AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Nov 08, 42
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南太战场,日军继续远程奔袭瓜岛,然而损失惨重,零战被击落40余架
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Lunga at 114,138
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Weather in hex: Clear sky6 Z% ?7 h1 p( i
* Y8 x) r. b# y, H5 ]% B3 Q8 aRaid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
; s7 Q8 h% v z. S, ~Estimated time to target is 14 minutes: d5 Y9 r$ V( z0 H# s" y4 |6 i% S. y
1 R- D' P& E' \+ o7 FJapanese aircraft
6 n) t8 q4 `% w' {' T A6M2 Zero x 45
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G3M3 Nell x 32- t1 i6 F4 I% @6 o# O+ I4 G
# V' h1 b$ P$ y# g! s7 TAllied aircraft$ w% v# @/ l- Y& F [# H7 m/ P
F4F-4 Wildcat x 24
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6 E. Y8 o( C! OJapanese aircraft losses
( ^7 ?7 o# i E* t/ J7 s! j, |1 [7 M A6M2 Zero: 5 destroyed
, {' b( p. u! K8 c4 f+ h G3M3 Nell: 7 damaged3 M' N; I3 W" y& w+ t, j1 V
5 p$ J/ [, E4 `+ _! U+ m: C, ?Allied aircraft losses# E( T' I9 v; g K0 x; u7 I' |
F4F-4 Wildcat: 2 destroyed7 H( g( ?+ C9 P. W" V; H1 p" w
8 O; {# b! J4 P2 K. O" a7 T# H- @' wAllied Ships
% o& a6 Z: W n6 r0 i xAP Maetsuycker
, x: }8 N3 F' k6 G5 ? APD McKean" {9 w2 ?5 I4 o% O6 {" A& U5 f9 W6 M
DD Crosby1 b9 v" V' ?% s$ N1 D
DD Crane
2 ~! ?- W8 [7 J# a8 q: q DD Kilty
" ~1 T8 F* W0 l1 R" ]( ^ xAP Hong Kheng
7 B2 F' x- N' N DD Kennison
" Z8 ~- B. B! j& N xAP Hong Peng
9 a, Z8 x2 g7 b1 m9 Z APD Waters
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Lunga at 114,1380 c6 B/ K* N% ?. \$ H9 {
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Weather in hex: Moderate rain: \- e$ F6 ^; H' d6 ?
N3 t8 N* }6 b' ?4 ERaid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet.
# ?4 L* k5 U! O! P5 pEstimated time to target is 10 minutes
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6 ~/ ]4 d. R# jJapanese aircraft
& o( S& v3 ?" l E) R; H. C A6M2 Zero x 28* ? }% t y5 ^( D# g+ E. D3 Q6 U
G3M3 Nell x 30
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Allied aircraft; g. s" J- f1 K4 i7 H* q/ S5 k
F4F-4 Wildcat x 16! ~9 e/ ^: Z0 T2 M7 [0 @
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Japanese aircraft losses
N$ S3 |5 d) ^1 G5 L A6M2 Zero: 12 destroyed
" R3 |5 `# l5 K; m4 ?. g& H5 K G3M3 Nell: 7 damaged1 n3 }( t Z8 h
G3M3 Nell: 1 destroyed by flak
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1 F- m& H$ F0 K( q" Y& W, T. }Allied aircraft losses
/ w! ~* e4 |* K5 f& Q& G. q( D' l F4F-4 Wildcat: 2 destroyed
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7 s+ C0 W9 w- P5 i+ s9 vAllied Ships
5 v# e7 k$ r; ?% [7 d, x1 G, u% a xAP Cremer" m+ j, x F1 ~
APD McKean
" c( b" N/ g7 H$ {( k$ w DD Crosby( [0 i4 H$ I8 L+ c, v
PC Hermes
9 B' Y7 l% @$ f4 W2 f APD Little
$ Z, _9 i- ^8 ~2 F- R/ R DD Kennison7 h# i& B$ n( R" m5 { X ]
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7 O- t1 L3 `( t. ?+ D8 q }( l" rAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Chittagong at 55,418 u4 m# I5 J, \/ b0 \4 ]: l% W9 s4 Z% ]
! H( R4 B5 [( {6 ^9 GWeather in hex: Heavy cloud
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& U- m! ^9 O% z8 yRaid detected at 23 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.1 n. ~) ]% C! M! e& a
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes
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2 ]9 B( d9 Y$ |Japanese aircraft
$ t( Y8 n9 U- R# Q8 U0 \* c5 @' S Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 23
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/ t# ^% c! b0 e6 JAllied aircraft8 o8 l' g7 {; Z3 R5 f. R, t& e
Vengeance I x 288 J ~9 h- n& \: b; l& X' X$ i
! Y1 ?( t7 }9 v" X5 E' U+ xNo Japanese losses
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& R/ `/ R6 G' V S Vengeance I: 4 destroyed, 13 damaged& U, Q) {6 E& E$ y2 w/ _* L" t& k
Vengeance I: 1 destroyed by flak" g' F# ~' b, \( ?/ n9 l; _4 h1 l2 d; B
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Japanese Ships0 Y4 s o1 l, Q8 E2 h( {, s
BB Mutsu, Bomb hits 3. q2 `! ^4 b V. O: R$ g
BB Ise, Bomb hits 15 @/ ~$ W4 `) _0 {% z+ H* w- |
BB Fuso |