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,* @5 \% R6 Z, o/ q9 d: k$ j# w
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 113,134
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Weather in hex: Overcast8 Z3 w U g) }: }% `& K
$ I2 h5 q ]0 {Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
& t) @( h4 m M' ZEstimated time to target is 21 minutes# |0 O3 E# b" Y% w3 m1 U# \8 w
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Japanese aircraft
! d$ U: b s" H+ ~ A6M8 Zero x 59
5 y( D2 W1 q$ Z% y. V A7M2 Sam x 762 z' K7 ]6 h8 X+ I7 |- G
B7A2 Grace x 1341 c5 ~! y7 I$ M( ^, g
4 K+ z0 A4 ^6 b1 h, WAllied aircraft2 b$ W8 P: R a V" Z# u* U6 g4 q
F4U-1A Corsair x 14
2 Z- @- f- Z) i7 V& P F6F-5 Hellcat x 561 x4 f/ O3 J Z7 y
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Japanese aircraft losses( m( }5 @9 m ~# v: ?
A6M8 Zero: 6 destroyed, a3 T. f& D; g" v
A7M2 Sam: 5 destroyed
; }+ g) G) ]0 f5 S. A9 Y B7A2 Grace: 7 destroyed, 26 damaged1 A" M2 o2 R% q) }
B7A2 Grace: 1 destroyed by flak3 z/ I N6 R( H8 h+ t
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" M V: b; l2 n+ O F4U-1A Corsair: 2 destroyed1 i/ ?, Y- v) w+ Q5 x ? T% M% e
F6F-5 Hellcat: 20 destroyed! K# _8 _* s0 P4 ~
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Allied Ships1 J5 z7 i6 ^, y& Y, ^
CV Hancock, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk9 [2 r6 u0 Q0 T8 {" R
CV Indomitable, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk9 [/ M/ }, o+ h5 N& n S( m3 Z
CVE Munda, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
. Q! X4 L8 T) q. P2 y6 u CVE Bougainville, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
* ?' R# Q& I3 F+ e, U DE Manlove, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk4 q7 w7 O, q: N( S" W+ \
CVE Attu, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage& w P( w+ K1 [' x! [# [
DE Lovering
) M0 @1 z, q% G$ H* I DE Lyman, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
3 @- g2 w% s% X$ r9 g, S CVE Roi, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage9 J8 k* {- o1 h: \) V5 {
DE Charles R. Greer, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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