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。
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7 b: j. ?0 S' H; wMorning Air attack on TF, near Gasmata at 105,130
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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. }( u/ |7 a3 x% E& @* ^1 p9 VRaid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.% v/ c; u/ V' T
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes' |4 e+ H7 S% `5 M9 Q u& e; K
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Japanese aircraft* L, K9 O1 ?8 E" b
A6M2 Zero x 2
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Allied aircraft
, D' y- I. |% r* W4 m7 o F4F-3 Wildcat x 36
" j2 n, V3 y8 b- {* A& q } F4F-4 Wildcat x 542 B% w a& S# |+ F2 a
SBD-3 Dauntless x 70% E- N! H( n) N; w7 C. X3 @' }
, A) {6 D3 T3 z, c9 mNo Japanese losses4 v& W1 l/ N* l& H
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Allied aircraft losses+ v( v) T; \, F7 @
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged" \- {8 P5 z1 c) A% X
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Japanese Ships8 a$ U4 ^! X) R0 s) B# F
CA Kumano, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
+ J8 U" c2 M* h& B% t CA Mikuma, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, A; _! @" a$ ~6 D0 q6 f. p
CA Furutaka, Bomb hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage8 [+ X" x" b# l, n* N; v, b
xAK La Plata Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk3 P% L1 G% k1 d2 O
xAK Shozan Maru, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk
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3 G B/ i0 k: m3 r$ m7 O. {: QJapanese ground losses:: x# [ w8 a, a. F3 T5 N0 Z
750 casualties reported8 B: n. ?: h. X f7 Z
Squads: 12 destroyed, 16 disabled
) {) C4 v* \: h) c; S: M/ @ Non Combat: 33 destroyed, 14 disabled
/ k4 a5 C$ g' x+ h1 ]% \ | V Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled, {( k6 o( Q3 s& q/ G% S0 e8 A
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Normanby Island at 103,133
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$ W! l* a# r0 v# D9 R, lWeather in hex: Moderate rain
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Raid spotted at 7 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
; s) a4 m9 \! M) U1 V/ t* lEstimated time to target is 3 minutes
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F4F-4 Wildcat x 12
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No Allied losses
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Japanese Ships
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xAK Mansei Maru, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk' Q7 w9 O/ W6 [3 M) b8 l- G
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Japanese ground losses:* M2 ^& V* ~& c% P
422 casualties reported
: i: q* k7 H' _8 q Squads: 18 destroyed, 61 disabled
# A6 G- ]# {0 q5 Z& ^5 \- n Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 13 disabled
3 `7 {- a( X$ n) ~9 i9 l! `& K. H Engineers: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled
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6 E6 l. G9 b# m3 CAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Gasmata at 105,130
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2 S: i- i8 R& X! rWeather in hex: Partial cloud
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: B2 d1 q9 `( }" P m/ D$ VRaid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.& I1 U) s" k* G! D* l& G- D0 \- S# T
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes" B# e) `+ x( _1 v
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Japanese aircraft* R1 Y7 a8 K8 a \
A6M2 Zero x 29 \% L, v. Z n
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F4F-3 Wildcat x 367 U: c+ ~/ g3 d+ t7 }( N$ _4 X5 B2 }
F4F-4 Wildcat x 66
3 C/ X9 y+ o* r; F& o SBD-3 Dauntless x 2028 \3 n' D1 @1 x6 [4 ]
TBF-1 Avenger x 80
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# o# I. S! w( s7 f0 K$ {* GJapanese aircraft losses7 b/ U9 Z' g& A5 W' l- h( P: R
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed& c1 f: z' A, \, g! k
3 ?4 L/ K9 Z9 k! _0 ^Allied aircraft losses
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SBD-3 Dauntless: 3 damaged9 x/ h8 x, E: ^8 V
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CA Furutaka, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage( a1 G* ^; |, h# z0 p) \5 O5 j
CA Mikuma, Bomb hits 17, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk/ @, x6 J9 R, k4 V6 B/ c: B
CA Kumano, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage |