AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 15, 42
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: z5 p2 y2 x3 y2 L; @0 ^鉴于日军基本没有可能进攻印度,因此盟军将英国机队调往缅甸和中国大陆协防
9 e; V7 e: \! S; `. W$ b由此随着日军将战略重心转移到缅甸,空战的规模也随时逐步升级,
$ G, @- f/ n# ], b0 D: E大陆战场的空中激战也如火如荼,柳州上空成为双方争夺的重心% r5 B8 \" l) r/ ]* D
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6 d2 h* {" l5 _; bMorning Air attack on Liuchow , at 74,55 $ Z# w" k4 V7 C6 |: r
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Weather in hex: Severe storms
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; V8 v$ G) n! [5 bRaid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.: }) i3 t' p* G( o
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes ]4 k; I* b8 ^! t4 I& A
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Japanese aircraft
4 z" d( G' n+ ~3 ?* V1 @) f A6M2 Zero x 19
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, c8 Z0 s" f) Z: k4 O3 G1 QAllied aircraft$ t o- [1 T0 i+ j
Hurricane IIb Trop x 18# \) ?7 {) i( V
P-40E Warhawk x 47
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8 o1 \ R- T6 F. a. }+ @& [. PJapanese aircraft losses5 s8 D2 X1 d% q, v! n% r
A6M2 Zero: 10 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses) R! n) P. h4 @) T( X5 G
Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on Liuchow , at 74,55 & m. `; k1 H& ^0 d
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Weather in hex: Severe storms! d/ G# ?: w! ~2 Q4 y1 @
/ Y' l" F+ @- rRaid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
- ?* x o$ m% l5 xEstimated time to target is 14 minutes8 Z: K9 \. T; P( u
. G8 z W* x% f! JJapanese aircraft
) ?- i; L$ u% v& } Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 24
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7 y' n. x5 @$ {8 L7 `Allied aircraft
+ _ u( m( l; `# W1 K Hurricane IIb Trop x 13
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Japanese aircraft losses2 w, \. }7 C1 ?2 j6 y3 [3 x, V8 r
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed0 @% C4 }) s0 H( y
2 E, ^) [) S. }" ~; WAllied aircraft losses$ Z& ?, S; p7 a3 k2 ~# v
Hurricane IIb Trop: 3 destroyed- W: p) q4 R: }# O% y4 z* s0 b
P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed
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# R& T7 a( o. CMorning Air attack on 9th Chinese Base Force, at 74,55 (Liuchow)
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# X) I% E- o9 Z7 f/ Y" xWeather in hex: Severe storms
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' n/ v, o9 F2 _: `! h L: iRaid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.4 p5 K/ K9 v4 K2 j' d O/ T
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
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; X2 N: L/ e6 B. O! k+ C6 @Japanese aircraft! `6 O, }; B- u. |' ?9 V
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 3 M# v6 i) p( e7 `, L" }' V
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 31
3 n6 _4 h$ ]; Q$ B$ ]5 G6 g7 Z Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 23
; `2 G2 l1 v: V) G; ~+ B Ki-48-IIa Lily x 3
0 P- ~* I+ _3 j1 l& o5 V Ki-49-Ia Helen x 21
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Allied aircraft* I% g4 |! y) v0 {8 i" w* @
Hurricane IIb Trop x 3
6 G4 R+ ^4 |$ M, [; N4 V P-40E Warhawk x 35- Z! ^$ X2 L1 p& }, o6 f
( K4 R |/ i3 eJapanese aircraft losses0 [, A( N, z& }
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 4 destroyed, 4 damaged
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$ M+ x8 c8 j. K: j! P- M/ m Ki-49-Ia Helen: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged" N8 D# l/ j9 D5 U
2 D/ }* m1 `8 l. CAllied aircraft losses# s; h% R3 B* A$ j2 l
Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed
% S' Q: @% }4 A% B3 H7 `) b/ y' ^' a P-40E Warhawk: 4 destroyed6 e ^+ v) ?% V8 j1 D1 e
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Allied ground losses:
# y8 x( s3 L! t, I 101 casualties reported
/ A" u' d$ u9 P Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
9 J, v1 ^- I% R2 M$ U Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 23 disabled
; m' k4 [7 I ]- X! k Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled* L0 \, ?) Y: h5 `
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8 {0 C/ H5 E/ N7 _- C1 j; V0 G9 GMorning Air attack on 9th Chinese Base Force, at 74,55 (Liuchow)" C7 j$ S. z$ _
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Weather in hex: Severe storms
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Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
" x$ C/ Z' c$ }% c9 uEstimated time to target is 8 minutes
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5 T$ r: D) u1 U& A8 ^Japanese aircraft
4 s$ b; W! o. n0 \9 Y Ki-21-Ic Sally x 6
Y7 G/ c7 _, v3 n' Q# L, n Ki-21-IIa Sally x 19
4 v7 P$ Y* n) o }& ^ Ki-48-IIa Lily x 24
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Allied aircraft
) ^; r6 d' L+ _- b4 s! V P-40E Warhawk x 4
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6 D: o. y: K" RJapanese aircraft losses) ]0 r4 F/ M8 |3 d! g
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 destroyed
: C6 q2 \# F6 \; `" M Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged, h9 s, ~9 J4 l* ]) O) U* r" Z
Ki-48-IIa Lily: 2 destroyed
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O" Z/ }& ]% D0 y& W8 `+ Z: `Morning Air attack on Pegu , at 55,53 : s: X" A9 x' d' G
# Y% l) i3 q( ]! tWeather in hex: Light rain T( g$ M' {: }+ I8 a) M/ N8 q3 L
$ ^1 Y: u0 t; n2 @Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.5 y6 T: G% @0 v
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes/ |+ l$ A* Y- _- Z% j$ Q4 p+ R
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Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 22- v) K Z8 L( T' c
+ W, N- G8 Q. xAllied aircraft
/ U. C% N! l4 G Hurricane I Trop x 16, h- O0 z# m6 V0 a! J9 Y c4 }
Hurricane IIb Trop x 35
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Japanese aircraft losses
" |) S; A& A1 ]( ?5 i Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 4 destroyed6 R0 O* g1 C# b0 U8 O+ b2 z, X
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Allied aircraft losses( G4 X- x! h* }' \
Hurricane I Trop: 1 destroyed |