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: ) o2 a v. y- v" s! R1 N
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Day Air attack on Sarmi , at 48,78 + t; W% N" H) v! ^6 ~! h4 X: f1 v% x0 X
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Japanese aircraft
2 j1 J1 E7 E, j! }! `. WA6M2 Zero x 14 9 k1 T/ x: j, Z4 {1 d, n
A6M5 Zeke x 34
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Allied aircraft
; W' g- X4 Z- i5 F1 |8 MF4U-1 Corsair x 12 : b' L4 B9 p/ k- ~& X" B$ S% b
P-38J Lightning x 9
: w4 g+ W4 Q+ W1 l8 Q7 ZB-25J Mitchell x 19
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Japanese aircraft losses 1 ]; j* X3 m8 U
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged ! k: H2 c* ~8 L( W* Z4 q( B u
A6M5 Zeke: 12 destroyed, 2 damaged & u2 v* u* e8 | d5 U p' _
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Allied aircraft losses
$ b7 r* _* l/ @+ Y* qP-38J Lightning: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged
x! Y$ |# H' m# z- e9 gB-25J Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged % H" V/ Y; `5 n) l) o8 d8 ^- u8 y9 ~
2 j% e6 P# p1 _7 HAirbase hits 4 " ~. w) z' `6 H9 ?1 T8 a5 ^
Airbase supply hits 4
$ s {. x' d8 tRunway hits 9 9 R) p# h/ O! H1 Y
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Our counter attack yielded mediocre results: 15 enemy ac destroyed on the ground. The
, s3 ^$ p4 o8 Z# O3 nswarm of Oscars protected the bombers from fierce attacks by enemy Spits and Corsairs. No 4 j$ A& q( o/ E3 e" m
that's a bad combo! 6 d: |! ?* X9 g
& P* c9 j H; w, b/ _( qDay Air attack on Aitape , at 51,80 % \- n: B, n, u: m7 w( o8 C
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Japanese aircraft
5 c* a" v2 c. P! U! R, |$ fKi-43-IIa Oscar x 79
; M) ~( c9 L" [Ki-21 Sally x 49 {8 H5 C; x6 W2 _* ?
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Allied aircraft 5 a8 c3 Q4 ?. N6 D: R- ~
F4U-1 Corsair x 9 ( J+ _2 n4 S/ r$ X: `( y1 I( N: u
Spitfire VIII x 11
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9 \$ X0 ]% @' v0 W! p( n. bJapanese aircraft losses 2 G% U: {, m! P! H7 ?# y# U# P
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 30 destroyed
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F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
5 }% t* t2 X0 W9 L( mSpitfire VIII: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged ( o. w* A9 e% D7 y# J
Kittyhawk III: 2 destroyed
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7 p9 h5 w% @ b. HB-25J Mitchell: 3 destroyed * Z7 L7 l$ I, E C4 t
- t7 h5 W) J+ T! GAllied ground losses: + k; d( a7 O( r [
200 casualties reported : f8 w) s* _: o" ]* D$ x* ]" ?
Vehicles lost 2
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Airbase hits 1
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% O* O, X$ ]4 E1 b' u' MRunway hits 7
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