AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 25, 42
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Night Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 5 j3 t- \: r, Z% y
7 Y' Y0 {4 z) |Weather in hex: Light cloud* W: T9 X( y& v n) w
& [- U5 Z( B6 s1 b5 GRaid spotted at 82 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.: x2 o4 C! h2 r: r! Z2 [" B& D8 L7 O
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes
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) b+ q; e& T7 {3 iJapanese aircraft% e& V! T! v* b5 l: y
G4M1 Betty x 10
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no flights
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No Japanese losses
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Allied aircraft losses
/ v+ J$ j6 p, a Kittyhawk IA: 3 damaged
* x1 X6 Z! X3 o: n$ H4 E P-39D Airacobra: 3 damaged5 _- H+ r5 P1 n$ W" q4 X$ K- z
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed on ground
9 v) K4 Z! R7 k) l' h4 w( k* \ Catalina I: 2 damaged
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& J% Q! @% B% QAirbase hits 2
8 p% _8 Y) i- v7 URunway hits 11
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& `" }" O6 X; v& V; fNight Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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$ u- U2 `" N/ F% ^Weather in hex: Light cloud" O$ @: ?5 P& u
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Raid detected at 49 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.; G! V$ K0 B0 n
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes$ ]: H1 C7 a: u$ _$ Y& _+ @" t
( ^( o* h1 @! c. R1 {! ZJapanese aircraft
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6 ~0 L. r, r( f' S) oAllied aircraft
2 d0 T; l; ^) w% Q$ F no flights
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/ M- H. e6 |% wNo Japanese losses
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& I# e2 ?3 `3 `# U" u/ NAllied aircraft losses
+ P9 x$ A# P6 x# j9 h Catalina I: 1 damaged: N5 N1 |- ]! P
Kittyhawk IA: 1 damaged
' E: |6 D, G3 w/ [6 u Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed on ground/ p4 Q. T7 _1 F
G3 t- s* H1 @% {7 S6 e1 h& \, Z1 zAirbase hits 3
5 x5 {" c" {0 [; @" y. VRunway hits 1+ C0 W8 ]+ L# ?2 C' C2 W
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Night Naval bombardment of Milne Bay at 101,133
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5 e6 s# O# E7 J7 k( g7 K2 JAllied aircraft
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7 n; N Z, `& ?: |$ _* pAllied aircraft losses
}) {1 ]( s4 l0 c/ ~5 Q2 s Kittyhawk IA: 3 damaged
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+ j$ @3 t; H, H* x, D hJapanese Ships6 f/ k' K! W, Y% @' h
CA Kako
. |9 ?+ z! d, ^$ M! p CA Furutaka
! g9 b4 J. C9 P8 D& i CA Kinugasa6 ~5 c# _* \) Q8 s" P( ?1 F
CA Aoba
6 ?" O$ `' V# T( h8 {5 M CA Chokai
+ V$ s# {+ x: ]/ }' {4 B CL Yubari
1 o$ T7 p. C$ O% `; i CL Tatsuta3 L, d/ q1 n- X
CL Tenryu
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Allied ground losses:
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Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
, D8 K8 d2 ]6 }6 G4 ^4 D Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled
+ F" v& n0 d! ~. D: H, E Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
) k( k5 H: F9 P3 U Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)7 S( c4 J5 k3 X0 J. K8 @
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Airbase hits 3
) p- g1 \3 [9 R& i6 iAirbase supply hits 5: T6 d$ q( m" j. g) @ |3 I" o
Runway hits 104 b+ n5 Q5 S5 e! `0 `6 @
Port hits 18
) T% S' w+ B1 ]0 E/ c0 G$ @Port supply hits 3
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Morning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129
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Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
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Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
! M7 E# b( D8 bEstimated time to target is 11 minutes b! o, U7 Z6 J
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Allied aircraft
* w4 j1 T2 m9 a B-17E Fortress x 17. K3 K, N% T3 S
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Allied aircraft losses
9 E3 `# h& e9 T; o" t9 p8 w B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged |