AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 25, 42: U- h. n& L( i4 h
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Night Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 5 x4 \. ? L4 G( q% y$ u6 H& I7 t
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Weather in hex: Light cloud
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Raid spotted at 82 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
* b2 I" u) R) w. @& FEstimated time to target is 28 minutes# H7 z0 i2 p. P) q F
4 {# M) {8 p( h" k1 {0 P# eJapanese aircraft3 Q0 }; y A9 N" ~- [
G4M1 Betty x 10" Y8 E" n( Z; |& \' o: s7 M- C# q# s
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Allied aircraft
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3 R! \) ~, Q5 H5 uNo Japanese losses
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% y1 \2 \$ b( B1 t/ p, bAllied aircraft losses
% k [3 l5 j; T3 [8 h& ]7 X Kittyhawk IA: 3 damaged
% }) _1 k! T7 w" p/ k P-39D Airacobra: 3 damaged
K8 o* Z, L% K) T+ s& B P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed on ground( S+ A+ `: i. Z- W8 U
Catalina I: 2 damaged
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/ D r# |7 }2 K; _8 BAirbase hits 2. B, [- y2 X& {( L* d
Runway hits 11, t6 a8 H! f6 ^6 f! d* p5 P
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Night Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Light cloud% E. p0 _, ?7 _
- N, H) I$ D: s& D3 ^/ {Raid detected at 49 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
- T1 e- o! _, P# w! b9 a$ [Estimated time to target is 17 minutes5 A" @* \4 y! a- W
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Japanese aircraft
}# e: a, x% r/ r# d' m G4M1 Betty x 80 A5 Z& v; k1 H" A
( N1 a2 Z8 O4 q( \& u* UAllied aircraft
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No Japanese losses
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Allied aircraft losses i- k- A) u) k- h
Catalina I: 1 damaged- c) U( o! K# W6 v9 ^1 Y5 N* d# m
Kittyhawk IA: 1 damaged
! Y2 P/ K% Z6 R9 D+ ?8 F Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed on ground
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4 y4 B- F* r; S; c, H" ]Airbase hits 3+ x H; L `: s/ K `" d5 Z: @
Runway hits 1
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; q* W( C7 b( q8 g3 T$ UNight Naval bombardment of Milne Bay at 101,133
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Allied aircraft
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* s" ]6 Z( V/ w( f) W) \/ p; UAllied aircraft losses Z6 ~* D; E# X3 _2 Z) J
Kittyhawk IA: 3 damaged. ] E- I+ T0 g
* e U/ k; N, S2 X' O. PJapanese Ships
" C. q6 u6 H' e0 I c$ u CA Kako- _' H& z9 \) W! c
CA Furutaka$ Y. ?9 d& p2 S9 e- s( k
CA Kinugasa
" A/ b, o8 O& C2 ^ CA Aoba3 y% H+ w: B, w- I% M$ j
CA Chokai3 k5 E2 f' {, s/ m- l# Y/ ?( d, u
CL Yubari
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CL Tenryu" w0 X4 \$ I* l* }! j" {- U
4 I! r$ z! F5 E+ u: E, {% cAllied ground losses:
^* a9 S# F/ Y6 g# m 57 casualties reported
9 Q* [( v7 p& e Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
`- Q9 ~' r, X# {0 ~2 e Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled
. R" ~9 R+ i. c. s# e8 R- C0 X/ R Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
3 q& k i) | C# L Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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3 F1 G% X5 n9 b H6 YAirbase hits 3
& f5 Q* S8 l" ^1 Q/ E* e t% ZAirbase supply hits 5
& ]" j& n$ k0 c" dRunway hits 108 c9 U( {0 Y! s& V! e
Port hits 18$ R8 X( m' n9 V# _0 q5 A( A0 R
Port supply hits 3
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. h1 O# O( k4 i. H- C. p/ WMorning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129
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% P3 W$ e: ~9 ?! GWeather in hex: Thunderstorms
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Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.2 Y3 f5 W" b, P
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
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Allied aircraft% C6 e4 N+ `0 x- ^: B& b8 Y
B-17E Fortress x 17- ^) i1 `# n& z1 t4 t! X
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Allied aircraft losses; F6 F2 P! E; |. x7 @% Y. k
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged |