AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 08, 42, L9 ~3 ~$ g( O1 U5 o
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Sub attack near Milne Bay at 99,133+ s0 J! W* H9 }7 }" K: b$ K" H4 i
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Japanese Ships* k. }& j4 K* O( }) h
CV Zuikaku, Torpedo hits 3, on fire
3 k; C$ I0 U# d/ F# o" ?/ r6 g DD Ariake/ h+ W+ n, k$ h
DD Yayoi; P- ]: @4 I$ j F
DD Mutsuki4 ~* @/ ]) B& |' e( G4 b
DD Ushio7 w7 J! O3 P6 ~7 k/ z6 p% \
DD Sazanami
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Allied Ships
1 s( Q3 Y4 h. {( @ SS S-38+ h( F7 S! e- A6 a6 m( O9 s) N
2 {& t, S" w. ]+ ]Fuel storage explosion on CV Zuikaku4 g5 j9 s+ D* P. W7 U- L8 k
SS S-38 launches 4 torpedoes at CV Zuikaku
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( _. O- } R& [) r ]/ s) [4 pMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Light rain4 ]0 M2 y: U, d o: t. G# S
/ o0 z9 j7 J+ E; `Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.* ]# J( l8 q7 i, |! {9 }
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes; W! S+ u9 ^: U& c% p+ Y0 o. [
- Z {& ^7 i5 H0 _1 `" s1 J. b% o( p2 _Japanese aircraft
. ]" s+ q/ m# n: v1 W# @ A6M2 Zero x 19' Z% W9 {: {0 U1 X+ n1 f% }2 _
D3A1 Val x 17
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. @! u' y* B* n) r& n8 J F4F-3 Wildcat x 9( Y- L+ v" D6 V1 A
: _- v w0 K# Q; lJapanese aircraft losses* Y7 A5 D- Z4 Y$ l, g8 m
D3A1 Val: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged$ ?# H& i- p6 N8 V' N: w" R
7 Q4 s. K9 z" T7 Z+ u) MAllied aircraft losses( L- b0 N) [2 `8 s0 q
B-25B Mitchell: 1 destroyed on ground8 y' e2 h: @3 j1 m, `
Wirraway: 1 destroyed on ground
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Runway hits 4
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. b1 ^8 H0 N0 c" KMorning Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 99,133$ ]4 y! c1 D& C7 J- x; O
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud7 \/ U! A6 D1 h1 L @: Y! H( U
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Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.& g! ]1 o* m5 g
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes* N: i4 C9 p# J O( M. f) V: B
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Japanese aircraft5 w2 ?$ {9 _' P: c4 ^
A6M2 Zero x 35
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8 L7 ]; i N4 C F4F-3 Wildcat x 19
1 G8 m/ I( |* l SBD-3 Dauntless x 62
) O4 l: i* ~( y- T TBD-1 Devastator x 24
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Japanese aircraft losses# J' B+ I& H+ d
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
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SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 destroyed, 5 damaged
H5 u: o# W: V8 L. C$ s- k SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak
/ C1 Q, k" {, [1 F7 r TBD-1 Devastator: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
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Japanese Ships
) `+ ]- e1 J% i5 r CVL Shoho, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires
8 }9 z8 G6 e, s! [5 Q" x) X CV Shokaku, Bomb hits 6, on fire
8 M2 L4 i- M8 y% v1 |. g/ q- W9 x CV Zuikaku, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
' P- ~( x9 d# H+ F* S DD Yugure
6 {) J: d2 ^! f DD Shiratsuyu, Bomb hits 1, on fire
% C/ C- D4 d! o( i) X DD Akebono
' e0 g5 V1 | i4 O+ P$ x DD Ariake, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk" q! F4 a6 \7 N ^; j$ j
DD Ushio
/ f. F0 U/ |% l DD Mutsuki, Bomb hits 1, on fire4 v% k! j! s7 [1 a+ r8 n% q
; g5 B( X$ D$ B# j) C- [0 XHeavy smoke from fires obscuring CVL Shoho
3 C: d X$ @( Z# K0 D( O6 ]Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CV Zuikaku* y+ J0 t1 z |# k' f
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CV Shokaku5 u$ \* U0 `2 M6 p
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Ariake
* k, C( R# |# z' g4 g1 u# jHeavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Mutsuki |
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