z# a X6 M X$ j* Y
- F( E% D3 C2 M1 ?" SJapanese aircraft2 M/ `, B4 a0 `2 A- |' C
A6M2 Zero x 9
& L. K( v+ Y' Z( t X G4M1 Betty x 16
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Allied aircraft
2 m& a6 f2 U/ z- |% G* V8 i+ { F4F-3A Wildcat x 30
) t7 ]: V. k+ I% e% S F4F-3 Wildcat x 60
/ X" J9 G/ \' M$ Z F4F-4 Wildcat x 79
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Japanese aircraft losses7 b h; H8 \# @2 O" T2 a8 M9 Z8 x
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
: I# g6 \: }+ o G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged& ` K/ \6 x, U2 J; M! W
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1 l. s3 c& f* w, u0 c F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
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Allied Ships( Z% W1 F: V3 c h( i( X5 p" p/ m
DD Buchanan/ ]# A! T% Z8 W% Q( \
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3 M8 ?$ {. {) Y+ ~4 tAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Savaii at 146,159
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud' P8 u4 a2 M3 w8 E6 L! k5 k4 n
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Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
2 w0 A; p: m% Y3 c, bEstimated time to target is 14 minutes4 X' U; A4 n e- u0 E3 l1 u+ U) \
: M6 V) Z) i1 v* C% tAllied aircraft
* ?; V( U$ a( u* M8 W( y F4F-3A Wildcat x 18+ Q0 O/ H: q* e$ c5 K8 w
F4F-3 Wildcat x 36/ X$ {& K7 ]) D6 `! V
F4F-4 Wildcat x 44! m. i8 |* _3 B+ x4 D' d: j
SBD-2 Dauntless x 18- T! { Y0 ]4 U3 H# G
SBD-3 Dauntless x 81, |# z2 F/ [. S v( q0 k, ]
TBF-1 Avenger x 30$ y; F" l1 e, [/ u2 x# F x6 ~
- M/ q+ z" i4 ?/ Y7 i4 l" EAllied aircraft losses3 R8 i* z0 C a5 r! O, M
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
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4 P$ p% C3 M8 T5 xJapanese Ships. J4 H$ M0 y2 h
xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk9 L! o3 X9 r: }/ h- @
xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
1 W% j/ D( M# h2 a+ J AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage& B: U8 Y+ J3 P) u- K
AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage1 l# T8 }) E' F- H6 h3 f8 Q3 R
xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk
1 y9 c+ ~1 u6 g xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
% ]0 V8 z0 a+ M1 M5 r0 w xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
6 F; F: R" a* L3 Q- m* n3 u6 @8 w+ ? xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
" I! i: u7 c- g& D) J( H xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage+ A% h, M2 \/ {2 }6 k+ V9 \! P
xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage1 [$ e6 X- V0 O! g
xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
+ h g* @4 n6 } E6 ^8 J- U xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
9 `3 @3 {' d/ r" ]0 l; g& m CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 2
- H1 }3 d4 x+ n, M6 ?& j6 v xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |