AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 28, 42
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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。3 w" j2 B! f7 y- t1 W8 P0 J _
日军的陆攻未能突破58直掩圈。 s! H1 h0 c$ `8 Z- F9 S
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Wallis Island at 142,155, A3 P2 E4 I: u9 M2 q3 h6 K
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Weather in hex: Light rain. d5 Z" y* K3 [9 H# W
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
6 x2 K: T! H2 M! AEstimated time to target is 28 minutes
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8 L- y& |6 s; y% [3 f" ~$ s6 r A6M2 Zero x 9
1 r' i1 o# r O/ ~* g8 y G4M1 Betty x 16" [9 R. S" r" a& s' @
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Allied aircraft
4 k* j* \; i) P' G8 |- Y# k" r F4F-3A Wildcat x 307 z! F2 X; z8 N2 O' m9 S- ?' M1 X
F4F-3 Wildcat x 60
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Japanese aircraft losses
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G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged
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F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed% {+ B$ J7 R+ y) w; [
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- Q# N" j1 ~2 LAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Savaii at 146,159: @# b6 g) h5 {2 V- J5 H( E* n1 \
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Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
# g( }/ k0 O6 U4 B+ oEstimated time to target is 14 minutes9 f% D9 w# u! z$ |
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Allied aircraft
7 }4 n- M, u/ K F4F-3A Wildcat x 18: M- [( w" ^0 z9 T
F4F-3 Wildcat x 36
# ~0 c4 C2 L: b7 M6 F# O' a F4F-4 Wildcat x 44
H- o! H' B9 c/ B1 I SBD-2 Dauntless x 18) O3 w; \( }5 U
SBD-3 Dauntless x 81
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Allied aircraft losses
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Japanese Ships
/ O% [6 V5 H0 s xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk$ a. v# |9 G& c+ m! H
xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage# L8 s: \% `+ y$ [
AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
# B* J$ O4 ^5 q u: Z0 I5 E AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage9 W3 e1 I# v {' h! m1 a" L
xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk
`' u% O4 d7 F$ O xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
3 i. v: q7 r4 R6 y$ t G xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk4 w" T w. m& d3 L8 _0 H
xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
/ t4 G4 L/ V3 g [' p$ p5 H xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage) P: \5 y& G* @; x& Z3 o
xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage/ Z& ] D: O0 H! U6 z u
xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage9 U0 M( `3 a8 C/ Y% b6 X
xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk1 ?7 L( S* Z4 m1 {* j* X$ W' h" q# [( M
CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 2
5 y9 _' q4 }# i xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |