所罗门的血腥地狱又添新魂,蝗军针对过于前出的盟军登陆船团发起轮番攻击,击沉汉考克号和不屈号2艘舰队航母,3艘CVE,蝗军损失作战飞机300多架,
7 }9 d9 o. J/ C0 dAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 113,134
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: L; n# s$ r' \! {% i' sRaid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.$ z+ G! v* x k C
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes& P1 F, ]1 b0 ~% e5 i1 v, F0 @4 ~
$ ~8 ? p$ E0 \3 x7 ?9 ? x. jJapanese aircraft
' ]/ @, r# y' G8 P A6M8 Zero x 59
* d+ j. L. u" j/ F* }% | A7M2 Sam x 76
$ }& a! U6 ?% d$ c B7A2 Grace x 134
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2 K% \3 l O" G) }$ I" Y8 KAllied aircraft# O( _5 V# O# A3 r3 ]
F4U-1A Corsair x 14
3 P5 a0 ?' z! I F6F-5 Hellcat x 56
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Japanese aircraft losses
5 X X+ I, `% T A6M8 Zero: 6 destroyed
, j& x! l( L* a A7M2 Sam: 5 destroyed
) M! U" R# `. X/ A! p B7A2 Grace: 7 destroyed, 26 damaged+ X3 `) `: k* h7 z
B7A2 Grace: 1 destroyed by flak Q3 D# P/ z' L: t
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F4U-1A Corsair: 2 destroyed, G) j, N1 S$ ]+ x
F6F-5 Hellcat: 20 destroyed
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i! k& D$ d% H' {( dAllied Ships
/ V$ G' d1 O; w CV Hancock, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk" a' f' Y5 L* D m5 L
CV Indomitable, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
; U( K' t3 X& C2 [% T, `* r CVE Munda, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
1 o: z1 ?5 T* x) w6 X( I; k" g8 k CVE Bougainville, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
t2 ]0 k, I+ X# J3 E# _% Q, t DE Manlove, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk3 G- W0 F9 X) @! }" y Y4 C' q
CVE Attu, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
- ?0 t3 f7 }4 m: k/ I2 y i+ W$ s DE Lovering9 q9 F: v/ I# A5 R7 @* V/ N2 f
DE Lyman, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
) n n8 B3 k4 X' h/ b CVE Roi, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage8 b2 I* n9 R' r
DE Charles R. Greer, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk7 N0 d& Z5 U+ C' [/ ^) @
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