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,
$ B6 s/ a. X2 m! q* P8 jAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 113,134
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Weather in hex: Overcast
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8 v3 q' @6 U9 y5 ]7 M; B& o' p; J% sRaid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
[7 R+ H) B4 W5 u; R2 uEstimated time to target is 21 minutes+ U& c3 A+ ]5 P+ d( {: W
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Japanese aircraft+ _5 ?4 Q$ X4 ~- L
A6M8 Zero x 59
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Allied aircraft
* p: F* G) W3 Y; g5 j# m F4U-1A Corsair x 14
+ }4 H% T7 M* X N& l! } F6F-5 Hellcat x 56
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Japanese aircraft losses
6 o2 q. `: G! q$ V% U5 c A6M8 Zero: 6 destroyed9 P* w' y' z4 F' ~% X4 r4 L
A7M2 Sam: 5 destroyed! ?) e! e2 w) n7 d: K
B7A2 Grace: 7 destroyed, 26 damaged, p0 ]! U* h, R# B1 G! ~3 ]/ R% [5 o
B7A2 Grace: 1 destroyed by flak: q2 M" w8 C9 h. n/ U
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Allied aircraft losses
' \6 D) \2 T% m) }8 u! v F4U-1A Corsair: 2 destroyed: Z4 a1 t% j% B1 C, B
F6F-5 Hellcat: 20 destroyed
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Allied Ships! q! z3 r6 |" d1 {) Z
CV Hancock, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk& c* e# _, [- z$ r2 M
CV Indomitable, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
# \3 p+ C$ g8 \' W8 A CVE Munda, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk, S- ~7 a p9 a p, b* J" O9 C8 u
CVE Bougainville, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
7 x$ _; W: n+ @8 P DE Manlove, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk0 R+ X+ d, b( h! \' p8 z
CVE Attu, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
6 A* t: b: `' Y5 s- J; S9 x S DE Lovering
; i1 `5 X! I3 C# v DE Lyman, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
$ U4 v+ Y& i! N. s CVE Roi, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
7 X9 i% }' q. {. x( x DE Charles R. Greer, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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