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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 06, 424 H7 E) I1 E7 H. y: s
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Townsville at 92,1440 v4 o0 ]* y& H3 W+ r
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Weather in hex: Overcast+ x8 \! Z! c( `4 s4 h4 f8 w, I
% W; m3 K3 r& A9 Y) Q. Y3 KRaid detected at 112 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
9 z6 C/ }9 @0 I9 B$ ?/ s3 Z, vEstimated time to target is 39 minutes4 r- u% ^* `" O" c
6 |! v9 |7 \7 d7 F/ vJapanese aircraft6 r6 v8 a" c! `1 Z0 E, v' p
G4M1 Betty x 30 w) E* m5 p: j0 q) }+ e; F
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Allied aircraft
3 O+ q; o* n8 ~7 q6 S- v Beaufighter IC x 5
) Z! p7 {2 |& A$ n& o Kittyhawk IA x 3
) w7 |2 {( I) |$ ] P-39D Airacobra x 36, i1 ^+ U0 s: I4 ~
3 h: Z7 S- R. w1 K; s h# U# i( }# k' PJapanese aircraft losses
' h6 @# i/ `& O G4M1 Betty: 14 destroyed, 5 damaged' O' [) S1 V F5 D' {) w- t8 J
7 v7 M. w) w, Y; h6 |No Allied losses
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PG Warrego& T" x2 U( h6 }3 b
CL Leander% w+ j+ }, n- |( a t5 [
PG Swan
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, L! c1 ^* D. O: E5 H3 v, o' `Morning Air attack on Kure 5th SNLF, at 101,133 (Milne Bay)* Z. \+ ~6 b# H2 A
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Weather in hex: Light rain
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Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet.6 b& e- O( W2 P9 @% M( w2 W
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
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Allied aircraft
( q8 z6 L* M& l8 r, P B-17E Fortress x 24
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No Allied losses
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% K2 ~" [$ b: r$ n6 A7 ~" tJapanese ground losses:6 i" ?% X9 Q" b
88 casualties reported& u& P9 k. F" X
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled; I4 b9 P# O/ ~ d* U1 _# f
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled( S. H$ ^& k. y; p4 X& T& u* V d$ Y
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled! i; ^! Y! M. n$ M) q0 t- c8 s% w
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Morning Air attack on Kure 5th SNLF, at 101,133 (Milne Bay) q; G2 i$ ]% u. V
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Weather in hex: Light rain1 a$ k4 n; h8 A* r5 L5 R7 | t1 C# z
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Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.) K) _& R# g" X& O
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes- ^6 }! N; E- V% {" T
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Allied aircraft
. r, I1 _" h4 m1 v& Q4 A B-17E Fortress x 6 c7 H+ G- Z8 x( w
- A/ E/ p0 W/ V; h! xNo Allied losses
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Japanese ground losses:
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Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled/ D* h2 r. q% n
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled8 t, ^; B/ Y+ g$ t& c% ]& _
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled: R# Y( G+ K: ]- g" G. f
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5 j' u! A, F$ ^: HMorning Air attack on Lae , at 99,126
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- _# f1 W# V- k: i, C; ]Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
! J% B% u6 A2 A8 O0 q1 o. ZEstimated time to target is 3 minutes
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Allied aircraft" E E4 N ]) P) l9 J; s3 n
Kittyhawk IA x 8
8 V/ F+ X+ S/ z7 n' j5 ]5 X B-26 Marauder x 18
1 E* f+ @! x6 f, K2 U& w P-39D Airacobra x 8) ?1 V ]- G% m9 w) c8 [
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B-26 Marauder: 2 damaged
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0 S E( i; A$ x% ^, n7 bAirbase supply hits 18 D& T8 c R1 w+ P' O* _# m
Runway hits 10 e/ E0 N7 e' O& @2 M
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, K4 }9 \! d0 g- }0 I. V1 BMorning Air attack on TF, near Townsville at 93,145
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Weather in hex: Moderate rain
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9 h. n( v& ]/ R) K; W4 p1 o3 BRaid detected at 114 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
0 i* F+ g- V, O; I q2 kEstimated time to target is 49 minutes9 H5 r% g4 F: T( p5 b4 P
6 ?' R# b& w; `. s( c7 HJapanese aircraft$ c; i; R" F$ O$ Q
A6M2 Zero x 27
% @) H' r0 F" Z9 R4 H B5N1 Kate x 13
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Beaufighter IC x 5
. ?' q* b4 K+ ` Kittyhawk IA x 2
# o1 p9 l+ `* E3 Q) v P-39D Airacobra x 17
, ?# g: M) C) d; |' i/ o' f) } F4F-4 Wildcat x 102
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Japanese aircraft losses+ {$ l' N$ U+ f; o6 z3 |+ n7 x
A6M2 Zero: 5 destroyed h' V+ \5 ]- D$ R/ ^
B5N1 Kate: 7 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses
) B$ @ }+ [- c, H2 Q; P* P P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Townsville at 92,1440 l$ h6 A0 j3 O N( y, D9 c
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Weather in hex: Overcast
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# P( w: P, A d2 W- [Raid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.6 `) i) N& c# K* ?$ E
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
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P-39D Airacobra x 6& I- t2 ^ i1 J! z5 j8 E
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G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed. e0 d6 K0 X* e
u7 g7 t. |( R9 ]No Allied losses/ p3 ?9 }" c7 ~" x0 n5 A
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# G, `$ R2 ?- N6 d4 O1 f% s2 |Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Townsville at 93,1459 U, o. A* F8 I$ x2 T8 m; e
2 d8 W$ s9 n( R3 }; DWeather in hex: Heavy cloud5 |; z- D$ h# Q5 x0 P
5 k) M, G" o# R1 b- S% wRaid detected at 87 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.$ Z/ r6 @# A. I7 s/ K' t6 j- s9 t4 A
Estimated time to target is 37 minutes6 Y- l8 u' @! T5 C- S! n! P
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Japanese aircraft: ^2 g! }% G. x% ^) H! d7 O$ P! [$ w
A6M2 Zero x 45) M: z# Y7 {9 j) M
B5N1 Kate x 22
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Kittyhawk IA x 3
0 g0 H! W( m M4 F P-39D Airacobra x 348 w9 c3 h/ J V5 s+ r+ X
F4F-4 Wildcat x 100
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8 U9 Q! A2 w2 v( [ A6M2 Zero: 6 destroyed% e- s* O/ g( X+ i' M" k6 M
B5N1 Kate: 13 destroyed- V7 z) ^1 n- e' z' g' c( \# N+ o
# L x% Z$ \( j& U) B) QAllied aircraft losses
5 S" q, A+ l9 S P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
6 ?. d, r. v& V) x% E- z% q F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Townsville at 92,144
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0 ]" \# i7 A& x. a* GWeather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid detected at 86 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.! {! S+ I9 Y* @5 B% J7 e- @
Estimated time to target is 36 minutes
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A6M2 Zero x 4
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F4F-4 Wildcat x 14 u0 L) x; G# l4 |$ \/ Z
' p; Z4 U _, x3 ?Japanese aircraft losses
1 ?) v+ N- T i8 s O7 Q A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed* a/ ^6 l& u$ @. j" W) \8 ^! v
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Allied Ships) U+ A5 a$ E' X) ?8 ^5 Y2 o* P
CL Leander1 p+ |: Y* r# m- v. O
xAP Diomed
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