近日来,新几内亚中部不断爆发海空消耗战
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Enemy air strikes against Sarmi were opposed by Oscars and Zekes today: 6 j. A9 V- E1 T: w3 b3 w
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Day Air attack on Sarmi , at 48,78 7 Y* y* h- j6 c) y
4 K' _0 Y: a/ k) b& @Japanese aircraft 6 @/ u* ?. P8 q4 Q
A6M2 Zero x 14 ( |1 Y2 f9 m& e6 x6 N& \4 f
A6M5 Zeke x 34 " b B) w2 T( f X
3 h7 @$ P0 p+ OAllied aircraft
" Z9 O% z D8 U Q9 u4 ]. DF4U-1 Corsair x 12
. x( @( k G3 Y, W" WP-38J Lightning x 9 , d, v/ g3 v+ \: x
B-25J Mitchell x 19 8 h2 ~7 k! y7 T3 U' q; Q( l
; O/ y( y, P' J% XJapanese aircraft losses 6 ^, {2 E0 }4 b9 P( s* m
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged 0 t* B5 I" N# X3 _: D* W+ R% l( _
A6M5 Zeke: 12 destroyed, 2 damaged
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Allied aircraft losses ; w$ D9 }3 i% U' ]$ ~! N
P-38J Lightning: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged 5 s% @: J8 E" C- D9 ~3 L( F
B-25J Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged ( e. k! f4 [% V( @ z1 C2 \. q
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Airbase hits 4
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; F3 Q4 S G) y6 Q% ^$ IRunway hits 9 ) g: |( f0 N, }" T9 x
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* }- E% u( E& {- L8 [Our counter attack yielded mediocre results: 15 enemy ac destroyed on the ground. The , v" E! ~& m t# _8 c$ H* y
swarm of Oscars protected the bombers from fierce attacks by enemy Spits and Corsairs. No * u0 R9 `9 c1 {
that's a bad combo! 2 [1 q4 u# ^$ C# s; M+ P% C, r; l
! q! ?' Y* B2 V' G! ?5 }; E pDay Air attack on Aitape , at 51,80
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6 K% K3 n) }6 f7 b+ e+ gKi-43-IIa Oscar x 79
0 T0 O' h0 M( t8 J& ^) KKi-21 Sally x 49 ! J6 o7 a# `9 M) e0 Y4 R
8 A7 D2 U' t0 W, YAllied aircraft 6 u7 Q+ P8 h: H) e; l( n
F4U-1 Corsair x 9
" a$ l' \$ T! gSpitfire VIII x 11
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Japanese aircraft losses 3 H6 m1 z) ~, B H7 o8 p2 j- X0 p
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 30 destroyed
( i$ v. s/ G* [6 EKi-21 Sally: 2 destroyed, 20 damaged
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Allied aircraft losses & Y; a" P6 @! q3 T8 n
F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged + w0 z' t1 R8 o6 q4 |1 k
Spitfire VIII: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
2 v" a! _9 u+ E& X6 X/ \/ FKittyhawk III: 2 destroyed 2 a& N, M1 s7 \. _ B) Z# R
P-40N Warhawk: 1 destroyed
" `1 q- s- \ C; `! M$ I1 rB-25J Mitchell: 3 destroyed % I$ T% j; j1 N. k
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Allied ground losses: ! }6 O0 ~5 r+ z: k
200 casualties reported 7 X2 s2 J- b( m
Vehicles lost 2 % d4 a+ x$ ^/ i* g, X" f
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Airbase hits 1
& g/ Y; T a2 e: yAirbase supply hits 1
1 O+ S* w, _' ]* L( A5 [Runway hits 7 9 o8 x( y4 l6 @0 G* X
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