AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 25, 42
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8 Q8 Z& z; @! H/ _5 z$ a1 d. `Night Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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0 }, O9 l6 b9 g) z; K }Weather in hex: Light cloud2 c. a+ U: B+ n; @
: w! m% Q' u; x- o9 F% J4 J, j) ~Raid spotted at 82 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.& K$ l+ }. M4 P, D: C% z4 E# g2 U
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes% s( p. N; Z, z9 M9 W
7 F/ Y& {3 b6 r' jJapanese aircraft
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Allied aircraft/ R7 k0 e6 {6 ~6 w7 y% e
no flights
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No Japanese losses
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Allied aircraft losses
& G' @. [& ^! z' |5 L% h Kittyhawk IA: 3 damaged P; C0 R' a0 A" N: D3 |7 d
P-39D Airacobra: 3 damaged/ [0 V3 |9 |6 h! ~$ t7 [
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed on ground7 }7 [, d* K8 B3 l& J4 N; E& }
Catalina I: 2 damaged
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; |7 ]: o6 x) Z# V% UAirbase hits 2
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Night Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Light cloud
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4 Q! M; Y4 l5 ^( S# V9 gRaid detected at 49 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
& |8 S2 n% S( s! o0 S7 O {! a+ EEstimated time to target is 17 minutes7 J) y2 z3 p) n) H7 b
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Japanese aircraft' k* O3 I. w. S7 j
G4M1 Betty x 83 Q* r* s X+ l
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No Japanese losses* u9 j1 Q) S- s' W9 G
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# V0 Q1 P& S" F4 N$ H Catalina I: 1 damaged& X: b( T, @( \3 U5 n
Kittyhawk IA: 1 damaged
+ K w( d% g% b7 P Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed on ground: i$ }/ x2 O. [' q" K
+ e) B$ {" X) m& H+ LAirbase hits 3
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% O7 l q' d6 z: I$ fNight Naval bombardment of Milne Bay at 101,133
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no flights
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Allied aircraft losses
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) V0 f5 U0 N8 d* {5 eJapanese Ships& l) N9 c$ j. m+ R+ w9 t
CA Kako
. H$ i5 A9 K! {# L, [- P) b+ J CA Furutaka
- f/ z- ` m: U) F1 [& e8 ^6 H CA Kinugasa
# {. n: \% L0 K3 p) I2 N8 C CA Aoba
& g6 ^# q+ G8 }/ ] CA Chokai
6 `8 e; f) w! ~% Y Y0 b4 I2 | CL Yubari
; e4 a9 R7 ^, c CL Tatsuta
5 _ l' A1 j8 c9 m) K8 \* s! ` CL Tenryu1 N) A$ X( J: y& u$ y1 z$ w! U
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Allied ground losses:' G- z, ?3 t% S. C3 P, T; r i
57 casualties reported ]; v2 j" Z1 g
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled2 Q* Z) [& n1 l W! ?2 _
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled
" C% h$ r# I* ? K' J) l Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
# z6 f. D ]0 _2 G+ j1 v Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)3 j6 O( x. g" Z, i. G
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Airbase hits 3
6 Y; A0 B( [1 W6 {3 v( B( UAirbase supply hits 5
S' G; j$ f/ r0 eRunway hits 10
! s- R9 n7 j1 VPort hits 18
1 U5 q3 w, i9 Q0 t: X: j0 Z7 WPort supply hits 3
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* r# Q3 u/ _' t9 S, R+ oMorning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129 5 I2 h9 I) D" R! g
8 g5 e3 }3 V3 o. g( r- MWeather in hex: Thunderstorms
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( H/ E' \) [* u4 `6 F/ VRaid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
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Allied aircraft
/ A0 k9 Q) T" g+ ? B-17E Fortress x 170 |) i3 w9 U; \, q" X3 w6 Z
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Allied aircraft losses
) ^- ]+ u, F3 m B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged |