AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 28, 42. {! K4 P, g0 `6 `2 R
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------$ @, ~: O* E1 w! m* M
盟军TF58环太平洋游击,在萨摩亚群岛附近空袭了正在萨瓦伊岛卸载的日军运输船队,收获颇丰。
2 u& [1 W. Y- q \7 ^& |) r日军的陆攻未能突破58直掩圈。
2 a1 `) i! J9 k( |, X. r--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
! a* C# m0 s$ EAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Wallis Island at 142,155
/ T9 O7 Z( Q2 V3 d* b
# S- z# q5 F+ N; A+ XWeather in hex: Light rain
2 K9 o- r$ L F& A
9 Y8 \6 i/ j) }' R( Y: A7 [9 HRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
" [' j/ W% t! i! s1 s3 F& u8 {Estimated time to target is 28 minutes
: U5 ?6 V w6 H m/ T& M
/ e: ~) |. X* D( }/ n ]8 h/ q* NJapanese aircraft1 P: A! z* t! Y% s' Z
A6M2 Zero x 9
2 P, v o; v) c7 D5 Q/ [2 ]6 o6 g G4M1 Betty x 16( ]; C# E- o7 q- C- r5 M( T
& T* U' n9 e0 `6 a+ l- y' KAllied aircraft2 }3 B% ?( m) p& B# Y
F4F-3A Wildcat x 303 `- h& M9 D9 |0 N5 n+ [, Q
F4F-3 Wildcat x 609 W" a3 w# U# e- p+ O1 T, q
F4F-4 Wildcat x 79# G+ b. `4 ]3 O7 d
, E. Z) b! ~* hJapanese aircraft losses
$ a% G& w$ T- f# h A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
9 a/ |( r" |, L1 U G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged
6 \+ X4 K8 U- \# ?, y y( {; a& t
& m0 k" H. S, `0 ^# ]% H* dAllied aircraft losses6 x2 C: B, d2 J D" F# o' `
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed+ K) a; Z0 s' h2 k
: u9 e" [* |2 L" a- n0 j; }9 }Allied Ships
2 h4 e! x: \. r% K DD Buchanan7 g; p# ?7 |. b' }4 r; e. z
# h0 m( C" q1 h% i# Q
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- j0 Z1 W/ E3 L( N |8 ~" Z% L0 |
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Savaii at 146,1595 H3 u7 s; J( g* ~! m* |& ]
5 }3 x) @6 J6 Y# z% A2 e
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud ]' Y# `9 F* j
& t$ v# U$ N/ d
Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
( d) [3 s2 p* h DEstimated time to target is 14 minutes
% t% }9 P5 V- E+ T( _* u: p# t6 O B) d4 @ R& m: g& h( i' S
Allied aircraft, |) C' P' A# l3 O% r3 H f
F4F-3A Wildcat x 18( Z- m2 h* v/ z3 x
F4F-3 Wildcat x 360 Q7 Z1 }8 v$ ?/ Q, O
F4F-4 Wildcat x 441 ?" q0 X$ a& G
SBD-2 Dauntless x 18
1 ^8 J6 D+ u. R- X) x: z9 X SBD-3 Dauntless x 81! i0 q" Y, I6 ^, m, ]. l
TBF-1 Avenger x 30. a6 q: k( c6 L, U( a
9 S: p% P- B1 m8 J3 Z( j) v& WAllied aircraft losses8 I4 F1 t9 q( U) X$ m5 j* F
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged' ?$ n+ Z$ Y v! ]1 h9 S/ E8 a, X
5 j, x9 ~/ G- ?' z
Japanese Ships
. O- t$ v# Q8 b& Q& z# Y xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk4 }- C' y/ u+ Q- Y
xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage# m# [6 ]6 k9 y4 _. f/ r& ~8 ]
AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
2 J. L/ u( V: x) v1 P AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage9 K% |. a9 L% T
xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk( e4 e: W. s- C% O4 @' i
xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk3 m* U6 v2 _1 E9 ~5 F1 r
xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
6 F" k- g) d8 a% x4 Y5 s( f xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
+ c( i2 `7 k1 @' ?2 [& l5 l xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
5 X$ R- Y/ A9 o) _! H" } xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage! x9 n% A4 s+ \4 d. _
xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage9 [) ?0 E9 G8 K3 L
xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
& U. s/ Y$ y8 P. |0 t) a7 r- y CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 25 P- D! i3 M4 h- h
xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |