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Day Air attack on TF at 64,56 _+ R1 Q( v3 V" I
) O o, M/ R% M7 F: H4 s+ z
Japanese aircraft
! \( A$ k+ ]. I, m& W! D. p0 @G4M2 Betty x 12
8 M0 D; F$ \9 y; ~( X
- u1 K+ _: k' P1 J fJapanese aircraft losses
% m* E) Q- d% fG4M2 Betty: 9 damaged5 ?. R8 u: ]8 v7 b$ n
4 e2 S- `* p4 }* f0 ZAllied Ships$ j& w5 Q3 ?! p8 w
TK Pueblo, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
" @" r8 h$ G# n! hTK District of Columbia, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
$ \ |! A1 P" m2 I* Z7 J9 }. `TK Andrew Doria
+ p1 ?2 F i. ^Two follow up raids by the Taiho:# B& u- J, p4 _( b
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Day Air attack on TF at 54,56: `$ Q( g! S3 s- O+ ~$ u2 @1 j5 f
6 Y/ R+ ]/ r9 n2 |: kJapanese aircraft: ]* i5 l; n" O* D7 e# S
D4Y Judy x 22& F: G2 B' y7 l/ `* k# T* P
: P; ?& `$ Y; s; a+ \. b$ v! SJapanese aircraft losses
R+ r' _ ~5 b) u4 q8 C- n6 m( fD4Y Judy: 1 destroyed, 8 damaged7 Q" B u i" a, G+ y' g0 {2 n6 i
! L* O; b h: G7 X
Allied Ships4 F. Y2 z1 T0 G2 Z
DD John D. Edwards* V* _/ a9 ~3 Y+ U2 A" a4 x" D
DD Tillman
5 J# M( j) A2 u; G* t( F" l. TDD Welles& ~' B0 n1 r; i8 U$ Y
AK Harvard Victory, Bomb hits 1
8 B9 B$ `5 A! { j! RDE Leslie L. B. Knox4 z- x' W4 \6 X/ f, b+ Y9 L- X$ _- z; j
DD Craven
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Day Air attack on TF at 53,56
2 D; E3 o" B) t+ ~5 N% N7 O! T. t0 J5 ?2 `. c/ c3 i( {' }% j
Japanese aircraft
/ V1 x, F% N* r) uA7M2 Reppu x 6
' q: K. a. a) T, `( RD4Y Judy x 2
- r% I( S% q" p- S: m* M8 N3 ]& a. u/ p9 v z
Japanese aircraft losses- Z- C/ X0 c9 b. _( Z# l( K
D4Y Judy: 1 damaged
5 \7 @. i, t: F! v. c+ b/ s4 h! d3 R1 b# ^7 w$ B
Allied Ships) b3 E w' }- X4 h
AK E. W. Sinclair, Bomb hits 1, on fire0 A A5 m+ s' N5 ^+ E2 I
& X6 I0 n ?) e* jAllied ground losses:
2 W: P/ E5 J. v" q7 casualties reported
# x( Y* n5 U: b! J8 ], RVehicles lost 1
1 G( \/ t! @0 W0 e+ ~7 {- O
. U6 d- A4 s" d# N. t( j' R; L* PAircraft Attacking: Z3 Z1 e* F& ~, Y: v
2 x D4Y Judy bombing at 2000 feet4 l) {/ [' o8 Y$ l2 P7 C
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, y0 {) I8 W, N/ T( @: lCeylon and Bengal Sea; R! y3 v. r4 r9 o/ K& G# x
2 F% f0 S8 P$ q+ H/ yDay Air attack on Trimcomalee , at 15,25- @; s/ z7 K0 L% B4 m
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Japanese aircraft- m9 S& Y7 T! o* E6 P: ^
A7M2 Reppu x 6- F) ?4 c5 w" K1 T+ Q- }
J2M Jack x 5* E2 Z/ G6 X7 o6 L
J7W Shinden x 7& R! B6 ?' a2 {& W) \
Ki-84-Ic Frank x 6 {# d: I4 ~& h$ W2 Q) Q1 S
" v" t$ N4 X0 `8 c! W& o4 s
Allied aircraft- T) g" ?, Q8 H j& {1 E( U
B-29 Superfortress x 31
g6 M9 a2 p; N( _% \% ~2 b! \0 \: J* H
Japanese aircraft losses
4 ~3 t1 L- ~; [* [4 HA7M2 Reppu: 2 damaged9 Q F0 [9 U% m) |# ?& K$ N% ]0 U$ x
J2M Jack: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged) W" H, \( q' I( r) R
J7W Shinden: 1 damaged
O+ R5 q4 T( K, B% N( e) c" sKi-84-Ic Frank: 1 destroyed8 Y" }1 E& t: ~, J* j7 n3 G
P1Y Frances: 1 destroyed
* \7 B# k! ~9 T# e6 G# W
: ~# J0 r% A! pAllied aircraft losses/ {, L# r4 V7 h# D
B-29 Superfortress: 7 destroyed, 8 damaged' a' d7 v0 l9 {! @7 R
3 `% V( s$ J$ s& OAirbase hits 1( k. x L; C5 X2 L& i
Runway hits 8! j u' H& B) [9 M# V* @: y: o$ `
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Day Air attack on TF, near Trimcomalee at 15,25
$ E8 i! [3 d; [' s8 r! {5 }4 }( p1 K U6 b
Japanese aircraft8 v% O* c+ j }) z3 k' |1 t
B7A Grace x 3
8 d# J+ O5 F' [: bG4M2 Betty x 6
. W l4 u" i# G( KKi-43-IIa Oscar x 18
- l; n8 m$ G9 dKi-100 Tony x 9
+ `+ Z. p& r; }/ B. nKi-49 Helen x 2
5 S8 U5 v$ X9 WKi-67 Peggy x 3
9 \2 I/ [ z* J4 `
8 \3 T1 V G/ Y* MAllied aircraft
. y+ Q! P, f' j4 j7 MP-51D Mustang x 5
7 q+ h! |; d# c& c
8 ?0 I: I" u3 j. g7 L! q- `Japanese aircraft losses3 b/ X" V* G6 H* k. }/ E. O
B7A Grace: 1 destroyed
/ W$ V8 [. l4 @/ P1 V6 v5 XG4M2 Betty: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
6 O4 P* N8 W" f% B2 eKi-43-IIa Oscar: 8 destroyed( N2 ?4 X' x5 K- E8 x
Ki-100 Tony: 4 destroyed: r% R i+ I- d: a
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed
# X9 C9 J, H5 e$ X9 C. v- l# q/ ~Ki-67 Peggy: 3 destroyed4 x u- O' i7 X" U/ v& V1 G# Q, k# ]
5 Z' K5 _3 M8 g+ x: \8 x5 o
Allied aircraft losses
- Y9 j" x* C' _, oP-51D Mustang: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged+ d6 p, p' _6 a* V5 r
# s$ e5 @& R% o$ \3 |6 b; WAllied Ships
% x0 E' P9 H" N0 LMSW Grebe
, v f6 r* b! v7 PAK Morton M. McCarver, Torpedo hits 1+ g7 S" U0 Q2 Y: W4 M# {
AK Diomed, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage5 s( `6 N1 r, i( ~3 D9 S% t# E0 M
5 R$ V, e" O: l9 x
Allied ground losses:
! \0 ^% c+ x+ p/ _; J/ n6 A21 casualties reported
& B9 x* y' M% c& |# X# IDay Air attack on TF, near Trimcomalee at 15,25
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Japanese aircraft
# f. Z5 p+ w3 h, dB7A Grace x 3
7 n; L; P3 b/ O+ D* ^/ KG4M2 Betty x 6. V* a: S$ U0 ~# n& U0 K5 E. [
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 18
- c& |) G) ~2 |# L; v7 W1 DKi-100 Tony x 9: x \+ S, d. E3 Y
Ki-49 Helen x 29 T4 j# e. |, i2 X2 r$ v
Ki-67 Peggy x 36 l! J' t; w, \6 Z! e0 t! ?
E" }2 |: d4 G# F! Q- z$ @& \Allied aircraft
: d7 o) o4 i0 Q8 b) JP-51D Mustang x 5% o( e. K" @& l% Q* N% q
$ I9 \: C, W& {
Japanese aircraft losses8 q: `+ c# z! z& p1 J& i2 R
B7A Grace: 1 destroyed6 |+ N1 d* k, f7 c0 L& o% J2 f
G4M2 Betty: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
. f% t- i, I. F8 H8 p) dKi-43-IIa Oscar: 8 destroyed
2 U, |( w G, l' \; SKi-100 Tony: 4 destroyed/ S% V# i0 f, V/ }; s7 d4 h
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed! a: ?" s& q- ]1 \$ e k/ c
Ki-67 Peggy: 3 destroyed; L# V5 D' K2 u, f
* f R# O/ _: r% }6 x9 u- w- H
Allied aircraft losses+ b: w. i2 O+ l/ } O0 l$ J+ R
P-51D Mustang: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged+ Y/ P/ P& i& J: T m# s X/ H) E5 B
! M1 U' J8 ^; ?" _& |Allied Ships
% B( R, `' S+ T" M! n# V6 gMSW Grebe. v* h# G; o$ ]* d: B1 O
AK Morton M. McCarver, Torpedo hits 1
- T" S& E# _; dAK Diomed, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage# ^, u7 N. O m1 Q: n" n1 D- |, y
3 s B( |8 h; i. H% a/ b
Allied ground losses:
l# ~; J3 q0 `. ]- E8 n6 m21 casualties reported
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Day Air attack on TF, near Trimcomalee at 15,254 e- c, ^. C c+ U$ s% u2 c7 B
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Japanese aircraft5 S& e( ?) J8 `, L4 ~ h
B7A Grace x 3/ j3 r+ X4 \( h% V1 \3 c5 h
G4M2 Betty x 6
5 l( y; D7 h/ [! A% NKi-43-IIa Oscar x 18/ P7 i' O, j) B# X% m9 w8 k
Ki-100 Tony x 9
. K8 C6 K2 q6 E3 ?9 _+ ]- CKi-49 Helen x 2
& V g$ Y N' ~0 W9 Q, y1 oKi-67 Peggy x 3
; @: p! [: X! L' @7 k' _3 p6 O8 H% {" W0 B* S
Allied aircraft7 W. S3 o. ~7 A' m
P-51D Mustang x 5
8 |5 ] w6 @/ o& r5 t3 v. T" b
5 E! ^, y* N: l9 U5 c/ zJapanese aircraft losses) @8 a* z! {& e: y) `0 l! I8 _' S
B7A Grace: 1 destroyed& @# p7 ?/ f$ v
G4M2 Betty: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged0 u8 u* R* m& H3 @9 a; g7 }
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 8 destroyed. u4 ]. T, m/ A/ D F9 ~
Ki-100 Tony: 4 destroyed; ^: G: w4 j7 x) Q: i# g
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed3 P; R$ |: H" {
Ki-67 Peggy: 3 destroyed
# ?8 T, E+ j" P( z
L% Z- m ] m) k9 r1 G! ]Allied aircraft losses
* w3 X& w+ J( ]/ j- W9 j" t' g' gP-51D Mustang: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
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Allied Ships
% g, _ W5 P8 \: QMSW Grebe z- O, o* A' B. h8 f9 U) F
AK Morton M. McCarver, Torpedo hits 1" G3 e7 j B- W" K
AK Diomed, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
3 J( I& S9 a& \; N; B8 `6 }* q
* c |& I c5 I/ SAllied ground losses:+ l0 a+ {* a" a- X7 z. L+ g8 E- V
21 casualties reported
" l- V/ F* o+ G* RThe retreating Yorktown takes an another tube and is clearly in trouble with no CAP overhead!3 C0 I F" I, z# \
( d- U, y# ]9 H- [8 lDay Air attack on TF at 18,30/ |0 A, u+ C$ |/ L
1 a/ Q( l) ?. [3 ZJapanese aircraft
7 O3 v5 C, m, P( ]- eP1Y Frances x 31 I% {, F7 A1 T0 t0 U
! [8 D7 k: R! `; c) m0 A& q
Japanese aircraft losses
/ I/ r+ r( y; z5 v5 q; WP1Y Frances: 3 damaged
* {% o& H1 ~$ N5 q p: l- R f& i. h0 U! ^& I- r$ \ |6 }
Allied Ships" H+ l, d( Q/ T$ \& W( T
CV Yorktown, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
/ e4 A& P% Z: M$ f( w1 H2 c
" r7 w G0 U0 @- F6 vAircraft Attacking:
, y. z& Y" N3 ^3 x P1Y Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet( n/ k/ [3 u& h) Y4 h
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Day Air attack on TF, near Trimcomalee at 15,25
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+ Y5 x! m4 W9 `% B# M6 VJapanese aircraft
( ]- U% \: T9 g/ h# \A7M2 Reppu x 57 y9 e# [# a: x6 c! ^
J2M Jack x 6, _' F& l; b6 r( Q, f6 i, S
D4Y Judy x 3
8 d0 L: S0 x, T+ g1 P$ {B7A Grace x 6; \* h. \+ B$ d$ O+ ^( V
G4M2 Betty x 3
& i5 k1 h' o) \3 |* N" \" FP1Y Frances x 67 v H" o% q0 C
Ki-67 Peggy x 118 z- y8 P6 F \8 N5 d5 h1 {
) D/ e0 u& x1 E' ?$ S9 `9 k! s
Allied aircraft
! `! L2 [' i* N2 |' N4 S6 }* F3 E+ SP-51D Mustang x 4
/ U( J" _4 \- f' K- `! q. H0 ^1 o3 q( W& S
Japanese aircraft losses
4 X. [4 e: d! W" ?A7M2 Reppu: 5 destroyed
& g9 Y( w" b, r3 B" ]J2M Jack: 2 destroyed: ?5 s- P7 [5 o& e
B7A Grace: 1 destroyed
' |7 h8 G& n, f* |. n6 t) eP1Y Frances: 1 destroyed6 d5 D S% [1 H# O1 s; q
Ki-67 Peggy: 1 destroyed" c% O( c6 u$ b; L/ U7 V7 t) G
! y2 x4 |# p N$ O3 W7 E9 CAllied aircraft losses
. p6 A' R& P) Q( i/ f" F: uP-51D Mustang: 4 damaged
. T4 |; T5 h3 b/ {/ q1 v6 I
! Q h5 `$ J* fAllied Ships: C* p3 W3 R$ W8 _ h3 g; S* L
DE Lovelace
1 R* T. O V. F" J8 ~$ l/ D/ J* |- TDE Martin, q% {( o2 N% P
LCI LCI-4361 S& [* g+ Z1 D) w, K K6 ?
APD Blessman
- F Q+ u, S2 A e n5 jAPD Ruchamkin, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage8 ^( K: i, Q6 Q- a9 S- H- U& h) q
AP Laurens
: }2 `- |7 u' B+ m( S$ H, RDD Mullany( y9 ^2 S' ~0 @* p6 w
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7 j6 K* G, E% v `- t5 cDay Air attack on TF, near Trimcomalee at 15,25
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Japanese aircraft
3 T3 ?' z" t3 ~' `G4M2 Betty x 9" A' l9 k3 `! k7 A8 g4 }
1 ~+ Q; H& D# ]. W6 e
Allied aircraft, D, x8 u" {! {% b3 p9 W# j! s# z
P-51D Mustang x 2
1 x6 _! ^: [: R/ @5 m# B9 p5 a3 J1 ^' _3 _( k0 ~# F
Japanese aircraft losses- L A9 `, j( H$ |
G4M2 Betty: 5 damaged
$ k! m. L: e0 @3 B5 ?4 l/ _# V9 R7 x7 X6 _
Allied Ships$ ^+ [) f! _. a/ H4 S7 q$ C! f
AP Henrico* Y8 ? x2 h; `
APD Noa, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage9 \, m8 V$ v+ G! W+ j# ^
LCI LCI-223, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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Day Air attack on Trimcomalee , at 15,251 Q- e* t+ h3 Z# U" ^. |: j
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Japanese aircraft
/ [2 a1 e3 e& l% x8 v4 V6 HA7M2 Reppu x 5
/ O: x2 s0 R& ?3 f0 H( j6 t NJ2M Jack x 2
+ d, o3 Q% P) U1 H3 I9 ~, p* MJ7W Shinden x 6
( \) o2 h* r z; T9 G- RKi-84-Ic Frank x 4
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Allied aircraft' J. d, a0 F8 Y) a! q8 c# t$ ]
P-38J Lightning x 16
) ]; f: e6 u: [0 `# M: J. n( h# {4 V/ k% S+ P& {$ q$ R& e- f5 _5 K
Japanese aircraft losses& G& J0 \; G; ?' q0 m, q
A7M2 Reppu: 3 destroyed
, v) M9 u& E5 I; t3 x# _$ \/ b! l# C8 B/ M
Allied aircraft losses
1 `1 u7 C" D- u$ x7 UP-38J Lightning: 3 destroyed, 3 damaged |* |0 A) \6 W, W N
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Day Air attack on TF at 14,23
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- q. |3 }( j5 H3 DJapanese aircraft
, i; ]5 v6 F4 T+ oJ2M Jack x 2
" t& c, O; e! i, O) \5 L, K( c1 j' iG4M2 Betty x 2
& X) I" i S! B# l }; \P1Y Frances x 2
, k" m; U) X4 }6 ]( bKi-67 Peggy x 42 i- M* H8 H' h( p2 H' _# r
! T9 d5 N' g. ^8 N0 y
Japanese aircraft losses: @# T9 E% V/ H* f7 E# h6 J
Ki-67 Peggy: 3 damaged3 g u7 I8 O. [% @3 F( K9 f3 N
5 R, e" {9 K; U& q0 \; \( h
Allied Ships3 T @+ P# s. u5 S' }
AK Empire Johnson, Bomb hits 2, on fire
' e' _0 t/ S; D7 s: WMSW Bittern, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage* H* r. Z w6 s( t( I3 h7 X! G
DM Gamble, heavy damage8 r; t; D: U1 C! V2 N8 F. _& p
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The crack Ann dive bomber units are having a field day!
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3 _9 Y' k4 k0 F; I m1 @Day Air attack on TF at 14,23- l: ~. @2 T0 F7 c7 h
) A& [9 p6 C8 hJapanese aircraft
- j9 c3 v: }2 w3 v$ _8 K" C1 ^$ AD4Y Judy x 24
/ J; U# a5 ^* h5 Z6 I; w$ ?, xKi-43-IIa Oscar x 7
& `6 o! p3 Z4 \7 J5 j% `Ki-100 Tony x 6! y: N6 ^, J ?2 K
Ki-30 Ann x 519 D \: d) J/ W! b* h
. A: Q: O" t: O" gJapanese aircraft losses
' J/ |# r3 U% K' P/ r |/ [' r1 r% m9 yD4Y Judy: 1 destroyed, m y) ]- O1 R+ E8 r1 R
Ki-30 Ann: 3 damaged
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Allied Ships0 D7 w$ d% {3 \4 I- Y1 ?
AR Hector, Bomb hits 3, on fire" ^% s' P |5 c; y7 Z! L
AK Red Jacket, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage% ?7 [. [' e" C
DD Irwin
$ {: k2 h- r G$ P/ \4 b! wDE Seid, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
$ b1 R4 c) e( t* I4 eDD Quiberon, heavy damage @$ q" h' F0 Z4 N) V, R
DD Hugh W. Hadley, Bomb hits 1, on fire: w; C$ M/ G/ x5 S, X g
DE Mitchell, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
z w X7 z! v( LDM Gamble, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
+ [* h) }0 L- E5 k8 @8 m+ ~" cAK Admiral Senn, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
: Y% T0 [ B" L4 W2 oDE Stadtfeld, Bomb hits 2, on fire/ A% C* o f$ P+ K: d( s
DM Ramsay, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage" r3 d4 O3 f0 r/ Q
DE Rall, Bomb hits 1, on fire4 M: d; r, Z5 G+ B( E' X& W
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# ~* l! G7 G$ T& zDay Air attack on TF, near Trimcomalee at 15,25
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t6 a N% n7 f0 h1 W# mJapanese aircraft1 D: V" F: o! u) n+ g1 A
D4Y Judy x 12* N! Y. t. n* l" j8 w& c
G4M2 Betty x 3# I6 w" n G# Z. J7 t' n
9 z9 {% o7 i& y* P% T# Z
Allied aircraft
& ^# r1 j) }2 b; }P-51D Mustang x 2- ~' v4 O: y, Q! @. A9 B" Q
, W- t. X, n+ R
Japanese aircraft losses) ?# O1 ~$ _ w+ u; L5 s
D4Y Judy: 1 destroyed
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Allied Ships
. P }8 M8 x' `8 \LCI(G) LCI(G)-79
6 s9 M, ~( d- ]/ O4 ~4 ?& gDD Renshaw, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
9 ]% m* w% ]/ ?2 X% Z1 tAP Callaway, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage
6 i$ f# n% I; T3 w d2 P6 _* [ YAPD Lee Fox, Bomb hits 1, on fire9 k) v' \1 I! q' w
APD Newman, Bomb hits 1, on fire% C% Z3 V2 Y& ] j' c! |
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Day Air attack on TF at 12,28
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& G$ l) h$ F& P9 B9 H$ u8 CJapanese aircraft
3 ?8 L) A& k6 R) f' GG4M2 Betty x 44 t2 R2 T# K( O
* z! Q7 c, l% Z% ^" X
Japanese aircraft losses
# Y: p9 ~' s! T( J% ` r% ]8 XG4M2 Betty: 3 damaged
- S q2 x4 [% T1 e5 `7 l# p- k
! h" F; ~5 r# j# B- v! nAllied Ships
9 x. U* K8 S* H, ^/ tAP Cape Bon, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
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