AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 28, 42
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9 N9 R0 F' o- ]# a8 O2 G1 `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。
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9 I* ^: S$ A' V8 z9 ]' PAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Wallis Island at 142,155/ \5 @& C0 O0 _+ v% S
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
1 ?5 e5 o3 l" p: J2 U/ PEstimated time to target is 28 minutes7 a! ]: u7 m0 s3 b% ^& Y+ g
8 I* p1 j. E. T! K; ~Japanese aircraft
# n% h# l2 Z0 W8 I: M5 U" x9 \ A6M2 Zero x 90 F% b9 c9 g4 ~8 l* k
G4M1 Betty x 16
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3 l5 ~" |+ Y3 N( ^" x' W, iAllied aircraft% c# `- o" _6 R3 F
F4F-3A Wildcat x 30
" \1 k% Z6 N- {. L7 M+ Q( E F4F-3 Wildcat x 60
" y* r. ^1 {$ K% m F4F-4 Wildcat x 79
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Japanese aircraft losses
+ t9 m9 \' L0 D" c A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
% i; e# {4 v+ P8 _# S G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged
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2 j6 C+ J) W* i z0 uAllied aircraft losses
8 R/ b4 n9 a) X( G F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed+ r! Q4 R% Z" x7 W7 V
- a i; N9 E( Z4 r4 j& D% rAllied Ships
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Savaii at 146,1594 r* j' A$ i. N7 f! r; I" Z
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
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( j; Q4 l0 r2 o% h1 p5 o8 ]& TRaid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
( x( `; K& }! ?4 AEstimated time to target is 14 minutes, s( n0 h3 E; |! L
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Allied aircraft. g! x$ t9 ]+ {8 @5 g4 k- }
F4F-3A Wildcat x 18
. c+ I8 A+ ^' @ g8 x& h* D F4F-3 Wildcat x 36( H- l% X/ Y) r& F* w
F4F-4 Wildcat x 44
; \) M# I1 S4 t1 i SBD-2 Dauntless x 18
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TBF-1 Avenger x 30
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* I5 y( G' Y1 k7 qJapanese Ships
* P; s1 J& v* S7 C4 c/ Z! _ xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk1 F$ k9 P) J3 w# x- N: Y, t- M
xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
2 ]2 t4 }: h1 k0 F AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
& L9 k6 \9 \1 v( y AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage
( M: J7 l4 q2 ^) ^6 p; m xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk& V* E2 j5 m3 X n) J
xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
6 j1 \# R1 W9 \2 m xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
! j7 B7 i" w/ p! O: z' } xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage: k# i4 O: H( }. F( _" [
xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage. e( m0 i) |- q/ A4 P
xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage( {$ ^* M# _8 b4 \$ K( y
xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage6 U$ |8 h8 \; v7 N( E1 z e
xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk9 X4 B9 y! L- ?+ ^
CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 2
$ K5 C* U* c, ?- o9 a8 H0 A xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |