AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 28, 420 K+ K3 L& r* a$ E" k0 m
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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。 r& \2 @7 j) s" b! S! v5 \; C
日军的陆攻未能突破58直掩圈。! `' C2 a, U% p
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( D, x3 J/ [2 }) V( _& X/ dAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Wallis Island at 142,155& ^) d. ^% v' c2 D
$ x, {* W% t7 w/ dWeather in hex: Light rain5 ]8 D3 T! }- ?& X' }! k
) o8 [* F- [# TRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
! w! c7 `+ {; I; ~+ i; [! c/ gEstimated time to target is 28 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
9 f6 t i1 ~2 C( u% J& ?0 x A6M2 Zero x 9
3 A- W; ~0 ?0 Y; ? X G4M1 Betty x 16- g8 x3 T$ N1 o+ t
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; a. E% B1 c3 T& E- N3 @7 N, E2 G F4F-3A Wildcat x 30
8 [ [: `" V& y; j8 M F4F-3 Wildcat x 604 M6 N( G& T- a0 j7 E1 ? u; g
F4F-4 Wildcat x 79
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Japanese aircraft losses, N& d' w& X3 _2 t/ `
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
5 X1 n$ S) E+ Q G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged
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8 w% D# h5 D2 o |3 F1 yAllied aircraft losses
7 }8 o9 o; c) `; U- Z9 ~ F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed, T6 f" @! M, C
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Allied Ships& S) V7 j$ L. `9 q: s+ Y- D& P
DD Buchanan
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Savaii at 146,159( K: l; u& m' P0 X1 x) I+ S3 C
3 M) I% r; M( Y( LWeather in hex: Heavy cloud
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" B1 M. R" p1 d. t) e0 qRaid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
" q1 `* |, U9 `( K$ _/ tEstimated time to target is 14 minutes; {* ?& a1 C+ S% z t
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Allied aircraft& x$ f9 X" p( k1 s7 V+ Z; N
F4F-3A Wildcat x 18
: v/ R3 H: R( j" A- [* C4 n F4F-3 Wildcat x 363 S0 ~5 Y: g2 @; _2 K8 ~- ]
F4F-4 Wildcat x 44
. E8 p7 a/ ]; E6 P; Z SBD-2 Dauntless x 181 x/ X! Z' x& H0 H
SBD-3 Dauntless x 81! P7 L" i! ]* ^2 c
TBF-1 Avenger x 306 H# ]4 I3 w( y) k
. N# i9 ?4 L, B2 h+ }2 HAllied aircraft losses
! v9 m8 Z' n, `. } SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged1 d7 h( T- ~) ?
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Japanese Ships
# a) Q/ U! J, c1 }$ f+ l xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk. T( C5 L) b4 k6 R" `5 E
xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage N1 O( k. ~7 d4 R: P' J' q
AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
3 |8 r- J+ X* t0 B AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage
) A& j* ]( N5 u" O P9 \$ ]7 x xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk
% a6 h3 a7 E8 b" k4 ^ xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
% i: P F' S3 G# \( x% ^, J3 h xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
( w2 k% D. t% q- V% v! k xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
p9 e6 L4 t6 o" v xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
8 y9 N) ]3 p; }0 |# l% u xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
# V2 u: e( Y( { xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage+ w) e, e4 b/ ~
xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
& n2 ]/ `8 i' h4 P% L9 u CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 2
( e4 q& N6 t h% A9 N* X# f xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |