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,
0 l' w3 @3 s6 O. _Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 113,134
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7 J' `6 P' ^) ]# h4 O! Y+ yWeather in hex: Overcast: Z h/ O) @+ e
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Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
, f% A6 ]7 G0 b0 ]$ m4 E; E. Z$ G( oEstimated time to target is 21 minutes
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2 @. a8 D( {, v9 B' [5 J7 ~Japanese aircraft
6 q; S. ]6 g2 c( J h8 C+ S* W" E A6M8 Zero x 59
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B7A2 Grace x 134# q. `0 b, ^; W% D" F
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Allied aircraft
; C) ^6 P& k2 d( q% p: n( R+ p. ~ F4U-1A Corsair x 14
' Z2 E0 r# \+ }# L% u- ?3 ^ F6F-5 Hellcat x 560 r. T$ ]$ o) H8 J
2 o! f* n& P$ s. L! K7 @/ TJapanese aircraft losses
* @" ] U" M! ~- e6 H A6M8 Zero: 6 destroyed
/ I# l2 f% I+ u- ^2 J A7M2 Sam: 5 destroyed0 g ?% m% N1 k
B7A2 Grace: 7 destroyed, 26 damaged
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Allied aircraft losses
( n- V0 n3 h* e9 F' u: [+ ? F4U-1A Corsair: 2 destroyed
+ a8 ? G( L8 P3 p7 m+ U) \6 r F6F-5 Hellcat: 20 destroyed
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+ V5 H- H% k; y9 O' gAllied Ships
$ Q- t7 v. w, r+ j CV Hancock, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk
0 Z! K: k& k( e/ C. r CV Indomitable, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk% G5 K) k3 q1 ^# s$ r
CVE Munda, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
$ Q9 [, `1 e+ u$ x( @" k x: G CVE Bougainville, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage! w: I/ [; n4 J$ W8 q, G' h: T+ F! Y
DE Manlove, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
! g' ?( U0 }) k" [$ n* d CVE Attu, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
0 _3 y, T: K) L* G+ K DE Lovering# ]( s4 E" N2 I7 y$ h3 H/ b
DE Lyman, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
* A* \5 V; w& N8 s( ^. l CVE Roi, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage" W& }7 c+ x5 X* h9 f
DE Charles R. Greer, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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