AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 25, 42& p8 |9 r- F+ k3 {+ w
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% O7 b2 s2 E! F9 d) U% @, u2 v- q1 gNight Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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4 k% p6 ~( L7 A( w' ?Weather in hex: Light cloud
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) j9 k& d! k/ U% `, W; n- ?Raid spotted at 82 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
0 I/ F) N$ D8 z! EEstimated time to target is 28 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
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no flights
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0 R- J- V6 y$ R+ S3 _+ ^, nNo Japanese losses4 s3 a9 R% R# S" r! @; s' D) ]; f
* S: j: I2 e7 N* d# w6 Q5 y& }Allied aircraft losses
- G* N: P/ _0 S1 N Kittyhawk IA: 3 damaged( H5 o7 ^% ?! u) ?2 n2 g6 Z- [
P-39D Airacobra: 3 damaged
$ f0 |1 I- L& e# i+ F9 }, E% ~% d; v P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed on ground
1 U' Z% H, H* e0 W/ _ Catalina I: 2 damaged
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Airbase hits 2
# ]1 [: D2 V( x3 {0 _; HRunway hits 11& r' U* [2 r1 v: W7 o, \- c+ h8 {
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- O2 @0 @' ]' I1 T: \* BNight Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 3 X5 J) {, E3 [
) H2 c5 N6 z0 m2 i' UWeather in hex: Light cloud, A+ R& e3 I, G! W
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Raid detected at 49 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
: W7 v0 d6 e( B. k0 hEstimated time to target is 17 minutes
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5 I9 C" R. i R# o$ r1 d/ ` G4M1 Betty x 87 C5 x g R$ f+ i# ]; K
& A6 k F* d p+ ^3 T$ ^9 QAllied aircraft
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No Japanese losses1 ~. U; | y3 e) G! }; N/ m( N( _# z+ O
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Allied aircraft losses' `: V+ @ j, F* L
Catalina I: 1 damaged: |% R5 M+ W& G$ S
Kittyhawk IA: 1 damaged2 U3 x# [2 J5 M5 P$ V. H
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed on ground/ ^' n- Q9 T: o/ @8 ?- q
5 J- x- g$ r! `" y8 qAirbase hits 3- N. H# {' i* s+ z5 C% L
Runway hits 1& A" E6 G4 W5 ~ G
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# ^& H! P! G1 @; q ~( ZNight Naval bombardment of Milne Bay at 101,133
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no flights
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+ J% O- }5 I, x/ O3 X7 SAllied aircraft losses
5 Z+ G6 v, i7 K3 T Kittyhawk IA: 3 damaged
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8 o& a- H" ?# K# n6 SJapanese Ships- A7 {, P5 \% D- a0 A
CA Kako
3 a1 |: ~1 L% }* A4 m8 T) Z CA Furutaka: s( r( c* z7 v/ T8 S
CA Kinugasa+ u$ R" I* l: k0 q+ _ _
CA Aoba# s7 J1 t G3 c+ l% t; I9 H
CA Chokai' Y4 [5 b- M w0 P
CL Yubari
/ E8 N+ P% }- x+ H8 H' P CL Tatsuta& ~$ x" T5 M2 n' v0 ?- m# d$ r
CL Tenryu) R6 @) D: O: X- C% Z4 ^# f
6 w4 `) b0 {7 p) e& L& v1 B& pAllied ground losses:4 h' u) b. t) b
57 casualties reported4 x+ i; E( X& L, o
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled+ P4 {: N% a2 H
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled
* u7 R. h& X' t5 t j1 R. m' i Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled: `$ O8 @0 |& m7 v, S( Z1 g
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)& b6 y7 J; S# W& a6 V5 a; x7 Z: a
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Airbase hits 31 @/ J1 Y2 P; a3 y. y, w/ q
Airbase supply hits 5
: ^1 s4 e9 ?: ]! b- V% D- W5 pRunway hits 10
/ l _( _! V" U' {/ XPort hits 18! z1 V$ C2 V. U; K& c( t
Port supply hits 3
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Morning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129 + K1 p& O" N/ w/ A1 P* F, G/ G
3 ~7 h1 i! P) U+ \0 Y0 WWeather in hex: Thunderstorms
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8 Q8 ]. I) |5 |% lRaid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
3 \* `) M$ w) V" MEstimated time to target is 11 minutes, _2 v* I( o& u' k8 ^) q9 ^/ u
7 D4 G, ?& E$ m1 @' UAllied aircraft
( L8 D7 w5 l8 s, ]) |# [5 m2 C3 ? B-17E Fortress x 17 y, S5 N% G, E3 j8 v) q. o
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Allied aircraft losses
" J4 k. {. f' Z1 o2 ]3 c+ [ B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged |