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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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Wallis Island at 142,155- V1 A6 g2 J8 c& ?9 n
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
, K' b9 T. r m2 O/ S: J1 BEstimated time to target is 28 minutes8 F5 ^( {7 M) K0 o# U8 v
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Japanese aircraft
/ |+ U# U: }8 a4 d9 M2 z A6M2 Zero x 9
* x$ h4 Z, U j' q G4M1 Betty x 16
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Allied aircraft- k$ y, S, S* E# v) J# g- Q7 d( h
F4F-3A Wildcat x 30
4 @2 `* g% p. u. J F4F-3 Wildcat x 60
* a* V. i" U6 E, T; M# C3 e F4F-4 Wildcat x 79# N7 a5 L: Z- E7 t. w, t$ Z( u' T
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; M4 q# H3 _' z A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
! j/ L! p& M, B; N& L! f G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged
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Allied aircraft losses
4 O# K' L/ W- n* v9 E F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
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Allied Ships
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( f' f7 \* D7 MAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Savaii at 146,159
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Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.1 U- k/ O# i; d Q9 p& {
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes! m; D; @8 Q1 B3 ?4 `7 w
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Allied aircraft9 U, }, H6 C e1 F8 ?
F4F-3A Wildcat x 18. k; `0 J' q* _" t, Z. R, e9 v9 G
F4F-3 Wildcat x 36
. i+ ?3 @4 \1 p+ ~$ q) E- U6 Q+ L F4F-4 Wildcat x 44
, n3 ~ ~; I+ W% V, |) j, e SBD-2 Dauntless x 18
8 u7 b- `% `" ~' c | SBD-3 Dauntless x 811 m9 T* Q# k3 L
TBF-1 Avenger x 30) z. p# V5 }: |6 t' L
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Allied aircraft losses0 E1 |) F# I* c) Y* N7 ~
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
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Japanese Ships
/ s" x; W$ h& B xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
4 O, K2 i2 l" C& a$ }7 } xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage% G, ^4 n4 E, m' U# i- @
AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage, y% F# f% B+ c; @! n( i$ n z8 o
AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage& o9 L# T- Z) g0 A9 c; S
xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk
, _. B- _) e4 V8 k' |* {. l xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk j, g* S+ @) p% V) `9 Z7 `- ~
xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
& n$ P+ P8 S; ^2 ` xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
/ B1 E1 k; `) W7 |/ \ s3 L" {' b xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
+ Y2 L5 Z8 P/ u& y xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
' _ s: W* m3 ?% K% p( O* x xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
l# m _( a$ O' z xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
0 S# ~) d8 H: f/ T+ \7 W CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 2
, K7 s9 A* e* j& |$ Q$ M4 L xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |