AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 28, 42 @& R9 ]: s: Z" _9 Z
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/ w8 X. s8 U6 {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。
3 x; M N3 q( `日军的陆攻未能突破58直掩圈。6 _' r+ Z# j( ~4 m! h
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% t. K3 F7 c0 s7 w! ZAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Wallis Island at 142,1553 g% }& A7 `5 u7 S; }
5 d+ [6 s3 q8 m# t" J& FWeather in hex: Light rain
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) ~) f" }7 m& N& K7 X# x) P4 VRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
! U: x4 {- K4 A, C+ PEstimated time to target is 28 minutes2 f( ]6 i- R+ e7 Y
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Japanese aircraft
# k6 B) f1 F+ B9 h/ [ A6M2 Zero x 97 m+ z2 K/ l3 H# p# k
G4M1 Betty x 16
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/ R9 l0 }$ s# `) Y" E/ s t9 @Allied aircraft
* h# L" }5 I5 e5 d8 i3 Z, v4 x- [: ] F4F-3A Wildcat x 30
" B# O3 C8 M" N$ x% C' O F4F-3 Wildcat x 603 F; z$ D! y5 L6 z0 z" ~. x1 J
F4F-4 Wildcat x 79
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Japanese aircraft losses3 |! f0 ]# i4 F4 }0 m* D
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
" [# `! K" I$ C9 ] G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged
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Allied aircraft losses
4 _- g" Z7 z9 Q% x. D4 A U! K1 X F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed+ ^! R: P; K3 k: J5 w7 D
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Allied Ships5 Y/ f8 j3 H" _3 i6 A2 Z6 c) a
DD Buchanan
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* q3 N- ^+ k" d* iAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Savaii at 146,159
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3 h& u, W. p2 J# K! X# DWeather in hex: Heavy cloud
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9 a0 Z+ h- ^4 ARaid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
6 o# g$ c2 d0 j3 CEstimated time to target is 14 minutes$ G! j+ i: B" O. @
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Allied aircraft
6 L% ^. C+ J3 J& B F4F-3A Wildcat x 18, \6 }0 U3 x% H5 M, T: S
F4F-3 Wildcat x 36
" v; n8 J, R1 c' u Y0 E F4F-4 Wildcat x 44
c9 \' S" }6 m4 c SBD-2 Dauntless x 18* a: y1 s6 s$ A0 I3 D f G
SBD-3 Dauntless x 81% F# r( M& s2 b3 r1 W
TBF-1 Avenger x 30
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Allied aircraft losses. W6 X/ D" S# C1 n
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
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Japanese Ships! a v9 Q3 _" L9 H( k- B- |" X
xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk7 s; l# Y4 x( o/ B6 w
xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage2 v9 l- e/ K* _+ ?3 _
AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
9 A6 J7 ? Z& Y" V( ^ AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage
! g6 W5 s, p1 h7 p a xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk
" t1 I: j% J g0 u& @ B xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
* O8 l$ _- E+ h/ }8 e' h xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
8 @4 g* f4 c% K+ ~9 w9 O. z xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
) g' y4 Z, u' C. @- V3 u, L5 ?, v xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage) K( J% J4 F% I; U6 X3 @& {; s3 ^
xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
- W q& Q+ d/ `, O xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
# C: G2 u2 m0 n, _) D' I, S xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk1 g8 i' }( N ] q/ J
CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 2
; q5 v& s& _6 B$ [ xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |