AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 28, 42
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( D3 x. }1 X2 I8 |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。
2 }% @! |, s7 h) Z& U) U* I, N! X$ Y1 X日军的陆攻未能突破58直掩圈。' I7 H" y$ v& j% [' ?1 V: l5 C
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Wallis Island at 142,155/ Q4 S/ }8 i5 {
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Weather in hex: Light rain. n4 g$ @/ y. l* I5 {$ J4 Z7 i
5 j- j! W7 S( j5 J# Y% M sRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
/ H3 m+ U0 n0 WEstimated time to target is 28 minutes0 b/ \$ \6 n0 X% H3 C; }6 \+ z
0 z5 V( {' x: Q# h* M2 lJapanese aircraft9 _! S ~/ A5 G
A6M2 Zero x 9
8 V3 h7 g! h' n2 T8 \ G4M1 Betty x 16
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Y/ @' b7 ~9 a$ U, hAllied aircraft% b% Z# |- r0 X. u9 q: u* q
F4F-3A Wildcat x 30 f0 `7 C- s9 _; A( ] L9 R& h0 V
F4F-3 Wildcat x 60
3 n% x8 C6 h R* Y F4F-4 Wildcat x 79
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A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed; v4 J3 {3 b& X+ d- a( K2 m$ P$ Q
G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged3 ]) A1 @9 {$ k/ @ T- \& }
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Allied aircraft losses! a7 N( m( @+ S1 Y* m& X) D7 y0 o9 @
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
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DD Buchanan
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Savaii at 146,159# w8 W( v/ l* ]) d: U
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud8 l8 V. r0 \2 t
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Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
8 c! p6 j) g. c5 q7 oEstimated time to target is 14 minutes$ I' D3 Z0 L- |" \0 P/ F5 }/ q4 Q
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Allied aircraft
o- B1 ^, |2 N' i$ { F4F-3A Wildcat x 18
3 v' J; [. s9 L# d A8 U, ?: _( z' U F4F-3 Wildcat x 36
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SBD-2 Dauntless x 18- u( `6 h4 H" V3 m6 V; d
SBD-3 Dauntless x 81
8 A7 }! I) H* _- H! a TBF-1 Avenger x 302 i+ o$ e1 `7 L. C5 G- e- W2 W5 E6 u% N
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SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged& j. H! R, S2 |3 ~3 L! p
4 P9 O3 J- Z6 W) ~& Z' w% n4 |8 jJapanese Ships
5 r) N( |2 R/ W5 U* ]- V xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk! I, m, M) O# D3 M2 L* B
xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage' Y& n' m0 |; l- \& W. m4 L
AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
# w; {5 R4 s$ O3 b ~0 r$ a3 \; P AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage4 L/ }& E! x5 N# e5 q) ?( C! H* l; t
xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk
3 S* ]- {6 A3 `8 { xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
0 \: B# q" Y' j; i h xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk7 a1 _: p: ]( c+ V4 `3 x6 `
xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage1 J- c0 G! t$ ?& L5 a! U
xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
9 V; T" P, h1 @, X% J xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage0 Y. L3 K/ u8 x7 M" p
xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
' G0 E& g) d6 _ xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
+ S$ e' A) Q% o' F CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 21 Y$ H8 W( h0 y3 s/ Q; @& Y: W4 P& ~
xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |