8月24日,空战日
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本日美军的航空队撤离到了瓜岛上(难道另外两艘CV也沉了?)$ h: U2 V5 v! j: F: n) I
日军KB没能在瓜岛以南海域抓到TF的后撤部队,因此抓了几艘DD虐了一下。% I. e5 y9 ~( D. e, P2 q
不过前去突击美军CV的CA编队遭到了瓜岛仙人掌机队的集中攻击,伤亡较为惨重。
" p1 s' ]" b8 {7 V4 x+ r好在还没有沉船,保持了日军截至目前CL以上船只全数幸存,仅沉没几艘DD的辉煌战果!
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) v4 G* X$ _- N" K; o+ s9 L+ f. A* Q同时,美军航空队也向KB发动了突击,不过由于没有了航母编队,进攻非常杂乱。徒增伤亡。。。# a/ {4 x. p) g4 v/ u9 N
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Kirakira at 116,144! F& Z! ] Q% W, ?1 c$ \- O
$ i' F" L' b/ n# |3 ]9 SWeather in hex: Partial cloud5 {1 @( o+ S0 ?" |! n) x, y
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Raid detected at 74 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
/ \/ U& L8 h" {$ S5 H# V/ @) d0 `Estimated time to target is 29 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
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Allied aircraft
) {- @: J; P' B8 P. k F4F-4 Wildcat x 17
0 e, \9 V5 k- b# A$ R; y1 M/ ` SBD-3 Dauntless x 16
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No Japanese losses/ K, V+ e% X# A+ P5 M
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Allied aircraft losses
# k: U `3 `# J2 V1 P! l8 c F4F-4 Wildcat: 8 destroyed
1 t4 A3 C- T; I4 q, v" j, N SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged
. O! P- q0 Z! [$ R8 |# w" F* \7 Q4 d* M SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak
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# a7 `* ? U8 u; k3 NJapanese Ships
( W- \- g' p4 E9 e BB Mutsu, Bomb hits 1
# |- P- F" E5 Y2 P CV Shokaku# l; c B$ s( S3 S' m
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Munda at 110,136
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Weather in hex: Severe storms
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6 v- V: a5 U: b: ZRaid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
" C. x' g; m6 r: ]( LEstimated time to target is 8 minutes/ \/ t4 t4 E3 A
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4 O7 ~" L2 z8 x8 g9 a @+ o& QAllied aircraft
+ K# J; N" _/ E) H& N F4F-4 Wildcat x 1
5 b0 v' O- i- D4 ^7 \ SBD-3 Dauntless x 9" |7 O) q% J6 K5 `
TBF-1 Avenger x 12
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; p% N' |) Q( i4 {, wAllied aircraft losses
) Q5 H3 C5 s$ ] SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
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+ o5 {- `# _# M2 c! yJapanese Ships
/ J. o: C1 P# V( }4 x CA Tone: A' R# g& A' d# s3 u" n
CA Atago, Bomb hits 1, on fire
" V' L4 _" ?4 F& ?2 T: X CA Takao, Bomb hits 1, on fire, ^. y, r* o' P0 i1 f
CA Chikuma
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5 `% s* W' y, {! q) w( Y9 G4 gMorning Air attack on TF, near Munda at 110,136
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Weather in hex: Severe storms0 I% x7 {5 j+ C" i( S
8 g' `2 h7 T) k$ kRaid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.; I1 H4 g" @# j2 u9 P1 H6 {
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes9 Q! d* o2 j( L
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SBD-3 Dauntless x 6* N" l7 g4 {" i2 }
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SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 damaged3 Q: Q; z9 }* o! v+ C
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Japanese Ships& }* t! F: f* ~6 }
CA Atago, on fire
, y' H& X4 ^7 x) | CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 13 n: ?& i% m6 N5 R
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Kirakira at 116,144: f0 G }2 ^. }6 b
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Weather in hex: Heavy rain
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6 i9 Y* ?2 _9 K- VRaid detected at 21 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.) A) T+ B4 O: Q# ?8 Z9 V
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes9 {1 E5 C% v: |8 S; w
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Japanese aircraft* V0 Y0 r% w+ j) s9 o! ?0 f! w V
A6M2 Zero x 25
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8 u( M$ h. ]% r/ I F4F-4 Wildcat x 94 B; j/ X2 n5 P
SBD-3 Dauntless x 4) w" z, a. i( t
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No Japanese losses1 C. Y$ e% Z9 h9 M I3 K
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) v5 _. W1 U, E3 d( Z6 _- r F4F-4 Wildcat: 4 destroyed
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; k, m1 ~3 i9 ], J; uJapanese Ships
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- v# O% q( O1 B7 W. r. S$ J$ t! [Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Lunga at 111,1382 Z! i9 _4 d0 Z
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Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
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! v/ k0 t' ?5 k& rRaid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
+ ?$ m- }8 w- H0 LEstimated time to target is 7 minutes) p& z# ~# m% e6 P
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Allied aircraft/ R' [% \1 T9 Y7 e& h
F4F-4 Wildcat x 55 c7 r: f8 g% p9 P* q
SBD-3 Dauntless x 26
/ t) L5 X% ^ G) p6 K TBF-1 Avenger x 15
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SBD-3 Dauntless: 16 damaged
# O3 [& Z( v7 h' U# b SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak* H, k l1 n0 s8 R& e2 e1 G
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DD Isokaze
# z) F t! u, K6 q+ D DD Maikaze, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage1 [) h" z2 H& Z. u- p. y- m
CA Kumano
. V U1 S9 [$ P5 j9 h CA Suzuya, Bomb hits 3* R* X: d9 R% Z$ i' v
DD Arashi
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Luganville at 114,149
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: V/ V) c1 T% q1 e/ ^Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
: e0 }/ ` U! O, F% B" ^, JEstimated time to target is 13 minutes
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Japanese aircraft# S6 z6 c* Q! ?+ I) ^& K, F
B5N1 Kate x 14- P; P$ Z1 x; e/ n9 J5 f/ g/ P
D3A2 Val x 24) T# x' ]& F- n" ?) a- `1 d9 I
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B5N1 Kate: 6 damaged
" W( f1 y8 p$ H0 t D3A2 Val: 1 damaged* X" U; `5 F6 G- N( `
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DD Conyngham, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
# `* V/ q( p. a DD Fanning, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires# d; H: d# \6 b, ?6 F2 z1 r
DD Cushing, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |