所罗门的血腥地狱又添新魂,蝗军针对过于前出的盟军登陆船团发起轮番攻击,击沉汉考克号和不屈号2艘舰队航母,3艘CVE,蝗军损失作战飞机300多架,% P" ? T! ?& _
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 113,134
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Weather in hex: Overcast: _9 T% P- M+ ^* b7 Z
1 K- x, |3 k3 JRaid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
* {$ [" m2 Z1 m+ IEstimated time to target is 21 minutes0 n: A4 Q% h, I" W! T! G
: s0 O9 i& `7 t K- B: `7 ~Japanese aircraft
: h' o0 i- n* R4 | A6M8 Zero x 59
$ U k8 b. x; t% E% F A7M2 Sam x 76
, L( @. C& j/ q B7A2 Grace x 1340 u, E( W" I1 U: d$ d$ D
# x& s# c' P' e3 l. P5 c; T* YAllied aircraft
: [8 K4 g3 s4 E0 @# K$ B F4U-1A Corsair x 14" W7 O- A. f9 U" J e4 Z
F6F-5 Hellcat x 561 j6 B7 R4 M1 } B' L0 V
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Japanese aircraft losses/ }7 {* j3 t+ }& A7 g9 e$ V K4 s
A6M8 Zero: 6 destroyed3 ^8 y, W% v, p+ u _8 ]
A7M2 Sam: 5 destroyed
! N$ ^8 }- L: y- } B7A2 Grace: 7 destroyed, 26 damaged% f, {% ~+ A" _1 H6 J
B7A2 Grace: 1 destroyed by flak
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Allied aircraft losses
' A; P) }& c; J F4U-1A Corsair: 2 destroyed
/ ?. @3 Q; X) \1 | F6F-5 Hellcat: 20 destroyed" e% x1 q: F. K' L l: ~
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CV Hancock, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk
( b" h3 a$ l, ^ CV Indomitable, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk: {" \) D5 z% T' x+ W; p5 T
CVE Munda, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
, s5 s% r: L2 f3 J) S CVE Bougainville, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage" ~4 z% W' k" @1 K$ ^
DE Manlove, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
6 o6 _, V9 W9 P5 v! S3 T CVE Attu, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
9 v3 i: v8 R* ? DE Lovering
( B p, I0 d O+ O DE Lyman, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
; |3 @8 l* M3 r x, \$ F CVE Roi, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage9 r+ f: H( C z9 F
DE Charles R. Greer, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk$ b+ q" B% g' i7 Q3 E% {
DE Wesson |