AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 25, 42
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Night Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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9 I3 T0 L' |& _- S9 H9 dWeather in hex: Light cloud
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Raid spotted at 82 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
, F3 E9 O! x& ]) G8 L+ _8 xEstimated time to target is 28 minutes/ D1 ~& ?; ^2 `) [5 s% f; C3 p9 q
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Japanese aircraft* q' o1 b( k. k6 M; K
G4M1 Betty x 10 E6 Y0 o' C" Z" W. u7 R8 g
( F) U5 M3 \5 O$ j% R+ S& [! [Allied aircraft
6 L* ?- e8 S$ x& S7 I; c no flights
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9 h* r4 i- m8 }2 _' N! nNo Japanese losses
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Allied aircraft losses
! S* z1 `0 h* D l' C" N q0 Y Kittyhawk IA: 3 damaged) a) V; i. D4 F5 q0 e
P-39D Airacobra: 3 damaged
* M& _& }; N2 r' |$ U. M' L P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed on ground
$ A2 ?7 a2 K0 }9 v3 z5 _, c Catalina I: 2 damaged
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Airbase hits 2
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1 x9 T$ Q2 _4 _9 |Night Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 7 R j `, e& V: k) g1 E
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Weather in hex: Light cloud! u. P- q3 j9 n+ N5 x$ M8 n8 ~
( B" h' C1 w+ I( u- U. \7 RRaid detected at 49 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
/ f/ b4 x$ y. l' t9 Y3 hEstimated time to target is 17 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
0 s5 [, i6 j: D0 g5 o G4M1 Betty x 8; W- |$ m4 X4 ^$ o+ b; O
% p8 s U1 |& ^4 }5 bAllied aircraft
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No Japanese losses) e$ L( s1 x$ i
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% {& \0 ]# M d* [3 R Catalina I: 1 damaged
1 y/ @. Z: v* X% X% q3 ~# { Kittyhawk IA: 1 damaged* z' m2 J; [; d# O
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed on ground o, h- K: B) X9 E- |( s$ }9 a
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Airbase hits 3, D2 v, v+ n) v4 Y+ y# V
Runway hits 10 o& _) g! p4 x) S7 {4 N
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5 s! E+ b8 ~7 \% ^) M& e0 ?Night Naval bombardment of Milne Bay at 101,133
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no flights
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9 U& \: u+ Z0 ~& T' G4 u Kittyhawk IA: 3 damaged% [5 ^0 {* a- ?" j2 E' t0 d0 l
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CA Kako$ y D5 _0 R7 Z* L k
CA Furutaka6 _, g+ u: a7 S5 d, `0 Y, Q# k L
CA Kinugasa
4 n6 |7 u: v) }( D, _+ c CA Aoba
5 j" O& l X7 d& L7 J CA Chokai# e" Z2 r+ Y3 _8 m
CL Yubari
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, S0 `7 e4 }2 C1 \$ ]3 H7 Q CL Tenryu! q/ k" A. P" W7 |# N+ T
& L8 ~& c' V! D7 L9 }Allied ground losses:
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6 v0 a: g- G+ O/ I Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
5 j, ~/ h- X0 K* T1 ^& r* a Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled$ r7 G [7 A% V- Y2 H
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled) q+ a' T6 M7 u. q: C' C' U0 v/ p1 A2 `
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)6 e/ r- [- P" x% N
' J! B2 }. l) G: F D- @, y; ~6 n4 zAirbase hits 37 _0 }) j" c/ A. c# X
Airbase supply hits 58 J6 V, s" P% b/ v) r
Runway hits 10
7 L) m: t `1 Y! O) B: E. {Port hits 18
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2 o# F! p* w) Z$ i. zMorning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129
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Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
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$ B, n% i) Y. BRaid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
, z" B/ |& e8 h1 F/ [: A' BEstimated time to target is 11 minutes
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B-17E Fortress x 17* X6 X3 n9 z H) c" ^- a0 k1 ~
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B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged |