AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Oct 09, 42
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日军进攻莫港的MO计划失败后,运输队向腊包儿方向撤退,从珊瑚海深处赶来的盟军TF58兜头拦住,在强大的空袭力量下,海面上再也不剩下一条舢板,一片干干净净。 E: k" z. j& k% J/ ^) o5 U
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6 W9 e6 e* X: v& {' ~Morning Air attack on TF, near Gasmata at 105,130% _# w2 q3 a, F5 b t
2 w: q3 p- F. s O' ^Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
) b: @3 r# s9 i1 H( B' E5 p! F+ l& @Estimated time to target is 7 minutes/ ~7 Y ]4 s+ z+ G! a
% J; w: K% T9 m# X% ^: p+ E- UJapanese aircraft
4 B1 T. c' D# g c7 w! j4 x! S A6M2 Zero x 2
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Allied aircraft( J {3 _8 G: u: W4 B4 g/ N
F4F-3 Wildcat x 36
9 ?2 a7 d' o" h9 E# Z( d z F4F-4 Wildcat x 54
( ]( S5 O9 _; i SBD-3 Dauntless x 706 n" w |! J2 l/ ~# z D% k, J
, y9 k& N* j) D; @( YNo Japanese losses
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Allied aircraft losses7 q( J3 X) t: h. U8 r
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged. s8 R) @/ R% M( m! v, @: Y6 I; F0 ?
1 u9 i) k! {1 p* Y& a3 SJapanese Ships, B" G4 r- o1 r3 N
CA Kumano, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage- _5 U8 B. h+ U
CA Mikuma, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires. l* Y5 J( ^/ z+ u/ l
CA Furutaka, Bomb hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage! n; F' n8 e! j# H- V
xAK La Plata Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
6 n8 t# v9 }4 L; v4 c xAK Shozan Maru, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk
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7 p4 Q% H2 h0 l8 eJapanese ground losses:8 }9 G6 O R- \; i; b+ [7 k S2 @
750 casualties reported
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Non Combat: 33 destroyed, 14 disabled0 m3 A( o( c9 `* d' x+ c2 `
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled ]3 y; Q; f; _. }. Z
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Normanby Island at 103,133
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Weather in hex: Moderate rain
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5 F% u/ F& c% G! P, NRaid spotted at 7 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.7 X6 @1 Y! }% g' B% P( h
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes. }3 L) c+ u% [; p
' F# D1 f1 N, M, D, {6 \Allied aircraft% i/ `& j5 s" J( B1 x
F4F-4 Wildcat x 123 r! A, w: e2 s( q0 F: f4 M
TBF-1 Avenger x 155 c* Y8 j8 u6 ?" N4 w
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No Allied losses
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Japanese Ships
& v2 p& L' F! ~$ I& D xAK Taihei Maru, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk p9 Y3 Z# O" P+ \; B! ^- F
xAK Mansei Maru, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk5 l- T' P; X. u- A# U4 _* D8 ^
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Japanese ground losses:
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Squads: 18 destroyed, 61 disabled
) }) ^+ j4 |( Y/ { Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 13 disabled
; l. I8 h8 ^" Z. ~& G7 {- Y Engineers: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Gasmata at 105,1309 [. @& | \: D, [7 M7 _3 o7 u$ b* n8 j
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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3 n. O/ a( ?- `Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
5 v1 \1 B& x& W8 @9 [2 `$ K7 ~, gEstimated time to target is 7 minutes; X5 m( k5 ]8 h6 B S* n
7 t0 @: ~! d) ^- [7 u# q/ z2 j) jJapanese aircraft6 e- Z; j8 l* V, e
A6M2 Zero x 2+ }* } X+ a5 t8 m
9 @" y( t* q0 M& ^2 t) eAllied aircraft& C2 L' m3 k2 @2 p6 m% Q- D1 Q R: `
F4F-3 Wildcat x 36& j+ x" V5 N1 T1 N
F4F-4 Wildcat x 66
- h. |1 W/ \0 t. _ SBD-3 Dauntless x 202$ J {" j0 s2 b# q0 l4 V4 c! p; [
TBF-1 Avenger x 80
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# S4 L0 L$ e/ K. kJapanese aircraft losses$ ?' z9 v ?9 q3 T" Z9 T) ?
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
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! [$ V# v) z- l/ K$ |: RAllied aircraft losses9 k& @2 D; h( O/ e
F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
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& v B7 r2 Z5 r' N0 i6 [Japanese Ships5 N, J9 v" f3 E+ B9 F
CA Furutaka, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
/ r9 }8 B/ `% V. ]5 T CA Mikuma, Bomb hits 17, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
" ^4 C5 P9 J, ?" j CA Kumano, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage |