所罗门的血腥地狱又添新魂,蝗军针对过于前出的盟军登陆船团发起轮番攻击,击沉汉考克号和不屈号2艘舰队航母,3艘CVE,蝗军损失作战飞机300多架,
: E0 l4 a. g. T, `* j& lAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 113,134
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Weather in hex: Overcast
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Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.5 N* A) A) v$ o/ k
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
/ Y# G4 ]9 x u1 u' D4 U A6M8 Zero x 59
3 y0 Q0 F$ ^" t' K- K A7M2 Sam x 76
v; I4 l5 u8 E- b B7A2 Grace x 134! I( q! M! I0 ~; L" t7 Z
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Allied aircraft
; I1 @; U# r; G% s" L* G2 x8 m: {6 J F4U-1A Corsair x 14' a" Z. L1 h2 ^9 Y- s! N4 J0 y
F6F-5 Hellcat x 56
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" i W: \4 b# v A6M8 Zero: 6 destroyed
* ?! u9 p7 e% H: e& n A7M2 Sam: 5 destroyed9 d; j# d9 X2 g2 U) ?$ c
B7A2 Grace: 7 destroyed, 26 damaged C9 C+ ~' O& Z# K
B7A2 Grace: 1 destroyed by flak
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1 B4 e/ k+ f$ q) ^( J }! q2 o4 I F4U-1A Corsair: 2 destroyed
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Allied Ships
9 j# D9 ?. |0 d9 o# b. d/ E CV Hancock, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk
v3 U* a, _: v CV Indomitable, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
2 U) ]$ [$ N k E$ E2 i CVE Munda, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
0 f ?, Y; ~4 K/ \0 j9 U, D- Y4 ~ CVE Bougainville, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage- o; |$ X6 B, m" T0 _8 z1 p: ^/ A
DE Manlove, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk9 a; g! N( M3 @+ }& G1 \5 j' `, n: T" H
CVE Attu, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage8 V8 W7 y) O8 O; {6 L; U
DE Lovering
/ N$ A8 F4 _) s2 V% x5 c& E DE Lyman, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
$ N' L! M8 E \9 S6 w) F CVE Roi, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
( q N4 q1 N; y DE Charles R. Greer, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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