近日来,新几内亚中部不断爆发海空消耗战7 @/ n5 a ]# g. o) o1 x
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2月21日
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% o3 [' v8 e8 ?3 f xEnemy air strikes against Sarmi were opposed by Oscars and Zekes today:
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Day Air attack on Sarmi , at 48,78 9 R+ u8 o- E, D# e& @3 i7 o/ _
3 \$ M2 U" u: DJapanese aircraft
! m" ?# R( E# Z' ^. rA6M2 Zero x 14 R( A( b" i8 c% }$ K
A6M5 Zeke x 34 % S3 k6 g- l* b! x% ^
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Allied aircraft
4 f# O/ z% x G' h |- o, {F4U-1 Corsair x 12 ) d! ~ g% C& O" k2 @, C
P-38J Lightning x 9 0 a5 O1 h4 T6 D6 e% f) @, b
B-25J Mitchell x 19
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, M. W% [3 `* p) d% U4 _Japanese aircraft losses
( U3 y+ u5 l7 L3 NA6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged ' o) l+ @7 c; ]$ W- D" s. w
A6M5 Zeke: 12 destroyed, 2 damaged ( V4 u" l# x5 N1 B, g! R) T
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Allied aircraft losses
$ j3 ?, I9 M7 j4 i0 c6 D2 @0 {P-38J Lightning: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged
; v0 t8 Q x* E2 ^, o. \$ A; {B-25J Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged % t3 b2 P: u! L6 O% ^6 g2 M5 Z
/ B7 g' l4 P6 A9 @- K1 C5 IAirbase hits 4 & L; |% n/ X8 x7 Q1 k
Airbase supply hits 4
3 z1 t0 k ]7 h, \6 H0 \Runway hits 9
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Our counter attack yielded mediocre results: 15 enemy ac destroyed on the ground. The $ A! d% H* X' a
swarm of Oscars protected the bombers from fierce attacks by enemy Spits and Corsairs. No
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" \' o9 l; U) W a' l! E$ ADay Air attack on Aitape , at 51,80 5 l6 Z& p6 j1 z4 v4 [7 Y5 _
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Japanese aircraft
0 Z0 I7 J! \5 o H1 J: hKi-43-IIa Oscar x 79 / t8 S" B7 P% g5 S2 u2 R4 x
Ki-21 Sally x 49 / O. T" E# d* ?+ h
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Allied aircraft
7 ?/ w/ G7 B$ dF4U-1 Corsair x 9 : o7 t6 l0 k2 J1 G7 {
Spitfire VIII x 11
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' m: a3 p# v- ?Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 30 destroyed
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F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
4 U3 ]6 C& q7 X# {* x! E5 S9 zSpitfire VIII: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
g- d# ~' o j9 ] i$ HKittyhawk III: 2 destroyed * D7 A1 z) |) ?2 U- C
P-40N Warhawk: 1 destroyed
; y( O3 L4 W% n; E jB-25J Mitchell: 3 destroyed " K. e: y+ h% e+ e/ n0 v, O: _
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Allied ground losses:
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# U# N3 T. ~; `Vehicles lost 2 3 _- j. a7 s* ~0 X W5 n
( k/ g( U2 }9 } z9 |. Z9 dAirbase hits 1 9 m- [. l2 `2 d) b7 h, ?$ `/ _
Airbase supply hits 1
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