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,
& j7 e4 j/ ]% Q" P$ v$ V- IAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 113,134/ l- ^ U, z) S' O4 w2 i
, O b) _1 n$ T# f3 R$ KWeather in hex: Overcast/ [- o9 P) Q% H: J1 a
: S* D x& p& ~3 dRaid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.; ?- }) ]$ j3 E1 Y+ c; q( S. h. t b
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes
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& t. `. N) O# u- m7 b$ v& E2 tJapanese aircraft" j+ A" G$ m" E$ w/ }2 k1 v
A6M8 Zero x 59
+ `. u' b4 A1 o A7M2 Sam x 76
$ h& B' Z9 H6 J) J* b B7A2 Grace x 134
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Allied aircraft- U5 j, C: u* P1 c3 w, L# i
F4U-1A Corsair x 14& W2 Q" @8 N, f' W" _5 D# v
F6F-5 Hellcat x 56
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Japanese aircraft losses
# n" O; J( P" g% [) | A6M8 Zero: 6 destroyed
; W* }9 V+ }9 y1 U Z1 K; {" T- O G A7M2 Sam: 5 destroyed% z6 O) I: c* f w: \- z3 I
B7A2 Grace: 7 destroyed, 26 damaged
- g8 C# t& W! T' s B7A2 Grace: 1 destroyed by flak1 j$ s& S( n7 H8 }8 \+ f
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Allied aircraft losses
/ W1 v: S8 U' N F4U-1A Corsair: 2 destroyed4 s& J0 q; S# G0 f+ B. r
F6F-5 Hellcat: 20 destroyed
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Allied Ships
8 f7 i- o( C+ s# L% O9 h CV Hancock, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk
$ Y$ A- R1 q; D6 Y' O CV Indomitable, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk2 |, G2 l$ e" V1 M, E' V0 x
CVE Munda, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
+ ~' D7 \2 d( a! |8 d+ ?7 X: x) u ` CVE Bougainville, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage m; ~- B: f, d+ O
DE Manlove, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
3 F* k) l9 E3 S* B4 M* G8 k CVE Attu, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage2 x4 N u0 B7 a7 ~9 G0 b5 P9 K
DE Lovering3 j0 U- w" F( U9 X! B
DE Lyman, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk L( M' S9 d6 `$ | q# J- N+ F
CVE Roi, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
' V4 T4 e }- J7 a# d DE Charles R. Greer, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk9 @. R$ _% r% P+ j% x
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