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Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,29$ E7 V/ p; O* d% J" i e
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Japanese aircraft# Y! @% c l" k6 Y% L Z
A6M2 Zero x 30
0 K. F* M" ?: }7 DA6M3 Zero x 35
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% h5 t% D+ ~/ A5 n4 r: _( Z0 HAllied aircraft
- w4 W2 k& y$ c8 X& D5 e/ W* KMartlet x 11
) w- n- x7 L% E$ hHurricane IIb x 16
& c3 }3 x1 ^' H5 ]! CKittyhawk I x 16+ f) D" d) Q( n, v& S
Blenheim IV x 24
2 A" v, ~# z. }2 a2 {( |Wellington III x 32
+ j- ~" ^: [3 _8 Z UP-39D Airacobra x 24
8 a" Y. Y" ^$ B5 v5 [P-40E Warhawk x 46
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Japanese aircraft losses- y- {# i0 p# _7 Z2 R
A6M2 Zero: 34 destroyed% `. S2 L, y' V, a7 B
A6M3 Zero: 16 destroyed, 1 damaged
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6 J- b8 F. _3 W' ~3 ` `' KAllied aircraft losses
4 r, U$ n i8 b. [2 FMartlet: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged
1 i5 R# b/ t2 O! H% d3 Y! QHurricane IIb: 5 destroyed, 3 damaged, |" s: V0 D. ?0 G
Kittyhawk I: 7 destroyed, 2 damaged
1 Z3 N2 i( z9 n% P. p" q ^& uBlenheim IV: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged
& H2 U% S& j- w* a- iWellington III: 3 damaged
8 l% o8 u' j6 D6 P4 X# ^( A8 qP-39D Airacobra: 11 destroyed, 2 damaged
! V1 r; t5 {, ^! r+ \P-40E Warhawk: 33 destroyed+ X# ]8 {+ c$ T3 Z& L s9 [
7 R: s/ n0 ?9 Q) I- X3 ^5 lJapanese ground losses: N. m- } J9 G* o- R* c# s/ S
398 casualties reported
" }; R2 b9 }$ F0 P( kGuns lost 5
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Airbase hits 4
' E+ J$ m7 O( g' j" y1 WAirbase supply hits 2
2 X d2 m( ~( H* TRunway hits 44
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Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,29' w$ W0 d% I9 R n* U7 G1 l8 Y
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Japanese aircraft
5 y3 U; B) o$ ZA6M2 Zero x 2* v: u6 l- a% P- M) T5 F4 ?
A6M3 Zero x 12
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o1 w. z: S9 @Wellington III x 6; @' `2 H$ k, C. w6 ?- n* J" \
Liberator III x 12
$ o, Z7 ^( M( s) Q2 d0 WHudson I x 11& u8 q. S7 c: _: ~+ V
B-25C Mitchell x 119 F8 Z b b" {+ `% S' u
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Japanese aircraft losses3 Y1 r" F1 d* F
A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged) D8 D3 X2 ?) t7 Q
A6M3 Zero: 2 damaged
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Allied aircraft losses/ t/ S5 m4 i. a. K g: i" \2 ^
Wellington III: 1 damaged4 N2 c- d L1 @9 z0 u9 K8 Q9 Q
Hudson I: 1 destroyed
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5 ~: h) q4 y7 t( _7 C/ ` EJapanese ground losses:# p6 g1 P5 K3 \/ `# J) @
81 casualties reported6 y+ T p; T) c6 t0 x% d
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Airbase hits 1
# T {1 {+ H6 q& M: E: hAirbase supply hits 1
* |# g1 `! l) p3 sRunway hits 21 |