AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 28, 42
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$ r% ^" K4 d$ D8 O5 k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 }7 O# ]& K3 m6 g日军的陆攻未能突破58直掩圈。
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Wallis Island at 142,155# p; `- o+ U+ R' A% N$ d- D+ s
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Weather in hex: Light rain0 c; j* c. u% b Y8 J0 M4 g
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
' B3 u9 d: k+ V; e! T: r, SEstimated time to target is 28 minutes, z$ ]& I; b6 j3 P3 F) q9 \- H0 t
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Japanese aircraft3 ?/ \2 _/ J2 r: h0 ` I2 U
A6M2 Zero x 9
2 l3 Y/ c, G+ E* u. {0 s G4M1 Betty x 16 V( g2 q4 }# v4 H9 T; e8 |8 R# y
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Allied aircraft t* s8 P$ P; d
F4F-3A Wildcat x 30
- ^* _5 t p) C9 R5 v, j$ @+ _ F4F-3 Wildcat x 60
& v. T2 g) I9 R3 g6 v5 b F4F-4 Wildcat x 79
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Japanese aircraft losses
" O+ V$ B# d$ m A D A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed4 g$ u) G4 l- ]/ H
G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged
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9 n3 F3 T( L, T- [' H2 J- W+ u F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
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Allied Ships6 t4 }& n" l% z
DD Buchanan; I# u7 p% U1 _) H0 [- j
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3 |5 b: H4 q" iAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Savaii at 146,159/ _9 I. M1 J* h
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: T+ t+ b7 d2 ]9 @3 E/ G" NRaid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
5 O& j( X+ B- I$ e1 K. W& LEstimated time to target is 14 minutes5 |* I/ x% n8 ` A9 b
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1 Q3 h% M! E1 u. j F4F-3A Wildcat x 18) p% \3 p* ?6 d+ \- G9 p
F4F-3 Wildcat x 36
4 P- V! m' R3 F. H. N F4F-4 Wildcat x 44
' R( f! {4 i+ a SBD-2 Dauntless x 18
H+ c8 V% U" H C) K" L SBD-3 Dauntless x 817 J6 k% c+ [* ^ G7 y! H
TBF-1 Avenger x 30: d+ I; U6 h% q; t$ A; F
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/ z: ]' ?& w' C2 h# I9 P6 \: z2 @2 _ SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
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% F2 \9 C8 t' D& F+ E+ UJapanese Ships
v: G9 G" D, p- ] xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk5 L0 `6 X7 v% d1 W5 i) v0 y
xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
: w% S) z) t7 S. N; { AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage( s' ~: y! S# }2 D/ n9 g
AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage
0 i+ g% H+ \- | J: [* x# G# g W- @ xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk5 V! B8 P9 |6 }8 \
xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk" g4 Q- ~' P8 K$ A5 F
xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk: H$ L7 O7 s+ d- c0 E- I
xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage$ s3 h& Z) b( Z1 i; k( {# D9 u
xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
$ N6 D( \& l" z. f v! j2 D, c0 b xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage: V; a2 s+ X, A$ G6 J
xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage1 R5 ~2 V3 x+ p/ e) I! Z
xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk0 \* u, C: x6 F7 k8 b0 ?* P5 o* h
CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 2
' @, m3 C+ R; K+ H xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |