AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 28, 42
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9 S$ b! k' j2 u9 q& O5 Z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 Z" C) n/ P/ {; J7 a, P5 d日军的陆攻未能突破58直掩圈。
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4 w6 a6 G. q/ o& t% S2 ~! KAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Wallis Island at 142,155& p9 u3 ^* [( R9 @1 B- c( `& J
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Weather in hex: Light rain0 D( K9 f. j2 L7 w9 F: i! {; P' ?
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
. W w1 `2 i. |( jEstimated time to target is 28 minutes, `; f) }& m. G3 \
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A6M2 Zero x 9
3 X" ]& i) s3 @0 [ G4M1 Betty x 16, y6 p$ [! k, N4 }; m2 c
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Allied aircraft- P A5 E; f+ [; r
F4F-3A Wildcat x 30
& I$ H1 D0 |. b3 J% C# H3 a F4F-3 Wildcat x 60
: g6 `. e0 _( T; W F4F-4 Wildcat x 794 P2 z. O" i U& ]
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Japanese aircraft losses/ D' Z) |( {' |" k7 M9 r
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed, l5 T% t2 x' n# F; B1 q
G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged
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Allied aircraft losses
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% H# T! q s: E, v. bAllied Ships
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7 Y! l4 v: t9 ]2 x- h, OAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Savaii at 146,159
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud; b+ F2 C' p6 t4 F" ^
0 f; c4 b* R8 O2 ARaid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
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, I. N* \! C) U4 A* h F4F-3A Wildcat x 18: D7 @: N: ?- i, C
F4F-3 Wildcat x 36
; I: E& W+ v4 ]+ x7 G$ e9 \ F4F-4 Wildcat x 449 ` ?% a0 C& _- ^9 @6 m6 T# ?/ {# F; B# p
SBD-2 Dauntless x 18 |9 ]# |2 |6 ?9 Q7 q5 m
SBD-3 Dauntless x 81
- q2 D" \0 N# G/ Y TBF-1 Avenger x 30# Z. L( }& O" ]2 F- q* I
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. [6 `0 h+ v" T; O8 z/ ~& [& ] SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
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0 |$ Y% o' T* M4 ~& o* X xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
, t z6 |7 T( Z+ i. { xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage) l5 e, @- Z- H4 q! V" w
AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage0 S; i2 _. V7 ?
AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage+ T# l9 }" F7 J p/ q# M
xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk
+ ]8 q p; {; F6 \% n xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
% G$ ?0 s( q, l ^% |7 L xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk$ t. ^+ K3 x# H+ W% t2 p6 I* z8 o
xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage8 ?* @& A* a* K! v
xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
& A3 a a8 ?% o$ J+ Y8 U8 r xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage1 Q c0 q' U. g# s+ r" m
xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
" V5 m% v; W% U xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk1 V% Q5 Y2 N' {& a5 w
CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 2
P7 e P' b0 @+ M xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |