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,
+ Q3 d1 p: X3 _Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 113,134
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, G" _7 V$ O4 ^# H1 r! D5 ^; }+ PWeather in hex: Overcast
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" {" C; p8 s( m! zRaid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
% [- j6 [5 t2 t2 u8 J8 \- { BEstimated time to target is 21 minutes8 I( K6 y# W* g: F% G: m
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Japanese aircraft4 p# y( }. u$ I: _
A6M8 Zero x 59
/ D8 x+ S* B1 k A7M2 Sam x 76
" Z1 g2 |9 d9 L7 }+ k B7A2 Grace x 134* A; }( M3 @5 Q9 p4 d
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Allied aircraft* S' T- q# a* Q7 C( w b/ H2 {
F4U-1A Corsair x 14
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Japanese aircraft losses
; ]9 p# T; m5 q: v! ^2 D A6M8 Zero: 6 destroyed
' M' N1 _5 T, ?1 h& c A7M2 Sam: 5 destroyed
3 `3 W3 Q% n8 G9 {2 g7 x B7A2 Grace: 7 destroyed, 26 damaged
7 n4 m$ i4 Y+ q3 {1 x& i& i B7A2 Grace: 1 destroyed by flak
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% N: k3 G8 ` O. F6 l# i* _4 bAllied aircraft losses
. N3 {$ l9 u4 Q& L F4U-1A Corsair: 2 destroyed! {8 |# q8 j& P, [& \5 ?
F6F-5 Hellcat: 20 destroyed
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0 b( w6 t7 H5 Z# G9 F8 g1 ]Allied Ships
' @2 J3 C5 j% I4 n CV Hancock, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk
3 M2 P4 E9 v* r7 h4 J' h8 l, p CV Indomitable, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk8 b' I- c W8 }1 m# R0 S0 l- H
CVE Munda, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
8 J/ e0 {$ m% O5 d1 K6 d CVE Bougainville, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage% f0 K/ B! Q' [7 d$ e8 C! \
DE Manlove, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk# z' p7 ?! o% T$ m% P/ {
CVE Attu, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
+ {2 w7 a4 g2 o2 q" a6 Q. } DE Lovering0 p- L# A3 N# V$ N8 h4 D! v) M
DE Lyman, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk" z4 h t2 ]! l% G
CVE Roi, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage% B5 t: x& x: u- L
DE Charles R. Greer, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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