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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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Wallis Island at 142,155# ?9 \- G, \# M
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Weather in hex: Light rain+ J1 N8 v m* U
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.9 h% q( l5 J& M& u* W
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes
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Japanese aircraft" U, x7 I7 f' G
A6M2 Zero x 95 L; u5 C8 M D
G4M1 Betty x 16
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F4F-3A Wildcat x 30
2 W* D6 f4 @9 ?3 [+ M2 \ F4F-3 Wildcat x 608 c: j9 @1 A: W0 \
F4F-4 Wildcat x 79: o9 v& l! i: b& ~" c+ a- R
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. I$ d: @* a/ V7 E2 A( J A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
3 ~; v6 E7 {+ b; h: I. l G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged* r1 L. L/ B- v& F7 }9 \9 ?
4 _; D W$ ?/ n3 q' {2 zAllied aircraft losses
1 ?( y+ O3 Y* k/ p F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
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7 ^6 r) b, u0 N4 L0 m7 dAllied Ships
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# @6 o- @. p4 m& ]- }1 {0 kAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Savaii at 146,1591 k; l4 e: I. a' a: \, i* W
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud' S. C: l8 S% d8 {6 n: q g
% v, K2 {0 R! L0 x5 DRaid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
4 m, L3 {- Y4 V' m7 O4 o) dEstimated time to target is 14 minutes1 w. z$ z) Y) n" M& f
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( \% m9 O% Y$ T C, q F4F-3A Wildcat x 18
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) o; J' }9 F h/ g$ T0 | F4F-4 Wildcat x 44+ e- {2 h4 t; @* Z2 Y) \! f
SBD-2 Dauntless x 18
5 l, Z5 Y& {6 _. ` SBD-3 Dauntless x 81
6 ?, _6 ]& S4 m5 `, Y5 u TBF-1 Avenger x 30/ ~7 x) w8 H ?' Y' {5 s0 B& Y
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SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
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% ?: @% W0 S4 _0 H9 pJapanese Ships
4 F4 m& u/ X+ b. z% a P0 {6 F xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
: c$ \0 T& p$ X% c/ F xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage# {1 U' h, s$ o1 U5 h1 u+ G3 L
AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
, z! ?! [( z3 p1 J% { AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage F1 W a# |/ q3 G: U5 P
xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk
2 V4 Q3 u; L. h& `* U d xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk! `; }. g3 B" W* S! Y
xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
4 Z9 \* L/ f' ^ xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage" x5 m: i1 c) s/ v$ n3 A6 i* R
xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage4 J* U9 |! Y7 y% ?5 e g
xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
' I4 h M# ], O xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage0 k& Q# R; R; z4 l: E( X5 E
xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
! u4 h/ o' o! [9 f; z% g CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 2
) H# m/ O& h4 \) s. ] xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |