1月19日,侦察显示盟军在埃法特停泊有大量APA和AKA,于是海航陆攻机队老爷机群组织了一波偷袭,结果发现那里全是小船。; J( T* A1 [; W% m
Morning Air attack on Efate , at 120,154
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% A# T& B# T, v" \4 k6 xWeather in hex: Partial cloud
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7 o$ Q5 ]; ?# O5 F$ vRaid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
( g1 }- O9 j2 C0 [, gEstimated time to target is 29 minutes
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* T, h: v9 o* F/ i; D xJapanese aircraft: X. w x ^1 o* \4 D
G3M3 Nell x 342 m+ X; J- y0 B3 e. w& }6 n
" e' ^+ N3 w; s* ?Japanese aircraft losses
. d6 l- j7 P- `; n G3M3 Nell: 1 damaged
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7 j' N. Z! P" t% r4 w" x" q6 gAllied Ships7 O/ G+ |# [8 y& O3 {
SC-742, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk" s7 b6 z0 y, r7 K N6 Y" w
AV Albemarle, Bomb hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage1 L8 K$ B+ E' V: M
SC-1066, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
( j, H" u7 a, L5 q SC-749, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk- A8 C% J* E( y. X/ A
SC-1069, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk4 c9 u1 b. h9 M7 n) R1 j* I% t
AG Arctic, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
t7 y; b; p8 u# _9 G SC-744, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk1 |; r3 p9 r! K. @. L" M9 n" ?+ u
ACM YP-279, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
3 f: j$ ]6 m- n8 j' ]9 g# B xAK Masaya, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
- W! p0 w% j* A- f ACM YP-284, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage7 W' }' r- |- G6 Y5 n* o
SC-1064, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
5 _6 M1 m2 d0 x6 p" k AG Zeeman, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
; K( F0 H. }' w* _; [ AGP Jamestown, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
) @4 B, s6 m9 U! q- ^' \7 |' N SC-706, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
+ ^% X/ ^$ |7 o SC-648, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
3 h2 T3 i+ x% A1 C, p SC-750, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk+ F$ c! ?: g: m# C2 ]) h' C+ {
AG Argonne, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires
# ^% Z5 _: K4 P; k( @( y/ J SC-1065, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk* r; K( h2 z% K3 k$ Y
SC-1067, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk3 S) k+ c( _( T5 \& @+ t
SC-1068, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
: Z! u3 L, U6 b; q ACM YP-241, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk; C% w- o( y( D+ M9 v2 o: A% c
SC-644, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
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; ? f2 g A4 D+ fPort hits 8
+ I6 Z p2 f3 l2 E* fPort fuel hits 4
2 s. j) Z n) B7 Y; g8 KPort supply hits 1
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% }7 s0 g7 `5 i w* CMorning Air attack on Efate , at 120,154 - @( ]4 c! r6 p3 Z7 h. `% W
9 I/ b- I4 @1 L, l8 w! m, eWeather in hex: Partial cloud+ K( [: m8 {% `' `
" d, N9 v# ~. M9 |Raid detected at 75 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.$ D) L) n/ C3 o# o7 A
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes2 u+ q- X$ i9 M4 |+ i1 \# v
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Japanese aircraft
7 M. |& c% L* l5 d G3M3 Nell x 59
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" e/ b4 J% Z: b; r! g, TJapanese aircraft losses% ^$ c: m: v! ]& y
G3M3 Nell: 2 damaged: ~" Z3 m; Y+ [- [
G3M3 Nell: 1 destroyed by flak
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' h/ j; y: ^8 G/ H- fAllied Ships8 x0 @; a3 m/ ~5 m4 u# _
SC-701, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
0 H, P1 t( j0 {$ C3 O AG Argonne, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
G9 z8 A8 N$ k' q- F$ p AV Albemarle, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
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Port hits 1 |