AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 08, 426 U& ~6 w; C; \ E% J& }# J0 i
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! y' G. [. f! y; w4 r+ t: T* GSub attack near Milne Bay at 99,1336 ], a7 Y' K5 j- ^! R& j# k
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Japanese Ships7 x" n# p( Y4 b
CV Zuikaku, Torpedo hits 3, on fire
9 Q$ r+ e6 S5 A+ v; x- ? DD Ariake; K6 Q Z% j+ Z9 f8 M* ]
DD Yayoi0 o6 s1 N" @, e2 A. x) Q$ L( f
DD Mutsuki( l* `7 [. ?8 p; w* w/ s
DD Ushio
^! x& Q7 S; d* Z2 ? DD Sazanami& Z, i7 f1 ^% y- V
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SS S-38( O8 }$ H7 K# B1 r( O
( h" G2 t+ b5 sFuel storage explosion on CV Zuikaku5 G' ?! F5 B3 M3 j/ V- g
SS S-38 launches 4 torpedoes at CV Zuikaku- F7 Z0 b* {1 _) I; X& l
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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, c& `# p# j) m: n0 M# V; h: zWeather in hex: Light rain& {) Q2 @+ `( u% k) A
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Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.# g% q8 K# e2 P; J: J+ Y9 o
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes+ \( F4 F' o! z
5 e9 w7 y8 }, i6 [- B& B$ |9 nJapanese aircraft6 C$ H5 u3 O4 T1 `; t! S5 `
A6M2 Zero x 19; S0 P6 N6 H" ]- f
D3A1 Val x 17# ~& D# S* ?+ u' Z# i1 b
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3 P5 u7 k! q9 W F4F-3 Wildcat x 9
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9 t& `9 n3 A, f8 `1 ^$ h, `Japanese aircraft losses
) e8 k- ^2 F! f0 W; n D3A1 Val: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged/ S; Y' e9 I _& y9 ~% j
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Allied aircraft losses
6 v5 Y$ A' \ L& Y9 H! K2 P, B# @) X: e B-25B Mitchell: 1 destroyed on ground
% _: V# [. g# j) y# Y% a- L2 K Wirraway: 1 destroyed on ground
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Runway hits 4. Y( b/ l6 j" e8 B9 h
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+ B, Z0 ]8 b2 Z @- ]Morning Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 99,133% x1 S; q& Q, u, B, E
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) h% _9 b/ H1 {5 F- d3 ^, i. ~. KRaid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
- a4 M+ a( B3 ~4 Z4 l+ _Estimated time to target is 15 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
# M! u; i! H& Y A6M2 Zero x 355 v% d1 |0 C5 W Z
3 ]+ d$ l8 P( VAllied aircraft2 V$ U! D/ d, n$ u& J
F4F-3 Wildcat x 19* N! {1 q5 x2 |
SBD-3 Dauntless x 62
Q0 ]- T c0 P5 S2 K$ l8 I. s& h TBD-1 Devastator x 24
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+ ^+ D) D; O9 R9 s3 [2 n1 x: eJapanese aircraft losses# o4 g* w; d% h) r1 O! M
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
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/ ]% J0 U2 g. W9 [2 XAllied aircraft losses
2 v; C% x8 H- j( s4 l F4F-3 Wildcat: 3 destroyed
( q) f: R; L2 k6 G* N5 Q SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 destroyed, 5 damaged! `- q4 ~9 }: x. @% d" u# B& E; `& N' o
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak& f3 H; R' H' G& _) Q5 E* A9 h9 y1 g
TBD-1 Devastator: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
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, r: M' `, I4 L/ V1 i5 {Japanese Ships
7 G3 {$ Z2 k1 W" L5 t" R1 H- s" Y6 P$ [ CVL Shoho, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires
5 C Y( O7 t8 g ^: _ CV Shokaku, Bomb hits 6, on fire0 W- T' N1 w0 c1 N$ j8 F8 x
CV Zuikaku, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
% S4 K. o `2 _" q* s6 s1 Q DD Yugure
, i+ d, Z3 Q0 D% [+ f DD Shiratsuyu, Bomb hits 1, on fire
F+ |( N2 u! F+ _/ ?& N$ i DD Akebono
9 s7 U* ^ X" V N DD Ariake, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
0 F Q% n$ k$ y3 V0 T DD Ushio
2 u0 l$ @& Q9 s2 c# |2 l( y S6 k DD Mutsuki, Bomb hits 1, on fire$ h6 R- e" H4 b& K% j0 Q
: w- o% M- i* s vHeavy smoke from fires obscuring CVL Shoho6 x5 M" t& f: Z2 D' b& I
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CV Zuikaku
; ^' k3 A/ c r$ p- ]5 ^; ZHeavy smoke from fires obscuring CV Shokaku
( T4 ]. O. G% b% h. `) S/ s* X4 zHeavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Ariake; q Y# I% a% n/ [% P6 W& E7 q
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Mutsuki |