AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 28, 429 p/ u" D y7 z5 M, W- y" W
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- A* \" |1 Z/ Q& E$ l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。6 _9 W* c! c8 `& a( M4 i. h
日军的陆攻未能突破58直掩圈。# R" C" ?% L8 {( X5 S
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: M6 ]1 t# t' WAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Wallis Island at 142,155
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Weather in hex: Light rain
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet., v: L6 s# l$ p) q
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes% V& ~! n' u, r1 B( @
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A6M2 Zero x 9
( r' M% B- q8 V% I$ ~ G4M1 Betty x 16
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6 F, q9 v# M# a( fAllied aircraft/ Z9 K! O8 _* |6 D% ], o
F4F-3A Wildcat x 30( x! d. \7 Y+ {4 B n. u
F4F-3 Wildcat x 60
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! d6 d( Q; s1 bJapanese aircraft losses9 p n6 ^- ~- L) W
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed3 g* Z3 `& O9 r5 A/ k6 o
G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged" ^( H: `. M4 \; x, ]
2 y( m% p# }8 M9 n1 P7 QAllied aircraft losses, n& y0 S9 \% p0 b4 P# Z, V D) W% {
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
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DD Buchanan
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0 Y; t% I. e" o+ m; DAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Savaii at 146,159
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/ h, E$ T$ x& G+ l1 _8 y$ n! OWeather in hex: Heavy cloud# h m+ n/ ?: i! ^4 Y- n
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Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
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Allied aircraft
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6 K6 K- s$ ^1 Y6 n( d F4F-3 Wildcat x 36& V2 s& \! U9 f0 |/ m: g5 v: N
F4F-4 Wildcat x 442 s+ ?4 B4 Y. _# u8 }+ M. C- M* M
SBD-2 Dauntless x 182 C7 C; G' C7 Y
SBD-3 Dauntless x 81; x" r% F2 ~4 @6 Y7 a3 i
TBF-1 Avenger x 30
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SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged6 @1 ^# m$ N4 o ]% p1 {
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Japanese Ships8 T- {% `7 E/ q: E7 T
xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk( s9 {* W4 G6 B/ b
xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage' S7 M; t* P& T5 f1 [. g( i& o5 w
AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage% D M7 Y+ W4 W
AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage
, a3 W: P! x% W1 }. Y$ D xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk
, ?8 a L& g0 }# A xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
6 u4 H- @! O- o# ]* h+ Q! Q4 E xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk) V( e$ D" T5 B% I$ M* d7 ^5 P7 h V
xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage+ i' c( \( @3 g& \0 A: v/ r* y
xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage1 D% G/ W8 J6 G* O/ \, u
xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
. R" F6 h3 A# g' |( f/ D! A xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage5 z1 e" d7 p3 L& U( Q7 Z" O: ^; _7 Z& p
xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk" p0 W; x1 p+ s2 j' V5 K: z
CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 2
' b( T" z& ^9 J! d& R# i* J xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |