AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 28, 42
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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。! I5 i- M7 Q8 E5 p7 B/ o
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 142,1557 o+ \/ A8 l. K0 |
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Weather in hex: Light rain1 i4 }. F* A$ U+ d9 b
2 Q S- E. Q7 s3 k- s+ q6 kRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
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Japanese aircraft# x2 ?$ i; f& k/ s
A6M2 Zero x 9
9 q3 @9 U: n1 i, z* ?3 v$ B G4M1 Betty x 169 w% |8 e7 L/ O) N. m- [3 O) J
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Allied aircraft9 ~ V- `' o+ b% `
F4F-3A Wildcat x 30 S* P# A# p; M7 ^1 w7 K+ L
F4F-3 Wildcat x 606 M- k1 o9 t. e+ l- I
F4F-4 Wildcat x 79
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Japanese aircraft losses
4 h1 {+ ]/ u# c8 H, K A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed2 x5 m) i6 d% E! c Z5 d
G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged$ u3 ?1 a7 X* _
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Allied aircraft losses
, Y( l [8 X# E4 Q; } F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
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Allied Ships
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Savaii at 146,159
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
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Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.( ]( O' f- a T
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
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6 k- l; b: K% i2 @ ZAllied aircraft
7 U. d5 j: P6 y2 S) }: m. C1 T I F4F-3A Wildcat x 185 Y4 S$ L+ X$ E4 O3 v1 _, ^8 m
F4F-3 Wildcat x 368 S1 g# m! S4 ~+ Q9 K* V+ L
F4F-4 Wildcat x 44" O8 k7 m2 @! s. v
SBD-2 Dauntless x 18
" W' R/ i8 Q- N SBD-3 Dauntless x 81# Z/ k. T7 P! [2 C5 D
TBF-1 Avenger x 30* |& {: O7 r: F5 `
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# O) n9 C8 }7 m4 u SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
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3 q7 r- G1 \( Q2 P! DJapanese Ships ]" t1 ~3 U) I6 f1 N6 A3 L
xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk- s9 ~6 [; i, Q7 O4 r, c: X, H
xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage ^ J! a6 y, R( n \0 l ?
AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage% ^ |2 k4 t$ G ^
AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage/ i/ y' j' J" W) m) Y
xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk
/ a! y. E' Y7 s% h) `0 o: o xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
, }! C4 J" ^7 h% G: O( `. M, y xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
2 a& h4 Z' h7 K8 C' @ xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage4 Q) h, Q! y. G
xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage' K. K3 S1 j3 I! E! N
xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
7 @ T% I- _( t9 K# e }# L T xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage ]0 ?; r9 R6 F$ L1 N% h
xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk8 L# }2 u$ C& w
CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 22 C) u7 w+ j5 s) [' r3 Y' W) j
xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |