AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 28, 42
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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。3 x z# w4 U0 Z* I
日军的陆攻未能突破58直掩圈。; Q5 {+ k4 A+ T3 p5 _# \8 K2 H- t
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3 c2 o+ D6 h- V5 tAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Wallis Island at 142,155/ Z' x2 i" s9 V" T' D1 U
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.7 w/ ?. @5 e, y/ T
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes
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Japanese aircraft+ n2 v! K: Y* \* W! S
A6M2 Zero x 9, m3 w7 m- i' V3 a3 U
G4M1 Betty x 16$ d; b7 M' Y0 Q: ? _
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F4F-3A Wildcat x 30" x1 o9 F7 p5 P+ V( O. a7 w T4 W
F4F-3 Wildcat x 60
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9 Y8 g1 n1 u5 u& ?, ?4 p2 `Japanese aircraft losses/ e7 b6 ~/ u" [( S& A# W% [ r
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
6 z8 S$ j; a: f* W+ y G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged" C& a7 d+ `) ^9 N
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Allied aircraft losses
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DD Buchanan! W# {1 u/ o7 Y% h* d! K
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- o. C9 n# W) h7 dAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Savaii at 146,159' O; S* r8 M; G- w- i5 ~
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud' O6 a# k A2 a" {+ S; L' R" V+ X
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Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.1 b8 Q- `! \2 ~; d
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes' q6 K, z% e" h$ m! u) R" x
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Allied aircraft! w5 f6 b8 E& x2 A( I
F4F-3A Wildcat x 18, G* I9 [; Y" _+ h v! c9 \
F4F-3 Wildcat x 361 n: D2 E' T& I& W
F4F-4 Wildcat x 44( l @; c p1 d* j% D
SBD-2 Dauntless x 18
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TBF-1 Avenger x 30
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Allied aircraft losses
1 P' O; ]' Y+ G4 l% g5 g SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
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/ R% D: p4 A( y( L+ p$ i7 M) DJapanese Ships. {) v/ {6 f6 ~1 \
xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
! ^) y2 P% c9 ?8 x4 f3 B1 r xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage' C) K+ V+ N2 c1 F/ M' a; W0 v
AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage: P" Y# n3 J: v
AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage- I# C9 G" t0 S
xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk
^+ P4 F% E, q6 c' J' D% N { xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
3 G4 M& t" `9 | xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk; J, P9 B' l8 }& i* w
xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage$ r N" W6 i$ ?
xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
( x7 \1 ?7 t" ^1 _8 K' f t' X xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
r( x. {: h I xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage1 _9 o1 q \+ I2 D
xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk' h3 d2 W7 }* y
CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 2
1 T" A5 ]0 I8 x+ `2 \& q; _/ p xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |