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," s/ ]( C, \+ Z t) U* n4 W5 v
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 113,134 p% [1 X, c" u, \+ E
7 J8 C9 C5 @# S5 PWeather in hex: Overcast8 L$ Y" Q* e |/ e
- s' p3 L- g% f1 v& n$ CRaid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
. h, u: y4 J# R( M2 W4 hEstimated time to target is 21 minutes
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Japanese aircraft% L& V/ d4 H# x: J9 r
A6M8 Zero x 59" B# C# p- B+ y) m" D: `- _
A7M2 Sam x 76' J7 e. ?9 w9 B2 E+ R
B7A2 Grace x 134$ y4 @2 O' X3 r m5 K9 N+ |! }
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Allied aircraft
- V: G. [7 p" |" G5 y. E F4U-1A Corsair x 14% ?- A& o D0 {
F6F-5 Hellcat x 56
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Japanese aircraft losses+ H6 c9 y5 y3 N
A6M8 Zero: 6 destroyed4 D) r b9 c/ {. d) A
A7M2 Sam: 5 destroyed! s& }1 y3 k7 q0 l( V4 j+ z# z
B7A2 Grace: 7 destroyed, 26 damaged
+ D6 E9 P5 ^4 Z+ ^ h4 Z4 f6 K1 Y B7A2 Grace: 1 destroyed by flak
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# N4 V/ W1 A3 ^. u% ]Allied aircraft losses
: L5 m- r9 w( \# V+ a F4U-1A Corsair: 2 destroyed$ s! }4 C1 P! J z h3 U
F6F-5 Hellcat: 20 destroyed: m( J7 ^/ k/ U& M% t& I$ K
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Allied Ships+ L7 L- K E6 N8 c7 c7 E$ a" k5 }
CV Hancock, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk
, ?0 l6 T4 E. K h CV Indomitable, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk$ Z0 [0 ~3 b: e" k+ l
CVE Munda, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk5 K$ P4 A M$ X" d
CVE Bougainville, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
0 t! c6 O5 }1 Y1 T DE Manlove, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk+ x. Y( p) |% f/ a* Y
CVE Attu, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage; r' B# w7 _6 _' z
DE Lovering
" L8 s& i# G+ u# W& r" X+ r& \7 s DE Lyman, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
2 X4 P& n% F3 o8 C) f ^ CVE Roi, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage! _) q8 {0 ?: k v8 ^; [
DE Charles R. Greer, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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