KB和SS和炮击编队则负责剿灭夜战后逃窜盟军水面舰队
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$ O+ D6 Y6 c- _: |7 MMorning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 97,130
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Weather in hex: Overcast) W5 f- M% q: D; D5 A8 B6 ]1 m4 b3 U/ P
' }% W% q. V1 c1 ]Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
7 _( X0 _4 \' d* S( C% ^, m8 {3 gEstimated time to target is 16 minutes3 B$ A7 |% O& s* N- K9 {
# ]5 t- s% ^7 o; eJapanese aircraft
: }- s! b1 ^, j- y1 V6 g A6M2 Zero x 41, Y5 h& O& h2 A. D
B5N1 Kate x 31 w: @; T% l$ v2 L
B5N2 Kate x 34
9 O8 d8 C7 U+ ^3 K% i* | D3A1 Val x 17
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Allied aircraft
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Japanese aircraft losses% n% J! U0 @: C8 @3 P( s; u* e
B5N2 Kate: 7 damaged
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Allied aircraft losses$ u6 v- r8 M0 p: }
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed
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Allied Ships
7 L& Y* p, \+ e+ X b8 j CA Minneapolis, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
5 ~0 u- W: ?* r6 @2 s1 L9 R4 [ DD Morris, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
1 e/ Q: h0 A _ DD Phelps, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
6 \, F x0 D* t DD Sims
0 z2 B/ d* Z7 e @ DD Aylwin, Bomb hits 1, on fire
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 97,1304 J2 {; Q" P. U. s- D6 A: h
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Weather in hex: Severe storms
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Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.9 M1 Z* Y5 D" J9 W0 f
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes# k% q4 W8 I3 I0 E( S8 c* C
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Japanese aircraft
5 J5 _; M! Q' t1 @9 E8 C N A6M2 Zero x 309 `2 S$ h) u2 _" d3 L6 v# r, \
B5N1 Kate x 23 W- K4 f2 S, z' q( o8 o9 m' [
B5N2 Kate x 19
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B5N2 Kate: 2 damaged, b ^6 x* s" a- N' s/ Q% V o
D3A1 Val: 4 damaged
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DD Morris, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
5 b) N A. b0 }0 ^) g1 ` CA Minneapolis, heavy fires, heavy damage$ a( p0 Z! `2 ?
DD Aylwin, on fire- R5 X. Z* ]. u
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,1307 n; k* P, t! l& C9 z
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Weather in hex: Heavy rain. C: N n% c2 t2 @7 n! K
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Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
( S5 J, `9 N% L/ F- BEstimated time to target is 16 minutes
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A6M2 Zero x 15% A4 X* M4 `+ V$ P+ z: ^; h
B5N2 Kate x 15
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P-40E Warhawk x 1
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6 H0 L) t* w! O& c* e4 f+ IJapanese aircraft losses
! u3 X# _* M% o5 J$ n B5N2 Kate: 5 damaged
6 N% n* ?; L, W [ D3A1 Val: 7 damaged$ `: S5 a* l9 y
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P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed2 C7 X5 W( `) o5 h
F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed& z, n: i, v4 k
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Allied Ships
4 r) Z% F. g6 [9 l a3 z DD Anderson, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage% e+ ]' ~, d7 A5 `: }0 n. N
CA Astoria, Bomb hits 6, on fire
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" e7 o4 n" u4 QSubmarine attack near Port Moresby at 97,130# o; Z" @. s/ R" a% A/ e! H! _
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Allied Ships
9 ~, H5 D) ]( E; n DD Aylwin, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage7 a9 B9 E1 Q+ c" y
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Japanese Ships
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DD Worden, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 19,000 Yards
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5 R& @/ C0 j" H) C CA Haguro* t& @- `( J2 Y; `$ Y" j
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DD Mutsuki, P/ c" e! C) A7 ]# f0 X
DD Yayoi
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E Asanagi
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" ]. [! [! ?6 ^. V CA Astoria, Shell hits 7, on fire, heavy damage
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DD Whipple, on fire, heavy damage |