所罗门的血腥地狱又添新魂,蝗军针对过于前出的盟军登陆船团发起轮番攻击,击沉汉考克号和不屈号2艘舰队航母,3艘CVE,蝗军损失作战飞机300多架,
, P( e! x3 }2 V# LAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 113,134; B8 U: y+ E" I; D( \+ F. ?
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Weather in hex: Overcast! O2 p. @! |7 [* w' }
4 Y' s4 n9 o1 D* i4 K! q+ @, N% oRaid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.) C3 O, N' m' G1 F/ b3 Q
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
' j2 r7 |0 Z* j4 ?9 B1 ^7 | A6M8 Zero x 59
6 ] `2 d6 C$ F* b A7M2 Sam x 76' I' c: h: N; Q1 W, Q# J7 K
B7A2 Grace x 134
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Allied aircraft7 l0 J' E. A6 E0 r {' q
F4U-1A Corsair x 141 t; t# E# ^& g& i. u* @
F6F-5 Hellcat x 56
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Japanese aircraft losses( h u7 @1 f/ q
A6M8 Zero: 6 destroyed% _2 w% t0 k; W
A7M2 Sam: 5 destroyed) ^+ t. Y+ p! {
B7A2 Grace: 7 destroyed, 26 damaged% k- s8 J# | S' l5 ~% q0 p
B7A2 Grace: 1 destroyed by flak
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: G& k$ j; q& P' rAllied aircraft losses& U0 y" F6 ]- F5 b& [
F4U-1A Corsair: 2 destroyed9 }/ @! F8 H1 S$ U
F6F-5 Hellcat: 20 destroyed
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. m" l& c3 g6 M CV Hancock, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk
* j/ F" [' E; b- O) R CV Indomitable, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
: U/ J/ T; i9 h, U CVE Munda, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
1 r7 c, K/ ~ M& e CVE Bougainville, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
1 t- M) g+ D# V( k+ R DE Manlove, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk0 @" A) N8 I/ ]$ ]' Q3 s, P
CVE Attu, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage* o1 B# K7 Z. o
DE Lovering* i8 Z4 u* K! b* d; l# H# n
DE Lyman, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk; F* C8 N6 x5 D0 i
CVE Roi, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage9 a- h+ C+ M; m2 W F
DE Charles R. Greer, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk1 g# b/ K8 b6 u) k# G
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