06/18/42
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- F* y% v: ~% b% a4 s仰光天气不好,造成帝国大批飞机在机场上当靶。! R2 k# P4 N% T1 a6 @& E. B: Z
kb在休养了几个月以后再次出马,对坎顿岛狂轰滥炸。
9 }( c8 m$ ]; p& ]+ j- u上午,帝国精锐分为两拨,db攻击了机场,而tb把港内成群的dms滥炸了一通。下午,tb再次出击,对机场实施二次攻击。可惜机场上除了有侦察机,其余什么都没有,帝国的重磅炸弹只好用来挖坑用了。上午被炸得12艘dms于当天结束前悉数沉没
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Day Air attack on Rangoon , at 29,33: s; G3 m$ i" Z/ u2 }
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Japanese aircraft& V* k; V* F6 u
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 4+ H! |5 L9 l# P- E; N" n) J( s6 {7 |
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Allied aircraft# _4 ?. c) [& y9 _
B-17D Fortress x 12
7 m5 o9 v* X1 jB-17E Fortress x 101
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i' W) `) B a" [( TJapanese aircraft losses% _, T$ w; h. a; i) q4 r* Z" w
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
; M8 e# I0 q0 [, ~4 C, r$ x. VKi-49 Helen: 2 destroyed
' \$ ?- _( @9 L* QG4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed
5 ~" W Y& J9 N/ Z$ N1 o2 L9 iA6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed5 R) b' m9 H/ W+ e# A& r
A6M3 Zero: 2 destroyed
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Japanese ground losses:' W1 U4 V4 Q6 `- U# S6 j: j u
355 casualties reported" l, u6 k* ?- Q4 h6 H. y# j
Guns lost 5
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Airbase hits 3
2 a: h1 j( q6 Z& }6 j# u% gAirbase supply hits 1
% j, I. F$ g- ]& x' n/ zRunway hits 10
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Day Air attack on Canton Island , at 100,100# B; @7 I! w; {* P% ^. M
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Japanese aircraft
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- E/ U, q& e( i4 e5 gD3A2 Val x 1567 ~/ f% ~& z. z' W* j) W( W
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Allied aircraft3 j$ G8 {, `4 d: u! B5 g6 Q! @: L
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% ^; y- {. D, W! ~; V% o3 fJapanese aircraft losses6 E" {& W+ g4 e3 X7 u2 M, W! U7 P
D3A2 Val: 5 destroyed, 25 damaged; @. ]/ A9 U8 B, ]/ t( |. M$ C8 {
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Allied aircraft losses
7 ] O0 x7 e' |: o. B. VPBY Catalina: 1 destroyed
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Allied ground losses:
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4 j8 h& m- i; ^+ mAirbase hits 20
3 q0 p+ J2 v6 t4 w( ^: f _8 ZAirbase supply hits 4- V( i8 L. |- S5 f% K
Runway hits 184+ `) h6 o8 j2 x) F- }, _+ C9 ^
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; G) a$ ]8 J& o9 B$ Z2 KDay Air attack on TF, near Canton Island at 100,1001 @; Z9 |) U: W7 j2 v
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Japanese aircraft
1 G/ C# {) c/ h# @! F$ ?& ^A6M2 Zero x 52
0 x5 u' U" C) v8 I) ]B5N2 Kate x 193
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Japanese aircraft losses% C* D: ^! R4 i$ G' k
B5N2 Kate: 2 destroyed, 5 damaged
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DMS Lamberton, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
; Z; s) P L& ]% ?2 [; N$ W, XDMS Wasmuth, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
4 E3 g- h! y8 ~+ Q1 ADMS Southard, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage9 I5 C1 p* c. K0 W" P
DMS Elliot, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage$ d9 j0 _4 T( j) C/ B# ?" j; h8 h
DMS Hopkins, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage5 P$ h- {) x3 [; S, {" a
DMS Perry, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage& w4 p* n% B4 s: a2 x
DMS Dorsey
9 c5 r+ ]0 ~1 t6 l5 U; cDMS Long, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
$ n( @( S9 }7 \( ~3 [ PDMS Hovey, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage: U: l( W2 j' ~. P! u+ S# B3 |
DMS Chandler, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
9 }( f2 S: o. r1 f- `& F7 ^4 |DMS Trevor, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
' @: H, |9 Q* g5 X) TDMS Zane, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage/ N4 H0 B) u6 H
DMS Boggs, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage8 D/ N' {" l Z' {
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Day Air attack on Canton Island , at 100,100# L5 l3 p9 z( P9 T/ n- V$ g
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Japanese aircraft1 o7 b* n1 a2 P, P
A6M2 Zero x 6
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Japanese aircraft losses
/ q" @! M6 E1 o3 K$ fB5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed, 15 damaged3 ~9 K+ _' g. n& @0 I h
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: ?! \ [ W C5 ^- ^; GPBY Catalina: 3 destroyed9 G2 G; N) s( z9 R+ j
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Allied ground losses:# {0 T6 O c0 @3 a O7 h5 ]
22 casualties reported7 g4 `0 {0 ^5 d7 i1 _# L* {
Guns lost 1
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Airbase hits 12
5 n0 D z1 r0 ?0 _2 I+ KAirbase supply hits 7. u% d" M$ i% N7 c% J- L
Runway hits 65 |