AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Oct 18, 427 X' D- C5 g7 a- Y6 Q
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/ N/ j- N+ U- s期待中的CV大战终于发生了,日军五航战和盟军TF58在约克角两侧爆发CV对决,盟军无损全灭翔鹤瑞鹤。
& H9 C/ x" `5 v( c, u1 z3 v7 M盟军第一波攻击波在零战直掩的干扰下未有战果9 S7 ?& I% ?; Q p" [
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Merauke at 89,125
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Weather in hex: Heavy rain8 H3 D$ m: k/ J
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet." h/ F( R5 W4 G% |
Estimated time to target is 31 minutes2 I$ c/ s* w% \. K" j# i
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Japanese aircraft2 m9 S0 \3 e9 q, S1 ]. Q% w% I
A6M2 Zero x 250 A" u0 G0 n: k$ M
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Allied aircraft' j) v. g- M2 K% E
F4F-3 Wildcat x 182 u) z5 y- L5 w; O/ ]& @7 W& @* f
F4F-4 Wildcat x 18
i% j% p# V# m+ d SBD-3 Dauntless x 18
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Japanese aircraft losses+ }# X+ W' S7 v( ^
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed
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: n' F# l# f- K$ `/ x; CAllied aircraft losses
# c* i+ o6 x+ T9 D% ^$ x F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
8 r0 x% W& s2 O! D* J- V* T SBD-3 Dauntless: 5 damaged
9 `' K" [8 G5 \) y SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak
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Japanese Ships
2 i* h+ m* Q, c, G CV Shokaku" g) I6 ~! D" C
CV Zuikaku
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" I/ | f' }4 H2 M3 Z+ _" j随后的第二波,重创翔鹤& g7 f O8 X8 D# w2 |6 ]
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Merauke at 89,125
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9 [6 `) x4 x! [1 Q- MWeather in hex: Heavy rain) W& f* p+ p5 n* w3 C4 N+ I4 S$ f. K% j
. L! Y* X4 l, \. ^/ [Raid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.4 \: E& k4 D2 W# ]* m( N1 J
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
5 {) M4 E0 q- [ A6M2 Zero x 50 M* p; Z/ s0 R) o
0 w' n4 `' T/ q% V( j6 j' YAllied aircraft) d- V `7 W9 @( u
F4F-4 Wildcat x 36
1 }4 I, Q0 l& G2 G: A8 ` D SBD-3 Dauntless x 35
' S. y% k% D! V5 s$ G TBF-1 Avenger x 15: Y' T% @6 q6 E# f2 P
5 U) E: h* X, y/ N2 T6 }No Japanese losses
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Allied aircraft losses
- v' P9 h0 f6 z& t; \ F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed. y: P) S+ f! c! D$ ]
SBD-3 Dauntless: 5 damaged
4 p; [! n. l( F9 w% m SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak
) j o' L0 U% X$ P TBF-1 Avenger: 1 damaged
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Japanese Ships2 G3 g" q% \! b6 h5 @* I
CV Shokaku, Bomb hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage1 L4 a( A* k. I9 G
CV Zuikaku, Bomb hits 1, on fire# Z# B* _; h0 @" s% R; u
DD Ushio( p& a/ d' J" b; k
DD Sazanami- I6 d" m! O: A- Q" c. i
DD Hibiki
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第三波继续重创翔鹤
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: z9 w3 ]! ?0 q) Y7 nMorning Air attack on TF, near Merauke at 89,125
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Weather in hex: Heavy rain) p/ {! l9 }, j! C& Z
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Raid detected at 75 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.. B _2 W9 l# s- p
Estimated time to target is 29 minutes V% I9 U& W4 z# Y$ u: J
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Japanese aircraft" {+ a% w7 |; E* S* F
A6M2 Zero x 1
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F4F-3 Wildcat x 182 D- @1 `+ L: g' h1 F+ e
F4F-4 Wildcat x 12
5 S4 [0 Q9 i/ A% Z2 J9 ]' M/ B3 H0 v/ Y SBD-3 Dauntless x 31
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Allied aircraft losses
1 d+ d- ?% g- I& R) |' B SBD-3 Dauntless: 5 damaged
$ G0 v/ _5 _; | s+ E' o! Y3 | SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak y/ r9 l" N, p3 {$ z; J' N3 D
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Japanese Ships8 ^: K9 \9 c, w$ q0 n( o
CV Zuikaku, heavy fires
6 P" X V, _; {6 Q CV Shokaku, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
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DD Ushio, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
u1 C% E& Q& {9 B DD Hibiki0 {) e' m/ Y5 |* w- Q9 K2 P" x
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]1 o- f7 M0 @; Z- F来自KB分队的反击,仅命中北卡1蛋,不痛不痒8 S% q! b+ r: m p' G2 J
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& f& E( D" d6 |Morning Air attack on TF, near Horn Island at 93,129: R7 [0 h* K7 V+ E# \ }& w8 H& C
( w p; x6 s L$ Y1 M% LWeather in hex: Moderate rain' i0 \# @/ B4 ], N, ^7 v3 M1 K
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
$ H4 {% g# o4 y1 kEstimated time to target is 30 minutes
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/ a3 ?( ?/ R; q6 cJapanese aircraft
/ W$ ^+ ]/ ]* Y/ q0 y A6M2 Zero x 30; n- p6 ~0 M6 t0 g* V4 O1 \
B5N2 Kate x 182 u( N! `" J2 W" Y3 `
D3A1 Val x 30
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F4F-3A Wildcat x 30
\; h. @+ d0 N6 b F4F-3 Wildcat x 294 x) d- J C# @" z$ k
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Japanese aircraft losses
, V5 L# {$ Z8 K3 k$ Q A6M2 Zero: 7 destroyed
) L% z2 P! A* @+ p9 j B5N2 Kate: 7 destroyed, 2 damaged1 B/ |7 S& o; X' v
B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed by flak, K" R7 R: s+ @/ o w) D% M
D3A1 Val: 10 destroyed, 6 damaged5 o$ j, w1 I- U6 x
D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak
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Allied aircraft losses
7 q1 W) v7 P% O2 M2 D; ^/ g5 s F4F-3A Wildcat: 1 destroyed2 ~5 a3 p G, \2 o& \, U- E+ V
F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed" I+ h* b# T' Y' E. @
7 G$ A! p* C1 t( xAllied Ships7 ]! b7 y) G; h( O2 D6 b6 q# `$ b
CV Enterprise
- ~0 r6 O% ?/ g BB North Carolina, Bomb hits 1) ^4 m9 l% x1 O( e& i; e
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此后SBD队的零星攻击波,一举将2鹤送入海底,彻底锁定胜局
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Merauke at 89,1257 N- N+ b5 b# |
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Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
$ y' j% X5 ^1 u- sEstimated time to target is 15 minutes( _/ L& z- O! B9 T: d$ K; Z0 r! }
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Allied aircraft# c0 ]( E7 V; c9 V( T) t
SBD-3 Dauntless x 17! X" Y, m$ E3 c
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. _% G) T. T) R5 J SBD-3 Dauntless: 3 damaged
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Japanese Ships
' r4 b% X6 ?) E$ D5 J CV Zuikaku, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage( W! h; I3 o& b8 X* z
CV Shokaku, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
% g/ T$ T1 _' C/ p2 g' L A: m0 g! A DD Amagiri3 _( S+ e$ `* v3 _0 r, b
DD Ushio, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Merauke at 89,125' @( U, N5 d+ U# ~% T
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Weather in hex: Heavy rain6 i- K$ M2 K# j2 X
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Raid detected at 23 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet./ U; T0 |% K( `& ?% S
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes
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SBD-3 Dauntless x 18
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" F6 S. z% a1 h5 nNo Allied losses# d: B- S s. r e! N$ f& ^2 T
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Japanese Ships* D- c0 Y+ }: w# T( p
CV Zuikaku, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage% X& Y ~# p2 J0 V
CV Shokaku, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
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下午,海面上已经没有CV的踪影' D3 }* [3 w! i+ z
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; P( [. L, X: Z! ~8 |Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Merauke at 89,1255 }' k/ ]! ~- P: I6 u M" N
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Weather in hex: Clear sky& B5 g) A. u0 w3 m4 d1 Y
% ~9 W v8 e! w" D$ rRaid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
- q5 ^+ r+ x! n8 EEstimated time to target is 6 minutes3 F! x- x1 A5 \0 e- V8 e
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Japanese aircraft
7 N% E Y. ^, C" o A6M2 Zero x 6) Q4 l5 t ^& q- y
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' u$ e; ?( m# i6 x4 G F4F-3 Wildcat x 18# D4 [" ~' M3 ~' Y+ {* f
F4F-4 Wildcat x 12! ^+ J8 G& C, y! D# V# u
SBD-3 Dauntless x 339 K1 K- P$ d& _0 H; x
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Japanese aircraft losses
5 y# i/ Q1 X+ H; k' _/ x/ N A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
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; t7 q) M% z4 _7 T2 V F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed0 S$ }- x2 h7 o7 j/ {( ?% |5 F, ~
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 damaged. Y9 C# L: b5 u# V4 V. \5 g) Q
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Japanese Ships4 k" y( W+ |3 z) {1 e
DD Amagiri, Bomb hits 1, on fire1 |* R2 m7 v7 ~, F
DD Hibiki, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage4 f( y4 A6 N6 g8 Q! @
DD Sazanami |