AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 28, 42/ d! [) j Y' F ?
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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。( f# K5 z$ {7 w# e- s* d0 ^( N* g2 O
日军的陆攻未能突破58直掩圈。9 j1 ^2 a( ^2 o
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Wallis Island at 142,155
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Weather in hex: Light rain
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
7 z$ e$ R" t, ^$ V& X' m! qEstimated time to target is 28 minutes
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8 x- g1 n3 u; N5 J) b: XJapanese aircraft
/ }1 Q3 T) i& Y; O A6M2 Zero x 9
' ?) g1 }3 L, g5 k G4M1 Betty x 16
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Allied aircraft* Y: s X/ e# s
F4F-3A Wildcat x 30
|6 V9 e/ b6 E F4F-3 Wildcat x 60
6 m1 T7 d" k1 ] D' {: l r2 d F4F-4 Wildcat x 79
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8 U' T) R4 r: S5 T$ AJapanese aircraft losses
6 e+ `8 j. U/ D1 ] A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed2 I) c) x4 Z* l: B- o! Z% M
G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged
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Allied aircraft losses2 e9 R8 M+ G y9 P0 \" R2 N
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
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Allied Ships
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! E4 J: Y5 ^( e& IAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Savaii at 146,159' x( i2 E# S& A1 ]+ f
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Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.$ }$ l. }5 B8 I0 _. U: n
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
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Allied aircraft' G+ S) b; H6 m- a1 _) G3 K
F4F-3A Wildcat x 18
@0 z! d# ]$ @ F4F-3 Wildcat x 36
: X7 J5 G% H- I6 X, N$ s* [, X F4F-4 Wildcat x 44% N( p6 ]9 u- ^7 H$ r v/ X
SBD-2 Dauntless x 180 A0 j9 m+ M4 R/ a0 Y3 v
SBD-3 Dauntless x 811 [% k S( E5 z, q
TBF-1 Avenger x 30( w" Z- w6 t! M
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Allied aircraft losses0 {5 l* {* ]% X0 r9 h8 \/ j
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
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Japanese Ships, J9 f9 M7 ~; s( Z/ d$ i( w! j
xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
7 R+ B5 L' n2 c. M xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage7 o! b) j( l1 R
AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage# c3 `- I7 t" Z3 \9 U; ^' a* y. i3 W
AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage2 f8 Q7 j/ w0 f
xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk
: O9 n! O: ~+ a9 P: Z% q5 ? m xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
X; ?. H1 P$ z. } xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk \, d$ j% I3 ^/ V [
xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage6 |6 P5 ?0 H! {8 r! }
xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
2 Z5 @. A* f% O0 ^1 V) T xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
. U1 c) ~; H0 N xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage; {. K/ R6 R, r9 r+ ?" ]0 n; P* u3 i
xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk; B6 p0 C/ w( b# z6 S
CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 2- j) f( ?2 U6 J* w N) r
xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |