AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 28, 42
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1 v) R6 H" |& a: ^, X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。7 K$ D! ^4 h4 O" s& r
日军的陆攻未能突破58直掩圈。$ z+ C5 \" g" E2 k
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4 r( j5 k/ i$ R0 N tAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Wallis Island at 142,155
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Weather in hex: Light rain; ?: H' V: S$ F3 m3 \$ M
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
6 k4 t ]; X2 X. r5 rEstimated time to target is 28 minutes; K0 y7 g. v) ` }
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A6M2 Zero x 9
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8 f) q+ J% e4 N* @ F4F-3A Wildcat x 309 a" s4 @5 v) U) I) ?
F4F-3 Wildcat x 60
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9 Q. B) J8 a( ?: A! V/ jJapanese aircraft losses
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& _ A# b4 Z, k G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged
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Allied aircraft losses2 i3 W# `+ e5 C6 T# V( I4 r: f0 G# l
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed( C" [, i0 D; ^2 S) J) i
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Allied Ships) p7 Y0 i m; o/ V n) C
DD Buchanan
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; c$ O4 o2 z- j( m/ \6 eAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Savaii at 146,159
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud/ n% ^, w2 }$ Q l' J* w
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Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.( B$ @ ]) ]( E6 U
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
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0 [& ?4 h: R3 C+ d9 HAllied aircraft }- M3 u) R+ w/ k) w2 {! U, S6 U
F4F-3A Wildcat x 18& i$ X; O8 m8 {8 m$ f5 H3 @2 m1 s" t' ?
F4F-3 Wildcat x 36
8 M* p$ I. D% u- @ F4F-4 Wildcat x 44! s0 W& d. o5 c- x+ I. U
SBD-2 Dauntless x 18: Q& a# g( t2 D: S4 {
SBD-3 Dauntless x 81
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Allied aircraft losses
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Japanese Ships
$ e- M+ A6 D. K. T9 n/ U: Q xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk: N; p- G M6 r, P7 l
xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage6 B, y# j6 e0 [( l( D: W, g/ F
AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
/ k! x9 b1 n- R, x- l- m( Z" ] AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage
- Z1 F6 @9 W) |' M xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk+ ~0 o5 w8 h: o& Q7 M. m0 b5 T
xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk4 I1 \0 f( N; a9 X
xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
# ^. l% V) v3 E6 ]- ~, d xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage& m4 W5 i+ ^4 E M v) a
xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
. b' T8 g9 u1 c0 D5 g8 O xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage, b& h! |% F3 n3 Y6 N# j" K1 Q/ J
xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
) u& u% l6 V8 w xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
6 b3 A0 C5 s' O9 _% X CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 2
! b4 m+ Q7 s9 X& c; f9 c xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |