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日本航母首次空袭努美阿！！8 E# Q1 i! ~6 M' y
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Day Air attack on Noumea , at 68,113
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- N% C1 j: i; T: ?/ }4 qJapanese aircraft7 l# I0 H0 {- B8 |* k9 f3 t
A6M3 Zero x 27
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. d! y% ?$ `+ v/ ^Allied aircraft9 m2 @& M5 s$ f7 `8 b( j) q
Wirraway x 21
: T  E/ K) I5 n5 {6 LP-400 Airacobra x 8
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Japanese aircraft losses3 d# M7 `& E' B$ \+ ]
A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged9 p  R/ t5 Q5 H
D3A Val: 2 destroyed, 22 damaged
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4 ?& k$ d/ p6 MAllied aircraft losses
- {- ]" v$ u' \6 y" RWirraway: 12 destroyed! Z, S' \+ w) C- f
P-400 Airacobra: 4 destroyed
& N+ e9 K! G( O. O) C" e2 W% O/ KHudson I: 13 destroyed9 i. k! T- x2 r
TBD Devastator: 5 destroyed
7 X9 }. g+ j+ t* ~9 [, ]SB2U Vindicator: 2 destroyed
8 Q- |: P/ p$ Q$ M- I" OC-47 Dakota: 4 destroyed2 G! a' c8 c- c2 z3 N5 P. d: T

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) I% ~6 a. ^# S! [2 N* v6 NAllied ground losses:, K( g1 p% ]8 @" t# j
48 casualties reported
, @9 F! [, t  _Vehicles lost 2
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* _! T. L6 r. ^: q, lAirbase hits 15
: x2 h$ K! N: Q8 l- O- b$ DAirbase supply hits 24 [% z, Q. f% o3 C
Runway hits 70
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22 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
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20 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
# h9 y! o  I6 U% R21 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet) a' _- d5 x- P5 U& B9 S# ]
21 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet: {5 v, a( k/ j0 [
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Day Air attack on TF, near Noumea at 68,113
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Japanese aircraft
$ z) {* w% Z! A9 q9 cA6M2 Zero x 77
2 J9 t7 d2 Z0 E$ N: ]A6M3 Zero x 27
  `; D9 m9 w- X5 nB5N Kate x 953 q: c# ~& k( Y3 E
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Allied aircraft
+ D4 p8 t* g. c1 o* n% hWirraway x 10
) X, g9 J. u& S8 D- O/ `+ |* v3 fP-400 Airacobra x 4; D7 v6 G' r$ ?& E5 _* o
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Japanese aircraft losses
! @4 b9 h: m6 CA6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged
" T: p; m8 @& \6 t* Y2 FA6M3 Zero: 1 damaged0 V- |% f5 d( S  \2 r
B5N Kate: 2 destroyed, 12 damaged+ |& B+ E0 R4 _
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Allied aircraft losses
9 Y1 T. m# T0 v% C' M6 H8 |* @8 VWirraway: 10 destroyed
1 m" ?; o2 @( o* k& wP-400 Airacobra: 4 destroyed
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Allied Ships
, o9 v; I: Z' fCL Leander, Torpedo hits 5,  on fire,  heavy damage
' [2 W1 w% J- T7 MDD Mugford/ M5 w* Q% Z0 D0 E4 L
DD Selfridge, Torpedo hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage
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Aircraft Attacking:
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1 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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2 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet7 \6 x, C  I5 l, x( ~5 @
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4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet4 b! r1 |  s+ }, u7 f& R" W
4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet7 `5 ]# n6 V9 \2 c
4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet4 R( u) u9 k0 Y- ^% R% I; s
4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet+ |/ g& m! x7 \9 k, E8 `2 N
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6 T' M) z' J4 }, X2 G. D9 TDay Air attack on TF, near Noumea at 68,1136 P9 O8 [( ^+ j, G. h4 Y& b$ M2 X
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Japanese aircraft6 s2 x5 W7 h3 h; r
A6M2 Zero x 35  P: @0 O9 g6 }% U2 n; ?
A6M3 Zero x 223 f  H7 a- b; F6 U6 n1 @9 N7 }
B5N Kate x 612 j! M+ b* O) j+ t; B
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Allied aircraft
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P-400 Airacobra x 2
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Japanese aircraft losses
- y- M( k  b; P" a& oA6M2 Zero: 2 damaged/ Q6 ]. r, b/ f% B. p
B5N Kate: 3 damaged
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Wirraway: 5 destroyed. f( P3 i0 G& d* ?  J) E/ J2 {
P-400 Airacobra: 2 destroyed2 p" F% W+ j: `9 Q) w! r% R
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Allied Ships: Y5 K7 X4 }; l, V9 ~* Q) ?% K
DD Selfridge, Torpedo hits 2,  on fire,  heavy damage
, k* {& A$ z* a5 n7 F7 rDD Mugford, Torpedo hits 2,  on fire,  heavy damage
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Aircraft Attacking:  H9 r+ I) x  }( B
4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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1 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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