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,- p* Z( G1 [1 @: {
Afternoon 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.2 ~8 N. }5 j& w
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
1 I1 u. V3 S \2 C" a( W+ s A6M8 Zero x 59
1 E/ d; ?( T2 @( @0 r. [$ ~7 W9 W A7M2 Sam x 762 p: ~, x( B. X8 x4 E: _
B7A2 Grace x 1341 O$ @1 U2 Z, _# u0 Z! h
& j3 c; |$ S* W5 {. cAllied aircraft
: A- j) F3 B- Z1 G3 c F4U-1A Corsair x 14
/ t" h5 z6 F i4 z% [$ C F6F-5 Hellcat x 562 a: C% g# }3 o" }& ]
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5 z( Z: i% U/ N A6M8 Zero: 6 destroyed6 w$ p4 d) f @
A7M2 Sam: 5 destroyed
1 P* }. I6 f' h3 e: p5 v f9 ` B7A2 Grace: 7 destroyed, 26 damaged( r' t( |" _2 p* ]- _" X# I
B7A2 Grace: 1 destroyed by flak+ Q9 w; _1 X" t8 ^. ]
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Allied aircraft losses5 i! j. o6 J- f/ C
F4U-1A Corsair: 2 destroyed* U& N" k* l5 ] F- m. d
F6F-5 Hellcat: 20 destroyed3 f4 F: A" s& \; Q
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CV Hancock, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk( W9 l& P- b6 D0 {8 T+ p' D1 {' H0 c
CV Indomitable, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
r0 y& K3 n* |# R. c! @1 l CVE Munda, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
5 K/ k8 {. ^% z. w CVE Bougainville, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
5 | c; I: c2 L" s. E DE Manlove, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk% y4 {9 e# [, G4 S( y/ T3 x
CVE Attu, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
& }6 D6 E2 _( p8 k0 w1 y, ^ DE Lovering
$ D1 s" f6 o( Q# G5 v. _! Q DE Lyman, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
! f' x; `& |& @8 `( c) a& F0 m CVE Roi, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
0 K% N5 y3 |; N8 U9 U5 q$ F- w DE Charles R. Greer, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
; a4 Q/ d2 U' B/ K/ w DE Wesson |