AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 28, 421 A) y1 n7 X$ G$ j
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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。" Q8 c5 _9 T8 A2 P; q9 u4 u
日军的陆攻未能突破58直掩圈。/ F( N# Q$ c: s/ M, [6 F
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Wallis Island at 142,155
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Weather in hex: Light rain
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& z0 @% T; `) O! rRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.9 b: s4 T; S2 m, F
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes
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2 _1 R: W/ r7 w6 _0 n' qJapanese aircraft
$ d# R; v( [, V* ? d( l A6M2 Zero x 9
! D j& d, e5 J3 U G4M1 Betty x 163 ]' h9 R2 u W0 l/ _1 G0 r9 _
: j4 L. j* Y' t2 ^% ^; GAllied aircraft
; _9 ~- V6 s( k. R7 f F4F-3A Wildcat x 30( T8 z9 R: U: z, `1 f. |5 l# g
F4F-3 Wildcat x 60
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: J1 ~+ ?. l& [' U2 Q0 ~Japanese aircraft losses7 Q( \' G' R' V. x
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed" T) O! n7 E1 _9 R
G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged) c9 m: _* t& ^( M/ B
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Allied aircraft losses
4 E* C) N' g7 ^% w F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed% `, E$ f2 h3 \
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6 ~1 e' B# l9 i# n( M+ \: mAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Savaii at 146,159) i2 y* I8 f( u8 F2 [
7 n0 a6 z- B; i& ~' dWeather in hex: Heavy cloud
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Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
+ e5 J t* g1 D* a, jEstimated time to target is 14 minutes& z/ g1 O$ \" n w" E' q6 ^
3 w0 @9 d4 a9 I4 }Allied aircraft
( [: \0 }/ @0 O3 F { F4F-3A Wildcat x 187 v {; Q' B L" Y+ V& l
F4F-3 Wildcat x 36( S" P; p, F/ n0 i
F4F-4 Wildcat x 44
' `7 S B; O% {8 d, L SBD-2 Dauntless x 184 x# _4 {; z3 f
SBD-3 Dauntless x 81& Y9 l+ _ R$ o2 B: M" e
TBF-1 Avenger x 301 C M, d6 G' J) m
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Allied aircraft losses9 B. ~- @8 I, H6 Z+ h- k7 |8 s: [
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
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3 \. Q0 E4 x& K4 _* w2 u) B2 f" ~8 _Japanese Ships
; |; i& F: {1 P# P1 d xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk. ^: \3 I' Y Y
xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
& \* V, ?8 J8 K# } AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage" c# \8 A+ @* o# T# ?( c% E G
AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage% B) @7 P7 f$ R& e) E) A
xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk
+ D. p1 Y5 J$ @ xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
+ r& n) n& s N0 D xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk" g, a, [) r, {
xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
9 C R5 E- ^- X# e6 n% X; W xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage, e: X$ ?$ z& H R4 n4 ]
xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
6 \4 [. F- u; y& K5 B xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
8 n; ?4 ^$ b. Y; p3 i' K) c xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
# Q w+ E x2 ~; [5 Q6 I+ m CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 2
, X( U3 G( }& o9 f1 H7 Z xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |