AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 25, 42/ G" y3 ^7 A; h3 E
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; k! M. G, I9 N8 \( [+ hNight Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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4 F0 v9 O5 b! V+ V8 ]* Q1 T9 v6 NWeather in hex: Light cloud! a" p& o" W: p1 F- B4 r( ?
" S' L5 b G, P% W3 xRaid spotted at 82 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.0 T3 l7 f) C% `# d: T) {! F
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
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J+ _+ \6 M% c k" |/ EAllied aircraft
9 o! r4 G5 X* ` no flights
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No Japanese losses
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Allied aircraft losses
1 j/ F" j# I9 n& k1 { Kittyhawk IA: 3 damaged2 M$ Y* x5 o& L5 c# u
P-39D Airacobra: 3 damaged/ ~9 G- [ {+ T* T9 O/ b
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed on ground
! m5 t6 T+ z0 m* G9 H7 \ Catalina I: 2 damaged! `# [) g8 f& ] [7 H; J
$ L* ?5 D$ v. n2 I5 lAirbase hits 2
; _" k# A) P7 g- S- u& h% nRunway hits 11
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Night Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 3 z. k/ m% d- X
8 M9 d( [4 Q. u4 [0 m/ DWeather in hex: Light cloud3 i! U; s( _' O' g9 J
" i; x. \2 n& n# }, G) Y, U8 L5 G! |Raid detected at 49 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
, V2 P& s$ \8 D% d. [+ |Estimated time to target is 17 minutes) P* T! I1 S% |- Y
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Japanese aircraft5 f4 W K+ y6 _% Z4 }% L7 Q
G4M1 Betty x 86 r6 W+ L9 m# V9 |# A6 a+ R; S6 X
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Allied aircraft
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No Japanese losses( f2 j1 f6 |# q7 {) _
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Allied aircraft losses. ^+ X$ y. ?* Z$ a9 x6 q4 |
Catalina I: 1 damaged
5 p+ k9 k) V* o+ S' Q8 ~3 K! x% U2 A Kittyhawk IA: 1 damaged* k, ]; P, q0 c! `+ K ~/ G! p' G
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed on ground, _7 G/ p) R/ ? X0 N; i% {
+ \ W1 r, H5 M. M) TAirbase hits 34 ]) m0 {# N2 S, E
Runway hits 1$ M$ E5 H V' e: f6 z, H
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" s N* n" ^7 JNight Naval bombardment of Milne Bay at 101,133& `: o7 j, {% j* m, [- z
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Allied aircraft+ J. G& ]5 C& N* b# L U' Y
no flights' W' c1 ?( M; _ W4 x2 @0 O
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Allied aircraft losses
* k$ ^6 Q. G* ~2 k3 ^0 b Kittyhawk IA: 3 damaged/ z: C7 ~: D$ d& v1 z
; F3 q$ q! `- t7 W7 u. F' JJapanese Ships
; H; h! c/ y1 d4 h, ~! l CA Kako
2 k2 a" c7 ^9 f- S0 F* c* f5 s2 A CA Furutaka4 ^7 v9 S8 u) `
CA Kinugasa
' Q9 j& U1 t9 e3 l CA Aoba
( H/ J: L! w4 c2 y CA Chokai1 {/ a* ]* Y. w1 _' `7 x0 R) E N
CL Yubari
; W Z- J, ^4 o& u( |* O- o1 |% K CL Tatsuta
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Allied ground losses:
& N5 ^0 n7 L+ g* l7 |3 i 57 casualties reported; V& Z2 R' H, X# l+ x5 A
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled5 |6 e3 J0 m/ c, V+ V
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled0 ~4 W/ F; ]4 M. k3 Y9 ^
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled2 i* ]4 w/ G& l$ Q2 a7 R( ~$ Q' y$ @
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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Airbase hits 3
# L7 {+ W b) A% J: @Airbase supply hits 5
( L I4 r" Q6 |Runway hits 10
/ R! `2 q+ S4 C- O( b7 F- OPort hits 18
3 E5 E/ c. R3 ~& J4 GPort supply hits 36 V( ]/ J% p$ c8 Y2 Q
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Morning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129 ( b5 q0 S- ]6 s; H& U
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Weather in hex: Thunderstorms0 o: Z5 H1 |; E6 e: I7 @
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Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.. ^5 x$ \ ]8 Z) V! y/ t
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes9 w: s1 P* b+ B
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B-17E Fortress x 17
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Allied aircraft losses% y2 _9 q) n) q9 x
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged |