AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 28, 42& |- W; o" Q8 U0 O% a v' m- C
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' G! K4 N P) W J5 ]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。1 K) e5 S' K4 B3 m# ~
日军的陆攻未能突破58直掩圈。. s9 V" M! k8 D* f1 x3 b- X9 f
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0 \- z8 A4 d3 K2 vAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Wallis Island at 142,155# v8 f: X( Y7 K% S% |
8 Q6 S' |7 u! j8 [* i7 YWeather in hex: Light rain
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
% A( y: h2 L1 MEstimated time to target is 28 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
, R( Z5 ^9 f: A z/ x% U( T A6M2 Zero x 9
8 P( ]- B+ J9 c; R3 E( b' k' C2 g4 t G4M1 Betty x 16
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9 L+ E6 Y: h. ^2 l3 A2 LAllied aircraft
: M5 h5 B7 x% ^ F4F-3A Wildcat x 30
% y8 _" r s2 d; j& ?" U9 r F4F-3 Wildcat x 60
0 M# |( g9 g; ]5 j" j F4F-4 Wildcat x 799 v! @7 S- H1 }6 B+ H
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Japanese aircraft losses
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G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged
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Allied aircraft losses& H3 J' y0 n3 J8 [
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
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Allied Ships* E* @0 A9 x4 k2 b" _4 }. [
DD Buchanan0 r3 p$ \9 K, _* Y- b
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Savaii at 146,1593 G$ s& q% X L$ r; O9 I' g( F
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
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4 u) j8 O* l7 h, z% X- }& K' j% a; \Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.' M: D m. K0 Y) j" {! z) c3 I( u' R
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes3 a' a4 m0 z+ s( j+ Y
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Allied aircraft
: v& D8 L9 `* u3 A; u w7 T0 ^ F4F-3A Wildcat x 18" ^; S" C4 h ?# |8 e
F4F-3 Wildcat x 36
9 y7 F3 K7 V% G- k. W7 ~3 ~ b! h6 M F4F-4 Wildcat x 442 `% v Q3 q* j- r
SBD-2 Dauntless x 18
. E L0 |3 q! ?' ^ SBD-3 Dauntless x 815 q0 g1 j1 ?' i+ z, [* n) g5 }
TBF-1 Avenger x 30, [0 L0 ]- G1 s$ v
7 p4 z& N( B1 ^6 v% aAllied aircraft losses; h. o0 I9 L C, x n) u' K# Q
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged" k5 a/ y" i, j% W
) Z. |5 |$ f9 h1 F/ D: O" [% H1 AJapanese Ships
0 G, {9 w* r/ d) R$ K9 M xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
. b8 S, K: ?7 P/ M4 W( d xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage; t: C4 \$ j3 b! t
AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage$ I" b; v& g$ a2 x( f0 `+ `5 N' C
AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage0 J% \4 j( o! S! L/ P) G+ P$ M% g
xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk0 C& V+ X, R M7 J' {3 \( n
xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk4 S, U& y) P5 _6 N
xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
8 V v& G5 A: C) M2 [1 | xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage& {0 `% o; G N4 b9 ?
xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
$ h) t& S0 `6 }$ R) A7 O xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
* X) m/ q1 T' Y' ?, J P0 }2 m; O xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage' R# ~$ ] h- q, M, w
xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
& i- z9 k0 H8 ]- y1 ] CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 2( T; p: d' |( w" Y/ `
xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |