AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 28, 42. U. z' S9 m& v! m- T9 l0 {
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! u4 R& ]1 P3 f ZAfternoon 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.
& c, P V; l. z* M$ z1 f, \# \& kEstimated time to target is 28 minutes
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7 |' ~4 o: b7 q9 PJapanese aircraft+ K4 ]- Q& u) K# ^8 x8 Q9 ?
A6M2 Zero x 9
0 C3 J$ z% {% A$ m( Z& q; E5 ? G4M1 Betty x 16, Z [* e. x, N5 Y
^8 l1 b& Z" k4 ?) [' {0 \Allied aircraft( Z3 p- b) ^ ?0 R6 t
F4F-3A Wildcat x 30/ b' R8 S/ L7 Z2 [3 H, \2 A
F4F-3 Wildcat x 60
( e5 |2 i. c [8 J' K6 W: N F4F-4 Wildcat x 79
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' Z# u9 z' @ j9 ~* Z" K& }Japanese aircraft losses
4 z# U. [9 G z) E5 P- m A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
1 X) R2 V2 a$ U* U G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged
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Allied aircraft losses
- ~, U. f: {3 [) E F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
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Allied Ships5 O7 m7 ?/ t( C; X0 `! F
DD Buchanan l8 `8 |- h( o- ^9 f
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Savaii at 146,159
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud: m/ G3 r& W/ `9 l" ^& ?
8 _2 y8 ~0 y$ [, w1 L; WRaid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
8 L1 K. ]5 I3 _Estimated time to target is 14 minutes& M! [" `- V# R+ F$ x) u
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Allied aircraft
' d a0 j& U2 q* k" S5 W' K: G& | F4F-3A Wildcat x 18
) f6 H6 a* N8 V4 ^- N, o F4F-3 Wildcat x 36
( R2 O6 u' x$ u8 K1 x F4F-4 Wildcat x 44
3 Y0 w: u4 X$ F( Z4 `/ s SBD-2 Dauntless x 18, ^9 z- F) F% w) ~
SBD-3 Dauntless x 811 g6 G( @: d/ d% j8 Y
TBF-1 Avenger x 30$ c8 S0 E5 D6 R" L( j
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SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged: _ g0 ?% i, W+ P) E" w
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Japanese Ships6 I1 \# r) d, M: \/ j B
xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
. G4 G$ [; y A0 m/ D2 } xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
: U3 X# a: O( p0 { AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage' A+ g8 L' k- t
AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage! z* P; }0 P! w" }( ~6 |
xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk
9 r/ `1 y& K$ }& I xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
) ?% n/ T# Y: b' X( v; H- |" I xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk3 |: s" u" m$ }1 h! S& {
xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage# E1 V6 B. q2 g+ G
xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
+ D* \6 l3 L) W2 `$ C [ xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage3 U$ ?* c7 u8 M+ l1 \ X
xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
+ m5 u' y l: b$ w$ ]4 S xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
% z! n( _* \: f+ t CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 2' B: X; [2 Y$ I2 Z g
xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |