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阿姆罗

8月17日，瓜岛海域再次迎来大规模空战（相比AE动不动几架出动而言已经算比较大的规模了，当然跟WITP动不动几百架而言这只能算过家家）。日军莱城和拉宝尔几十架陆攻和99舰爆分别空袭了伦迦的运输船和莫港卸载的货船。当天，58的战斗机和莫港的飞蛇击落击伤日机40余架，再次证明了裸奔是靠不住的。
0 m- N3 \; i( ^Morning Air attack on TF, near Lunga at 114,138
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Weather in hex: Overcast  h4 e( G0 Y; E+ F

/ E  l+ a4 `$ P+ `Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
. i$ b- ~) B- R" b- f! w7 \% w# ]Estimated time to target is 42 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
9 d) i* {9 Q; v/ n2 z. Q. r9 e      G4M1 Betty x 6) H( @; D2 W- Y

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* v7 E$ `" t7 _' S6 KAllied aircraft
! E( K6 N' X4 E# V9 r# E: c* L2 i9 Q      F4F-4 Wildcat x 8- p" i+ ^' c3 b2 M5 U5 @

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Japanese aircraft losses
$ }+ _! p  x6 M+ O! u+ R" y% o      G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged
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Allied Ships
$ m! x2 n9 |  p+ y# o2 K& T7 [      AP Heywood
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1 A7 M* @0 O  K6 b+ d& @Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130
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$ Q% h) @7 E& B! ?/ tWeather in hex: Moderate rain
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0 }+ Z2 C5 Y6 ~2 f) t% M7 x0 r& G2 G; {Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.& i4 M* b2 s0 w' V( p) U
Estimated time to target is 45 minutes$ ]# I: @% S% s

' x6 H$ K- `6 D: q; M7 O+ }# ~$ [( eJapanese aircraft
* z( W( m# q/ `* S* l! s      D3A1 Val x 14
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' n  C+ g+ B4 L. m, c2 |Allied aircraft
. s. Z' Q0 k( M! F6 d      Kittyhawk IA x 6
3 U* q0 a% ]+ O5 ^( y' y      P-39D Airacobra x 330 f; F  ]& `/ r9 d% Y  Y

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Japanese aircraft losses
$ h7 P  ]! K& }: Y3 Q7 K1 r      D3A1 Val: 3 damaged/ s& o  m$ }6 k) q4 b2 [
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5 `4 `7 \' f; J8 q' K$ ]Allied Ships
" F  U( }0 r* g1 h; V      AM Lark' D* l4 ~: b" F& L* c8 X5 z& u  X( x! v
      AM Starling4 ^% g: i+ y: n4 _

4 [: N* q; r& z. j+ a  qMorning Air attack on TF, near Tulagi at 114,137
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud8 t. ~: A; c+ T7 ~& n7 [9 n

8 f, J0 E, L% G/ L9 r4 P2 y5 ZRaid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
. l' N5 J& e* I" M% h# ?Estimated time to target is 14 minutes; v, V. o) V4 R7 |- R9 }

/ b& G! O6 ^- L4 I* s; @. b9 r4 kJapanese aircraft
; ?- T% W( N. W; x4 f      G4M1 Betty x 13
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Allied aircraft
' E7 Y2 P2 j6 ]      F4F-3P Wildcat x 3
; v! @+ j( A. q9 Y6 O( `, h" ?; d! W      F4F-4 Wildcat x 12
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2 b5 B& I3 G( G, M% _, w2 \9 eJapanese aircraft losses
/ {/ N3 \/ m: R1 m7 s( G      G4M1 Betty: 8 destroyed, 1 damaged
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8 _. t( u: S7 ?      DD Henley
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Morning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129
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* a% J' V" ]( o6 u  e+ f' b0 T! zWeather in hex: Moderate rain0 P4 h: s  D- v
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Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
3 F/ s! f' ^7 u9 lEstimated time to target is 12 minutes
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; Z6 G7 V3 \5 D$ o: U( [) j* KJapanese aircraft$ C+ r6 R4 q6 K' U) p3 v4 k( `6 m. s
      A6M2 Zero x 2  Z$ D+ ~% J1 d* u$ {9 s

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5 V8 e& R( n- F! bAllied aircraft
) q, F7 k' q0 r; Y& O+ ?$ O5 |- w- c      Kittyhawk IA x 5
% W; M5 u3 D- b, a( @      B-17E Fortress x 8, o: t# h# K0 X/ L/ e5 Q( @. O3 _
      B-26 Marauder x 6) `; D4 A) o' e/ S0 v6 z9 ?! a+ P+ g+ [
      P-39D Airacobra x 211 X. @. b9 f3 |! p, q7 U

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No Japanese losses  \& I2 Z' ~" S" x1 x( ^: [  b: a
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Allied aircraft losses
" q! J  E* W; |' `8 m* ?8 q      B-26 Marauder: 2 damaged
, G( ?$ r  j8 F* L4 {      P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed. J6 [6 Y! Q  g$ ~- t% `* h
Japanese ground losses:
4 k" ^$ p' I( \3 h1 N/ S      7 casualties reported
9 D8 s9 i& k/ R         Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
0 g# T# ~3 o  x# k( o         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled0 v  q6 x: F, |. u6 j7 N
         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled8 V! ^! n* Q; O! [5 n, p2 k" e, a
      Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)- ?/ j1 l# G& |- X; r6 ?

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Airbase hits 16 Z. q& h* v5 d3 j8 c
Runway hits 6
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orning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129% b5 j& |* [/ i# y7 C: J0 ~/ w! O
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Weather in hex: Moderate rain5 m! ^, T. ~6 g+ R# _$ G% Z

" J* \- F  K: T, v( u; u3 K! jRaid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
3 Z" \2 {$ x9 V) E( q7 @7 hEstimated time to target is 3 minutes( ?' S1 L  ]! ^) S

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& s. S) T" M6 O- |8 L+ lAllied aircraft$ x/ g% d0 F+ C8 T% U+ q1 U$ P
      B-17E Fortress x 5  [, C3 a0 f! y

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No Allied losses, p. X) ^) Z3 v

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, O! Y6 c% b2 L5 q' K( ^Airbase supply hits 13 T' k. o9 G  _7 F5 D& K! N
Runway hits 4
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4 J. N* u  {' d) r' Q/ ]orning Air attack on Lae , at 99,1266 @: O. U1 f) H/ t- W
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Weather in hex: Light rain. @2 u' l! p- m1 l( u' b

4 ?& _1 A# h: a* @" wRaid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
  |7 ^7 D/ H( Y$ hEstimated time to target is 7 minutes! D0 F  Y. G, M6 G  c
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Japanese aircraft) k. j7 d  I# e3 R( {8 M7 v. v
      A6M2 Zero x 26 Z* u. r" b8 D( e
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2 I  C5 r6 |2 UAllied aircraft
' G: K( m" q: d( z. ]/ J; ?: w# P      B-26 Marauder x 6! ?/ ^0 J4 l- e: F0 I

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  S7 z1 E( D) y7 d; vJapanese aircraft losses3 {! r% ]. q. l; q$ @/ a+ h
      A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground
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' }* o3 e  U9 K1 d$ i" QAllied aircraft losses  [6 c8 x0 t. C$ r0 M$ l; P
      B-26 Marauder: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
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Japanese ground losses:
  h9 Q9 x( d3 k' s' p" S      8 casualties reported; _# P, `/ V6 T" {* H. r
         Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
0 C% c8 j5 V& g. Y8 t0 m         Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
  g& E5 Z. N4 e  G7 @+ u         Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Airbase hits 2' U( b& o# z1 B# o! k+ n
Runway hits 4
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Lunga at 114,138
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Weather in hex: Overcast& v$ ~+ E; j  q7 c5 Y8 P) F

$ M  M6 A$ }) w8 {: ]Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.4 s% C' m& [- ]6 ?
Estimated time to target is 42 minutes
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( ^: i; h5 W/ B- ]Japanese aircraft
0 d# K" e0 \: n0 D, ?) p8 M' X      G4M1 Betty x 12
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6 I: i/ I* G/ I* i; ?6 [) hAllied aircraft
( g0 c  Z2 Y! }5 m; H. E7 Z      F4F-4 Wildcat x 216 F# Y# E& j0 R" B9 U/ C
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Japanese aircraft losses, d. ~* D6 t+ j$ w8 B; j
      G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 2 damaged
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Allied Ships" U& [" I, o' e# M1 Z& Y4 {9 G& p7 @! T
      DD Aaron Ward
) |# y8 n1 X/ ~* M      DD Laffey
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1 j+ ~6 V3 s1 r9 m4 N4 yAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud8 {: `, O% C7 W; L+ S

+ A3 h0 q+ j. k1 T5 G  z! b2 v) ^Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.2 z/ C. t: b2 R/ d: [/ C4 L8 f
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes* N: Z+ G' z& J  ]# d# J% Q# |

# s$ X' n6 z5 t+ r0 o& OJapanese aircraft
* S7 a& _; e3 v      D3A1 Val x 12% ?3 }2 M+ ?; n

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6 e0 i+ v2 v& ^! eAllied aircraft0 \* i5 H2 Q' q! l3 T$ R7 N+ M
      Kittyhawk IA x 5
" }9 [" I2 m: b2 e" Z6 j      P-39D Airacobra x 32
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5 B* O1 }- g6 G+ ~Japanese aircraft losses
: ^% I2 s7 J, }9 t1 [7 p" a      D3A1 Val: 8 destroyed6 p0 [2 |8 @" ^$ n/ X( T, r

* o* r( N3 Z8 _Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Lunga at 114,138
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Weather in hex: Overcast
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Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
+ [% E6 M1 `/ L/ T1 h+ K- H/ mEstimated time to target is 42 minutes6 i: X8 @" v8 L9 _, h

3 v, D- R, f" ~2 WJapanese aircraft
6 E: I3 J% Q3 ^% \      G4M1 Betty x 5+ T) s5 s, [) K3 ?8 T

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$ l  Q, w% s: o' J- p. X7 C, nAllied aircraft' ^! A1 s( y8 ~6 i1 x! D' w
      F4F-4 Wildcat x 6, U. h& @3 {4 s- E, p0 y" e
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Japanese aircraft losses
8 ?* D8 y" B# v4 \2 G: N      G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed
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% J6 h9 Z" O7 Q+ p同日美军占领图拉吉，瓜岛海域的登陆战顺利结束。

adsl01

有雷达的帮忙,裸奔是没花头的.也就是说,42年中后期日本人就悬的很

chen0529

0战挂副油箱仍然比大部分盟军战斗机航程远: p3 k* M1 k9 W# @% q6 @
而盟军估计也就只能靠4发肆虐了

阿姆罗

挂副油箱极限航程的0战遇到精锐的盟军海航只有被屠杀的命，所以还是标准航程内才能达到一定得战术效果，达成比较合理的交换比。

sunjiafu

0战挂副油箱仍然比大部分盟军战斗机航程远; R& ?& \3 q6 A  e$ G
而盟军估计也就只能靠4发肆虐了$ b+ l! i+ R" d; u1 ~" }9 Y
chen0529 发表于 2009-8-2 19:03

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4发一如既往打不下来.....

hongqi315

是不是意味着0战初期没优势了？

chen0529

初期南洋老爷机还是乱打撒~~~

阿成

感觉四发就像现在机器人，根本无法打败！

阿姆罗

4发现在也不像以前那样动不动几百架一波的耕地了，至少目前看来，4发限制还是蛮大的，即便机场够大，一次性出击4发数量也没能超过50架，总在40架左右，而且经常分几波出击。

hongqi315

集中200+ CAP 吃4发，，

阿姆罗

瓜岛日军就那么几十架0战，哪来的200架，天上掉下来的啊。。。。。。

hongqi315

没其他战斗了？

chen0529

要说火力4发貌似比好多战斗机都猛

阿姆罗

42年8月28日白天，驻扎在伦加的60架TBF和20架SBD发起了进攻，全天上下午一共出动6波，将靠近的柱岛炸成残废，前一个回合日酋还声称1000磅炸弹就跟挠痒痒似的，现在，美军海航理科给了天皇一个响亮的耳光。
+ c- v) G& h" X* Q3 dMorning Air attack on TF, near Russell Islands at 112,1378 x. u: F3 u' W

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/ q( X5 U  M2 N$ K8 _# ?3 m& pRaid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
9 @0 Y: h7 @9 mEstimated time to target is 9 minutes
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/ x* P0 |8 X3 r' d9 F  i, f) FAllied aircraft
- S0 j! L+ n: r      SBD-3 Dauntless x 11. U. T1 N" G9 l/ t- o6 p
      TBF-1 Avenger x 26
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Allied aircraft losses# b, P( ~4 C, V% ]7 M
      SBD-3 Dauntless: 5 damaged( f! m% H6 P7 [: `
      TBF-1 Avenger: 14 damaged
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Japanese Ships
3 _3 |( ^  ^' Y" Y+ k+ ^      BB Hiei, Bomb hits 7,  on fire
3 d1 E# T. h, ~; O7 [      BB Kongo, Bomb hits 2
$ S! O/ T, B$ n  R* X8 Q" L6 U9 Y      BB Kirishima, Bomb hits 16 S( J* I$ D" M
      CA Maya, Bomb hits 1
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Russell Islands at 112,137  n. c' a3 d4 S/ X/ U
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
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Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.6 l, g3 c/ R( L1 B1 d
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes
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Allied aircraft8 T, i. x  U1 N  k- I; b3 Z
      TBF-1 Avenger x 6( \4 w7 y2 U# P* F2 E) T; S

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0 [# g  t% L1 A$ h7 A& u: KAllied aircraft losses
# w- ]0 [0 {! u, l+ {6 o      TBF-1 Avenger: 2 damaged
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Japanese Ships3 c! \8 [& E) P+ X1 C! `; }
      BB Kirishima, Bomb hits 3
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  g" @. B2 E- m& CMorning Air attack on TF, near Russell Islands at 112,137
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  P* t( ?# k0 N2 gWeather in hex: Heavy cloud
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7 q6 x% [: ]3 }3 @Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet.
1 x* h% c* @: _; A" d2 Z+ o' \; aEstimated time to target is 17 minutes
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Allied aircraft6 H. F& l6 d0 a$ l
      SBD-3 Dauntless x 3
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4 l2 J. P* z. l      SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
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0 K# ]; \" ?5 b& r% Q# |5 ^+ V; eJapanese Ships
1 \+ Y9 `6 H  C  F8 S* w8 D/ H      BB Hiei, Bomb hits 1,  on fire
$ q2 q- M; W. {% vAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Russell Islands at 112,137# h% {8 A1 {& k' N

. P$ G# J6 T/ }/ s7 NWeather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.) k0 H6 w+ N+ T
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
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Allied aircraft
1 N, B! \; |# {6 b" f$ ^      TBF-1 Avenger x 183 a6 x- N, C5 X0 U# {! u

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% i4 v0 w8 s8 Z1 I5 S7 n5 AAllied aircraft losses
' Q( o" k# u( C5 i      TBF-1 Avenger: 6 damaged( Y3 S9 q% L7 O5 l! ^0 x
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      BB Kongo, Bomb hits 25 {! d6 @% m5 j5 a8 n; ~( o# L4 ?
      BB Kirishima
: [6 m8 t& N3 L( C0 U      BB Hiei, Bomb hits 2,  on fire
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Russell Islands at 112,137
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7 o% {! @9 _- F" H8 ARaid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.4 K5 ^& D( _1 N+ \1 S* ~" T
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes  N. V0 x7 H0 h! F  @/ z

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      TBF-1 Avenger x 10# d; Y, S2 k* j/ m2 F" }
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Allied aircraft losses) }' w- G! w9 U
      TBF-1 Avenger: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
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) M) w5 Y5 _6 g& W5 _      BB Hiei,  on fire
* g# u/ m2 ^( I1 h      CA Atago, Bomb hits 2,  on fire- u4 n3 u; F; n/ f# o
      BB Kongo, Bomb hits 2,  on fire, [+ _0 B* F! T8 a5 F
      BB Kirishima& L# c& p, S6 Y
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Russell Islands at 112,137
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Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
% ^& F; B+ W6 F; pEstimated time to target is 12 minutes: e7 q) S9 e$ [8 ]: c, a# f. J1 g
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  B7 b: c4 [- I6 I- }Allied aircraft, V8 ^. p4 |( {2 ?& I
      SBD-3 Dauntless x 6
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Allied aircraft losses
4 r% ?" T: R  G7 s/ h, Q$ T      SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
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% W+ o. w' E9 ~      BB Hiei, Bomb hits 2,  heavy fires