3月18日当天,比亚克航空队经过一段时间重整后再次出击,这一次出动的是彗星舰爆队,专门对付在海面上执行运输任务的盟军小型运输船队,当天的出击共袭击了在海面上的两队和在港口中的一队运输船,取得了一定的战果,当然,也付出了一定的损失。2 O3 q( d4 P. E9 ~0 i. V
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Gorong at 81,113
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- l% b& @* w( J6 nWeather in hex: Moderate rain
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Raid detected at 34 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
, r; {% ~# j2 i: {4 Q" l. {3 lEstimated time to target is 10 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
9 a0 L6 O4 h7 |- o2 I9 Q% k5 l D4Y4 Judy x 21
1 n6 B" E5 K4 A% I9 ^* H, h N1K5-J George x 24/ g- j. t! [* v
/ i) D/ m5 i) `/ m0 c% fNo Japanese losses
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LCT-464
) J, s( Q0 ~1 F+ z* ?# g0 M/ V LCT-479- |/ w$ `% v* i5 p' J' f0 H' R
LCT-354, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk; V' s J( T* N$ a
YMS-147
$ f7 P+ W' K: d LCT-164, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk8 q, L$ L( T. p! `
LCT-470, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk- ]: |3 I4 j' m5 z0 [, l# O; f
LCT-326, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk1 W" }' _' x# i4 I9 R7 i* _
LCT-143, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk7 Z! J% n4 u7 Y+ w' c# D9 w5 ?6 F
YMS-243, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk+ E& \, ?, X. ~# ]/ z; E1 B
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( s% K% j8 y0 L5 J! pMorning Air attack on TF, near Gorong at 81,1130 `( I2 f# P8 o* ^2 G& ], I
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Weather in hex: Moderate rain
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Raid detected at 33 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.) C' u8 e3 X; [3 j$ G
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes* V* V/ [# A# B) b/ `& l0 Q' M
4 O: [3 c' `- x+ E5 sJapanese aircraft- Q+ @: Z5 x2 t" O5 {
D4Y4 Judy x 21, e9 @3 k9 X4 d
N1K5-J George x 24$ b2 h6 i m4 G9 }# }/ f6 z
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No Japanese losses- o8 A1 K7 R Z7 z" A
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Allied Ships0 _! G: L+ M# g9 ~) a4 a j7 o
YMS-129, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk$ q$ M0 W+ {$ R+ T8 \3 O
LCT-1454 `5 ~9 C7 A1 x0 y. `
LCT-475, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
; [# T5 j7 Q0 r! j3 [6 c LCT-162, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
4 a2 p% P3 f2 B7 G LCT-462, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
& D# F. Y# X c LCT-60, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
% k6 i& U' f) @0 w% V; i0 C7 ?6 l LCT-472, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
, T& s' ~# C6 B' m0 T; q5 w* w- B YMS-147, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk! `) T4 y! r) s( E& B1 b
LCT-131, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
# b1 x. x+ c, T1 H LCT-473, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk4 P! C1 Y1 |6 S
LCT-134
. L6 r6 D6 r) [( \ LCT-471, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
) ^( N% D: T7 F LCT-321, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk1 x8 j2 f. ^6 U1 _4 x5 D
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Dobo at 83,116
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Weather in hex: Clear sky2 w, v2 g, r5 S$ V3 U; S
6 ] k' P1 A- J7 G0 Q2 @+ U aRaid detected at 22 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
* s% R- m) J) g! o" s, A+ x& OEstimated time to target is 6 minutes% p- G8 y$ x4 [! k. r/ Q
, e% L1 A' y( K. r* O; l# nJapanese aircraft
. g' T) s5 [% Z4 h' P# [ G D4Y4 Judy x 20
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+ ~$ k* x# X3 n! Q8 p# vAllied aircraft
* k4 {3 }- C( H9 j% z* u3 `( X Spitfire VIII x 55
7 n% ^; `, B3 G- t. \. N F4U-1D Corsair x 79& a# A1 [! r2 Y1 k. y. O
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Japanese aircraft losses9 ^" F9 i0 r: Y
D4Y4 Judy: 9 destroyed4 x% }1 R! G& }8 I
N1K5-J George: 6 destroyed2 P9 U/ u7 I) `& l
4 K4 _4 s$ j5 E* eAllied aircraft losses
u. d1 r6 f4 N I: z' V% ?9 b! ? F4U-1D Corsair: 1 destroyed% e2 ~; u; j: L5 @4 K
3 N1 z. @* d7 J0 UAllied Ships' q7 A0 w+ y: S- C1 G- \
LSM-351
6 Y9 B- o6 k7 R LSM-306, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
1 y5 Z0 ~8 S+ `) R" ? LSM-19, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk7 |7 v- H7 C, K1 [
LST-744, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage" z) y, T, J1 S- _$ s( r+ A
, J. O, ? c5 ~ qAllied ground losses:
{- t @" U. P) R 421 casualties reported3 G1 M/ g) f5 R) Q8 @
Squads: 10 destroyed, 9 disabled
$ W( P% r1 ^- j2 P Non Combat: 32 destroyed, 5 disabled
& a$ A6 {. B# |9 V7 S; U O3 L Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
: E& S5 A* t q3 z% Q. B Guns lost 5 (5 destroyed, 0 disabled)! W3 Z6 q. a- P- f. Y8 P) `+ S
Vehicles lost 8 (8 destroyed, 0 disabled) |