AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 25, 42- w% l/ K- R8 }$ \! {
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Night Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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( u5 q( k( R! @! m2 `, kWeather in hex: Light cloud
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- |6 B" x ~2 G8 J9 }( `Raid spotted at 82 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
) t0 Z6 D$ K7 C; W0 Z1 h8 @3 X/ zEstimated time to target is 28 minutes7 _& N9 A9 l6 ?1 c& H+ P+ M% `1 n% V' ]
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Japanese aircraft$ {0 L( ^1 S# X/ g8 d
G4M1 Betty x 107 p4 J T/ R1 w. }7 y# ]9 r
5 k* a" A) L: d/ a2 XAllied aircraft @8 x; {1 V d( \4 i! G- ^2 Y
no flights
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No Japanese losses0 X+ _! Q0 S4 V8 r; U$ ^+ \' t
- s/ ~, G. r! G) L/ g l# i/ i6 Z4 a! lAllied aircraft losses
, W8 z, r% K& m B: t Kittyhawk IA: 3 damaged% u4 G4 S$ R& W- B, P% E$ G& Q- S
P-39D Airacobra: 3 damaged
$ g; j* r% D6 Y4 ?! R P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed on ground! z' Q% n* H7 o G
Catalina I: 2 damaged
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5 a2 v" v6 g: K6 K7 X( sAirbase hits 2
4 K6 `) |; L2 l6 |0 M8 sRunway hits 11, o3 p# u! M' U" u9 _9 e
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Night Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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. y2 Q1 L) ~) Z; EWeather in hex: Light cloud
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Raid detected at 49 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
8 u' z& S8 l$ E5 A8 J3 b" WEstimated time to target is 17 minutes
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% c+ z* e( {2 n7 l+ ]5 {Japanese aircraft
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~3 f! G F: i( EAllied aircraft2 _% B9 f+ ~$ b) _
no flights
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9 a+ \( h: J. x8 n# DNo Japanese losses9 K1 o( V9 ]( l% ^3 J
/ A( f$ z& m6 I$ W: b- I$ qAllied aircraft losses
; g. h# z1 ?* A& _5 n! B' M Catalina I: 1 damaged
" K9 g& a5 b& T Kittyhawk IA: 1 damaged/ V& a% k" I* x8 ^
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed on ground# E/ c e# R5 H; d1 W/ z
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Airbase hits 3
1 w3 |7 T3 ^6 h1 l. L1 y7 K/ DRunway hits 1
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, P4 ]" _- E7 @% i, p$ MNight Naval bombardment of Milne Bay at 101,133' ~3 Q: P# l2 j$ l/ @ o d! w
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Allied aircraft
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Allied aircraft losses
7 C/ w# B; J1 H6 R0 H9 }/ \ Kittyhawk IA: 3 damaged
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( Y5 E7 ?0 `$ PJapanese Ships
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) D/ x$ D" c* ] Z- B CA Furutaka
: K+ W/ Y3 w1 Q$ p CA Kinugasa2 l4 J. @- A3 K, ]8 F
CA Aoba
7 T5 n. Y# W1 w$ J6 v% z CA Chokai4 f3 [; R7 @& r8 d+ I
CL Yubari
& I1 c% F, R' _' D6 { Q CL Tatsuta
" Z# d2 D y1 Q' D6 I3 j9 x% f CL Tenryu/ `& q4 S- X- `+ y8 c
# J5 [/ t; o- U" O; r6 j" jAllied ground losses:
0 _5 d3 C0 @, e# b! O2 \ 57 casualties reported5 f7 R# n' i% H+ Z3 _8 g1 ^; k$ {
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled: [7 H0 b% t! P w
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled( z0 K& c- ?( M- k2 K3 S6 {8 r
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
; M+ b) N: ~$ _7 R: z# |! Y* p Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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9 x/ R* L4 o' K. K. KAirbase hits 3
/ C6 g# Y9 }: H" ]' v9 WAirbase supply hits 55 z- u) e6 y) ?/ E% g
Runway hits 10% H. x5 ]. R$ m8 b3 P% E
Port hits 18
; i2 A, d9 t" j$ MPort supply hits 3" S k) { \' m' a
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& ~3 g) E: `% Q1 [( MMorning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129
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Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
N" ~" w% E& s, {7 U6 d* D& nEstimated time to target is 11 minutes
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2 l, @% @" w1 e: gAllied aircraft
3 \: }# G* M6 C1 l& K- t B-17E Fortress x 17, m& [" f) E( }
+ Y, |- x# r8 X* `6 Y8 x/ {Allied aircraft losses
5 u6 p0 O5 ?. x1 p, U& F, s B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged |