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。
- `- L& Y8 _+ r! g* z* f. q4 M/ e日军的陆攻未能突破58直掩圈。
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Wallis Island at 142,155; G5 _" _" s! i+ _
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Weather in hex: Light rain3 h9 R$ k( G3 q
# t8 t5 T/ `8 E Y* zRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
$ X! m/ T9 H+ BEstimated time to target is 28 minutes% P7 {: Q0 b7 G* y; o
2 [1 d% ^- o" ^Japanese aircraft! v/ F( z' g9 D7 _
A6M2 Zero x 9
1 M" y. W& V2 ? G4M1 Betty x 16; u2 b4 o2 y: }: z% V( n
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Allied aircraft; w+ u% O- l" T8 ]
F4F-3A Wildcat x 30
; q7 ~" j, _- K: R F4F-3 Wildcat x 60
$ I( m" t( ]) C# b( A F4F-4 Wildcat x 79$ V- ~( l, W5 S1 I# V; z
/ E/ @: Q6 G3 X3 nJapanese aircraft losses
3 @0 U# M) ]3 v: E A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed2 }$ M8 G4 |4 s: d6 a
G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged
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F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed+ ^% n5 S! R# C" L, Q
( Y4 {3 }' Y! |3 r' E9 xAllied Ships
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) E/ ]! I/ [# p9 |' e- `7 \. U* E! lAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Savaii at 146,1591 s5 x* [5 N% A$ ~2 h' P
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- y4 x) h1 b1 p1 \. P2 tRaid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.% Z$ J. p/ i0 b
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes* Q7 p6 ]& z7 ^
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Allied aircraft
1 U% p. A+ m# a, J) p$ d- P F4F-3A Wildcat x 18
$ T# E% y- j. `! } F4F-3 Wildcat x 36
# u- k9 M- x7 h- [5 P0 } F4F-4 Wildcat x 44
) Z. F' [2 D- b0 w6 Y0 h, G5 I SBD-2 Dauntless x 18
( J5 r. N$ }7 }4 Y- o' t) J0 n* x SBD-3 Dauntless x 819 S7 b; B9 q" `& V: W/ `9 e
TBF-1 Avenger x 302 {% h+ e. v+ z3 c3 I- D; x
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SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged6 w2 p( F) q z
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Japanese Ships
+ Z* f# ]* l t xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk# y( E) K) @4 \' G) q5 U
xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage" b% C2 ?/ [- s- s
AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
9 `/ i. G% m# l) j: z AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage" B- z& w+ B( `+ r! J3 o
xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk
1 W; y L& P% Q4 ~& [+ r xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk& Y! V$ J- v) h) w" ?+ I+ k
xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk- ?$ r. ]: }1 t) r. Y. z1 a: S: N
xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
( Q& R3 h$ c0 m! Z4 {/ C+ } xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage, ^. A- I: ]; Q% [, \, o
xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
7 q) x9 k8 [* s* O xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage" ]/ g# Q! `% ]" x8 J1 F! [# `6 Q
xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk, ~& t' Q* M( g( w y l
CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 2/ t, x5 y x R7 v* h2 H
xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |