AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Oct 18, 42. K. D7 e8 Q4 q. |7 h7 ]7 U
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3 e4 G# F9 ]" N期待中的CV大战终于发生了,日军五航战和盟军TF58在约克角两侧爆发CV对决,盟军无损全灭翔鹤瑞鹤。1 h7 [" r+ n( P. A r7 q
盟军第一波攻击波在零战直掩的干扰下未有战果9 `; p! A9 m- _$ y, B% D; _! d. ?
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Merauke at 89,125; |" b; g6 U& _: h3 r: o+ E- w
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Weather in hex: Heavy rain& ?% G% Z% \# U9 ?) N0 O
' {3 b3 h% l v7 cRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
' o1 e2 E* f& `( K' D. m$ FEstimated time to target is 31 minutes
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9 z, ~; H9 M! b0 X, gJapanese aircraft
7 R- r; j; E8 x/ q. P8 b: R A6M2 Zero x 25$ l: v) O2 g! h. @% x* Y" s
8 A! |* R; k) I$ B6 |! U9 ZAllied aircraft
; \2 \( i @- h4 m! i F4F-3 Wildcat x 18% u8 V2 ?2 g5 Q: t
F4F-4 Wildcat x 185 \8 q; S& d: p2 k, W. k& x
SBD-3 Dauntless x 18
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% P; s4 T! `: `Japanese aircraft losses
) Q3 d- d; a8 ?2 R. X7 O; Q A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed4 M, m" M0 ]) N* ] N2 P
. d2 G5 E" P" Z4 XAllied aircraft losses
6 f" o6 }9 j+ T) c F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed% _6 j% [; C* I/ ?/ P% Y8 V" l4 f R
SBD-3 Dauntless: 5 damaged5 |% M& A* c6 w2 o2 R. V# r
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak+ H+ Y/ M- M% w
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Japanese Ships
! n3 y I) [* z V5 u CV Shokaku
x. Z8 \2 R- A( g/ f8 C, x. O CV Zuikaku
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随后的第二波,重创翔鹤( b7 Q# q- i& X, ]
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Merauke at 89,125
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Weather in hex: Heavy rain
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Raid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.$ g8 Q1 W3 n3 P, w1 g: z: M
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
7 |0 w" d- M( `' Q9 a A6M2 Zero x 5
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F4F-4 Wildcat x 36
' S9 }9 [" i7 G3 n5 J) z SBD-3 Dauntless x 35
b4 A: `; r u+ {3 s: a' T" m TBF-1 Avenger x 157 y3 H% e9 f2 Y, S
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No Japanese losses
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) l* p& T1 r& R) Y3 AAllied aircraft losses
4 Z% j$ m+ F, z9 }# S6 \) b1 W g F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed2 O6 x% C# i& A, z, M
SBD-3 Dauntless: 5 damaged
G4 D7 y k3 v1 ? SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak
! ~2 ]2 ~' k8 p+ |+ X TBF-1 Avenger: 1 damaged
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+ h: X C1 Q' k7 [6 g: GJapanese Ships
. y1 E. R* f+ U1 J: o: x9 S CV Shokaku, Bomb hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage$ x: v. P$ U/ f) x# d' i
CV Zuikaku, Bomb hits 1, on fire
: m; }: n" b/ y( r5 t d$ I& r DD Ushio
2 G; |" E* Z6 m0 v' G k- f DD Sazanami! o1 @8 E" H. v$ l8 q& |
DD Hibiki: J; G0 s! U8 h3 e9 L$ N& Z8 m7 K
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第三波继续重创翔鹤
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( d& X1 f. _( O+ k, l4 N& Z$ VMorning Air attack on TF, near Merauke at 89,125% v# @! R% O' c2 e
: ^2 y6 y! ^, t% C( `: B: w0 {, NWeather in hex: Heavy rain& X+ m8 g( z o3 u5 b
( H7 E0 S6 D. c0 ^# o2 BRaid detected at 75 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.- N' R8 X$ q7 S! {0 X
Estimated time to target is 29 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
: V4 w+ t! ]. g$ Q2 h: W) F5 K6 S A6M2 Zero x 1
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Allied aircraft
8 b' s9 d3 F; E7 \% V/ X F4F-3 Wildcat x 18
8 n* F5 s1 n9 U% P3 E9 p) D3 @4 H F4F-4 Wildcat x 12
5 ?- V; I% v9 e* I5 S SBD-3 Dauntless x 319 r" \* ?& l8 @. P& `
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No Japanese losses
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Allied aircraft losses
/ \0 [1 S) F7 {8 ~+ ^, n' m- W v' Y SBD-3 Dauntless: 5 damaged- M w8 R+ c# q, T
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak# O. ^4 x- j6 @" l8 x
1 f7 n8 O% x* g. z& e0 R cJapanese Ships
# K/ _6 [; G4 M' S CV Zuikaku, heavy fires
- ]; I: B c$ v- }+ [/ M8 i CV Shokaku, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage" q( F/ ^3 _- |; R% q
DD Amagiri
8 H, D. u) z. k0 d2 G, G& f DD Ushio, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage0 ?& f( x9 @9 L9 V" `! h9 W `; d' X
DD Hibiki5 ~1 D {3 e) t3 s# K5 J) Z0 n
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, [8 g2 C# V1 ]来自KB分队的反击,仅命中北卡1蛋,不痛不痒( A- J% N" B! ]. A5 W2 }- R+ Z# b
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Horn Island at 93,129
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7 w% d3 O5 N- u X8 eWeather in hex: Moderate rain
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.9 A1 i( h! Y( r. t/ I6 [6 C
Estimated time to target is 30 minutes9 s2 W8 y6 E7 ~2 ]
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Japanese aircraft
# C, W0 k+ l' J A6M2 Zero x 30# q. B7 Z K# r, _
B5N2 Kate x 18: Q: ~% w( c5 d8 x
D3A1 Val x 300 E4 Y6 N! r- p% |+ p4 W5 c3 F
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Allied aircraft
; y5 G% g u; w- L$ R9 W3 c F4F-3A Wildcat x 307 g; e3 I9 U* V0 w1 a
F4F-3 Wildcat x 29' w: }) E4 V& u- u* }
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Japanese aircraft losses9 O M$ `9 [- z. P( [/ @- C8 y1 I
A6M2 Zero: 7 destroyed
) n4 O0 z& e y4 i3 W B5N2 Kate: 7 destroyed, 2 damaged
: u# G# C- ?5 I6 i/ O& K" }) Z5 c B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed by flak3 [; P3 ~* U4 |7 D. @1 ?
D3A1 Val: 10 destroyed, 6 damaged0 A( {6 G# M$ E4 B I6 g
D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak
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Allied aircraft losses9 h- {8 \) \4 D& R
F4F-3A Wildcat: 1 destroyed& V9 I3 D" i( P% e
F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
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CV Enterprise
0 a; v5 ?! b6 M b BB North Carolina, Bomb hits 17 H6 s, @7 B4 M' w! j- N
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此后SBD队的零星攻击波,一举将2鹤送入海底,彻底锁定胜局
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0 F" q* ?+ B5 f) P1 M+ GMorning Air attack on TF, near Merauke at 89,125
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Weather in hex: Heavy rain
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Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.0 ~/ R* H7 g" M& G! l7 ^( N
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes
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SBD-3 Dauntless x 17
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% c Q, }* \9 [$ F& q& `* w. tAllied aircraft losses
2 x/ E7 G1 t: G* x SBD-3 Dauntless: 3 damaged
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6 K& w/ L7 Q! h z$ i( ~; b9 AJapanese Ships& ]1 g% T2 q! S: W5 h) i
CV Zuikaku, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
0 l5 R5 g1 y" _ CV Shokaku, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
! c" i: o* C7 e7 A+ Y1 ~1 T8 L DD Amagiri; o$ h* z& k% r/ d1 y- }
DD Ushio, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk$ z3 f% K. S! |4 c
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7 t+ m+ [+ L' u8 |& | a2 ~1 |Morning Air attack on TF, near Merauke at 89,125% r. f2 t" h5 n! ?2 i$ E! |
. _1 ~- Z! y2 h0 _/ wWeather in hex: Heavy rain
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- ?; L# a- \; S' R# S0 |- B, ARaid detected at 23 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.% j# M( R h0 U
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes* P0 V: q! K9 ^* g- K( a
5 J1 ~) ]0 P5 s! m, S4 U& ?0 tAllied aircraft% A( s' z# ~/ w- c
SBD-3 Dauntless x 18
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. b. t' ?% N! n1 Z' S2 y0 ZNo Allied losses* J; w( e# D: v) \
3 t9 f* s/ u1 d; K; ]8 ^Japanese Ships
' |) I h' |, @$ f8 q" E4 k3 c CV Zuikaku, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
# }% b4 ^9 S% @! p CV Shokaku, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage+ q6 u- o0 Z7 {4 r, H" J1 b
DD Amagiri
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下午,海面上已经没有CV的踪影% Z0 S4 p. T x) n% e3 m# X' N
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2 _+ C; ~- w" S0 F$ E/ lAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Merauke at 89,125
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Weather in hex: Clear sky
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Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.' S2 M. U: m ?: a/ J
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes* B8 J d2 o2 O7 Z
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Japanese aircraft
4 |% i6 L t, k9 P9 } A6M2 Zero x 6* h8 O8 f% x' k3 ]8 G( B
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Allied aircraft/ f B4 N# }6 Q
F4F-3 Wildcat x 181 M! s! R8 h, ^! S4 q k
F4F-4 Wildcat x 12
6 p. N$ C+ E' n f+ o m SBD-3 Dauntless x 33# W5 K4 y; e' A" Z
" S: S+ e6 ~% k4 }# SJapanese aircraft losses
7 d! d; Z/ \" Z2 V* T& Q, } A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed3 f C/ E5 v9 I6 w1 ~8 n m
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F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
9 N* ?+ y3 G9 l) ~* o- Z1 ~# ~ SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 damaged* D2 k+ c2 [" l2 B8 n
5 I8 s% ~) d YJapanese Ships! R+ e% ?: x R) w* W& `8 m! S; Z
DD Amagiri, Bomb hits 1, on fire* `9 f, ~8 n l& m; n
DD Hibiki, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
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