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,4 A4 U5 z8 G' x4 L5 `! P
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 113,134
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m+ ?# C) l2 AWeather in hex: Overcast
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8 Y. D6 K' m5 { f4 Q- b7 P* K; }Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
$ ~" w) a& [, _; L# s4 D1 K9 q8 KEstimated time to target is 21 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
" ?( @- h/ T! v) } A6M8 Zero x 59
) M$ q: ~! R8 N: s9 Q% q A7M2 Sam x 76
* V* \5 A3 p& j0 `# G5 j B7A2 Grace x 134
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- x2 ]. `+ C1 T/ z, Z* f4 E% G" j( vAllied aircraft5 b4 K- R/ i; Z/ j% q5 k. H. s
F4U-1A Corsair x 140 g% O8 k5 s/ r+ ~
F6F-5 Hellcat x 56
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" p4 ^5 z: D: e: L N3 a9 qJapanese aircraft losses
* O& y) U* `$ d0 ? A6M8 Zero: 6 destroyed
0 Y c" E& Z$ A7 e, K5 ^9 a3 w9 j A7M2 Sam: 5 destroyed+ Z: k! ]% p! A
B7A2 Grace: 7 destroyed, 26 damaged
! G1 \7 ?+ y/ Q j# ?* ~ B7A2 Grace: 1 destroyed by flak! A) m, V0 u. u+ E. @9 Q
0 _( ~' N; I2 YAllied aircraft losses) }8 Z6 I3 C a! `
F4U-1A Corsair: 2 destroyed- g8 I% u7 S' Q- }7 M9 q
F6F-5 Hellcat: 20 destroyed
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Allied Ships
9 G f7 S6 v2 q% O5 u; n CV Hancock, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk& `: t5 k# d: h' w/ R
CV Indomitable, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk; j G( m8 _0 f2 k
CVE Munda, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
# \8 d: \) ]& j! ^5 Z8 E6 B CVE Bougainville, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage: K) x, y. U3 ^0 R4 A' L: @
DE Manlove, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk/ V. I8 J4 G3 U
CVE Attu, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
* T7 P; i5 f9 T& C7 q DE Lovering
8 L2 e4 B3 c& k0 ~ DE Lyman, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk# I0 S r, ^0 b9 s+ b7 X) @0 Q3 a
CVE Roi, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
9 L: F) g2 ^/ _/ i DE Charles R. Greer, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk& l3 |$ R" L% D
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