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:
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Day Air attack on Sarmi , at 48,78 ' l6 s5 R. @3 D* U8 [! M' J
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Japanese aircraft
( s2 r4 ^# k3 e) C0 f. f( rA6M2 Zero x 14
$ H7 K' X! n& _* D/ e. uA6M5 Zeke x 34 % o' g0 f' |3 A8 L0 `
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Allied aircraft $ Q2 J9 C1 Y2 |3 A& f
F4U-1 Corsair x 12
. [ r3 K" |4 D w2 ZP-38J Lightning x 9
& _8 x6 A2 {0 \: b5 s( `B-25J Mitchell x 19
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Japanese aircraft losses ) P* J% g* [+ r" k: L
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged
@2 W w* V0 ~5 i; }4 YA6M5 Zeke: 12 destroyed, 2 damaged
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Allied aircraft losses 5 x1 j) F+ G7 E
P-38J Lightning: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged
0 F% b* [" d V4 C' h9 p/ |B-25J Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
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. ?1 F+ y' v$ p d# uAirbase hits 4
1 P" j1 q, n' e" O: b! c: @7 e( ]Airbase supply hits 4 & e0 N1 ~& ~# @$ U! Q$ E% N$ X
Runway hits 9
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Our counter attack yielded mediocre results: 15 enemy ac destroyed on the ground. The
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that's a bad combo!
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1 D O5 f1 c# U. l1 q+ _% }Day Air attack on Aitape , at 51,80 3 W- v7 u6 _( I3 e. x. J! H7 m
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Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 79 / U e5 J8 m: G
Ki-21 Sally x 49
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m* G; v; Y: b Q! C# x2 o, ]: Y M0 P- EAllied aircraft 5 e: ?& ^9 j0 A1 ?! H( X& A5 T
F4U-1 Corsair x 9
+ A( K; L/ r! z) PSpitfire VIII x 11 + J/ Q+ T4 y Y9 e
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Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 30 destroyed
; Z1 \' n+ F, Q' ]# n! `Ki-21 Sally: 2 destroyed, 20 damaged , g0 i) {7 r8 ~ j9 C1 L" D3 J
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Allied aircraft losses
; ]( q$ t8 U( Q! E0 CF4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged , K8 N9 a( y( ?, C$ E8 n
Spitfire VIII: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
) E6 |, O/ G/ O: y% L& |Kittyhawk III: 2 destroyed - h2 k. U8 Z+ p* h) C2 C
P-40N Warhawk: 1 destroyed % E6 W3 ? E' h, s! {
B-25J Mitchell: 3 destroyed
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Allied ground losses: 8 Z5 _9 Z7 C6 U9 D% H
200 casualties reported / n, ^* ~+ K+ F
Vehicles lost 2 2 p. q( l3 J P, W5 n' e* q9 V
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Airbase hits 1
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Runway hits 7 3 |, O0 } L% _6 V1 E: i
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