AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Oct 09, 42- W+ v# W. |8 g3 n ~
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7 K* e6 u7 M& W日军进攻莫港的MO计划失败后,运输队向腊包儿方向撤退,从珊瑚海深处赶来的盟军TF58兜头拦住,在强大的空袭力量下,海面上再也不剩下一条舢板,一片干干净净。
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! ^! g+ O- V H' A( Y7 v; O( }Morning Air attack on TF, near Gasmata at 105,130
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud% @, a3 L) s( o+ u7 L( I
1 Y2 i- f( o' W2 b9 NRaid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
- c$ v9 c1 y) U' K/ ]Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
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Japanese aircraft% \' c, e: j" x( d
A6M2 Zero x 2
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) ]. E Y9 {( M- H6 l$ \Allied aircraft( r7 y' u. t& E: t8 H- L
F4F-3 Wildcat x 36
$ V4 E5 E( A8 W+ h F4F-4 Wildcat x 54
) M4 u) {: H+ v; L1 t# k SBD-3 Dauntless x 70/ p7 N2 |* b/ _$ L3 b) S
" d# e |7 Y' I3 q9 f; X6 J( D( ]No Japanese losses
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" h7 n. `3 |2 T7 w6 l/ y3 dAllied aircraft losses8 T6 ?7 \; Q- R1 W+ R
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
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Japanese Ships
* v3 T& x0 C. g' Y5 S# |, v6 F CA Kumano, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage6 I% U. r/ }$ _" D/ M" e
CA Mikuma, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires
8 q9 `. ^4 R: y; S! g4 E- }3 G CA Furutaka, Bomb hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage
/ G' U9 E8 d8 N8 o1 r xAK La Plata Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk" W/ l, C! X: I
xAK Shozan Maru, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk4 ^4 q! V7 d2 J5 h- O* T6 r. C
, ~ [- S# {, z: HJapanese ground losses:
# h: c2 ~0 }8 u! @% i8 r8 {; u' q& o 750 casualties reported
: x( u G9 c& w/ L Squads: 12 destroyed, 16 disabled
7 X2 a! l$ q+ P6 [5 R Non Combat: 33 destroyed, 14 disabled. {- y# T1 T3 w8 A0 f* @: F
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled% |0 Y0 J# [6 [3 g# N7 v3 r* c
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+ A( j( G% ~7 u7 | h( jMorning Air attack on TF, near Normanby Island at 103,133( R# I% E- o% J( W' l! l
' S, J2 [7 J; e7 j! aWeather in hex: Moderate rain4 e8 A: C5 J% u1 ^" D. @
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Raid spotted at 7 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
$ x% l( i/ z8 o' w: s' JEstimated time to target is 3 minutes. P l T# B9 ?, _. y* [
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Allied aircraft2 T# ~2 q+ e# d6 c
F4F-4 Wildcat x 125 X6 V5 O$ F6 M6 T- c( I
TBF-1 Avenger x 15% r+ ?% g9 S" x4 l# C+ {! ~
# Z b- T% a4 N7 A2 P+ S. wNo Allied losses6 H5 p1 [3 B+ N0 Q5 \( P* T2 }
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Japanese Ships; F4 `8 E- M$ N) ^0 a! j
xAK Taihei Maru, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
; V! S( b, k& {3 ~+ x xAK Mansei Maru, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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Japanese ground losses:4 I8 m4 N( K, K o0 g/ }
422 casualties reported
, x3 p1 `2 I7 J$ e: ^ Squads: 18 destroyed, 61 disabled
+ F3 I1 x" ~- Z6 x5 d1 n- f Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 13 disabled
3 @2 h# U) ?0 v3 w, F! O Engineers: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled* Z- E3 m& r1 Z* k3 z# V
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9 O5 k7 f% N) i9 y5 XAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Gasmata at 105,130( E8 s- j. F8 G/ f/ ?- q
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.( [$ u1 `# [2 }3 }, x
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes: r @& n4 S5 c! C' u
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A6M2 Zero x 2! D( `0 v* M$ w# | s4 a( F
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F4F-3 Wildcat x 36. W# f+ F: a O/ @% D! o( ^
F4F-4 Wildcat x 66
: {% g5 z/ F$ U3 s SBD-3 Dauntless x 202- @% P9 c, r4 e# a) }3 Q
TBF-1 Avenger x 80$ x) d1 m7 Z5 @% d- \+ \/ E
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Japanese aircraft losses
) }( Y& ^% K: F/ t% | A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
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F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed- R+ d9 {6 q4 Y
SBD-3 Dauntless: 3 damaged; }, y2 \' q. j; t- I& F. O2 N) _( K
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Japanese Ships
; g4 n l' k1 f! h CA Furutaka, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage( n; J/ \0 I. J$ ^ B9 h
CA Mikuma, Bomb hits 17, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk% P9 p9 _5 H7 r& n. |
CA Kumano, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage |