AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 25, 427 z" V% e/ a, m- b/ \$ N5 J5 E% S' [
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Night Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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: M( B% Q; }' } qWeather in hex: Light cloud3 b9 K' d/ p. L
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Raid spotted at 82 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
% _5 X, n5 I# }# @' P! EEstimated time to target is 28 minutes
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Japanese aircraft- p7 ]$ q$ l: X) ^. C$ P
G4M1 Betty x 10% F6 w: @+ v) i+ Z
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Allied aircraft" ]5 G' a" d) N; D6 u! O. c! t
no flights* Z6 q' E8 i6 I: U! L
1 N) l0 D' R* Z, |! X- PNo Japanese losses8 M8 J1 q% M4 k* R/ o! U
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Allied aircraft losses$ L9 a& I B# f" ?3 I, c
Kittyhawk IA: 3 damaged
' \8 |. m5 i1 M* v9 P" l P-39D Airacobra: 3 damaged$ {3 u, o9 A7 e6 w7 U5 k7 w) i
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed on ground
* Y8 x1 ~! S+ T& J" Q5 B4 I* \9 Z: z Catalina I: 2 damaged- C+ M* A. D0 C3 U( w
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Airbase hits 2
2 f D9 B3 K" n5 ?) aRunway hits 11 |8 Z, o: P o W: H. E0 G+ K. K6 Y
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8 s/ P5 a& T2 JNight Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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( R: F# J( ]3 ]( J3 [Weather in hex: Light cloud
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Raid detected at 49 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
5 h4 [ v9 b1 c+ o8 B EEstimated time to target is 17 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
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Allied aircraft1 K; O! a- S8 B' D) W+ U' s
no flights
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, Y5 {% n+ b8 M$ W6 a8 Q( ENo Japanese losses" y: Y7 w) q4 N: R
6 \( Y r4 }& _Allied aircraft losses
' v& e, U6 l1 I8 m* e& M$ F9 e Catalina I: 1 damaged& K% B- G) ?# J' J. g; d
Kittyhawk IA: 1 damaged9 p' X* @% F0 m" C: r/ L
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed on ground
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Airbase hits 3! u. A$ `& m7 j; {7 d2 d
Runway hits 18 i _! d2 ~) H$ ~) [7 U
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& \1 B) C, [! r0 U: g9 xNight Naval bombardment of Milne Bay at 101,133
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Allied aircraft
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Allied aircraft losses2 [0 L, p( h* G# G8 J
Kittyhawk IA: 3 damaged
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/ B+ T1 o+ `+ x/ Y$ }Japanese Ships1 h# H E9 c+ z
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CA Furutaka
& |8 i5 N% ^9 g: a( N3 U, J: M CA Kinugasa
. a; Z) U4 D1 E% t: I6 g CA Aoba+ Y3 Q& d: c+ b
CA Chokai
9 T2 K8 }/ g& q7 O, D L9 r6 N$ y) [% x CL Yubari
9 v, D# | v# @. b" A CL Tatsuta
- y3 T5 W1 @* V6 _; v CL Tenryu9 G+ [5 E% d+ n+ I ?0 G$ P
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Allied ground losses:
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Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
. k3 m3 e1 D- \: a0 E Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled
5 g9 f, w/ D% o( F4 d9 { Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
8 N( c* N( o6 T; h Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled); m( f8 U& E" v% j
/ x3 f" `4 e! r: dAirbase hits 3; F( M8 L- O# `. G& C/ q
Airbase supply hits 5
G* R4 y b7 @/ U. [0 iRunway hits 10( P, E8 j* M( _0 H0 q- N7 b
Port hits 18- {0 g4 P) B4 ?% Z( s, D D0 v
Port supply hits 37 m7 U: s) m: _- y( R" q
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* ^! A c1 j) g5 a( vMorning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129 ! q" b( ?, f1 X8 @- g
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) Q6 _' @1 n |" E8 u7 G* |. WRaid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.+ d& ?( P/ O# \- V% B; {' @
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
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* w7 H# G& H6 m& rAllied aircraft
) `/ E9 T7 E( K( E; G B-17E Fortress x 170 S% f' W" y' T6 v
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Allied aircraft losses4 y' Z, \6 D# A' t$ S: X7 ]) k6 g
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged |