AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 28, 42% C: f7 }/ P. b) [3 h" E
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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。' R, I: j* M! _* T& a
日军的陆攻未能突破58直掩圈。4 k& d- q' Q2 {6 D C! }( X r( P
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( ?% i. v; Z+ d5 X7 X5 M7 x" t4 l' FAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Wallis Island at 142,155$ r" n7 |1 H5 X( M
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Weather in hex: Light rain
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/ I# n; o/ W" p! Z9 c9 r2 FRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.) N4 l' c# e% a t, N8 e9 x+ ~
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
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G4M1 Betty x 16
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Allied aircraft: i$ ?5 G* ~% ^# S3 h7 t, z8 Q5 R" h
F4F-3A Wildcat x 30
; ~( p) R4 V/ V% p7 o' o+ u F4F-3 Wildcat x 60
# J( |1 S) i' b$ d5 | F4F-4 Wildcat x 796 P- [6 G2 F5 j# U n5 W! M; x M* a
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A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed% J: \$ J3 q+ Q* C
G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged8 S3 \- |- g1 a( b
6 P9 E3 `' B9 ?( b) S0 L3 `Allied aircraft losses
; h, W9 I* z* V% Z. U F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed2 k7 k3 |# Y( M% g
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0 T& L+ M) k! f+ k7 eAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Savaii at 146,159
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6 _1 U& C. [+ s/ A2 P) b( aWeather in hex: Heavy cloud
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Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.% f, m$ z; A; s3 J ]
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes) d; }5 [, m) v: Z3 Q7 d
w) |5 ?) P) ]. HAllied aircraft6 D& _* p4 b4 ^+ o7 c
F4F-3A Wildcat x 18
3 g$ l1 o- g$ i1 f0 u F4F-3 Wildcat x 36; i( e# G% U7 {
F4F-4 Wildcat x 445 |; e E, K4 V
SBD-2 Dauntless x 18
; B: N2 M/ ~. X, C% }3 ]1 [. q, c SBD-3 Dauntless x 81
+ K1 V6 p @" N: H: G! f) l TBF-1 Avenger x 30
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Allied aircraft losses, _ F$ X7 |. f% y* w5 O" J
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
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( I& m V) d K v9 cJapanese Ships/ g, V L9 M8 H, Q* g6 p
xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
/ r. @; [ p6 X+ N xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
8 i" h7 d6 f% h7 C1 ~6 S AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
+ S7 f/ _, {% P& u- I AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage9 Z; C$ @, @& n( K: X+ c
xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk8 q6 r$ l$ M, A- N* j! t! H
xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
m* N O+ J3 J# w xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
8 d3 T1 W8 X% j& Z xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
. o$ j, }8 e( u+ c xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
) Q+ T8 O# `% C8 f& r" k8 [3 h" { xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage# J3 \1 o. e& @6 O1 p) l8 ?
xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
! U/ P$ L* g* V5 E xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk0 _! t4 n& k1 V% P- X
CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 2) |0 r" F9 j( Y8 ]5 {( W
xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |