AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 25, 42( T/ k! A _: e* N
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6 m; u# {1 {2 z: C, k' h) X4 e F5 wNight Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 J* l! @5 c3 J- L" E p. M- f
3 |5 `9 t( K0 QWeather in hex: Light cloud" G. q! Z7 n: s" e3 k
6 f" {+ q6 }0 [( R( K, M4 B8 l: pRaid spotted at 82 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
f; {4 [# {3 V. w3 ^Estimated time to target is 28 minutes4 w0 G" h3 R8 B9 }4 _
7 I5 h+ N2 {" MJapanese aircraft
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Allied aircraft
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No Japanese losses0 `) k8 i6 M4 c
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Allied aircraft losses
8 J" ?6 `6 Z W0 X6 x Kittyhawk IA: 3 damaged
) G+ E2 J! `+ _# H1 A P-39D Airacobra: 3 damaged
8 n- h4 F- I; O! F P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed on ground
5 U. j: c# Z7 A9 G/ n Catalina I: 2 damaged6 c. O3 U; L; q% R! w* q
: X+ u @+ N1 c2 Y* lAirbase hits 2
8 z# X8 L( n3 d7 r" E9 ?% TRunway hits 114 d2 n1 ]* e( B7 {; K& R
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Night Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 7 s5 `) q. D7 I- u* a0 n) G
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Weather in hex: Light cloud) ]3 U( ?- O' B4 k" L. h, d" X5 H( j
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Raid detected at 49 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.( m: b! [/ q% G1 M
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes
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Japanese aircraft* {* A& a8 p# F6 H% Z0 {( I5 j
G4M1 Betty x 8
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5 `# L* ~1 t/ }' n' W no flights! \2 R$ P0 N+ L3 M7 `3 c( e
& r% L) a- C) XNo Japanese losses7 o- X6 B2 d% f, ?2 O! ]" U
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Allied aircraft losses
4 T5 T" o# D+ W1 t Catalina I: 1 damaged1 B, t# d- ]* u! k+ F1 q1 O) `
Kittyhawk IA: 1 damaged; N0 \, `6 d5 T {1 S
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed on ground- v& @, I# K8 N' W1 h* W
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Airbase hits 3
- s, \ [# X5 ?9 B- A8 PRunway hits 1) X- e. ~" R2 o7 B5 c$ c' v
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" J8 u& q( `0 G! r0 kNight Naval bombardment of Milne Bay at 101,1330 U3 A! ^5 a3 }0 F
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Allied aircraft
7 R1 J3 Q% K- P4 V no flights7 m: ~2 R( a+ S+ D# j' }
4 m" T, R, r; w8 s2 N& F* C/ L# cAllied aircraft losses
5 h. A2 Y( t/ j* G, }1 q Kittyhawk IA: 3 damaged
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Japanese Ships9 I7 B' O9 a+ L
CA Kako* w- p: ]" l m! ], O+ i
CA Furutaka( ]$ r: i4 G& C/ p* K* M
CA Kinugasa. M& }0 _5 M3 k5 [+ B
CA Aoba
6 b! O. z& R$ z, A CA Chokai
+ _3 Z) |! X# z4 d& ^5 r# R CL Yubari* ?$ I3 E- a" n; U" L! _
CL Tatsuta E, x$ I* n3 ]! \* L& w* q# X
CL Tenryu
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* b; ~9 L" V g; U3 PAllied ground losses:3 r) W# `/ m9 B% D9 F% _
57 casualties reported6 j' [' {) H4 Q9 Z0 j
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
+ |1 p( \+ q" v- Q ~/ \% b Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled
' A7 k5 b# y; k Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled, H! H6 P; W7 D6 ?0 x4 c
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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Airbase hits 35 p4 ?% i) ]6 R$ l3 ]% E
Airbase supply hits 5& `1 ^7 K, w7 S L% Q9 T, n
Runway hits 10, {3 m; f" |7 b$ c2 A0 ?% q( h h+ ~
Port hits 18! h4 \1 V. B) d6 p' M# R
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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* x% z% S7 X! Q: \, r7 o. ]5 kRaid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
: ^) R$ O* N; q9 R$ Q: WEstimated time to target is 11 minutes+ B8 P- P( i k
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Allied aircraft
) U; s' H# Q' Z3 c3 g9 q5 \, [ B-17E Fortress x 17
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) q$ B0 O: l, k" CAllied aircraft losses
& r p6 g/ @8 V8 v B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged |