AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 28, 42
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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。4 E x/ D; B+ h! [
日军的陆攻未能突破58直掩圈。
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Wallis Island at 142,155
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Weather in hex: Light rain
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# k! R9 I2 e+ l4 C: g+ ]Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.& U) V8 R3 t( \7 e5 ^
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes
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Japanese aircraft3 A" [4 b" P* a1 \
A6M2 Zero x 9
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& B+ y; s; x3 r* q5 AAllied aircraft
' D& p5 T/ s/ v7 @" { F4F-3A Wildcat x 30
3 l2 P6 H4 ? v/ ?) ` F4F-3 Wildcat x 60& L5 \( _$ E, J- X
F4F-4 Wildcat x 79
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Japanese aircraft losses
, U0 T. i" T- k8 K( H A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
3 Q- |3 t. B" K/ V G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged
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Allied aircraft losses% o3 d9 }5 {! a" n
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed9 R) Z6 R5 L( [' ?
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$ D- O Y7 i$ k9 J1 AAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Savaii at 146,1597 @- Q7 R& i6 j1 [4 J' C( x
6 t! v$ O3 a% p4 _0 lWeather in hex: Heavy cloud# u/ e9 u/ a9 y. |, }3 ]6 e
$ X4 h% P3 Y- X. kRaid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
" s( V0 m! `2 l w8 @" D& F2 QEstimated time to target is 14 minutes# q1 @0 v: S0 c
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4 z* X( G/ r2 Z- s2 |. P! ] F4F-3A Wildcat x 18" G% l$ s1 M5 j9 I
F4F-3 Wildcat x 36
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SBD-2 Dauntless x 18 K. f4 c9 y/ B$ _- ~9 r
SBD-3 Dauntless x 81
5 B- b, O4 F0 v2 t+ }$ F TBF-1 Avenger x 303 m" A% c- f8 d: F t. @0 y
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Allied aircraft losses1 s7 D2 i: ?: O+ m
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
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) d; Q5 [/ F3 oJapanese Ships
6 ], T1 f$ [& F" b xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk' n8 E( S" i0 v- \8 L# q- S
xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage7 ]# B( c& P7 j9 D
AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage7 R$ T% r3 d/ p. J
AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage" ?% B4 G/ ]. V9 N6 h2 @$ w
xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk
7 H2 N% x3 |# |4 V- p$ c xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
" q8 O6 w+ z) p. A& |9 z+ p' ]. ]4 w xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
& N ~$ J% c e8 _4 N! U& H" E xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage% @' C4 O4 u. p, @# ?" l
xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage+ _ ]0 ]6 S, I* H9 T
xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage# l7 W( L/ e9 a
xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
/ z i* u4 E5 R) j+ m xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk: G; V0 t1 Q' g: R
CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 2
4 ]* P# G9 j8 x5 r% D+ [/ F6 m xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |