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。
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% ^- z/ O5 x3 R* N* q! FAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Wallis Island at 142,155 Q9 R( E. d1 V& t: d) K$ |
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Weather in hex: Light rain8 D$ _/ E; W0 I/ Y; S2 J
1 N( h; |$ k; R) jRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
# m3 d9 M% d4 R( r- jEstimated time to target is 28 minutes
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c4 q- o/ Q: e2 t2 Z: xJapanese aircraft
& l7 L/ J V1 Y! N+ T A6M2 Zero x 9
7 x! ~, P/ W4 N+ c9 j7 e8 B G4M1 Betty x 163 Y; T& V8 g) Z+ a; W: w
+ d* ]% y! p! F$ a, f' j aAllied aircraft9 c) D1 c- s! A( m6 P- Q; n. A( n
F4F-3A Wildcat x 30
' n- \# c8 v3 W4 J1 i F4F-3 Wildcat x 605 R/ u* j0 \. u2 a" O3 ]: Z$ Z% A
F4F-4 Wildcat x 79
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3 ~3 e1 F- m; d) |# t: XJapanese aircraft losses
5 `; v {, F1 D# T A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
+ s0 a& i9 q+ U" q- t3 K G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged
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! c5 @+ l9 ]2 U; |3 A8 dAllied aircraft losses
! n; Z. G0 f& w+ d' d' o7 g F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
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' Y7 S" S0 G5 c2 E, ~" C4 EAllied Ships
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Savaii at 146,159
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6 [% u, X7 S% O! R) F: _' e9 xWeather in hex: Heavy cloud6 ]# w9 K! N3 d g' K1 y7 u7 r- O
* A+ j4 H- A3 L' d) LRaid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.; M8 t7 @' a- E/ a3 O2 n4 a- v
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes6 ?. l. g9 O* ?' T1 m0 j4 m0 t
3 y- F: r1 N; DAllied aircraft
' @1 K' l% c* F6 i# V! Q4 X( `/ f F4F-3A Wildcat x 18
% K) h$ Z* i. C% d# r+ m* \$ V F4F-3 Wildcat x 36# O) M) ~) l: r+ D; G
F4F-4 Wildcat x 44
" q; l' G& q6 M9 Q8 F9 U1 v4 R SBD-2 Dauntless x 185 L9 V4 q' J+ _9 Q! s2 ^
SBD-3 Dauntless x 81
~ ^/ X6 M8 D2 c' }8 \6 \ TBF-1 Avenger x 30: F7 j' C8 j0 P0 Q
2 n# h2 O. ^; U- b) ^1 |Allied aircraft losses- Y/ G1 h( ]- p
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged9 Z+ p4 Y9 P! k( W) T2 A
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Japanese Ships
5 k" [; N) A, q' Q7 q8 B* n: G( d' x xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk! \9 v% X/ D4 V2 W
xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
5 y3 ]7 _: K+ o2 T/ f4 L/ P( r& X7 x. ? AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
0 b3 k7 B9 j: |- I5 P AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage+ _- O( p. S1 Q) J
xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk" F2 K4 j: }6 c8 _
xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk7 l3 v/ j1 m7 O z
xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk6 q v6 Z7 e( Q6 n% o' Y
xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
! X7 o) t" x6 |3 q xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage t' f. I) z' T/ ? o
xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
7 y: R" Y, V8 g1 o0 l% T xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
- S1 @- B' \ y2 H; r' } xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk: U* V c" [5 v' d r
CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 24 `0 [7 ^' R( O$ Z
xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |