3月18日当天,比亚克航空队经过一段时间重整后再次出击,这一次出动的是彗星舰爆队,专门对付在海面上执行运输任务的盟军小型运输船队,当天的出击共袭击了在海面上的两队和在港口中的一队运输船,取得了一定的战果,当然,也付出了一定的损失。; ^! l, A1 {: R# S
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Gorong at 81,113
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Weather in hex: Moderate rain6 L5 A/ V0 T7 ?7 t6 v
3 v' U+ m0 E: i8 I* N4 oRaid detected at 34 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet. K- f0 F7 a2 z- n
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes7 f/ _' B! U6 N0 h2 `) `# w, M
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Japanese aircraft
, w2 `9 D7 L5 d- v8 k# U$ k2 m D4Y4 Judy x 21
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No Japanese losses' d+ v5 [, ?8 D/ G6 D# J/ k+ I
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Allied Ships9 Y/ ^; _* O+ x. c
LCT-464
9 o& ^# U+ T; w; S: y LCT-479
; z3 ~3 u E' C( ] LCT-354, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk3 ]# l1 O- I$ E& I1 H
YMS-147
( Q: ]( ?. }, o6 o- V7 F LCT-164, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
0 @7 g6 A) k$ Y1 @6 ^/ `1 F( @ LCT-470, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
0 Z3 F8 [8 y" q+ V7 X8 a7 n LCT-326, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk& x+ P, C8 U! R
LCT-143, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk; U5 e, v$ P8 q* B
YMS-243, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk# l% z, o i& Y- w$ H0 Y
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+ o/ n, h1 l l2 c2 R- t) O& Q9 _Morning Air attack on TF, near Gorong at 81,113
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- u- `8 \. Q( T: l8 ^, Y! F. oWeather in hex: Moderate rain) C9 u U4 k, i: k3 a/ W* N
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Raid detected at 33 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.& ~8 A: K* o! i' u# ]4 W. h
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes2 g4 |1 w* H" S- J$ G
$ I! ~! r* x1 A0 P5 ?/ IJapanese aircraft! e8 k( {! l" @7 J% q
D4Y4 Judy x 21
4 i3 D$ S; a5 ?: c. [' g9 r" t! f" Q N1K5-J George x 24. ^" y6 i3 z3 ?1 L" x
' e1 Q" v) g( y! @, h: ENo Japanese losses
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Allied Ships
+ o. {+ f* z, T, \0 ^8 B YMS-129, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk8 |, Z3 V6 I7 v( A- B
LCT-145. v( d( |4 ]" I1 K5 ?- n$ R
LCT-475, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
# x2 B$ S! D( E" \" Y LCT-162, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
$ j, w, B k3 [8 c! r& A LCT-462, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
/ W9 |, X$ P3 f& O5 K; X4 n2 r: ? LCT-60, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk8 ]" r/ ]6 a+ T* `6 @
LCT-472, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
+ R7 i1 O4 A5 s j: ?2 e4 t' V" z YMS-147, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
: W' k! n& O/ m, ` LCT-131, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
! o# J/ M6 r; I/ g LCT-473, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk5 E" h% D- \! ?7 u) n
LCT-134' J/ V5 q- w7 D" X a+ g v- G
LCT-471, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk1 K+ P# |2 f3 Z% M/ [- o
LCT-321, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk% w6 l1 Y+ ^9 A' W$ y' e$ Q6 k
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Dobo at 83,116
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Weather in hex: Clear sky
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3 D3 y7 z$ o" B$ J( `Raid detected at 22 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.( R$ w7 N8 {/ T, I, v, x
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
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D4Y4 Judy x 20! w4 S# I0 ]. w2 ^: O- {
N1K5-J George x 24) z+ T' C0 S% m6 c5 w
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Allied aircraft
1 U& E4 h6 r- i- y7 u, { Spitfire VIII x 55* l1 q4 W2 S/ C7 G4 t8 w4 h& K7 t2 X
F4U-1D Corsair x 79
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Japanese aircraft losses% [& i3 J, Q0 [+ Q! p# U
D4Y4 Judy: 9 destroyed( V/ H& _. t$ |4 v( f6 @
N1K5-J George: 6 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses1 P# \" Q& Q3 J" c* s
F4U-1D Corsair: 1 destroyed# f' K% U' o/ K. v" S0 \! F, H
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7 Z5 d1 r1 N- o% L LSM-351' ` t" s+ U# U4 E/ s- P
LSM-306, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
) D. V. c. J, i, I! o: @& ?5 p" D) ^ LSM-19, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
( @3 C7 k0 [! U2 `, T LST-744, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage3 H) I9 ]+ ]8 r. U' x) k6 p; w: G& h) o
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Allied ground losses:
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Squads: 10 destroyed, 9 disabled
! ]' }% T4 F8 S. n' J. [* v+ \) B: J* U Non Combat: 32 destroyed, 5 disabled9 K9 P: a, W2 j: _: \0 F+ w/ z
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled% W' v6 o) V4 o! f; ~, \; A+ [( ~" L& z
Guns lost 5 (5 destroyed, 0 disabled)
: s4 M. j+ H7 l& u3 F Vehicles lost 8 (8 destroyed, 0 disabled) |