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,
# M% `- n6 J% W: L- aAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 113,1344 p. O: b7 v- d. R) @2 e: B# B/ H
# @, }1 L! e0 f0 _" O6 x% MWeather in hex: Overcast! B/ C% K/ `1 ]( D2 K9 C# f/ E
% p- \7 }6 x8 H( X2 w& \0 _Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
. t2 h P0 h7 c; l" qEstimated time to target is 21 minutes# G5 [ ?$ b# R j$ a
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Japanese aircraft
" i# q0 ]* k* q$ L1 |. O. B A6M8 Zero x 59( R M/ o6 c& S9 o) o) r
A7M2 Sam x 76
6 w8 K# t6 M% V$ d0 I1 o B7A2 Grace x 1345 L+ [7 C0 I' L- \9 E. n' g
" [5 M( \3 {& D4 \Allied aircraft
; u; Z* P! D+ Y" L* N F4U-1A Corsair x 14
4 A: d! a4 K+ ~2 m$ B7 f/ X F6F-5 Hellcat x 562 W0 o$ ^) d& C4 Y1 j+ D7 b
# [+ d& E; G3 v2 a0 h; K' NJapanese aircraft losses/ ^; n2 i! M* X9 d `$ o
A6M8 Zero: 6 destroyed
% p7 p) m# s8 U1 L A7M2 Sam: 5 destroyed
* Q! g/ |7 }' v1 z7 z4 M B7A2 Grace: 7 destroyed, 26 damaged
. z8 w5 P% X3 v# { B7A2 Grace: 1 destroyed by flak& W9 a* l/ M) f6 T! J' I
" f t }+ M4 u+ n& c8 M5 V8 BAllied aircraft losses
4 H, d) n8 d6 B! L# ^' k! U F4U-1A Corsair: 2 destroyed2 D- }& q! w7 T: m3 n. a8 i7 s* a% e
F6F-5 Hellcat: 20 destroyed# ^2 y" c2 \% r+ Z& J
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Allied Ships
Z- b& M9 Y q CV Hancock, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk
3 j, [$ f6 E1 X' c5 j CV Indomitable, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk% ~; M* U" C* p1 u* i- @% _
CVE Munda, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk4 H% @0 k# V; m$ l+ Z
CVE Bougainville, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
$ w& a6 i6 S. O2 S5 h3 C DE Manlove, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
" W: D7 `- s0 _ CVE Attu, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
/ v0 l# d' S9 }; [7 Y DE Lovering# q; s; ~6 V, ]) N! s
DE Lyman, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
; k% C3 _- W2 ]8 j8 ` CVE Roi, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage, A: k# n m2 v5 c/ K
DE Charles R. Greer, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
5 f. _/ }( ?7 C% y DE Wesson |