12月26日,不断往恩代尼附近岛礁偷运工程兵部队的运输船队终于还是被帝国雷击队逮到,一顿鱼雷伺候,半数运输船沉没,不少盟军工程装备和人员落海损失。
. C4 F8 p" v: q- p) X }. ]Morning Air attack on TF, near Utupua at 121,144
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Weather in hex: Heavy rain4 G) Z$ u* E! ~7 a0 S- _$ ^0 B
& x- c6 K1 ~$ P+ jRaid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet." n- Q6 o+ K I8 J- s |
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
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Ki-84a Frank x 314 k `$ i5 m6 a8 U3 k8 W5 _
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No Japanese losses
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9 K1 s- L: t, `2 RAllied Ships
# R {- h, W, b LCT-142, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk3 R& J. C* p, w0 [3 H
LCT-128, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
& O& o* r0 V, `7 n$ ?' q LCT-140, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk. x1 f) X; n! i: P, d) x, t1 k
LCT-170, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
& ?8 n) R, V' F) p; n# v/ L LCT-168, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk! [# ]- q1 V$ Z U |; e1 i
YMS-130, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk9 X+ N. }. o! w
LCT-145: e9 e; Z8 Y3 q8 a$ ^9 K9 r
LCT-175
" q) h; [ f# v! O6 O LCT-464
( @$ W9 k% \& S9 j, O# Q5 X& ] LCT-151, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk. ]0 k3 |1 \. d6 u- C+ Z' u0 @
LCT-159, L. P7 c& p# ^+ s; J
8 ]! d9 v# Q, ~2 WAllied ground losses:
" _) M& q# C/ S7 u6 u 17 casualties reported/ o6 d9 _; |+ v) M' A! E3 s. _
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled4 q8 g$ n- a2 i! z% c# _3 ^
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
& O, f: j1 W9 v Engineers: 10 destroyed, 0 disabled+ @; ]) h6 w2 s% ^: V/ S6 T
Vehicles lost 11 (11 destroyed, 0 disabled) |