AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 28, 420 @; X+ |& T' s$ j
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2 v. u8 g4 o$ p+ j+ }- ^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。
5 u5 |! t3 [" x$ X8 t0 c( A日军的陆攻未能突破58直掩圈。
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* U: W7 T. t: L4 h3 IAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Wallis Island at 142,155% [4 @8 t* H2 b: H/ T5 ]
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Weather in hex: Light rain6 F+ U! i U6 o! |" v' E! I
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
8 C) t8 {( X, @8 o" SEstimated time to target is 28 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
, k) f6 v k* H) V A6M2 Zero x 99 c5 g4 i6 e8 W7 w# Y, S
G4M1 Betty x 16
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: `8 [' u" v5 @: W% VAllied aircraft5 z! q; n3 Z5 ^. T% ?
F4F-3A Wildcat x 30# D( s! C4 B9 R6 i& E
F4F-3 Wildcat x 604 T1 `& a, C" A$ Y! b# r
F4F-4 Wildcat x 79
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. c: N" A" C7 J! u! e" Y( `2 w% qJapanese aircraft losses
4 ^) j5 O. y+ Z2 L4 O) ? A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed9 J5 {1 x$ e. B, [. y( E
G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged6 [9 o8 C0 w0 P6 w) j# V. X4 E
1 V8 F5 K& S5 A* P' ^8 p' aAllied aircraft losses
( f0 h$ C# E0 U. d0 J# z F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
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Allied Ships5 L7 s: f9 a/ [2 l$ M
DD Buchanan. j" E: n `2 p5 c" z: l
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+ E: H9 H2 |5 n# w$ XAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Savaii at 146,159
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud7 }# E k$ E) z; L3 T
+ L% W1 u. z' ?Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.. @3 Y! r" e; ^; W w4 X7 Q1 _- k% x
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes6 N* y6 ]" M5 k! o6 w
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Allied aircraft
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! c8 Z7 {# |3 L7 _& ? F4F-3 Wildcat x 367 W/ W) f% [2 @8 _% z
F4F-4 Wildcat x 445 d7 U. Z, N- Y) u9 i* o4 w
SBD-2 Dauntless x 18
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# t3 D& y& Y6 E3 p3 B TBF-1 Avenger x 30
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Allied aircraft losses! @1 j& ?2 f5 f" C% Y
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
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Japanese Ships$ J1 h6 G+ w: M$ r, |6 ~+ y4 c
xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
! S: ?8 N+ J$ c' j3 d0 ~, X xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage' D+ g+ K3 p. f$ ?+ ]' \* ~# R2 F
AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
% R7 ~! s& d1 \, \. R5 K1 f# Q+ F2 ? AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage2 Q4 @7 Q# W' s5 N
xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk
. A1 w4 f2 M9 ~ xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
7 T. J! b5 c) `) ^- k xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
3 ?0 ]4 c/ L! v( b& @2 \: A- I xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage! s a: W; p e/ a% R' C- @
xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
! o; w8 K& ^* q# x9 G) P) Y* Y xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
. A, l* l' q& N5 |: U6 A xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage6 W( r6 `" _" i" x9 `2 S N+ f0 Q
xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
2 t' j+ A+ G9 h9 u, Q7 p7 Y. | CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 2
) v7 S& V' C: S. A xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |