AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 28, 42& y( V5 c2 F+ U5 M
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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。& U9 q, g, t, q5 I
日军的陆攻未能突破58直掩圈。! N) [" C. ~) i6 ?" o; O. t
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Afternoon 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.
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Japanese aircraft+ `$ {* u. a) u& E, j. V4 P5 t
A6M2 Zero x 9
, J% ? v6 C! [8 ?% o, r G4M1 Betty x 16( N5 c9 e1 n+ o# k0 i6 u/ H' c( K
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, W4 \& ~3 |. T; P7 U0 E# S F4F-3A Wildcat x 305 p0 G9 B/ o- e! l4 _! E
F4F-3 Wildcat x 609 p+ k0 `4 t& \ d& `8 j
F4F-4 Wildcat x 79
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$ F8 B( u* U& b# a! FJapanese aircraft losses
! d0 n n# w2 E7 G2 g* v, z: k, `# _ A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
) M% K! }# ]! [6 _& p G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged
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# o5 ~& U' W( @5 w F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed! k D( ^. D& a, L! o; }6 P
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Savaii at 146,159) I8 m" z+ ?! R( }4 I- }
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# m2 i0 {( u& i9 ORaid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
& }( m! J! i% t3 @- MEstimated time to target is 14 minutes1 a' C. p' F1 ~
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F4F-3A Wildcat x 18- p9 g5 n" @- V' E% k6 \5 B! Z
F4F-3 Wildcat x 36
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SBD-2 Dauntless x 18 `2 @: N/ x4 d
SBD-3 Dauntless x 81
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SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
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Japanese Ships
8 G9 _! |# q5 o1 x3 I- E3 f: G xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
6 b7 c' A6 R0 b7 Y4 C. n xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
8 [' g( M t1 v& A$ B+ C! ^9 g" r AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
; E4 E' r$ N6 O8 p3 u/ a AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage- M' O' Y4 f4 Y% l# a
xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk
4 U% r9 n- I* ~: { m xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
/ W" f. z* p8 R8 _. I xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk4 r! v g1 t: W8 Q: r
xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
: @8 n: \& B0 p# \* R$ o4 c. ? xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage( U, x/ Y$ y, S" E" f
xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
j' J# O3 j, U9 b5 Z" N xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage6 d- g6 u, S& @8 W9 l/ m
xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk, K1 U/ H. B( q' X. t5 o/ u) y% ^
CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 2
- T* y9 a# h; T5 z xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |