AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 28, 42) j" w3 g1 ?' J
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4 M; ^8 B$ s1 f$ f& j- V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 c9 `2 Q+ _7 K7 X. d日军的陆攻未能突破58直掩圈。8 }2 V! ?: q# W- W! Y
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Wallis Island at 142,155
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Weather in hex: Light rain) C; G5 ]* K) z3 I
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet." j- \% k6 F. c& s' {! I
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes. p* }8 j4 n5 {
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Japanese aircraft
9 A, V+ G& y! H A6M2 Zero x 95 J1 Y I1 s$ d4 `
G4M1 Betty x 16
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/ r5 q# b7 e: k& r; t& m) |* h% T6 }9 z F4F-3A Wildcat x 30
- i2 e( P5 b7 } F4F-3 Wildcat x 60
/ h+ D- }2 Q4 |3 m: I: \) }$ l: Y F4F-4 Wildcat x 79. K& \! T4 j% ~& s% w
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Japanese aircraft losses. A( t$ m. ~5 K! W
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed" M$ y T( {; s0 ]: L
G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged
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Allied aircraft losses
% ?. m* h1 L' u) k+ J F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Savaii at 146,159
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud* v* b' M# a4 d z$ m/ L
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Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.( e% s: O( h& T) U8 E5 i) K
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
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Allied aircraft/ O- D3 F) d- i5 W! y1 D8 _5 l2 ]
F4F-3A Wildcat x 18
$ B2 t( H( |& a- X) g# k7 c2 v F4F-3 Wildcat x 368 h' f5 I1 U. z% V1 o" T2 A
F4F-4 Wildcat x 44
: S( {' _/ I0 [8 `; i1 ?: E% T SBD-2 Dauntless x 18
: Q. [& c; a# ^/ b3 f, O3 n SBD-3 Dauntless x 81
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SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
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xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk! w8 b5 B# V2 d8 i$ Y/ j
xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
3 z& R# I6 H- f X4 F9 y9 f) P AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
: x2 Q. c% o3 m AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage+ e% g9 {( v8 b6 e& I# S2 R, X# n
xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk
" S+ H* m8 O0 L( F/ w2 W xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk- h3 t3 r3 t. o2 N
xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk \$ h7 X% ^8 U
xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage" a1 R% f9 t' c' F3 @7 G4 Y. T; @
xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage! X; H# V/ v: E
xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage) B- C7 C6 _- W b
xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage* |3 F2 B( Q+ O9 m5 D7 }5 f
xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk0 T/ C" Q4 K {' ]% R2 g
CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 2
2 h7 @! K1 i: X xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |