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,
5 D5 d9 k+ F$ b" f8 \$ r, XAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 113,134
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Weather in hex: Overcast
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8 |, ]2 M. X* J q4 aRaid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
& \6 c0 A; X* K" X6 ^, f4 KEstimated time to target is 21 minutes
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: e4 ?# U, K& D8 d3 H9 P, ~Japanese aircraft, V# u( K: O3 e4 @8 w9 z# _
A6M8 Zero x 59
( }! o4 a: k, O) Z; n; d5 j A7M2 Sam x 76
3 W9 i# K D B6 N0 g" Q B7A2 Grace x 134
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9 g6 C4 S8 O# p) l4 Y/ x$ t% wAllied aircraft2 s. ~! z* o3 i! u5 O
F4U-1A Corsair x 14! ^: u9 U# z2 k- [2 h* I, o
F6F-5 Hellcat x 56
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Japanese aircraft losses1 _% X, E4 {1 `* ~
A6M8 Zero: 6 destroyed
( i; S6 H5 s! I `* Y' @+ _ A7M2 Sam: 5 destroyed, }# u* W9 I6 G1 w0 @
B7A2 Grace: 7 destroyed, 26 damaged$ I& Q: `7 {. y; b
B7A2 Grace: 1 destroyed by flak9 {0 }6 Y V' K8 F
& Z# d9 r4 Q0 ]" k) a$ _Allied aircraft losses
8 U$ A3 b. y; ]( G& O F4U-1A Corsair: 2 destroyed
\- [- y# {6 R1 D. H F6F-5 Hellcat: 20 destroyed t* G% m7 K" ?2 n- V
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8 {3 } ^& F& H% f8 Z$ k9 P CV Hancock, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk
1 t; k8 j( ^7 S. s8 b) N% P( ^# E CV Indomitable, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk6 P( X; E ^9 q, U
CVE Munda, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk' [+ \- Y* Z7 \' |# C
CVE Bougainville, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage7 a9 h- G4 {; a
DE Manlove, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk z6 C; j7 t' p7 @. d
CVE Attu, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage6 I/ O+ h, c. g) K4 I0 M, P" P
DE Lovering8 {" @& ^9 @$ L0 b7 v* M. D
DE Lyman, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk ~; J; W% f9 A+ z' s' x4 ^
CVE Roi, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage3 k4 S _; V6 F, N
DE Charles R. Greer, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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