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,2 O( d; m; K8 Y! U9 A/ d: B
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 113,1342 C+ T+ ^. t3 u0 u
$ j7 f9 \; I0 YWeather in hex: Overcast7 x5 p$ V. Y/ b* x4 [5 c0 ?
) s. t; M1 {7 B2 i2 w& ]7 NRaid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet. y! I9 o6 C4 h* a4 e/ U
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes
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Japanese aircraft3 R/ r7 x9 h- m& M: u$ {
A6M8 Zero x 592 i. S5 k# R3 n) l- g
A7M2 Sam x 76
) W" t2 p! {, c B7A2 Grace x 134
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. {# Q5 H3 [8 \8 y3 U5 Y8 jAllied aircraft
# O4 h. W" K! b+ B/ R1 d& R0 v F4U-1A Corsair x 140 t V" `( ~) A7 h# b! q
F6F-5 Hellcat x 56
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( e* [" N( r" O( x/ ?Japanese aircraft losses
1 N- Z' M8 u1 y) `8 |$ E A6M8 Zero: 6 destroyed
- w3 d" ~. G# d; c* d( l. M S: D+ u A7M2 Sam: 5 destroyed
" A& e7 n0 M- h0 @/ m" O B7A2 Grace: 7 destroyed, 26 damaged
* U, I1 g8 m' P5 L h l B7A2 Grace: 1 destroyed by flak
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0 N# O& p1 ?) M7 \' y$ mAllied aircraft losses6 X# X- o- I, }3 E' u4 m3 O
F4U-1A Corsair: 2 destroyed4 N) K: y4 J. S: P+ Y+ B; y; E9 D5 `
F6F-5 Hellcat: 20 destroyed1 X% s3 k; F+ R% W) V3 l
9 D: R. i+ ?3 {) t: s* k4 A, k" cAllied Ships
& }" s. |$ k0 H8 R CV Hancock, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk
7 `6 J5 h: z8 N CV Indomitable, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk+ n& k9 u' I/ X% @3 ~2 m
CVE Munda, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk& P& P; S, r! i6 u0 R8 O- t5 V, [/ @
CVE Bougainville, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage3 G7 q1 I: h& L( O$ F' r
DE Manlove, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk: l" P# @& E8 D |0 f( U
CVE Attu, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
9 v- \4 Q: G( [, ]7 X& I: n. E3 n DE Lovering
4 P0 V6 J. b; T+ F/ s4 l' ?4 ~ DE Lyman, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk; n8 B7 l+ e6 F0 t9 n/ ?# E$ v
CVE Roi, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage/ G% Q8 Q* }( e. n! R1 Y( X
DE Charles R. Greer, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk, P/ i" Z8 B4 h* N1 j% l( [
DE Wesson |