所罗门的血腥地狱又添新魂,蝗军针对过于前出的盟军登陆船团发起轮番攻击,击沉汉考克号和不屈号2艘舰队航母,3艘CVE,蝗军损失作战飞机300多架,$ Z) W x1 L- n3 h. ~5 s' j
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 113,134: L- ^6 s9 I8 \0 V! H
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Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
% u3 }$ B+ b& h5 gEstimated time to target is 21 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
' X2 ]" G7 U- t/ T& P A6M8 Zero x 59; e& l6 ]/ H! e6 }
A7M2 Sam x 76
$ a1 |4 [7 W- L3 q, t' a B7A2 Grace x 134
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F4U-1A Corsair x 14
9 g4 v* U% _2 R9 E& `; U F6F-5 Hellcat x 564 N& f( @, y! L2 J2 W& C$ }* Q
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A6M8 Zero: 6 destroyed
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B7A2 Grace: 7 destroyed, 26 damaged
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Allied aircraft losses
# ~2 G; O! ~: y; ~2 v1 T F4U-1A Corsair: 2 destroyed0 N/ d4 X. [; [6 Y5 x$ \
F6F-5 Hellcat: 20 destroyed2 ~' N. x. }8 I& o' X n3 v: {
& |4 [; H) V y) K. I" uAllied Ships
, G8 k' x" `0 w' h+ g6 h CV Hancock, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk
$ \* v$ s9 \+ O CV Indomitable, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
9 j4 B6 t# }8 c CVE Munda, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk2 t/ y$ a7 q+ A5 a7 I }
CVE Bougainville, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage- z0 t% w) ?( H$ K1 J
DE Manlove, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk+ D6 P* _5 |4 E: ?( V( m6 D
CVE Attu, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
* w# S/ [; \9 S1 y2 B p, M" ?+ z DE Lovering. ?$ C- V# D, x! s: I
DE Lyman, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
& n" u; _7 f' a" Y# _ q CVE Roi, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
: a0 D( W. k0 F# P DE Charles R. Greer, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk! S9 o: H' Q) k& T
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