8月24日,空战日
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本日美军的航空队撤离到了瓜岛上(难道另外两艘CV也沉了?)
8 J6 e! [' d7 R& _3 \$ M. s/ ^日军KB没能在瓜岛以南海域抓到TF的后撤部队,因此抓了几艘DD虐了一下。
$ R3 J4 z3 S8 S' H, [$ q2 H! B不过前去突击美军CV的CA编队遭到了瓜岛仙人掌机队的集中攻击,伤亡较为惨重。
5 f0 B; D6 g/ ?3 ~% b( o& ?& Y) K好在还没有沉船,保持了日军截至目前CL以上船只全数幸存,仅沉没几艘DD的辉煌战果!
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2 m: N; ]( n+ A6 w. U4 t同时,美军航空队也向KB发动了突击,不过由于没有了航母编队,进攻非常杂乱。徒增伤亡。。。
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Kirakira at 116,144
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid detected at 74 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
1 v7 J1 ~& }' B& A! cEstimated time to target is 29 minutes+ z8 M/ O) J4 G9 D5 h1 _
. X: X1 `: v7 m# F1 v0 bJapanese aircraft
: D1 J9 ]' u1 R: L A6M2 Zero x 264 n! D# n8 w9 o* H' q4 U* \) |, ?
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Allied aircraft
& J/ E+ I y# V! P' L& W) N F4F-4 Wildcat x 173 K" ?3 i# D; t, u, `- o- G! D9 E- [
SBD-3 Dauntless x 16
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Allied aircraft losses
w9 u# O" L+ ~9 k/ Y F4F-4 Wildcat: 8 destroyed/ Y9 t; Q/ h" }2 X$ J8 X' {4 C
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged
! h8 L+ ~6 F4 Q$ u0 U6 c SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak
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Japanese Ships9 i5 M/ q5 h( J$ b* ^! I2 }
BB Mutsu, Bomb hits 1
) o6 G, F7 G( Y CV Shokaku: F( Z* D1 |" {; w/ l
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Munda at 110,136- x8 t, r* Q7 T6 b' K; H( ]2 K
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Weather in hex: Severe storms
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' X M& @: o. g0 eRaid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
$ s5 ] k- J' gEstimated time to target is 8 minutes, j; \% |- K2 q. g* ~6 H9 C
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Allied aircraft; f' K1 w" F) S4 ]. ^8 j4 y
F4F-4 Wildcat x 1# ?4 u/ ?" {* ~* J C! M& K
SBD-3 Dauntless x 9
$ ?* p3 X* f* c6 J i2 u8 B5 X TBF-1 Avenger x 12; X( ]9 y3 {; }3 D! V
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Allied aircraft losses
/ f) v3 x- i; r& } SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged6 ]! Q" H% }3 X" b5 m0 t
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Japanese Ships
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CA Atago, Bomb hits 1, on fire
- k- W' u% ^6 [* X CA Takao, Bomb hits 1, on fire; R1 O& c1 P; r' ^" r. p
CA Chikuma& [' i9 _! ~+ l& A+ d, V: @0 D5 {
DD Hagikaze
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Munda at 110,136
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Weather in hex: Severe storms
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: G! t$ z3 x4 f& I' d" wRaid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.! \' l/ l& O. Z" }' R
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes
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Allied aircraft# K1 `. ]2 o9 _7 i& O
SBD-3 Dauntless x 6% f; z7 N* A V
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Allied aircraft losses2 h. U4 \' O" _. g: H" h( I$ ]
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 damaged8 @. i' b4 i7 D9 M& f
) Y0 T" I0 m! D& J/ pJapanese Ships
% A2 n0 p9 l8 q5 g CA Atago, on fire4 i( z6 t1 G; ^- H' R3 ~ [0 `
CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 1, {& C/ e& |, N' W
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( k8 t# P% C! z% s0 C4 S+ |& p4 EAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Kirakira at 116,144) p/ d: R% V" ]; j" P! n
& h# f, e( x- b( GWeather in hex: Heavy rain
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Raid detected at 21 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.$ M$ H; m) a1 k* j* g. v5 J
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes U: `. G y0 s& H* [
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Japanese aircraft- P& ]0 W6 ~. [: a/ q- q
A6M2 Zero x 25
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F4F-4 Wildcat x 9- v0 A$ e% S- s, H9 E! T1 W
SBD-3 Dauntless x 4
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No Japanese losses
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, A4 n) W; a/ C! xAllied aircraft losses
6 T+ u8 v& a7 | F4F-4 Wildcat: 4 destroyed' W( M: P/ }- T% g
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged
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Japanese Ships3 [- C3 U" c v, z$ N% E6 l3 e6 `
CV Zuikaku
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Lunga at 111,138
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Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
" o7 _1 `. ^) BEstimated time to target is 7 minutes
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Allied aircraft
4 p' `0 L4 V8 S7 z+ F7 v8 r+ a F4F-4 Wildcat x 5
( b/ ^( H; P% ^+ {3 @ SBD-3 Dauntless x 26
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Allied aircraft losses
# C1 |' X$ o. ] SBD-3 Dauntless: 16 damaged3 ?' j U3 T- x; V* s: w& j, ]
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak
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DD Isokaze8 g. x& _. W* y; F, g' B0 Q# V
DD Maikaze, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage* I5 Z ~6 E6 T9 @1 w
CA Kumano/ @4 I/ X# R m1 n0 _
CA Suzuya, Bomb hits 3
! R) L! o) _$ Y) _* n DD Arashi
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, F% _' W- D' p0 H) O# bAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Luganville at 114,149
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Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
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B5N1 Kate x 14- B4 e1 t9 m; m2 L7 O6 W5 w
D3A2 Val x 24
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D3A2 Val: 1 damaged0 J7 K# o- X7 z* Q' A* ?
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Allied Ships
0 D/ B# g6 s, N4 U g% l$ [1 [ DD Dunlap6 o2 A% o% E9 a# M7 C5 _3 i
DD Conyngham, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
4 Y# O4 A. t" P" d/ g DD Fanning, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, V1 P7 Z3 Q0 [$ G' Y+ M7 {$ a
DD Cushing, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |