AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 08, 420 J* J1 T) `4 s8 d# C9 w$ E
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Sub attack near Milne Bay at 99,133
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Japanese Ships
0 r# R! ^5 `/ n+ E% j$ H/ D4 P6 D l6 ` CV Zuikaku, Torpedo hits 3, on fire1 D1 B/ s7 H. ?' U' V
DD Ariake
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DD Ushio
+ D# N, e3 g u( r9 J DD Sazanami
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SS S-383 v$ ?6 k) P. ]' Q0 C; t
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Fuel storage explosion on CV Zuikaku
8 x; }2 Z, [3 _- t0 c* RSS S-38 launches 4 torpedoes at CV Zuikaku) O( t3 T& P; P: m' I7 `
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, l. G4 W: c, `Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 7 ~1 T" D) q3 S3 z
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Weather in hex: Light rain y7 o' I' ]/ R( t
4 ]7 J6 _% ~3 h) K6 I7 cRaid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet./ C5 s- ]" e9 y+ e
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes- A! k4 ?$ l1 D- i7 F8 j- A
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Japanese aircraft
3 |/ e) o2 f% g* F! @6 D4 O A6M2 Zero x 19$ K& @9 }! F3 r/ [; c
D3A1 Val x 17
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F4F-3 Wildcat x 95 X/ W# J# e4 m5 e5 U
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Japanese aircraft losses
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B-25B Mitchell: 1 destroyed on ground
: P9 x; b3 r6 p% u Wirraway: 1 destroyed on ground
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Runway hits 4. K" e- V/ j$ [+ }
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4 h. Y- E$ p) b/ ^6 m% y" X- CMorning Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 99,1330 ?6 I! B0 ~9 K5 x, ~4 R0 @* G
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud( v! W" ^6 \. o( [6 `9 x$ |
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Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.& Y! V4 P/ j/ ~" B3 T7 g
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes1 u! h0 |9 e+ N! ^8 |3 g
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Japanese aircraft
6 S) `/ K3 l; D% s) f* z4 l A6M2 Zero x 351 [% r6 q# S( X
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F4F-3 Wildcat x 19
, n- m4 w7 K8 w2 a: a" [( f4 [ SBD-3 Dauntless x 62
, H8 s& R* V, A TBD-1 Devastator x 24; \1 ~1 Z4 [) s2 L& e( P
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Japanese aircraft losses, @0 j: t: C' ?: M& n( `1 |/ D
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
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F4F-3 Wildcat: 3 destroyed. p- m t. e7 p: b" P
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 destroyed, 5 damaged b! O: w7 U! ~: O, S4 J
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak# G* r1 Q0 D( p6 q- [
TBD-1 Devastator: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged. ~: A$ y9 U& R0 |( o. g
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/ K- s& K, `$ P1 V/ T CVL Shoho, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires
' v5 X. h5 c0 i* u! X4 a; P7 d CV Shokaku, Bomb hits 6, on fire. p7 q) F: m6 G! ^* Q( q
CV Zuikaku, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage$ C* a% k4 h5 t/ B$ {6 s3 I
DD Yugure: s4 c: S# x/ | B$ Y; F! ]* i& \
DD Shiratsuyu, Bomb hits 1, on fire& y( E7 T/ O1 n2 m4 r
DD Akebono
: B6 P6 |# d" T+ {+ F4 j& f DD Ariake, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk" [; g2 s7 x5 _) E- A/ m
DD Ushio3 {7 g; Y- m, V2 O8 @# ^" z
DD Mutsuki, Bomb hits 1, on fire; R$ a! P8 Y& }' ~; d: g
3 E' S, Z/ i5 _6 T# O5 MHeavy smoke from fires obscuring CVL Shoho- d. p# y2 _& ]7 K$ j E8 p
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CV Zuikaku
5 H9 e9 o4 u& a% N9 h3 ZHeavy smoke from fires obscuring CV Shokaku
* b! L4 \6 \5 k2 a0 w3 E5 K, AHeavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Ariake3 r6 {$ S: a6 l/ H8 B. @; L
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Mutsuki |
发表于 2012-1-21 15:05
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