AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 28, 42# J7 P$ _6 Z3 Q8 t
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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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d* X6 V6 `9 h& L$ uAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Wallis Island at 142,155& l! U5 R3 |% T+ E+ B# V. y
' m* x4 b7 D1 I' j0 p6 ]Weather in hex: Light rain
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
2 B3 p. y+ v- ZEstimated time to target is 28 minutes
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Japanese aircraft$ c# @( A) ], _- d" ?
A6M2 Zero x 9
: [/ g+ D0 @- @ G4M1 Betty x 16. a# P. t, M5 ?. y! I. ~
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Allied aircraft
2 a/ C" g# l% a9 f$ n F4F-3A Wildcat x 30
4 L) D' ?; p. h8 ~8 B0 H }7 ~ F4F-3 Wildcat x 60
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/ Z$ O5 m4 X8 AJapanese aircraft losses
1 i4 ~2 Q$ }( ]% r A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
% e& ~( J, c' [9 s9 o G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged4 V7 Q2 K1 u+ q- b+ w* v6 I
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Allied aircraft losses2 P6 g9 d4 ]4 X& l- p
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed: T W; y; O4 o$ s f; E) L4 r
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Allied Ships
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Savaii at 146,159
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4 f. U) L+ o1 B7 }Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
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* Q8 o# b+ P; o; W6 m- ^7 kRaid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
4 l- B2 `- a4 k0 W: g+ B: lEstimated time to target is 14 minutes/ J- s/ |& {3 h- Z
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Allied aircraft
. P' x3 o: T' e5 k' D! x3 F+ a4 P F4F-3A Wildcat x 188 p+ t5 U+ G" ]; r6 e/ {
F4F-3 Wildcat x 36
7 q Y8 S( T( M F4F-4 Wildcat x 448 {7 e$ L" X" V5 ]; {5 ], c
SBD-2 Dauntless x 18( r6 h, s* a& w& Q& ~% @6 u
SBD-3 Dauntless x 81) q; m* i8 ?. O: W
TBF-1 Avenger x 309 l/ y1 F3 g6 X7 B
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Allied aircraft losses Q8 l/ j& M6 j) d
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
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Japanese Ships
# y: k& h3 g8 L, {7 { xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
2 _& z3 V. b4 o7 D6 A- d xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage# k. X, ~0 L3 X3 U: ?* p, m+ H
AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage" x9 f# G- w( P1 t' g! p% Z
AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage
+ l- V+ x, g; y# c xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk, J% p5 _' D' `! u2 t
xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk5 a" E9 r+ l0 A9 f9 w! T$ q+ V
xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
% H4 [$ v7 t! ~/ s$ C, T9 V3 J xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
9 }( y; A) J+ e; I% N, @ xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage3 s1 b+ }0 I0 }8 i# X
xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
% G) \! L" x! P xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
@* I- k: ?- A* n+ c xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
0 r( ^5 p8 q2 _; x* E* l2 f CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 2 U. h) s) c }7 h
xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |