所罗门的血腥地狱又添新魂,蝗军针对过于前出的盟军登陆船团发起轮番攻击,击沉汉考克号和不屈号2艘舰队航母,3艘CVE,蝗军损失作战飞机300多架,
" B0 {0 N' O8 B: H# wAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 113,134
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Weather in hex: Overcast
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Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
t- Q8 B1 ~" ?. JEstimated time to target is 21 minutes
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5 q+ @5 l- |3 \' NJapanese aircraft4 ~1 d7 K% \9 T, {- m( X
A6M8 Zero x 592 r- c+ Q" {7 ]
A7M2 Sam x 76+ \! e0 }! }6 H; R
B7A2 Grace x 134
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# U1 ?: ?, S7 FAllied aircraft
" [4 [& y& R6 P3 C F7 A" q5 c! l F4U-1A Corsair x 14
6 k6 G& J9 w4 z! N! F8 ^ Z: k4 S F6F-5 Hellcat x 56
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$ @2 {1 \: @6 y# n4 j1 S/ KJapanese aircraft losses
1 v; B( O* f5 _& F; j A6M8 Zero: 6 destroyed
! r' h, E0 b9 G! g' W A7M2 Sam: 5 destroyed$ K1 v; {; ~! j
B7A2 Grace: 7 destroyed, 26 damaged
# }( M- |- @- N B7A2 Grace: 1 destroyed by flak
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7 E; o! Q* [7 Y `0 L/ EAllied aircraft losses/ [ k" \% z) {1 W
F4U-1A Corsair: 2 destroyed, C3 v" q; Q) |1 g- L$ V
F6F-5 Hellcat: 20 destroyed& X6 _! }( d/ Z2 r
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Allied Ships1 ~2 V- X- ~3 a' I( z
CV Hancock, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk) V3 E8 D2 x- a( j( h! ~
CV Indomitable, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk6 ~! F3 A+ x, j6 S+ X+ @
CVE Munda, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk _5 E& D7 r* |% ]5 L% e
CVE Bougainville, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage, m9 A v1 |1 V1 z* I9 }5 z
DE Manlove, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk# W- ^9 }- j, U6 W F9 N
CVE Attu, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
- \2 b4 X& k8 T \% d DE Lovering" n' o# c6 f5 q/ G# n1 I X$ G
DE Lyman, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
4 T4 N7 R {; ]/ | CVE Roi, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage7 J$ V, c1 d: z. M
DE Charles R. Greer, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk3 K, J# D; |& Y k4 _
DE Wesson |