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,+ r2 t# j- K# g. n, b1 B
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 113,134, g1 y/ D( j* ~1 V+ n) f' o
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Weather in hex: Overcast( R& ~3 D9 P( I
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Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
) l; P. L E6 zEstimated time to target is 21 minutes. J% a8 E: k! ^% E# r* g& n
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: N8 ~5 Y: \8 X y# j6 K A6M8 Zero x 59$ P6 F: ~# p8 l! [( f4 U( [1 v
A7M2 Sam x 76% {2 L" N4 D, y4 K+ N+ w* r5 |
B7A2 Grace x 134
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) _7 l, A- x# X. z x. j% |1 T# b1 A F4U-1A Corsair x 14( ^7 t7 o8 d( M! H
F6F-5 Hellcat x 56
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1 m$ M7 B2 v$ N* N, wJapanese aircraft losses3 l/ N: o. {: I: `* O+ W
A6M8 Zero: 6 destroyed
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B7A2 Grace: 7 destroyed, 26 damaged) }" u% b7 d0 `: _5 x' P- Y
B7A2 Grace: 1 destroyed by flak7 n, w0 l1 e* |8 b
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Allied aircraft losses
5 T! x' q# L0 I+ G& c" P F4U-1A Corsair: 2 destroyed" J4 l3 s& ]- c/ I* f& h
F6F-5 Hellcat: 20 destroyed4 o* J. p8 r1 X. `1 m
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Allied Ships
6 G- R+ e& A4 o/ N7 F( ?" J CV Hancock, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk
2 J1 A0 h. G+ a( K4 h: X8 N CV Indomitable, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
' u6 R7 Q5 o( ?7 y CVE Munda, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
n& ]1 r q) L7 u* G CVE Bougainville, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage/ t2 O& `% W5 y6 w9 ]% z. ~
DE Manlove, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk9 c0 g& k% o7 t6 j/ O! w
CVE Attu, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage1 m) b) F/ ~/ E. ~# L) B- a
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DE Lyman, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
' c: @8 z6 ~1 }6 a) H CVE Roi, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage( A, t2 A) q% `, m" f! a+ q M
DE Charles R. Greer, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk9 O6 R5 v3 q) _( s) b4 o' u
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