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。" f- ?4 ?/ a$ c6 f
Morning Air attack on TF, near Lunga at 114,138* S3 A, S1 b# e5 W
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Weather in hex: Overcast
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Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
: X* e9 i9 p0 j+ u$ R4 o* EEstimated time to target is 42 minutes1 ]4 X# s$ E. V# W& K
* d. A" o0 |9 ~5 MJapanese aircraft% J" D/ _3 b# X# R) Q
G4M1 Betty x 6
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F4F-4 Wildcat x 85 \ Z: R+ `) S5 ]5 V
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Japanese aircraft losses3 g5 N6 O' Z% }5 x
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged N, p5 {4 r+ x8 x9 w N8 x8 j% K' J
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Allied Ships8 a T1 a. r, @. q& X
AP Heywood
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9 g* n3 \$ T& ?5 h" aMorning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Moderate rain/ V% _$ U3 I$ n2 w; e" d8 h1 J
, p+ K9 ?% {% d( B6 jRaid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
1 t0 [: t0 m. m2 F9 @: |Estimated time to target is 45 minutes
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Allied aircraft
- h% s- C x' p9 V Kittyhawk IA x 6
6 j8 X% f0 \$ a; b! p! n P-39D Airacobra x 33
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- [- f, J k! o% ^/ k D3A1 Val: 3 damaged
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# [5 y/ ^1 {1 AAllied Ships
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AM Starling' W/ s1 e8 S7 Q. B4 W) t' p9 b2 `
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Tulagi at 114,137) b; R7 ]; V4 D1 W& }. ]( q
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud( }( N. M n1 S& {
6 l5 L1 v4 `; u: m6 |5 W U- DRaid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. T# B$ o* @6 X! Z: d; \
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
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3 k0 p0 L( o0 X8 z1 t: z! gJapanese aircraft; h' i' F5 C/ E! }
G4M1 Betty x 13
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- X8 \: r0 R. F7 QAllied aircraft
6 V. W A ]4 d2 N% _# Y* { F4F-3P Wildcat x 38 Q/ S- C% N3 `; ~: H7 S
F4F-4 Wildcat x 12
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3 U* b% G( ~( [: fJapanese aircraft losses5 y5 T- Z0 [) G8 H' F7 ~# B J1 ~
G4M1 Betty: 8 destroyed, 1 damaged6 P% ]* T3 j9 j1 e) k: \
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DD Henley
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& H6 D7 G _+ p# i) eMorning Air attack on Buna , at 99,1294 P2 E7 |( l" Z) U6 c; T W
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Weather in hex: Moderate rain% p, D7 }% B# @! @2 O; O
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Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.1 Q9 }" ?1 V$ `; Q @
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes" M) ^5 B/ }3 k, Z( H3 z
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Japanese aircraft
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Allied aircraft
8 g' B# B: ], d6 n, v) x7 ?7 o9 N Kittyhawk IA x 5
+ g! X- s c8 _ J9 P$ S& R6 O B-17E Fortress x 8
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0 c7 G, y' c9 p/ u! \* j7 V, H B-26 Marauder: 2 damaged
3 j4 c, q8 F8 N# M+ _ P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed6 {8 [; }/ U8 ]" V
Japanese ground losses:
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Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled% Q3 h3 k' ^, i3 k/ g
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled1 t4 K7 @; l6 k7 l
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled9 J( n9 f( Y3 @ L$ g: k
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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) l# C# x1 t3 ?" b& F1 V$ k% qorning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129
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5 w' \1 b" t! L) z$ DWeather in hex: Moderate rain
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Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
- w# V# x" ^; U$ a7 H6 U8 g* rEstimated time to target is 3 minutes
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' }9 d3 J4 h. ?) ?Allied aircraft
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Airbase supply hits 16 Z% U5 x/ e3 n
Runway hits 43 r; P( C* A/ O2 u2 {# c
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orning Air attack on Lae , at 99,126: [; Z! j1 P" h6 n
# K9 C/ {! f8 `+ b& z8 G5 uWeather in hex: Light rain
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( q5 k3 b' S& ]) X; k( Z3 bRaid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
$ t2 H7 w: N }2 PEstimated time to target is 7 minutes
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A6M2 Zero x 2
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A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground
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4 R' @! K' i8 h* i i8 n; tJapanese ground losses:: c3 j- C& L7 ^: a
8 casualties reported
; F/ `) j, `% t* T Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled6 g; ?6 \3 y- B
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled( j& j7 g" O$ e$ b8 G% z0 ~) ?
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Airbase hits 22 s+ S5 I; Q/ o1 ~: V* f9 i
Runway hits 4 b) b% l, H1 E7 W
1 k) C/ Y" W) C! c2 tMorning Air attack on TF, near Lunga at 114,138" E' b# L) ? R/ y/ M+ V! B
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Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
3 b8 @+ W( ^4 {2 I5 c5 vEstimated time to target is 42 minutes0 u) u& c6 q/ F, Q
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G+ b9 t( j$ p G4M1 Betty x 12
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Japanese aircraft losses5 J4 C/ @& |- e; ?1 w& H q
G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 2 damaged
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DD Aaron Ward, u) P3 k" \, a. F
DD Laffey6 J/ {# W# g! K' t3 Y: z- _
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,1303 [( A+ p- ^* T M" @8 p
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& [" u* D+ I0 D6 D. N/ i6 [Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
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8 U; P `; l& Y2 K. I U Kittyhawk IA x 5
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D3A1 Val: 8 destroyed
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% `! d3 f9 X+ U. mAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Lunga at 114,138- L6 G" t3 X1 }! B' b
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Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
) j% d, v! q v4 s0 a5 lEstimated time to target is 42 minutes: S. ], y- z6 x" p; t
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G4M1 Betty x 5
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F4F-4 Wildcat x 66 N: m9 L4 ~1 S. `0 j
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Japanese aircraft losses, B5 {( \0 T( b1 N- I) N+ e* ~
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed" N7 m" S* `+ o2 k7 @& X- l" J
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同日美军占领图拉吉,瓜岛海域的登陆战顺利结束。 |