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为打击米丘嚣张气焰,近日帝国精锐海航再次lcap曼德拉,击落超过60架敌机,其中包括33架p-40e。自损也达到50架( U1 y! L# |. f) ], [
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+ n& J# b9 U6 P3 C3 ~; aDay Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,29' M9 b" \' S" ?2 _* A$ b# W
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Japanese aircraft
, k7 e8 T- R2 PA6M2 Zero x 30' q f4 I1 R6 \5 a
A6M3 Zero x 35& i( D; }4 M" B, J
- s3 g6 V9 a) o$ q iAllied aircraft
5 ?+ }: \* s+ @6 a1 H$ fMartlet x 11
6 l! M5 T4 e" X7 P3 `7 g2 UHurricane IIb x 16
* C; g7 T7 n% } W. zKittyhawk I x 16" h% H$ K" U7 n. M3 z0 `
Blenheim IV x 24
6 T# M7 _* _; E' NWellington III x 32
: T8 s* I/ X6 y9 B+ WP-39D Airacobra x 24+ Y1 N6 s) a8 F/ {& M( U& Y
P-40E Warhawk x 465 Z8 x0 F9 J7 f' A0 [0 D0 D
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Japanese aircraft losses
& l, i- v6 C% tA6M2 Zero: 34 destroyed7 u/ X4 q$ R1 q9 z3 D5 R g2 U( p+ L
A6M3 Zero: 16 destroyed, 1 damaged; t# O) z3 e, }; U8 I7 k
7 I$ h' W5 _. M2 k' g1 O! [Allied aircraft losses
9 _6 Z% G: m+ ?Martlet: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged
# H! S2 u0 s7 U2 L( EHurricane IIb: 5 destroyed, 3 damaged
* B+ _) f5 O9 {4 c: T$ s8 r% m( jKittyhawk I: 7 destroyed, 2 damaged) p/ k+ T% k) H4 g0 @- g8 j
Blenheim IV: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged
% {# X: C. D; K; lWellington III: 3 damaged
+ X1 F7 f7 o6 Q9 A7 s1 Q+ U4 f. kP-39D Airacobra: 11 destroyed, 2 damaged$ ?/ M! d7 @- _
P-40E Warhawk: 33 destroyed6 M) e0 `; o$ x) l* A+ J+ b7 F
7 A2 u/ O9 G- O0 o. g/ CJapanese ground losses:
. J: _+ x& g6 w$ ?398 casualties reported
- h N, A& {9 K: W- k, p5 J2 z. QGuns lost 5
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Airbase hits 4
! @+ K) d+ ~( N% Q# NAirbase supply hits 2
3 N2 o9 K: P0 P# Y) [% M- XRunway hits 44; S. B- ]: M) R# j+ J, C# `* A0 [
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Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,29% L3 h& A! G( w. @
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Japanese aircraft
% X( \; Y) N! q8 N( T/ ZA6M2 Zero x 2
" m3 W5 j& r: ]5 J( nA6M3 Zero x 12
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Allied aircraft4 \& l" {+ S( H' X4 Y: C& G
Wellington III x 65 c" A; A4 ?+ D8 Q- k% ^* R
Liberator III x 121 \7 a% G: W" ~
Hudson I x 11
( g" X! l9 b" p0 }% L9 pB-25C Mitchell x 114 i" H% T& K4 C. V" ^3 P
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Japanese aircraft losses7 ?# z4 i0 O0 I3 R1 j0 b
A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged d6 }6 g' [" d' K& D
A6M3 Zero: 2 damaged% ^2 ]) I3 S8 x; P; h/ F" S) _! |8 s
; G1 H$ C5 o. S: M; P, ~% h3 }Allied aircraft losses2 b% R5 b! k- M. g+ c7 T' k0 H7 Q
Wellington III: 1 damaged$ x$ j. B: k, I
Hudson I: 1 destroyed
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Japanese ground losses:
& r! e8 j* x2 a8 N$ ~2 r' ?81 casualties reported
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Airbase hits 1
) s: q8 C" F1 g2 bAirbase supply hits 1
& v% _. R$ K1 L) j+ ^Runway hits 21 |