AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 28, 42# w W! v. E9 E" ?
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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。8 I1 |8 d% ?, ?% I& s/ l" O
日军的陆攻未能突破58直掩圈。/ _9 l0 c0 k6 p0 _+ t9 u8 \
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Wallis Island at 142,155
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1 |4 ^' V' V" BWeather in hex: Light rain5 O9 N! r& p6 L
; b" {4 V& v/ `( U, Q" a5 NRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
: h+ {3 I: z7 e0 OEstimated time to target is 28 minutes
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Japanese aircraft; H g1 [) q1 O
A6M2 Zero x 93 {4 Y& ~8 v, i! o
G4M1 Betty x 16
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" d$ Q% }/ W1 _. c' R' jAllied aircraft: [3 Y8 m5 v; ]
F4F-3A Wildcat x 30- h* N e' o5 I4 s; d- @
F4F-3 Wildcat x 60
4 w" y1 D5 G7 ^; j F4F-4 Wildcat x 79
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Japanese aircraft losses' A2 K& V, b& V2 L! L& I$ X7 x% ?/ o
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed; {: a: \+ T9 U ~
G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged, u1 @5 @# [, ^# W7 R( v
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F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed' D4 M$ G; K$ }3 F' o$ M
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Allied Ships
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7 o# }, `& q# C) r3 f& q( w- ~) KAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Savaii at 146,159
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud% L- t( N J, n3 ^% V$ Q2 A
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Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.* m6 K- l1 u2 A' c% `+ t
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
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3 O* X! m1 w0 Y. kAllied aircraft
2 {% K7 _7 V7 o F4F-3A Wildcat x 183 x* O: d+ Z* F. ~; O; t( b
F4F-3 Wildcat x 36
/ N* Y( ^* ~% ^" X- S9 s u F4F-4 Wildcat x 44% m ]" d/ ~$ ^0 ^% i) D( j# m- A2 V, D
SBD-2 Dauntless x 18
7 l z1 H- i b- W SBD-3 Dauntless x 812 x8 ?6 X" z0 T, h, i
TBF-1 Avenger x 301 i) W" [3 U3 ?/ O
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Allied aircraft losses
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Japanese Ships
# D! V, A8 i( m xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
8 X0 J' |( B2 e xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
- J6 }& q5 m& t1 e1 i" \- M- { AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage7 S, { L/ ]' B; L
AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage9 d( t- l% \$ y& K
xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk4 D. o! Y# K% ?" D3 R: W7 {; Z. q' B
xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk6 B: c+ A1 s+ x# S
xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk% A! v2 f2 M7 ?9 a' k
xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage- l% f- x# i2 n' s
xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
! P1 \# I5 J2 j; I2 v xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage4 N3 t9 S+ h8 {2 ?
xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage* E$ U y5 v- E0 L/ `& e
xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
; Z! O$ p6 |- ^3 J1 d# ? CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 2+ u8 i. u' i: u( M
xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |