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,
* t( v: M& Y5 T7 J3 O z& [Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 113,1346 W3 I3 N( u" a5 t$ z1 N( @( Z
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1 y# n4 ^6 n% tRaid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
" T0 T3 K" g/ w. }# ZEstimated time to target is 21 minutes
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# h; `: O$ J, q' ?+ [/ HJapanese aircraft9 G5 b6 x; i1 ^7 u7 p }9 Q0 f
A6M8 Zero x 59% I( ~2 R9 @" Y5 c+ r$ Q5 f8 W
A7M2 Sam x 76
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, r a8 I3 G5 Z( v% C! b$ @Allied aircraft. W$ r$ E6 d" ?6 n B. P$ c/ N- ^- J
F4U-1A Corsair x 143 s2 d, O) K8 Q# b: _
F6F-5 Hellcat x 567 g4 ^, ]0 |% M; I
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Japanese aircraft losses
" |+ M: K y/ f4 E A6M8 Zero: 6 destroyed
; I; }' |; R4 Y+ {8 ^3 V A7M2 Sam: 5 destroyed' k( N1 X9 ~' `$ r* o0 C
B7A2 Grace: 7 destroyed, 26 damaged
* W/ [- o: D/ L# e3 ^ B7A2 Grace: 1 destroyed by flak
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Allied aircraft losses
% }9 e* ~5 r% h- n& d F4U-1A Corsair: 2 destroyed
' G. e. w: r5 |- f8 { F6F-5 Hellcat: 20 destroyed
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Allied Ships3 K, [" u k+ s' S% ~5 ^
CV Hancock, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk
{2 ~+ _# ?' \& j CV Indomitable, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk. Z0 O/ a& |* a0 S
CVE Munda, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
4 C7 o6 ]. l% J) Z$ K CVE Bougainville, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage: r- g7 x) Z1 y8 i6 [0 C& `( ^5 a* q3 `
DE Manlove, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk5 \9 a' F Z; i: k
CVE Attu, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
, S! ?' \8 P0 {" d6 K( M' H% V( p- w7 g DE Lovering1 v& N, Y: D, |. a/ ~1 t
DE Lyman, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
4 ^4 w- ]% G# i, P0 I CVE Roi, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
2 [3 Z' z P, X0 U: K& N DE Charles R. Greer, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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