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,2 n8 O0 |4 o! P/ d7 T0 A
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 113,134' m' b8 x. T* Z+ x
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Weather in hex: Overcast
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Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
- A' ~* `6 O" N2 _Estimated time to target is 21 minutes1 ?8 v& z+ o# ?& n+ @
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A6M8 Zero x 59
: G: f. T0 h q+ X& k5 ~ A7M2 Sam x 76
$ E: X% k% m6 ?$ `+ y B7A2 Grace x 134
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Allied aircraft% t+ c% k# J* H; t: p2 A
F4U-1A Corsair x 14' q7 {5 M, d3 r H
F6F-5 Hellcat x 56
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Japanese aircraft losses+ C2 Q1 R- k& N/ s9 b& |
A6M8 Zero: 6 destroyed6 w- A: @. ~( w. w2 E! ?9 R
A7M2 Sam: 5 destroyed
3 @2 O4 n- G' d1 h/ J7 a. W B7A2 Grace: 7 destroyed, 26 damaged# ^, h' D, h D+ b% B
B7A2 Grace: 1 destroyed by flak
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4 a _8 m' g" c8 p; @: \% jAllied aircraft losses
! s( ^: G% c8 W* K+ N k F4U-1A Corsair: 2 destroyed
! c& E- E+ X, I) E, O F6F-5 Hellcat: 20 destroyed" {) K9 E1 |+ |0 s. H
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CV Hancock, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk( g, z% y) H7 a0 ^2 ?$ v$ s
CV Indomitable, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
3 I: p( u6 g( q. {1 f CVE Munda, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
& E9 p& G6 C- L5 R CVE Bougainville, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
( M% g) f4 z: }7 Y DE Manlove, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
- s O* u' q, ^1 ]7 f; e CVE Attu, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage' L4 D& k5 ?" U
DE Lovering
' U5 ^6 }! F3 E DE Lyman, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk5 P4 |5 ]+ W) P0 c
CVE Roi, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
; G: K+ k! v5 u- v8 C DE Charles R. Greer, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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