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Day Air attack on Noumea , at 68,113
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p7 o& |2 N8 CJapanese aircraft
. G6 C4 V ^2 V7 g- N# x. X* ^A6M3 Zero x 27
; }' z& `1 J6 }D3A Val x 106
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Allied aircraft
/ s7 o9 o& n; N* ]5 c* j/ v: FWirraway x 21, A% g5 h8 }: `' S
P-400 Airacobra x 8- i2 |; C' D' o* \
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Japanese aircraft losses: ^7 I# g; H) Z0 k; c- N9 ~
A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged, Y3 L5 q. b L1 ~6 x5 }6 Z
D3A Val: 2 destroyed, 22 damaged
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Allied aircraft losses& R# P( d; E$ f+ |: }
Wirraway: 12 destroyed3 S( M1 ]' @1 |; n' s- l- o
P-400 Airacobra: 4 destroyed! m* H% t1 j/ X, E! g5 c X5 M
Hudson I: 13 destroyed
5 A1 s1 y; F# w9 Z3 KTBD Devastator: 5 destroyed: n j, Y+ c3 b, x% p
SB2U Vindicator: 2 destroyed
6 p2 M* B% z; w" ?/ V6 [7 L/ DC-47 Dakota: 4 destroyed
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Allied ground losses: d& _/ Y! `+ \5 C/ {6 G6 T m" h
48 casualties reported
" m% T: _9 M% o9 c! MVehicles lost 2# y' K& b! O& b5 G: l: k0 f' B
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Airbase hits 15% c# q* B& }5 x& W
Airbase supply hits 2
( o& b' X( p$ A2 y lRunway hits 70
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# M$ c6 l; X. Y" m% L" N' TAircraft Attacking:
4 e% ^' x0 T% ~. ?22 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
: |+ G( ?" [3 [: Q( x20 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
1 Z) L( Y* E* c! `1 U: W5 p& q) K20 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
1 K( A$ i( `% V9 V21 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
8 H- e) j# J! e7 A21 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
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+ I8 h; x5 M: `Day Air attack on TF, near Noumea at 68,1138 k( b, x% V8 m, N& o. }1 U# b _# m
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Japanese aircraft
: q. D$ S3 h' @$ {2 ~) f& Q: GA6M2 Zero x 77# [, T r& `& \5 W1 T
A6M3 Zero x 27' B6 U; Q# D9 ~/ ~+ ~. o. N8 b
B5N Kate x 95
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Allied aircraft
/ v# P: ~& d- x, W# rWirraway x 10+ i& |" j+ j2 t, p S
P-400 Airacobra x 4! c; i# q- G: h3 y5 _; Z5 ]
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Japanese aircraft losses
], r& T3 R1 hA6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged1 d% h. L; w) [" m7 E
A6M3 Zero: 1 damaged
& N6 U* w& a, ~5 m: U# Q# T7 aB5N Kate: 2 destroyed, 12 damaged
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Allied aircraft losses/ c. [# Y( Y3 Q: _" y8 @; T9 g
Wirraway: 10 destroyed6 p! I* `7 l! o0 Y0 T
P-400 Airacobra: 4 destroyed! T9 }; C: g, `/ p3 t$ H5 Q
( T2 {4 _. C8 m' e. l$ ]% Y7 PAllied Ships
! E* p4 |4 m. W6 y' n6 _" ICL Leander, Torpedo hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
9 M( } C$ Q' _5 U; FDD Mugford7 i# S! m9 [1 S9 V4 ?8 ]
DD Selfridge, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage! Z/ q9 t; t2 z0 @! P3 F$ O+ l' Z1 M* C
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Aircraft Attacking:) i8 ?! K( Z& r* ^( j y
1 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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2 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet# t8 b! |; g2 q0 Q+ 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 feet! ]! e- V0 i3 X, x3 q. M- 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. _# t! G. P) A* T. Y; s; Y4 G+ E
2 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet/ s3 U7 |& F6 s9 }
4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet# h# {# S" n. s& T
4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet; ]: ~# u$ T/ j, ^+ P0 q" }# y/ D! u
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: L# F' F' ?& O
A6M2 Zero x 35
3 Z" W( Q- [' u/ ^A6M3 Zero x 22
1 i0 g7 I+ P( ]B5N Kate x 61* t+ A# t. t8 a
& r+ k0 q1 b) t+ HAllied aircraft
) D- z! b+ ?$ ZWirraway x 5. F4 L* o2 Z8 v/ H7 L
P-400 Airacobra x 2
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: i) f+ d0 r& K; HJapanese aircraft losses
4 f% Q! K" H0 a$ B0 l! z3 BA6M2 Zero: 2 damaged! b' w" @- X; ?; T6 Q7 `: u
B5N Kate: 3 damaged
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Allied aircraft losses
8 T9 C; r+ t' G* NWirraway: 5 destroyed
+ ]2 V* c0 l eP-400 Airacobra: 2 destroyed
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Allied Ships7 G, T- B$ j6 ?9 O- [
DD Selfridge, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage/ v4 t1 L, c6 u6 n# I/ z3 u
DD Mugford, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
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Aircraft Attacking:
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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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