AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 28, 42
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盟军TF58环太平洋游击,在萨摩亚群岛附近空袭了正在萨瓦伊岛卸载的日军运输船队,收获颇丰。
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$ W$ T# T8 S1 T6 p0 c! P- ?6 GAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Wallis Island at 142,155
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4 S4 c. C6 b3 B0 m5 W! l8 ` i/ T; VWeather in hex: Light rain
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.# T8 e# |1 h' K5 f6 A# p
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes
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% e: d1 k8 w" m o9 O- e4 jJapanese aircraft( ~5 b3 F" Z% y
A6M2 Zero x 9
3 u1 d, D0 s' ~/ v! ?# W, r" ? G4M1 Betty x 16. t4 k" {% G4 z& v5 I8 i
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Allied aircraft
/ n) w/ v: h! _ F4F-3A Wildcat x 30, I) ~( w/ R ~$ k& ]; O
F4F-3 Wildcat x 60* w$ A% E3 }! Z" P4 \
F4F-4 Wildcat x 79
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0 w. q, H6 B4 B7 H MJapanese aircraft losses
) L' Q0 M( |6 {& A+ U' d: G5 n A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed* ~/ `2 r$ C2 Z0 @* R8 @
G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged+ f" w/ g7 c. B x- l
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& c& O. l( a1 q7 Z. N7 R+ C F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
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Allied Ships
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Savaii at 146,159" E* D' ]7 n# `$ `7 n9 {
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud5 }4 k* Q' a: S* ^; I
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Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.+ S0 O0 y0 M6 j+ T9 x X
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
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Allied aircraft
7 h( Q/ I. L1 j F4F-3A Wildcat x 18& l8 w( q0 S; r
F4F-3 Wildcat x 36$ ?, c* U$ {/ |" q2 A$ @& h0 R6 M
F4F-4 Wildcat x 44( |8 L+ D: ^1 H- ]$ l# R4 W$ n
SBD-2 Dauntless x 18
& R# Q7 r! b; V! w+ i SBD-3 Dauntless x 81 U3 s `/ H! T
TBF-1 Avenger x 305 T. a) M/ U' d) x5 W" j# z6 y. G3 T
6 G! u9 E) [9 X/ I! b$ SAllied aircraft losses, ?8 a1 }, n# ]4 Q4 D. ~. [6 C
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
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Japanese Ships
; W! o5 a0 _- J& k* t/ ]$ I xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk7 P: ?$ S# Z3 T8 @. E* H$ p
xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
4 b# I4 [6 q1 z: u. }7 \4 _1 ]0 p AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage3 [1 ?9 m' Z. c
AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage
5 W1 q; M- F: w+ p xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk, R7 c8 ^1 p, D! e* y4 ?# ^( {6 Y
xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk9 a6 |1 F* h9 g3 {
xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk" F0 q/ p, i4 `/ I
xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage) O1 i- {. s1 _; M% K0 v/ h6 a6 a
xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage5 ~7 c& }! i% S9 g0 W7 `
xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage7 v+ _% ?0 ?$ I3 A
xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage+ _( P) f1 K; @1 `
xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
% o! E9 ^' G$ m P- d; Z5 O CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 23 X) X* \) P- _7 \
xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |