AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 08, 424 o4 |9 |+ X7 L1 D) E
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Sub attack near Milne Bay at 99,133
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: d! E6 m' Z8 q) UJapanese Ships3 q2 y" ?" k- x k- }9 i
CV Zuikaku, Torpedo hits 3, on fire
& I! y. @+ f" ^. F2 r DD Ariake
: o* ?* u" [- S: T DD Yayoi. _$ w$ H; }7 j9 i1 Z4 D- S
DD Mutsuki
' \0 Q1 C% ~/ a8 b5 k3 m DD Ushio
5 P0 M g7 C" e2 ]4 K3 c0 g3 ] DD Sazanami
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$ `+ }! m4 y4 ?& ?& ?Allied Ships* e/ o( l( W: y' n. X; U1 E3 ^+ ]! A
SS S-385 [9 x! \3 U% `1 ?2 C0 F
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Fuel storage explosion on CV Zuikaku% y1 Y/ | f5 ~3 L
SS S-38 launches 4 torpedoes at CV Zuikaku5 Y. |! P( M( P
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Light rain# t! b+ o% d- `: p) q
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Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.8 ~$ q! q9 N& ?9 o% x
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
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Japanese aircraft% s" U. }; E( h, Z! V5 @
A6M2 Zero x 19 D/ B' W+ O# R
D3A1 Val x 17
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Allied aircraft
. h4 c$ J m: [, w" N F4F-3 Wildcat x 9
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! b$ J1 n5 A( _+ oJapanese aircraft losses
. D8 i! o2 S/ N* N- ] D3A1 Val: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged
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0 t! K( ? P: F5 E$ eAllied aircraft losses6 o8 [/ J2 i: T
B-25B Mitchell: 1 destroyed on ground
3 a/ ]+ e5 ~8 D( l2 A2 ?9 W" V Wirraway: 1 destroyed on ground
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4 X" E3 @ n& o4 HMorning Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 99,133
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud2 x) G$ R1 [9 o
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Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet./ N0 D6 Z+ m; }3 g# @
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes) s4 |9 s2 n9 p
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Japanese aircraft
' v: v0 {, E4 T' \& z A6M2 Zero x 35: f. i( m3 ^/ ~; g ]2 u4 P
* `( I" l' i* O' AAllied aircraft
5 O' h* a) `! J, L1 W5 V" y+ c' N% [ F4F-3 Wildcat x 19
D" |7 w3 y n( P& f' L3 Q' y0 W, h SBD-3 Dauntless x 62; d# \1 b: X7 a( T
TBD-1 Devastator x 24, n( [ e8 V& b4 p- D* s
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1 j% f" C% ^; }# z' c) L% n A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses
8 G. h' J6 V2 v0 o4 u# X F4F-3 Wildcat: 3 destroyed
2 d# x% c: K) N3 b, K- y SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 destroyed, 5 damaged0 t+ M3 f. C( r) T2 V/ [- L
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak1 r8 c1 v; u, c) U! g% |! Z; M
TBD-1 Devastator: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged7 s9 [ i. V* u) \/ r- z* X
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CVL Shoho, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires
" D# t& m K+ V* l1 S CV Shokaku, Bomb hits 6, on fire7 B# J3 [- U8 H+ a' j: t9 m
CV Zuikaku, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
; e3 ?6 P% ~/ x- F& ]: A DD Yugure
. q3 x/ E! ~. A6 U DD Shiratsuyu, Bomb hits 1, on fire' A; g( S+ R5 I4 L
DD Akebono
$ _4 _1 \0 i$ T3 D( a; j$ v% D9 ? DD Ariake, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk2 n+ k% z6 w0 ]0 Q$ X. x: C
DD Ushio
+ t9 B) T4 F [; E3 E9 p7 ~ DD Mutsuki, Bomb hits 1, on fire4 T7 v8 e& ?3 G5 u5 P/ H6 D
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Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CVL Shoho& N3 y# l6 M+ u- V
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CV Zuikaku! F' u1 ^7 r: I% e
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CV Shokaku* n7 V8 q0 }5 u$ F0 z
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Ariake+ a8 t- m) B3 |; o" w
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Mutsuki |