AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 25, 42" @* }" B/ L$ l6 ?
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- l( e' E; M9 bNight Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 7 ?/ K& k C) D8 V) g! T0 F, @, ~+ ]
3 @* R$ I0 v8 v6 ^Weather in hex: Light cloud, [, J8 G& ~6 h8 Y" n
f- R" P2 S P; Z: k _Raid spotted at 82 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.* H% x% w4 R, o2 ^" p7 t
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes* v0 K1 H2 Q* j3 W+ ^7 j4 e& o( F
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Japanese aircraft1 S4 |2 z' r9 Q. C- ]$ q
G4M1 Betty x 10/ f& F/ q, [5 ]& p7 o6 u" C
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Allied aircraft9 N) n9 `2 m8 A( t" y* t+ T
no flights
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. D/ w3 b# a7 d2 PNo Japanese losses- G% K8 ^5 T3 ^2 y; q7 G
5 [& I" A- s# n) fAllied aircraft losses/ w z' k. P3 @; y
Kittyhawk IA: 3 damaged
8 \% c. k4 @) E# w8 n P-39D Airacobra: 3 damaged
" G6 U3 s8 K2 q; M0 T P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed on ground D; ~& p) ^& W8 v
Catalina I: 2 damaged2 l& e* b3 j: R% k* M8 E* w; d( l8 h
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Airbase hits 2
' J% K0 d+ V( e" qRunway hits 11
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- ]2 ?* J, K: D8 t4 i, LNight Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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) a' Q# x% N, c9 [, `0 `1 cWeather in hex: Light cloud- n* J5 y9 I- P# R$ |& O
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Raid detected at 49 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
2 g r5 u" ?( L$ R7 V7 _" |Estimated time to target is 17 minutes
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Japanese aircraft7 c5 r) Z6 C5 l0 N; l6 V1 `* x+ r
G4M1 Betty x 8, M4 R- M# W) }- g* W
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Allied aircraft! _ M" \- m& N5 U: K
no flights; t3 @& |: U F2 |# G, T5 ?
4 Y: B. v5 s6 l$ M. i& DNo Japanese losses
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. d6 e1 l0 g- M5 m" oAllied aircraft losses
' W* G/ K3 z' w Catalina I: 1 damaged/ T& v0 I0 ^! } C
Kittyhawk IA: 1 damaged& k' I w4 c% m/ M. o! @
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed on ground* ]) ?0 U2 o' A/ R
: [$ J6 N. n8 D" iAirbase hits 3
) F! p9 l* ^. J( g8 _ n4 l% z- k& WRunway hits 1: t: l l3 ?. L; ?" H8 _, \) I- u& A7 {
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& h2 e9 S$ g6 O- a/ f- ~$ L7 JNight Naval bombardment of Milne Bay at 101,1333 j8 M+ l2 a6 o9 `
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Allied aircraft. u. g- p2 D0 ~& x
no flights. q- X5 d/ g" ^8 L2 o6 O$ c$ N( X" F
% F0 ~( Q2 E6 A( e% K1 Z* gAllied aircraft losses# F+ V! [$ ~; i' j' g& W1 m/ q% T
Kittyhawk IA: 3 damaged
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5 b* F1 M5 G; \7 w! o4 IJapanese Ships6 S% U! q- v, G' q6 j
CA Kako9 x. ]' x& X# c1 d' b! A+ A% Z
CA Furutaka9 \9 v H- D+ Z6 l: h! N
CA Kinugasa
) `; P5 _- `* z) Q4 b CA Aoba
4 b3 L8 {( E: q, l CA Chokai
$ |+ K0 E0 q. X( } CL Yubari8 G+ o4 R% X4 x8 y" q; ~
CL Tatsuta
2 d4 w/ O- n2 b CL Tenryu
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Allied ground losses:
' I n$ A3 b a) h 57 casualties reported
% ?( m+ i! ^# D2 B( J5 I Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
+ S2 v- a& |1 N4 B: Z' T( r Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled
; }# `; K. R6 {% d Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled& W5 z, c; f2 M. x ]' |
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)$ y4 l- u4 A/ i8 l* r' U& Z o
3 J+ F/ r% j2 n* s. HAirbase hits 3
2 t0 N0 A2 f. f# F# R* D/ |: sAirbase supply hits 52 I* }3 O$ ^# O; y4 Y1 c
Runway hits 10, ^1 Q4 X6 N# f3 i: h L! ?7 @, w0 G! }
Port hits 18" F6 K0 H: _$ i( X/ g
Port supply hits 3. G. O8 W$ M. X9 H4 H
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7 j- D; x9 A4 e' cMorning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129
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1 P+ h9 l- F3 |9 nWeather in hex: Thunderstorms
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- b- d4 z8 I+ _1 iRaid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
3 q$ ]8 ~* x: F- gEstimated time to target is 11 minutes% L$ E2 h* j1 e& l1 [
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Allied aircraft6 e7 K: O$ U) S' r
B-17E Fortress x 179 g8 b9 Z% t% G- _5 K9 g
" p1 m0 z+ i* L( S3 R4 EAllied aircraft losses& L$ K0 v7 w0 i( U: j+ u
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged |