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 Z ?& U* ^5 }) s/ U+ u; N2 N0 u
日军的陆攻未能突破58直掩圈。0 z. [3 `( u8 }! s$ T
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Wallis Island at 142,155
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6 R9 [5 ~0 P, A6 OWeather in hex: Light rain8 Y+ `( ?% t$ b; U
9 }: X( D% l9 D9 X4 |Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet., x' e; I% [( ]' X
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes$ w: m8 U- h! c& _# }! r
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Japanese aircraft
, l; {% p A3 n4 J( [; K A6M2 Zero x 9+ h3 }/ @4 I4 e; k3 Z" L
G4M1 Betty x 16$ X- y8 n5 S+ ?. h5 Q: o
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F4F-3 Wildcat x 60
4 I0 A: m9 \* v F4F-4 Wildcat x 79
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7 x, Q+ s8 S: c( V. y- iJapanese aircraft losses" z" G- A4 w2 y0 O. n
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed' a l# U' `* s3 V
G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged
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3 u7 j# f0 J- o& b) O3 F, G' UAllied aircraft losses
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Savaii at 146,159
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
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Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
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Allied aircraft6 M6 i: N( b$ z* w
F4F-3A Wildcat x 18
2 W7 {! @/ N* Q F4F-3 Wildcat x 36
: m$ S- ?, _% R* T- f+ a F4F-4 Wildcat x 44
" ^* H3 s* C8 ? SBD-2 Dauntless x 18. d. ^( U8 V M2 G
SBD-3 Dauntless x 81
4 n! c/ O7 j) P2 V3 a" l0 O TBF-1 Avenger x 30) _, _" Q8 R7 s* _# C- l
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Allied aircraft losses
7 N6 R2 Y3 a, i% d0 r SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
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Japanese Ships- z) O5 d. b, Z6 W7 T7 Y/ F4 ~
xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
- Q, Z- |4 L& R% A+ y. p( z0 x2 d2 }1 S xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
; ]. {* n) [$ O4 X AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage/ q/ H; v( G# h: \
AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage' k0 O# p1 X1 \. h) K
xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk
, U* G3 T1 A6 P2 j' t xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
8 ]* U( \+ Z4 D- A! ^+ J6 q; i xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk, O) v a4 `4 q* a- B; s5 t9 K, |
xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
, l& A0 D r2 O4 g( ? xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
O! B [0 r2 ]) g7 G xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage, {( G4 y7 {; D, h" ?
xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage5 H* B9 Z/ c7 ?1 @. M1 o
xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
% ^) l* g5 @0 e! e k$ x9 r CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 2
' C) O% S3 W3 b- K xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |