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,5 q3 L1 Y5 j3 x" V
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 113,134$ A* N% K' H3 e
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Weather in hex: Overcast
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Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
% @9 E% m* H5 [ h9 _ } y; TEstimated time to target is 21 minutes
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A7M2 Sam x 76
* h5 R3 @ \* f B7A2 Grace x 1340 V+ p0 t3 h, v( L% g; t+ T
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Allied aircraft
" L! ^1 ]; B i% ?0 u F4U-1A Corsair x 14$ `0 q( N1 `& `! d2 w
F6F-5 Hellcat x 56# E: h3 u" V2 n* C" `7 |
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Japanese aircraft losses7 k# D; Q. B6 o6 c. ~, o
A6M8 Zero: 6 destroyed
3 I( n# k2 y6 g# D A7M2 Sam: 5 destroyed
& S* I+ F8 j# q! a& L8 i4 J B7A2 Grace: 7 destroyed, 26 damaged
# I* w$ U. E t7 b B7A2 Grace: 1 destroyed by flak
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Allied aircraft losses
% R9 k% T, d3 L* e$ D+ W F4U-1A Corsair: 2 destroyed0 U% G1 c0 z5 ~' \$ D
F6F-5 Hellcat: 20 destroyed6 r7 @7 R5 |$ B
/ f; Q) v8 @6 u2 f% zAllied Ships4 i `; ~2 f1 {, |, _
CV Hancock, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk I) f. }2 g# t8 c6 }
CV Indomitable, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
, p& i0 x8 m% C& ?9 J CVE Munda, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
! D2 c; `7 [4 u: Y8 X2 ? CVE Bougainville, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage% |: i- X* s# [
DE Manlove, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk. \+ h$ v3 S- o
CVE Attu, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage5 M6 q8 J. F7 |, |) f1 f
DE Lovering0 v: W4 X3 J0 h" d* X4 _
DE Lyman, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk" b5 i4 w! Q3 ]/ M- f: V1 c
CVE Roi, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
" Q9 h3 d; `/ \; R `) u6 s) N3 \ DE Charles R. Greer, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk5 A/ j4 P1 }9 p6 Y# b" j" C. j
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