AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 25, 42& f5 Y+ K7 _6 s4 S. G6 T# A. n& t4 E
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Night Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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/ }) {& B' B0 W. k4 G( U. W/ T7 l) }Weather in hex: Light cloud
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Raid spotted at 82 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.$ A7 n9 S& V) `$ Q% L
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes N- t8 K, j4 [
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Japanese aircraft9 R$ u* @% ~$ n% d( x8 A5 Z% T
G4M1 Betty x 100 L. K( U1 h3 I* J0 r
( k1 o" U8 T2 ~3 {# o bAllied aircraft
5 X& T, O/ H$ n1 a, @7 i no flights7 X0 m7 _( o2 S, B9 r
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No Japanese losses8 g( I/ B+ l. M. Y1 W. m
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Allied aircraft losses
9 J- t7 S9 t g Kittyhawk IA: 3 damaged
( i, p$ e/ Q( G- d, G+ e% b( Q; x P-39D Airacobra: 3 damaged. m4 W$ k5 w1 B* a
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed on ground
& V* Q/ O2 [3 Z8 G) b2 @ Catalina I: 2 damaged
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4 K$ [9 o# G F/ k. TAirbase hits 2
0 b% |( l8 z' L* C# ]# i" ]) DRunway hits 11
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; l6 U5 q7 E/ o$ z* UNight Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 + o! [; E$ i" B2 c" Z/ u
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/ \7 X* @! i1 Z W% [, lRaid detected at 49 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.8 }2 d+ H# _( o; Q- ~7 w
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
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Allied aircraft3 { `: D& X4 v/ u( R& B) {9 I
no flights
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% N H! x/ J) x9 O" n# PNo Japanese losses! Q& Y" r4 `8 x' t
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Allied aircraft losses3 [$ g4 a& H' K9 k2 S8 V% h
Catalina I: 1 damaged
; r9 Q1 ^2 Z0 l5 m Kittyhawk IA: 1 damaged
5 K! }: M% ^% B1 E Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed on ground' W0 @" V7 j) v' g
4 C, Z" ^( v& q9 \: G( }( dAirbase hits 3
6 B) ]* E! ?+ Q/ W( iRunway hits 1
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6 X0 i& K% E9 Y' }6 Q0 JNight Naval bombardment of Milne Bay at 101,133' Q& c8 w' ?) I7 I" Z# _7 g
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Allied aircraft# Y! S: q {: W
no flights
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Allied aircraft losses
9 c. W D0 T& b. c$ S Kittyhawk IA: 3 damaged7 l" }% G+ `2 M% b
$ K- I. k+ y) J4 O8 W# c& S5 A8 LJapanese Ships
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1 L2 i. ^1 X& b$ Y% L9 G ] CA Furutaka% i P9 L% u4 [' M& C2 k- q) N
CA Kinugasa7 T. B4 \8 J& ~3 w+ A
CA Aoba
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CL Yubari- p" a; K7 k; D- j( H# x- N
CL Tatsuta
8 w o) i+ X5 x4 u. b. p+ P5 c CL Tenryu
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Allied ground losses:( _2 X+ V. k7 m0 _* s0 t% j/ J$ _
57 casualties reported3 J* _9 i; E% h
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
b U. Y3 `4 U Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled
3 L X0 g K V9 d* K. w Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
! a" P `5 s3 V, h Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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Airbase hits 3, f- c( W3 @) Q
Airbase supply hits 5" A! M( D# D! [- \8 X
Runway hits 10. r3 B, k2 `0 }% H5 r
Port hits 18
9 z7 n* {+ b& @: p+ Q6 D( RPort supply hits 3# S4 k% C* @0 }/ K. T8 G
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: I1 k- G, s2 D/ c) z8 p' j$ TMorning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129
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Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
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1 B0 T) B6 ^- p: Y& e. rRaid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. H/ t& c# E: _3 O+ o; n
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes& N3 T6 p8 d3 W1 R
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Allied aircraft
8 y) x7 N& O1 ]& Q B-17E Fortress x 17
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9 M# ?3 {/ t, d9 d5 HAllied aircraft losses7 C5 P8 W* s, U; t; k& w' ]( U0 D# D
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged |