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,7 I( a' W7 U9 y
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 113,134
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; B# }, B4 T" N8 P0 H" }Weather in hex: Overcast0 J, X, S4 c/ v6 L% Q9 a
$ a+ O0 D A/ @: m5 J) wRaid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.0 ?) d7 P3 `! b
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes# }2 X/ p: }% j9 D" ~
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Japanese aircraft4 ?, P1 `9 P1 k/ j* _5 q
A6M8 Zero x 59) j5 K# X. w# I& K
A7M2 Sam x 76
3 I5 P! n y% u5 M B7A2 Grace x 1346 Z) s- p9 A# V+ ~; [
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Allied aircraft
. n; _- q# k) D* s) t F4U-1A Corsair x 14; D+ Z- p- f8 X2 f
F6F-5 Hellcat x 56
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Japanese aircraft losses
& X1 K }, c/ _8 B6 A m: f$ r A6M8 Zero: 6 destroyed# D1 T8 K5 M. T
A7M2 Sam: 5 destroyed" {7 l' V {( j p
B7A2 Grace: 7 destroyed, 26 damaged6 p9 n% @" v E
B7A2 Grace: 1 destroyed by flak
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3 z3 N( E8 \6 s) r1 y" ~5 E& lAllied aircraft losses# w# y: Y0 I; N& ^( m
F4U-1A Corsair: 2 destroyed
T+ P% R$ Z2 X/ ]0 n# O; _ F6F-5 Hellcat: 20 destroyed
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Allied Ships0 L: t+ Z' o# [% i$ Z
CV Hancock, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk
, O8 ?* p6 Z8 v. [ CV Indomitable, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk$ W4 s5 G- @ q, Z" J: K
CVE Munda, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk1 C. i# O+ R( [
CVE Bougainville, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
, e) B4 b" ^7 N0 D. Z! c DE Manlove, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk* y) K1 h/ b! V& G$ p& X {$ Z
CVE Attu, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
2 r6 q3 ~: T7 d! W# ~! {: U DE Lovering3 K! a6 j4 B" I1 d) N9 e2 {
DE Lyman, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk3 B0 H1 i' i+ X" q! [' H' \
CVE Roi, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
/ t- @, Y" p) _7 {9 U, _ DE Charles R. Greer, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk P _* `9 H/ P2 H7 L5 J3 p
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