AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 16, 42
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Morning Air attack on 70th Chinese Corps, at 82,54 (Pingsiang)- L0 Q9 Z4 v" w3 B$ [' [
7 V. e& R0 O- RWeather in hex: Moderate rain
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Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
& S+ Q$ U4 R1 g3 h; [# Z1 ~Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
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G3M2 Nell x 271 e+ u b( D- d- o
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P-40E Warhawk x 299 P3 @& ]" G7 K( s* b* V& E
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Japanese aircraft losses
2 X q- O: ?2 b: T. ?' i G3M2 Nell: 20 destroyed
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& o. Z/ ]) K+ n( J4 X6 p. CMorning Air attack on 3rd New Chinese Corps, at 82,54 (Pingsiang)- ]7 l" M8 y1 S! H
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Weather in hex: Moderate rain
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Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.9 o2 I/ |. v7 B4 q' `
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes+ s4 M0 s( N( a9 F' H2 |2 N* i* E
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Japanese aircraft losses
# J3 K8 q6 T! M# i' v G4M1 Betty: 17 destroyed
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No Allied losses1 V" V8 H3 _) U: T
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Morning Air attack on 73rd Chinese Corps, at 82,54 (Pingsiang)8 n6 i3 z( R' E
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Weather in hex: Moderate rain
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Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.3 n0 J0 i9 s+ E$ M, r9 n/ ?% V- Q- R
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
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Ki-21-Ic Sally x 18
* E- m" a5 G' h9 I Ki-21-IIa Sally x 34% f7 Q7 j. ?; f1 b: e
Ki-30 Ann x 17- \, u+ I. C" M2 l+ ^: W0 A
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Allied aircraft: Q6 N. `; H; v- r5 J
P-40E Warhawk x 8+ J R3 Z9 O- A3 A' D
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Ki-21-Ic Sally: 4 destroyed9 c! u5 Y4 O7 r
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 3 destroyed
d. w: b/ j6 ^* _ Ki-30 Ann: 1 damaged8 ~% y# a: k& v" r: E2 U: q+ H$ l
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, [ R: O$ n8 F* d* rAfternoon Air attack on 70th Chinese Corps, at 82,54 (Pingsiang)6 d& \2 N, P m7 I3 b1 a
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.# q9 f* C( A/ y+ b& n! j) r
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
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Ki-51 Sonia x 49 K4 \% Z5 d, M7 }
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# B! @ G J: J3 r P-40E Warhawk x 27
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Ki-51 Sonia: 2 destroyed* A/ w, r; Q( F: k9 G9 x
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