AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 28, 42
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; B6 c, a4 P( D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 v; J$ y! N/ z1 W f日军的陆攻未能突破58直掩圈。
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: s9 d! x/ R* A% O9 b8 OAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Wallis Island at 142,1558 r& I# y* d; ~! x) x% ~% x
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% d: L$ M/ ]9 K. r6 M2 CRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
2 [# }- @# N7 YEstimated time to target is 28 minutes6 C" j+ `, F: d- h! P% r. v# @9 E9 q3 e
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Japanese aircraft" ?4 `8 a- K- u _
A6M2 Zero x 9$ O! \& G. e& x% g T: ?6 g
G4M1 Betty x 16, |7 ]4 D, }+ ?9 y
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F4F-3A Wildcat x 30+ H1 p6 I' n" H- L+ J9 @
F4F-3 Wildcat x 60
! l1 Q$ k( W3 t2 X9 V# _2 v+ Q F4F-4 Wildcat x 79
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, e% o& v; G) x4 C5 QJapanese aircraft losses
. o: u+ x& p) x4 u A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
, Z W5 U. o: P7 U1 U0 Z( ?( ` G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged
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; Q( k* r M6 ]8 H3 u* oAllied aircraft losses
2 ]# K/ W) j) C F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed3 |$ ~# @9 g% t7 r1 `
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, U6 f. Y- d. d( u2 x9 ]# [Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Savaii at 146,159
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
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6 x2 Q% \; H3 `" ?& \Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
2 b" q$ \( t: C9 GEstimated time to target is 14 minutes9 |: |! H: U$ `! m
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Allied aircraft
1 w+ W- l3 h2 F. o5 O$ d5 w1 w F4F-3A Wildcat x 18
& @. ? n% x# j% y: z F4F-3 Wildcat x 36% \) b2 s7 X2 s X" Y
F4F-4 Wildcat x 44
" k8 a; R8 S+ \& O2 B4 F SBD-2 Dauntless x 18+ q& Q$ S& X# N
SBD-3 Dauntless x 81
& }' v7 U- {$ S: o( p* A: v- p1 g TBF-1 Avenger x 301 [" Z5 ]% h1 u) T* I1 g
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SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged" E3 Y: q4 S) d5 g
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7 e8 x) Q& o) j5 t xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk' Y l3 B/ U: U5 O4 z
xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage% a! O- W( n _ s5 [$ Z4 P
AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage% u5 g- p" m5 \/ a: s0 l8 u
AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage5 ~% c" t3 d U
xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk
3 Y7 x7 c9 w9 \ xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
: x6 F* C/ [ \2 l- ^$ A1 B xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
0 @& L% _- j; _+ R$ [ xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage V- z0 a) Q% A, h8 S
xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage( ]5 \! i E0 G; C5 ^
xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
/ f% t1 k- @, ]# ^ xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage( S8 \/ w+ S; p0 }* Y1 ~* ?
xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
+ r; M) A5 g4 s: X" H5 k4 v% G CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 2
; r- f* f% } n7 y# }/ r2 p. Q8 r) H xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |