AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 28, 42
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1 k5 V: d6 V/ ~& f# f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 i! x" n s# U/ L! R4 z9 F日军的陆攻未能突破58直掩圈。
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8 ^- g. E' X: f; MAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Wallis Island at 142,155
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% L) K& d5 J2 lWeather in hex: Light rain( }6 k6 D9 S; N5 H i
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
( P7 |9 a" z& ]7 l5 O$ D" T# t: i% cEstimated time to target is 28 minutes
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Japanese aircraft7 Z) A: E) O0 V" F
A6M2 Zero x 9
' p0 q% R0 y$ U& I+ t G4M1 Betty x 16
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9 m) ^- Y: j2 E* D9 U8 D8 OAllied aircraft
& ^# D! v. x- Z F4F-3A Wildcat x 30
. c, i4 n8 m, E" L& c6 A F4F-3 Wildcat x 604 b6 q4 a3 u. n' v. _
F4F-4 Wildcat x 798 n+ a& _ h( J4 A/ l9 z
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Japanese aircraft losses2 Z( M, m5 U: f+ Y. U
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
0 v$ U d. w3 c+ k G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged% q' R$ g4 H1 s1 K
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Allied aircraft losses
( V: I8 e# c9 _ ^8 T F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed3 y: \8 R% l- f* ^- \$ L! e
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Allied Ships
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6 I5 c5 k* U1 `/ O2 JAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Savaii at 146,159
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$ [; n/ T1 o) |) j: V3 L6 vWeather in hex: Heavy cloud
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/ Z" i0 N K/ D! l! b7 N7 HRaid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.& [$ X3 `3 }) W
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
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Allied aircraft$ U: z4 c/ s# Q5 p+ o
F4F-3A Wildcat x 18
5 W* P: k0 D+ J F4F-3 Wildcat x 36 w: z" {* }, @' N0 o$ u* P
F4F-4 Wildcat x 440 P# Y) [8 a6 _6 [7 V5 }9 F- v
SBD-2 Dauntless x 18) U! l3 ~% R. F3 S# Y
SBD-3 Dauntless x 81
1 Y1 t* @" m! {$ {, A TBF-1 Avenger x 30' J1 b, w5 u3 Q! w5 x; g% V. Z+ x: P
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SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged6 ~; ^) x4 l- i' M
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Japanese Ships
$ t+ H; f( I* X- A, D" }3 I0 O8 ^: L4 ] xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
/ p8 O F( F& w" a+ W xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage0 Z/ L3 d/ c, O& H" f+ r
AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage% F' W# L! M7 [, B
AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage* j1 i# ?2 S4 g9 P7 T
xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk1 f; L3 O I7 d$ ~4 W4 F* Z
xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk, g9 H% P. T9 z/ L. B" R
xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
( d# `/ }) H( U3 | xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage: r( m' [' o1 l1 ?
xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage8 c; W$ ]3 \0 K6 j
xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
2 r1 i- R7 ~8 q0 J: H& T. x* j3 d xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
. d# c8 [" N3 N; K xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
& u6 r: p E. w7 f. p CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 24 o3 s; o) T/ F& J: \ u
xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |