AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 25, 42
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. I1 H R+ j" r; u: k( t% I- T% oNight Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 1 k+ A" C& L1 E/ {3 b* v
2 V* h# o G+ V5 l: P& S* k! N, \Weather in hex: Light cloud$ ?& \- S& t% {0 E. i& M
/ \& N- B* L% O0 Q- cRaid spotted at 82 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.& z: q$ g4 u N+ s
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes
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Japanese aircraft- L- n; _# c: F
G4M1 Betty x 10) i0 T+ r" s) ]8 L2 S0 P% D/ {' [
" y! Y* n" V% @( kAllied aircraft3 l1 Q/ S* v& k
no flights9 R( q+ s8 M' J
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No Japanese losses
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Allied aircraft losses
1 {7 ? s# ^% g& x0 X Kittyhawk IA: 3 damaged1 B v N0 ~1 N& W
P-39D Airacobra: 3 damaged! g, s. M* u5 P0 a" p
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed on ground
0 U( {/ F& G$ ?6 b Catalina I: 2 damaged' b9 ~: |$ g6 @, c# c5 H
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Airbase hits 2; s, D5 _. q' F- M# Z
Runway hits 11
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+ @2 B5 `9 t) v: sNight Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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" |) ]# B5 A7 bWeather in hex: Light cloud9 i- i- B, Z2 k3 x" k0 E% A0 J
& |" _9 W- b/ x# C8 O& x6 ]Raid detected at 49 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.1 q, y( X( G5 X8 o; \
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes! d* a( l( ^7 I. m N
0 u2 }1 ]+ F4 f9 yJapanese aircraft
: B$ _1 H0 a3 P3 t: i G4M1 Betty x 8
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4 b/ ~3 ^; o; ^, k# ZAllied aircraft
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3 [- E0 R) u$ b+ p% k, mNo Japanese losses4 O; A/ m# D, ]( Z1 H# }
9 K( v+ B/ Q- I+ U/ z% pAllied aircraft losses
+ m( v& M# [5 a" n Catalina I: 1 damaged
. b* B- g( j w0 g- j' t& ` Kittyhawk IA: 1 damaged/ p2 G# k1 O2 O0 Q$ c# ?
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed on ground
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Airbase hits 3
9 j* ]2 Y: \2 U* \, TRunway hits 1
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Night Naval bombardment of Milne Bay at 101,133+ q* l( w. |+ R0 \5 ?" }
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no flights
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Allied aircraft losses
% T+ i. o; |! m9 g: g# _, y8 D Kittyhawk IA: 3 damaged
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5 r4 e; {6 X9 S3 N% H: M+ l& K2 o( OJapanese Ships
' } s" |% { R8 {! E0 N* I CA Kako
/ O5 q% ~5 N5 w8 X3 { CA Furutaka
) e+ `+ \7 Y7 ?& R) t CA Kinugasa: W8 Y5 J* y; {2 d6 x- \
CA Aoba
8 O+ A3 R# p: S8 t& p- I, H CA Chokai8 Z# e8 G* y. n* h4 S o
CL Yubari
" l& E( Y6 O8 a* _1 h8 t CL Tatsuta
( H% ~$ d8 \4 s/ _" g, y5 T CL Tenryu
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/ c+ ~0 I) Y* H$ p! e" \4 nAllied ground losses:
, z0 ^& O/ P0 }: A% ?- s* A0 L$ m 57 casualties reported1 x7 }8 c* _. N
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled; g, K% w" S& P/ j F9 {
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled% q; a/ O% Y4 s
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
' ^& j9 \4 ?5 P4 J Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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, _% X- T6 M: [- q7 }- G) o9 [Airbase hits 3
# {5 _% s3 r/ n7 YAirbase supply hits 5
" b+ ]* X& _, S. J6 W; A! H5 ^5 n# _$ NRunway hits 10
5 G% p2 p( _# C4 E9 ~2 J5 TPort hits 182 P5 s. s9 \3 ]. Z3 l
Port supply hits 30 U8 A0 l2 O Q F2 _. }
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9 D$ H4 R! \* H8 hMorning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129 ; W, Y' z0 x$ Q. @ F7 ^
q; ]7 H2 l1 y$ x) o2 p, PWeather in hex: Thunderstorms7 ]) d9 v2 \0 F# v3 Q/ y; q
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Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.9 b/ F9 I& d$ i, }. ~0 l
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
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Allied aircraft
: v: ?6 o( E2 d) v4 K$ G, V B-17E Fortress x 17
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7 B. M; O5 b, z0 c# g# o+ LAllied aircraft losses
8 u4 A" j1 Z9 S2 I, E9 K B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged |