AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 28, 42. G; ]3 {: Q; W8 [$ @
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E5 E" ~9 s8 S5 E1 N$ ]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。! e! [, ~2 q: N) r S! `7 W
日军的陆攻未能突破58直掩圈。6 J# w- |8 @) q' z- C& y! Q
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( n, X0 A$ s" S+ S( UAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Wallis Island at 142,155
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: p- D7 U, M9 |/ BWeather in hex: Light rain
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4 S' B1 C# Y/ y9 B5 |, K& D3 xRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
; x; G% a0 v7 l" V( z$ |! NEstimated time to target is 28 minutes( X5 \6 g) Q4 H1 T' ]; [
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Japanese aircraft
1 I9 L4 X+ L- R) G A6M2 Zero x 95 l- @7 O! k( x. s+ |0 w2 x
G4M1 Betty x 16
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Allied aircraft
* B, N/ q1 _) w0 U+ b F4F-3A Wildcat x 30
c# a3 p0 r, N+ b$ N- ?2 b F4F-3 Wildcat x 60; H9 H6 `3 H W+ g6 G4 j: W
F4F-4 Wildcat x 79/ O( R4 R X5 _1 o: ^
: \0 T: g+ L. Z, w6 lJapanese aircraft losses9 N3 a1 R+ a; u2 P' i" L/ M1 {
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
, }% Q9 k1 Q' G( Q$ e G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged$ g- x: `+ `% |* J# ]9 [
; [2 g4 O- a( v3 BAllied aircraft losses
9 u, p4 f% B8 X. h4 {& n! x F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed/ H8 @! s; D6 k1 a; b# a3 E
( }8 w/ Q6 j/ W, M7 UAllied Ships
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( Z: X, M! K1 E& Q- s6 ?Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Savaii at 146,159
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud, U2 y ~! z$ o, F- y9 e
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Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
; H. L3 v. {8 [1 J3 G* @Estimated time to target is 14 minutes7 y/ J- I1 ~/ ^4 o) r& O
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Allied aircraft F0 H2 F. v" c* y% m) I0 p, C
F4F-3A Wildcat x 18
5 V1 q6 ~& x N1 B# n F4F-3 Wildcat x 36
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( `+ ?. R+ R* s" G% y SBD-2 Dauntless x 18
4 @, W3 N1 P6 H5 K3 L SBD-3 Dauntless x 81
8 q x! D- R. a8 B. p- a1 N TBF-1 Avenger x 301 l* t t$ E7 }" k" z" H" K
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Allied aircraft losses( `6 w# a2 j. ?2 k7 _% p4 u1 ~1 M
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged$ L/ @ n( r; M( I. j8 i3 Y$ d+ q" [
" k' P) t, J @0 }3 o% L& tJapanese Ships( I( t3 x0 @) x8 b
xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
' _6 U+ h# L$ ` U xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage2 o# V! j( P4 U6 r
AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
( r, v6 f( `6 C AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage( ?& k9 T9 ?. O
xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk; a* s9 W: R! J9 |7 b+ ^# [2 m8 [4 C
xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
/ Z* o; f4 l' P7 C2 v xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
& V5 ?7 E \! h- N xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage9 t9 D" Y8 y2 X* S
xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage( \( f. O1 G* B" \
xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage" _) C. S# D# f: c) }# ?
xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
! U! o1 z- x& q, I+ }5 S xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
# @0 Y9 [/ `6 X* s CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 2
( p% z1 E! l$ g6 C: T8 F7 ]8 | xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |