AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 25, 42! N6 e e0 y; h* h; U; d: l; R
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Night Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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% A0 H5 k" v/ @8 L7 ^Weather in hex: Light cloud" Z; a8 {' @2 }: b- g5 b/ [
5 F7 r+ f$ @9 z' x3 f/ O+ f+ ^Raid spotted at 82 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
# l6 X4 O' _6 Z- l( o- s/ H2 nEstimated time to target is 28 minutes* D& [% T) L( S- e3 h
4 G ~/ k% @) I3 I$ w! sJapanese aircraft1 M& v o7 q# v7 ~/ `7 C6 X
G4M1 Betty x 10
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Allied aircraft
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No Japanese losses
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0 _' Y2 o6 t/ W0 _Allied aircraft losses
w+ x2 _) Y4 k' O3 Y; y Kittyhawk IA: 3 damaged) ` ?# O8 q3 x+ f/ ]" V0 w
P-39D Airacobra: 3 damaged. F9 i# J! X+ S/ P
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed on ground1 D3 H) _$ R6 J7 ^/ X I& I/ k
Catalina I: 2 damaged- F3 A! j& d& L* I- g) V
; B0 |5 X1 K* lAirbase hits 2
/ M' t( n+ |) m) v" @; u4 g+ r* A2 `Runway hits 11
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Night Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 * V( {+ Q: M( @$ w$ t- Q/ W6 K
$ _9 H+ u. _ e* a. b; GWeather in hex: Light cloud4 v* h6 _1 ?2 L
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Raid detected at 49 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
. I( g o* s2 kEstimated time to target is 17 minutes
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Japanese aircraft) i' }" L8 H: `4 o2 m
G4M1 Betty x 83 p$ p/ T9 Y4 ~ P! z
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no flights" J: k6 }1 X) c
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No Japanese losses
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Allied aircraft losses
. e+ o0 M$ I2 h Catalina I: 1 damaged
: s/ V) ^6 O* c \ w* w& R Kittyhawk IA: 1 damaged
9 R: X5 H% S/ g4 y Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed on ground$ ?, C' D5 w8 j6 K& P3 S+ L- l
- d& e# ?& [. ?9 r, U) K, qAirbase hits 37 N- C, ~ O3 Q
Runway hits 16 B9 r8 n" {. P' V
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Night Naval bombardment of Milne Bay at 101,133
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Allied aircraft
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J$ d+ a$ F7 g+ e: x/ vAllied aircraft losses$ F' Y3 i' ~6 E, I( P7 ~% Q9 }
Kittyhawk IA: 3 damaged
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& y; t. C- S) k. IJapanese Ships+ ^+ b3 b; }5 w0 k& {! P
CA Kako
F0 t& b, ?# o7 s6 n CA Furutaka
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CA Aoba( }3 w5 X% f& R7 |) a
CA Chokai; _! M, T* w0 G
CL Yubari
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CL Tenryu
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Allied ground losses:4 K5 J; m1 `3 W) N, ^ S) l2 o; A
57 casualties reported
$ ? k! x6 t* U Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled9 L+ h0 R1 G! k ?4 c) b
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled
! k1 e6 Z/ [' _/ M- T8 A1 W Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
, p/ d) i8 o9 Q- Y; E% O) ~1 ^ Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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) U8 h9 _6 x5 A+ k! Z6 ZAirbase hits 3: [, J6 E9 [& Z" l. \# w
Airbase supply hits 53 k" f8 k+ n, ?9 }) Q& t1 @ g
Runway hits 10* X' x0 ^, [ E
Port hits 18
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R. W% o7 P3 z- e& DMorning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129 5 B/ G' V+ R4 X A( N
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Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
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Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.4 H9 \0 o& \: Q: j
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes9 ?- o0 Z. b4 {, A* `8 }
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B-17E Fortress x 17
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Allied aircraft losses
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