AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 25, 42
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& j+ G- I; [; H. W6 VNight Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 $ S4 O8 [; o% o
. t6 ~! C# z8 P: j6 gWeather in hex: Light cloud
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Raid spotted at 82 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
% H$ S$ C+ U! k5 c* l# ?Estimated time to target is 28 minutes. y. {+ Q" \5 p& |
& h$ {0 q4 u/ z) xJapanese aircraft9 F5 u, h4 O# v
G4M1 Betty x 10
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5 ~7 x: I1 k$ W: Y. RAllied aircraft
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No Japanese losses
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% |% m3 `" `0 A! VAllied aircraft losses. j' H+ {% N# _/ Z
Kittyhawk IA: 3 damaged6 D* i& k7 `1 I$ N
P-39D Airacobra: 3 damaged
2 b, E8 }& j2 W P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed on ground6 _) I; N V) w
Catalina I: 2 damaged
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Airbase hits 2
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Night Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Light cloud
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) y) n( V. W9 C& ~9 l0 c4 NRaid detected at 49 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
, N: F7 \) s. a1 w" H: [Estimated time to target is 17 minutes2 S6 k1 V7 V% t
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G4M1 Betty x 87 r V3 G% r$ O3 J) g
- V W% ~+ G6 d8 ]0 fAllied aircraft z, B9 v/ e" o% Y* o. B' M7 m
no flights/ A: H1 `5 p0 e$ p1 R$ e# K9 M5 D: b
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No Japanese losses' c) J( p& m8 A
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Allied aircraft losses+ N2 b7 y0 Z5 I* [9 y" x( p9 }# C
Catalina I: 1 damaged7 ]; m1 ?/ i0 [; b
Kittyhawk IA: 1 damaged) G/ j7 o6 i3 G" B- [
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed on ground
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Airbase hits 37 V6 j/ K! O/ v( p- J9 o
Runway hits 1
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Night Naval bombardment of Milne Bay at 101,133
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Allied aircraft
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Allied aircraft losses% d+ S6 @; f) ]; K/ ?
Kittyhawk IA: 3 damaged' u7 F0 n6 B3 f; ]$ H
; Z/ M/ l1 V5 o7 p$ @& }' NJapanese Ships- a1 @: Z D' q* q9 @0 q8 W3 T
CA Kako
8 _" j9 y! M8 Q' w: k+ U5 ~ CA Furutaka
3 o$ S4 _/ }7 X P% ?! F& k: q CA Kinugasa
, |9 h, F+ U% h. [% _ CA Aoba
+ {1 V, c7 B& F* b9 R$ P CA Chokai
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Allied ground losses:
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Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled1 m- v6 O& e/ {3 P- n( u( |
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled2 c5 R7 S3 k B+ [3 \* T
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
/ C ^) i% \, o0 }( X; T0 [6 A3 @+ p Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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/ b0 x# C. u# ^; U2 N7 o8 ^Airbase hits 32 t+ r. d0 I1 N1 F; Z0 ^9 F
Airbase supply hits 54 [& q2 K1 v+ ?6 p6 V1 N& b+ k! v, ?2 U
Runway hits 10
7 _5 p- L- R+ b! LPort hits 18
( I! g" n5 Z* o7 UPort supply hits 3
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4 M' z5 I* T% M/ x' B2 q+ JMorning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129 & s7 Y; H1 R6 |# e7 J/ a, h# o
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, O0 ^, f2 m, Z1 oRaid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
0 Y% z% [$ y4 H0 G: MEstimated time to target is 11 minutes- |* i/ q: m3 L/ `* p5 M! c7 S8 p
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Allied aircraft0 s! e1 o. i( ^/ i% y- Z# h
B-17E Fortress x 17
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: X( w; x9 d4 HAllied aircraft losses
5 d- d* j% N8 ] B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged |