AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 28, 42, p" B9 F! |+ O7 O
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/ R3 l) d& g# [; l4 Z8 ^1 i6 G* N盟军TF58环太平洋游击,在萨摩亚群岛附近空袭了正在萨瓦伊岛卸载的日军运输船队,收获颇丰。; z1 @9 `- t( V# K
日军的陆攻未能突破58直掩圈。% N% b& k1 y$ E5 P" O3 v: J6 l
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Wallis Island at 142,155# @5 {8 q1 c: v0 y3 Z5 \3 M& J7 K
; L/ _7 w0 F/ Z! F8 j+ aWeather in hex: Light rain& [- R9 O# k1 o/ B$ [
9 @) L& d+ i8 m! U8 }* {+ [. B, DRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.* r! Z, d9 u0 M. V! A
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes
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7 n6 ^: o* m) X! G8 eJapanese aircraft% t! C, k2 D1 z1 f
A6M2 Zero x 9
% d" B* S, k" V- r G4M1 Betty x 16
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F4F-3A Wildcat x 30
# x9 r9 t( x8 s+ q6 d/ X9 N F4F-3 Wildcat x 60! W& {9 ?; T! [- _$ ]" t
F4F-4 Wildcat x 79
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Japanese aircraft losses
' C% r+ R( G4 J A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
$ [; `0 c2 s* o: w$ F G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged
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0 ?6 c W9 h' d g) IAllied aircraft losses
; n6 l$ A4 J+ M L6 |* e F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed+ }" j& ^+ ` ^, U( F
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2 @5 J/ K, u: P$ Z3 Y# ` DD Buchanan
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Savaii at 146,159
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
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Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.) B d$ X0 \/ b! K! _: o8 Z0 S
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
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0 u' a/ e2 V4 B# O0 EAllied aircraft3 D c$ h( C3 \* X3 l+ e; I; ^5 ?; T
F4F-3A Wildcat x 18
' l s, I' J8 B7 W F4F-3 Wildcat x 36
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SBD-2 Dauntless x 18
! o$ [ R4 b; B0 |6 Z A SBD-3 Dauntless x 81
8 ]" g [3 ^. \ TBF-1 Avenger x 308 Q! m5 I& _3 X; _# ?. B. W
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Allied aircraft losses9 {1 t4 p, [. p, p, o
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged5 k0 z9 }% ^' h1 o2 s
- j1 h- b5 E% R; t7 xJapanese Ships& P" z, O% r: [$ C5 t
xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk2 F: x1 Q( g `* h) C
xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
- H% v: D, ]. X8 Z; _" q1 f AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage/ ?( E2 N0 d$ I) E8 {; n
AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage
3 _7 b0 z9 ~4 ]; b2 A9 v% U xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk
1 T2 P: w G; j7 @" k xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
3 O3 D8 I! r$ r7 K$ m. k xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk! e. V& b' U+ V* H$ ^9 {
xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
Q- t0 J/ \+ M9 r1 y4 F- E& N0 I$ K xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage( _3 s. {1 P" V, A% ]/ `$ c) ^
xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage2 Z5 W4 Z' v. Y. ]' I/ V1 h+ H
xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
& g+ `5 K/ S. I6 T* }# a' [ xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
6 K) i* U/ x. R CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 2
. r( T6 D# Y& ^7 z9 l S7 u7 o xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |