8月8日,惊心动魄的一天,参与炮击伦加的美军重巡编队遭到拉抱尔日军陆攻的袭击,但是由于日酋操作失误,导致陆攻携带250KG炸弹出击,结果被击伤7架连油漆都没能蹭掉。
, v6 } }8 F8 k. \Morning Air attack on TF, near Lunga at 114,138
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Weather in hex: Heavy rain
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Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
O4 H+ V8 g8 B2 q/ I2 y$ _Estimated time to target is 42 minutes1 M- }* }; ?! a# ~
( a- C! H3 ?% F9 A/ X- TJapanese aircraft
# A) l# u9 i4 w1 T1 Q# Q( b A6M2 Zero x 13
1 X4 G" Y* C/ Q5 m! { G4M1 Betty x 27
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Japanese aircraft losses
' H4 w8 b" U; F G4M1 Betty: 7 damaged; u2 o Q& Y3 p6 B5 B
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Allied Ships
) r" F T) E8 U CA Chicago+ O# d7 Q/ Y# U4 A# O& j/ K" M
CA Quincy
* `6 n& t; G! C; V4 ?' w" R/ X& P/ { CA Australia
7 G) n0 [7 e" y9 d. A4 \8 a CA Astoria: {* F, r( L) `$ `
DD Mugford* o0 N! B1 I, Q3 {/ D6 O
CA Vincennes
6 r7 E: E1 [" y" c4 ~& [6 w CA Canberra
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. P3 M3 T# f! MAircraft Attacking:! w* r' g% P6 |$ p- E/ g# n7 O5 r
27 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 10000 feet
& ^( N/ A) M- k" O, J- _ Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg AP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
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( A: e8 v' e& q' Z5 a1 u& r% p随后盟军从莫港出发压制莱城,效果不佳,全天损失3架飞机。。。。。。
' H5 ^# ]+ q. q9 m: torning Air attack on Lae , at 99,126* q5 B+ J* S; D% @
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Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
3 b: {: ], c% Q: O- qEstimated time to target is 7 minutes
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1 B! R; r( d! N: T2 EJapanese aircraft1 ^3 \% z9 o2 f: m
A6M2 Zero x 6" {; S( o. }+ E% ^
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Allied aircraft
; z- w# _) Y' `+ Q Beaufort V x 4
& T/ ^' x, l8 Y3 m+ a4 E, D Kittyhawk IA x 11
+ J! [6 }9 P( n8 H7 |/ o3 { B-26 Marauder x 9' W E, G2 C" g* I8 L
P-39D Airacobra x 184 {/ _4 a( ~) I9 ^4 @
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No Japanese losses2 s' c6 o, n" _+ \9 r6 w6 s
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Allied aircraft losses- v# g$ [1 v6 w2 N, Z; K1 e/ R
Beaufort V: 3 damaged
" X% K4 t6 v' r* E/ W* \ B-26 Marauder: 6 damaged
( I6 _$ C; W9 |. I" {; Q& P- r P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed% k4 m% _* m0 h
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Japanese ground losses:
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Airbase hits 11 T% {* e: O: N0 X% Z2 k, O
Runway hits 4- s8 s* J! l: {. I
5 h4 Z; w5 _6 rorning Air attack on Lae , at 99,1264 W) o- ?7 z" J, B5 V1 i* ?9 m
( q" _6 Y3 k: z+ ^( |3 ^+ WWeather in hex: Partial cloud7 H* t# T( G7 i1 V! H$ I( v( S5 m
4 P! }( l- @- T- Z F; x7 n dRaid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
) M; h" C, R' t. E3 ?$ x$ ^Estimated time to target is 6 minutes: ~/ _# Y6 @. r7 u& B2 K: R! ~
" ?! } X8 K, G' `% S: \Japanese aircraft
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5 p, E4 J& _) }; z% ZAllied aircraft
/ f& W5 b+ r" \! n5 Q; ^- H B-26 Marauder x 66 W/ V9 J3 j: c6 M4 ]
P-39D Airacobra x 10
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No Japanese losses
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6 V; ~7 g! J3 v/ _1 d/ Q8 rAllied aircraft losses
. Y2 T: O, X. z- V+ v, ` B-26 Marauder: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
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! s' m- {2 [% I' v' fAirbase supply hits 15 a; i5 ~- ?2 X, {5 u2 H* W
Runway hits 3
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# m7 w2 S: @ c$ T! G紧接着盟军重巡编队开始炮击伦加和图拉吉,为即将到来的登陆作战做准备
. S6 U" N |% QNaval bombardment of Lunga at 114,138 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
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( S# b! }; d3 [. s+ D0 y10 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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Allied Ships
2 r& ]$ {! I7 E; `5 h/ x$ s4 b CA Canberra
- e6 j' _% H6 S3 v: v CA Australia
* g% a. K, t, X7 ^" }& v4 t; n CA Chicago, Shell hits 1
9 w7 b# o% ~9 [# ~/ r* X CL Hobart, E* j6 ]* c; F
DD Selfridge# ^2 }+ X r0 l1 ~
DD Jarvis
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DD Ralph Talbot+ {: X, e5 f! t6 ^( C6 Z( e2 z
DD Mugford6 n+ h9 U( ]( s1 d
6 ]- y! b& }8 ?! q9 L; W. A) o& hJapanese ground losses:
4 S8 A% f: s7 E 208 casualties reported
, P9 q' x* y4 g" V1 ] Squads: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled4 V$ _' H* m) g/ N
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
) x' u. ]4 E0 n) M Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled1 D/ Q# r7 v+ d8 J; I
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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+ a2 X4 C5 g. v- `1 nNaval bombardment of Lunga at 114,138 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!5 K; Z0 U' c6 G: m2 K5 x5 L7 E
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+ ~" x7 ^$ \: P4 P v CA Vincennes' ]4 ^' q* [: g/ U
CA Quincy# o) \5 A2 V' D1 C
CA Astoria2 e8 }8 p+ a. p6 d( k" O1 @
DD Hull9 i( V% R4 i5 e, i# T% I- n/ j
DD Dewey/ B5 [# D/ m6 X, `0 Z, p4 G
DD Wilson, Shell hits 2+ H% T/ r+ F2 _9 n
DD Ellet F5 d/ r" S) \; e$ t' F3 Z
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" x+ Q) z0 ?3 Y: D; R 51 casualties reported
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Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
: Z9 v+ T& L' M& R Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled' M/ ?9 _* j2 U2 `' y! k- h7 g& ?7 y
" F) b) j; A, g& {' bNaval bombardment of Tulagi at 114,137
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Japanese aircraft losses
( w8 J$ ]% y' h6 J# c8 {3 j H6K4 Mavis: 1 destroyed on ground5 F# }3 H( |9 d7 N0 R
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CLAA San Juan* n- m7 I/ m* J* _
DD Buchanan9 x. Y+ ]: h) _7 h; ?. S# S! }
DD Monssen0 e! Z! ?1 d1 K5 V
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Airbase hits 4: X2 i, Y" C1 Z2 }* I7 l
Airbase supply hits 2 |