AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 28, 42
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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。3 I' T" I% C; u( h2 F6 e$ N+ Z# K" ]
日军的陆攻未能突破58直掩圈。
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& @+ z: p3 L8 yAfternoon 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.. k: g, R! G( B3 s* F3 Z5 ]
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes8 n: u' S6 A& x0 c9 D
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Japanese aircraft& D1 ~$ ]! {5 I _) p5 @% D `# v; I; F# a
A6M2 Zero x 9/ W# e, L0 B3 M) f+ k* Y; V- @# ?
G4M1 Betty x 16; G# y* n1 R7 K4 R# V* K( q2 v
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Allied aircraft# Z7 l4 [7 ]" u! @. v
F4F-3A Wildcat x 30
8 ?/ I; F2 X% Y- n }) ? F4F-3 Wildcat x 60
0 b! x" f# i8 T& O# F( g* ~ F4F-4 Wildcat x 79
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Japanese aircraft losses0 l: D" n C. T. y
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
: V7 C4 ~& u7 d! V' y. R8 g G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged# p4 B" X7 i: I4 v2 d! K- Z
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Allied aircraft losses! x. `8 w" ]0 P# s9 C; ^/ ?
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
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Allied Ships+ F; @' c' j6 p* E6 N( b: m+ {7 x
DD Buchanan; w+ M% w, m, o4 o! P
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Savaii at 146,159
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud% U$ x2 T) k! }8 C
+ B- s' X) X5 @1 WRaid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.- c5 \5 o8 D7 E* k4 s) \
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes0 c; f( Z- v: \, p! h" {& Y4 }; U
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Allied aircraft' S: x; b+ {5 p" F: ?4 Q( h
F4F-3A Wildcat x 18
5 ~& N; d9 Y5 ^, z5 h' z F4F-3 Wildcat x 36
0 |8 p- ?% m% h F4F-4 Wildcat x 44
$ A' `: n6 I6 m. I SBD-2 Dauntless x 18
! C$ T, X) t: I& T SBD-3 Dauntless x 81' O+ c$ N& l0 ~" A, ^& X) Z
TBF-1 Avenger x 308 G6 U6 D# ~- `) M
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Allied aircraft losses
1 [/ j5 [ K3 d3 b3 t8 K6 Q7 l) n SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
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2 @' A/ |$ Q- [$ t/ rJapanese Ships
" J& r% v" P: [ G xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk" _( H* {6 Y4 R$ e
xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage" A _/ I* H0 o" Q
AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage5 Q5 T$ v/ ^/ P- L7 }
AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage4 n% w! x' r; n5 p/ x
xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk' Z9 I2 L7 }7 ^& ?4 d" V! N9 e) p
xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
6 k5 q* N% E" M xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
: J$ j" F4 R6 w xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage4 O) {& u/ A, e s( j
xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage( j- i3 |3 n# }9 ~4 o
xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
# J2 k5 M5 M1 ~) S6 j0 P n1 { xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
! h }% F2 d% p# R8 {* e: f xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk3 t. R- s; F( b2 E9 P2 X
CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 26 u- J% ^" ~; k9 `
xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |