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Sub attack near Milne Bay at 99,133( o8 M8 G0 D+ r( `3 Q* \; Q+ ~6 [9 M" r
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Japanese Ships4 S I& E* ^' G2 T3 Q$ R5 i! a
CV Zuikaku, Torpedo hits 3, on fire
3 |$ E' n' q: L7 q* d) ` DD Ariake
1 @7 E, [0 D& L c4 X DD Yayoi
- [) N m/ k/ N2 | DD Mutsuki( b# A ?& X1 Y! ]
DD Ushio3 g# N% g- `1 \& y. z
DD Sazanami
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: {! h' r% ~* B, }- i3 c SS S-38: S% w9 m* ~3 f2 f$ D5 @1 N
8 [; C7 Z/ d, GFuel storage explosion on CV Zuikaku
2 [9 F8 P/ B4 N ?+ Y+ W( WSS S-38 launches 4 torpedoes at CV Zuikaku
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/ c9 v6 f9 t; r, }Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Light rain! i% Q- A) ?* J4 W. \- \
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Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
* p. @0 E& I. M% K4 P0 JEstimated time to target is 5 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
( p9 {; P- A) p5 U4 p. B. [; q! p A6M2 Zero x 19
, ]/ D& v' m! S1 y- y, {3 N0 H D3A1 Val x 17
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Allied aircraft
3 }; Y: o) g% b" L( f/ e6 Y F4F-3 Wildcat x 9& b6 M6 b1 H; r/ B
; r$ r+ n/ _# b ^+ MJapanese aircraft losses2 _" C3 o6 r; a5 z) x
D3A1 Val: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged* w. w" R8 t* D" O
2 x- w# x5 u7 TAllied aircraft losses1 c; Q, f0 u* `3 Q9 }. S: e
B-25B Mitchell: 1 destroyed on ground+ m; \4 ~& T6 x
Wirraway: 1 destroyed on ground
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: ]) X9 H2 E3 Q' l, x* eRunway hits 48 Q$ K' B% V: ^$ `
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 99,133
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud; s5 F V% j& u3 v. }
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Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
; t$ `" f ^' H$ t$ nEstimated time to target is 15 minutes2 Z) s3 W8 Q) I; Y. `
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Japanese aircraft
! z: [/ S/ l) v1 |9 w3 ?3 W2 M A6M2 Zero x 35
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; x$ X# b: L4 [/ o; @Allied aircraft b; C8 x) v+ d: y5 s" _5 }
F4F-3 Wildcat x 19
( Y; \- X2 I2 s+ U SBD-3 Dauntless x 621 {, }1 E4 E& w( T9 P
TBD-1 Devastator x 245 X' ]5 w* a% R/ M7 Q
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Japanese aircraft losses
6 }) j C5 e g A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed, P/ z6 N' d3 [+ b* d9 U# I+ W% B3 y
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F4F-3 Wildcat: 3 destroyed j% P M* G+ U9 |2 _" [
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 destroyed, 5 damaged; {' s+ p" k- P4 y) O% p* [' |
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak% w; I! }9 e8 G4 w4 Q1 \
TBD-1 Devastator: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged( k! Z/ P6 X2 H$ ]- y1 c
% P/ U- W6 a' o: ZJapanese Ships
7 w8 `+ h" r' W3 X) [4 s/ u' V CVL Shoho, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires4 d4 }8 I! e3 c- b6 A# [
CV Shokaku, Bomb hits 6, on fire
$ Z$ L& m- _9 K W! \" ?% B4 m CV Zuikaku, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
- Z+ |$ I, K+ C: ? DD Yugure; S: V9 k7 R" z7 D
DD Shiratsuyu, Bomb hits 1, on fire. ?6 A0 Q o5 W
DD Akebono% g( t8 d5 B, C! s% x7 |, }/ s
DD Ariake, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
" F& a. y6 r* P( c. ]8 S* p DD Ushio
' E0 Q2 r3 S& R9 D- `) q DD Mutsuki, Bomb hits 1, on fire
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2 Y) z3 Q3 D) Z4 t/ O1 y9 R3 {Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CVL Shoho
. c/ \) H7 Z% VHeavy smoke from fires obscuring CV Zuikaku! m! l* f3 l# U" r5 u9 S% w# {- S, A
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CV Shokaku
( K5 @" j) u; m7 h) sHeavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Ariake: \) {$ P! e. I" V! n9 U8 c
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Mutsuki |
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