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6 G+ `' J# J7 S- u& ZEnemy air strikes against Sarmi were opposed by Oscars and Zekes today: 8 z4 N: |/ o$ A2 n
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Day Air attack on Sarmi , at 48,78 1 L! N4 [7 @& [) Y6 Z; p& ~
$ _4 |# a7 r. S/ dJapanese aircraft % Y/ ?1 J" H2 M' X) N( T" ~" P
A6M2 Zero x 14
7 V3 ^9 ^5 ^$ ^0 |4 \6 p# IA6M5 Zeke x 34
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Allied aircraft
9 W* Q4 b4 x. c$ ]. p+ n6 qF4U-1 Corsair x 12
2 W" E7 x- A9 h3 ?P-38J Lightning x 9 ( {* S& S4 ?0 H' e( X. d1 O. l
B-25J Mitchell x 19 3 X8 g# ^9 j8 S( y H/ g
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Japanese aircraft losses
3 t4 p8 ?' c% V0 b% W" x+ |' ?A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged 5 H1 f& j! Y1 I; {7 B
A6M5 Zeke: 12 destroyed, 2 damaged 5 U) E" \- b8 L" x- ]) ^" B
1 `. W. _' v- [2 q2 @$ J: B2 GAllied aircraft losses 4 |2 l$ t7 i7 q, p$ [! P
P-38J Lightning: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged 8 L B- Q- F) Q
B-25J Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged ' @( B7 Z" R( `9 P5 l
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Airbase hits 4 1 V3 |' K# u/ u7 _; A1 J& f
Airbase supply hits 4
$ W+ @6 ?7 y& f9 D/ \ tRunway hits 9 4 f0 F1 |5 P/ M# W" u, i- s5 U
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Our counter attack yielded mediocre results: 15 enemy ac destroyed on the ground. The
8 p7 ~* \: i& c5 n! ]) }7 Gswarm of Oscars protected the bombers from fierce attacks by enemy Spits and Corsairs. No
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1 P" N0 f6 Y# h9 p8 k% NDay Air attack on Aitape , at 51,80
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Japanese aircraft 9 U0 S4 e8 t0 t9 w" j: G
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 79 ) T! f4 E7 q7 {+ _# D: Z) R
Ki-21 Sally x 49 2 @, u7 I* J+ t# S
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Allied aircraft 1 W9 i- Y) b( y! e
F4U-1 Corsair x 9 : q' `1 m7 P( \* M! w$ O
Spitfire VIII x 11 4 Z+ ] e6 e/ G# o% I- l2 _2 W
; f8 `5 E$ d! G1 IJapanese aircraft losses ; e0 A8 s; N+ A8 J7 ]
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 30 destroyed ; P: A& E p, a1 P! P
Ki-21 Sally: 2 destroyed, 20 damaged
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/ G7 e+ f1 _1 s1 M9 k3 }Allied aircraft losses 9 E) p6 V" W' Z4 \5 E" a7 Y
F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
& E5 ^ d; ]$ USpitfire VIII: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged ' b# b( @" c, R+ A
Kittyhawk III: 2 destroyed
1 ^$ z' N P+ g/ ?; V& OP-40N Warhawk: 1 destroyed ' J% v' p9 G1 X1 b- c W
B-25J Mitchell: 3 destroyed
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h8 B; `1 [- _8 WAllied ground losses:
5 g0 {5 g7 I3 x U7 D7 h200 casualties reported ) k! j4 W& {' g& [$ q) W" P3 S
Vehicles lost 2 5 N' p" Y- }9 P9 {
5 \1 g& j3 I. m5 L, U5 g7 TAirbase hits 1 9 v( }- N3 l: Y$ H+ G7 f/ `! M
Airbase supply hits 1
+ k+ |: ^" T' gRunway hits 7 . @- W% K$ C" }; Y+ U4 ~
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