AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 28, 42( _/ d' ~# m9 v1 i
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( @% `: |, O s. H/ q+ J盟军TF58环太平洋游击,在萨摩亚群岛附近空袭了正在萨瓦伊岛卸载的日军运输船队,收获颇丰。
5 n7 `! Z$ i. v: b/ p' J( o日军的陆攻未能突破58直掩圈。* Z# n0 ]; T) @# t
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Wallis Island at 142,1550 ], `/ j7 {+ S# U5 e
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Weather in hex: Light rain) B1 I$ N( I P/ e& U, e
! O2 A0 O% y5 d6 t TRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.8 _9 R% y, ~' I9 g
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes$ }1 |3 p( H( P* t) [! [
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Japanese aircraft D" {) z/ ^" ^/ u
A6M2 Zero x 9
5 R( k; E' P! }% F _ G4M1 Betty x 16
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0 l E1 o$ ` h3 m F4F-3A Wildcat x 30; ]9 T4 T0 w6 E. q
F4F-3 Wildcat x 60
+ l4 [' p5 a& U) C7 k/ I F4F-4 Wildcat x 79
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& R. a( f9 X! D& g6 U" jJapanese aircraft losses/ [5 {0 c0 W Q2 `# r$ X) O
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
3 W6 D" h" r& A% K0 G G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged8 {; ^; r$ G. Q" r) O1 l
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F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
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Allied Ships
7 ~' l$ K. ~) V7 M DD Buchanan! D/ `1 o& ~$ n/ |: h
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Savaii at 146,159* W) t/ J1 p" u S$ E9 b% a7 e
7 D. k z j# aWeather in hex: Heavy cloud
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Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.6 r# y1 Z, D' l
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
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5 V! P2 ?0 p" U0 w F4F-3A Wildcat x 18
+ h" P2 v2 m0 H' n4 P" @2 a1 X F4F-3 Wildcat x 36
8 _* `4 \5 P' w& O2 f F4F-4 Wildcat x 44
: }# K+ ?$ F0 B8 X SBD-2 Dauntless x 180 I5 u5 }, X) U' r
SBD-3 Dauntless x 81; v5 L4 k- u n7 u' S, u: F
TBF-1 Avenger x 30
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Allied aircraft losses# H) Q& k/ m+ b2 v# @ L2 s% t
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
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Japanese Ships/ x$ [7 n! h0 E+ w& N
xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
& T' M* H$ J' C0 ]4 B# S2 ^. u xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage& ^- `; k, x4 \8 n" o8 Q3 J
AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
5 ?; i% `( ~- @$ W8 Z AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage
* ~3 P; l7 _( Z: r7 } xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk, J Y) v( _. B# w" r/ n
xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
/ y, l! @- F: K$ s& q xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
4 ^4 t3 K% a; v% J" j xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
0 I0 B( S1 y1 B# @1 z xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
/ W1 \" s4 {; Q' B& e xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
^' }' t$ e/ h) Z5 [; I! t$ v xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
6 ]' F& v! ~ `* R. Y xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk3 r& @, `( Q0 t2 C6 m ?
CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 2
" p# l6 M' a+ P W) {2 t3 h' g xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |