日本航母首次空袭努美阿!!
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* O' K# U8 U# K+ D0 U. }9 QDay Air attack on Noumea , at 68,1138 C3 ^0 ?: M6 o1 Z- k6 H7 Z
7 G/ P3 ~* P* H5 C `" TJapanese aircraft
& T2 L& a0 Q! {; K: n3 IA6M3 Zero x 27! ~) a: F g/ o/ ^
D3A Val x 1066 z2 O# f7 w: S" D }6 |, _
8 o/ y- H, \8 Y" d- NAllied aircraft: H0 Q4 h: j& j {! H
Wirraway x 21
7 X6 \% X2 w; a6 b" F" y2 J FP-400 Airacobra x 8" v- o. v+ a, y% W' q
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Japanese aircraft losses
2 R; [. ^% @' R. H( U7 MA6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
3 _8 `4 [4 d% ?! ^/ CD3A Val: 2 destroyed, 22 damaged
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, S3 l: M) O* T) ?3 zAllied aircraft losses2 f8 O; i+ z& B5 N
Wirraway: 12 destroyed
# C, G3 T2 ]6 T0 iP-400 Airacobra: 4 destroyed
( i0 t6 ^* j' M" {1 u |Hudson I: 13 destroyed4 P" h- n T: S: ]
TBD Devastator: 5 destroyed
% }* h) L: I1 Y, ISB2U Vindicator: 2 destroyed
6 x4 e9 V4 i( @# t3 w0 nC-47 Dakota: 4 destroyed2 @4 A7 y' z3 b
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Allied ground losses:
$ O1 }4 G) ~6 u9 P; z0 d48 casualties reported5 q4 z. N3 F! b- N% Y- z3 V' O
Vehicles lost 23 V& x3 q7 |, W6 E5 ?$ v1 m
. q7 Z: n9 M' Q& t" M. X* z5 R- dAirbase hits 15
$ r2 Z0 A/ l% s3 L" q% u4 }3 IAirbase supply hits 24 H+ q4 q. F" ^* C3 F4 ^9 R' l0 p% r) }
Runway hits 70+ v. U2 B4 g( U P1 F
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22 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
+ L" l5 W7 g9 o% T9 x20 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet$ v% Z7 D( f) `* e1 ~4 N1 c( T0 N
20 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet, V3 l9 g8 M6 d# L. Q) |
21 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet* X* {( l* _' n; x+ a6 x
21 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
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/ Z& o# Q# S5 X4 `3 [Day Air attack on TF, near Noumea at 68,113
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Japanese aircraft
" G3 w3 P# o2 i0 C. H2 Y3 kA6M2 Zero x 77( `" P9 L Q1 A; ~" [, B
A6M3 Zero x 27; n! \8 i7 ~$ a) E
B5N Kate x 95, ]+ _' I# e4 |/ N6 f8 Z
$ F `. Y8 [7 z8 O' {+ \: LAllied aircraft$ t8 J w j/ O0 _) R. G
Wirraway x 10
U7 n( ?( b+ y& O1 P( @/ OP-400 Airacobra x 4+ c R* L2 b) S5 v# v
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Japanese aircraft losses# Z+ t- n$ u- w6 c+ `
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged$ i% X0 r3 O+ u# F: F0 c4 s- \+ Q
A6M3 Zero: 1 damaged
/ y v1 Z' U; m @# l! U, W D; VB5N Kate: 2 destroyed, 12 damaged5 x* ]; Q0 t) f; x1 q
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Allied aircraft losses
% d* F9 W: {- n H" v/ q; U+ bWirraway: 10 destroyed
% n& E0 l) t$ S; X( ZP-400 Airacobra: 4 destroyed: H' Q9 ?4 G2 |. V* X b2 d+ V f
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Allied Ships
/ O# T& S: L( \9 n: |3 \4 ]4 f0 eCL Leander, Torpedo hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
4 j% D7 I: b1 H" WDD Mugford3 b: D3 x* S" x3 s- y0 e
DD Selfridge, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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( y+ q8 U! L2 {3 [. }Aircraft Attacking:3 T" j& t7 p, x3 U9 J
1 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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1 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
5 L1 q. }, E8 ` 3 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet! S* @) V4 |4 h7 e5 {
2 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet$ F2 B: ^* P) y: R6 U1 G
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" t' g8 g& ~: I0 ~1 B9 q+ y1 `
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 ?# J4 N$ l, ~8 u! y6 E" K6 N
4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet6 m* k! }5 B. T
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* I+ B, D% u4 M& B7 f
4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Noumea at 68,113
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Japanese aircraft: g6 W) _0 B4 _* d
A6M2 Zero x 359 B; \5 }& U8 ~$ r. ^5 a x
A6M3 Zero x 22
2 J" X# o( j/ j4 B! T4 d6 R1 ^B5N Kate x 61
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9 U; ?+ T, [1 ^9 _: EAllied aircraft& @# \" D5 \& f* z
Wirraway x 5
5 P; [- p+ z7 T1 _P-400 Airacobra x 2
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w% o& B2 ?; H- B4 ?. v) O5 ]( ?Japanese aircraft losses# u& Q. a% X: L( s8 ]% J1 f d. i
A6M2 Zero: 2 damaged
" D' W, |& y1 S8 o. `B5N Kate: 3 damaged
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4 ^" z& `: C$ o- h- vAllied aircraft losses
* P) V9 W7 ^" Z2 CWirraway: 5 destroyed' u3 Q9 w, x0 M8 F/ G
P-400 Airacobra: 2 destroyed+ r2 z& D8 s) ~0 _; G3 n0 i/ t% q
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DD Selfridge, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
& U' s; {3 _/ fDD Mugford, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage5 ]1 {: a" e6 P4 ~" o5 O; ?
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Aircraft Attacking:" Z# J: ~* a) H& |) l0 }
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 feet7 Z$ }. ~9 x1 B( E3 D
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# m4 i4 y1 d- c: o$ N* O: X
4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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