日本航母首次空袭努美阿!!
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, D. h3 x! r! s8 ^3 o- I. T) yDay Air attack on Noumea , at 68,113
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, @! F6 H3 N, `) ~+ oJapanese aircraft
4 k9 Y' D9 a' I" b* u# YA6M3 Zero x 27% N% O# @( h3 T4 x
D3A Val x 106
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Allied aircraft
# A( A+ K, k; v/ E/ l, MWirraway x 21$ V; s o; M4 l; p! M. j4 J
P-400 Airacobra x 8
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Japanese aircraft losses4 `0 B; T1 Q$ ?7 N" V6 e; l
A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
3 v: O$ K, h8 N2 g( ~D3A Val: 2 destroyed, 22 damaged
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) Z- ?1 i$ S/ `0 V/ BWirraway: 12 destroyed6 V, o9 I" Q" F0 o) S9 G
P-400 Airacobra: 4 destroyed
- E' \. m4 p8 G; B+ @" t, S6 L* ZHudson I: 13 destroyed
1 T& s, D2 h( ]2 Y8 o; Y% }TBD Devastator: 5 destroyed
( ~1 m5 h. X3 R; D( y& {0 lSB2U Vindicator: 2 destroyed8 L# q3 M, J# R* @/ t( S. Z
C-47 Dakota: 4 destroyed
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, y. b6 T- v* ~' c4 @7 j8 A3 D& p+ EAllied ground losses:% e. I @0 @9 h% f
48 casualties reported
2 @3 E0 Q% Z3 o' V6 o: f' aVehicles lost 22 m( c8 y& L9 @ S' Y0 U) k3 V+ j
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Airbase hits 15- j8 @- v; T( V9 c+ N
Airbase supply hits 2! c5 U# }1 Q9 F! D6 d; j2 |
Runway hits 70
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22 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
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. v- b- {6 ?! C+ ^! o& {' M20 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
) N" a. S7 Z8 S$ H% F0 Q21 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet, [3 G* s- m1 q5 [, F
21 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
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( P9 }" _4 w3 \* @7 kDay Air attack on TF, near Noumea at 68,113
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Japanese aircraft
1 ]) [# H1 q% C. p1 W1 PA6M2 Zero x 77
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B5N Kate x 95
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Allied aircraft
* P; b1 q4 D+ `( e* j# x+ Y; v: oWirraway x 10
- i% v; m* S: P! D- s" YP-400 Airacobra x 4
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Japanese aircraft losses) ]$ d4 W4 J& L( l- ]) Y
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged
5 c8 o& K% {2 C- z1 OA6M3 Zero: 1 damaged
E7 s7 W) ?' r `4 ^$ PB5N Kate: 2 destroyed, 12 damaged
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1 W ^$ ]" O7 u& d8 \: ZAllied aircraft losses
( _4 L: e, n) _0 c# H6 z/ wWirraway: 10 destroyed
# O) X$ H0 ^3 C3 @3 v+ YP-400 Airacobra: 4 destroyed
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Allied Ships" x0 O w* E! h- q) I G$ p& z
CL Leander, Torpedo hits 5, on fire, heavy damage) m7 v/ u4 |/ U* _9 ?
DD Mugford
( \. s$ J9 ~ o$ W+ ~8 ?DD Selfridge, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage! w4 e3 O5 c* C: H; W" G: z
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Aircraft Attacking:
& N' ?, i9 L0 K; Y* _ 1 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet j8 z: k# I: u3 e1 M0 j* ~' t
4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet! P6 q2 }4 f% y+ ~# I
1 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet# q1 ]/ M8 B% a; i7 J s
3 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet% C+ P, j# D& s7 }3 y
2 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet1 c9 A2 v! n1 Y s8 L# I# @( U$ N
4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet. a' ?! P9 {; Y `, E, B$ y4 G- F
4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet4 O* }3 O! ~) g- K0 C
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4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet, |" j# G P' Z0 b! ^6 j) U
4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Noumea at 68,113
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% I2 _- x; u% mJapanese aircraft) D3 v5 E# [" E. J( l/ u
A6M2 Zero x 35
+ e1 m2 M! L! Q$ ?0 q, k6 O9 VA6M3 Zero x 22
' N: Q; H1 ]/ YB5N Kate x 61- o0 l! Z/ W# ?! B+ ?
" J- J. J8 h7 o! R: a1 X Y% wAllied aircraft
, @3 _5 S; |0 E: UWirraway x 5/ q9 [9 u. T4 T2 W- L U: E7 }& k
P-400 Airacobra x 29 X, l' e \' _+ B. X+ V5 @( r
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A6M2 Zero: 2 damaged5 x% d; J# f) Q. d( o: M
B5N Kate: 3 damaged
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5 y& x; s1 ?1 X7 q, c' M$ V: K) \Allied aircraft losses, I! Z: v. p! d U4 g# g
Wirraway: 5 destroyed
$ O) p0 a8 }& y; Q/ n5 V hP-400 Airacobra: 2 destroyed
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Allied Ships
: y8 T' x3 Y' }4 V5 j# YDD Selfridge, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
' h6 ]1 ^/ \ {! P. \8 V/ VDD Mugford, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
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1 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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