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?)% p' N5 [% S$ I6 p+ i7 ]0 E' F0 z. ^
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。% N( f. K4 ]3 Y ~3 f" D
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。
% o& {: b4 N: 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!( v3 D$ b7 n% T1 P/ f: y& h
* _$ W. P% B* a: E$ [: _. a/ n) x; l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。。。* H: b' \+ Y1 A" O4 P' W
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Kirakira at 116,144
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud A3 E, ~0 `1 h
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Raid detected at 74 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.5 C3 `' s7 b) L6 b: y
Estimated time to target is 29 minutes
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Japanese aircraft$ Z; f$ v3 O, Z# q% x) I3 R9 l
A6M2 Zero x 26
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Allied aircraft, f0 A; L. h u' |* ~
F4F-4 Wildcat x 17$ n* w5 _% O7 L, I/ G( U
SBD-3 Dauntless x 16
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No Japanese losses, E. Y+ J) d+ E+ k% R
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Allied aircraft losses
9 q* Z4 Q% m+ z. K/ u% | F4F-4 Wildcat: 8 destroyed" u, K3 m. |# {% ]1 K. ]. s. h& s
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged- J; h) j9 |4 _, u r" G
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak
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BB Mutsu, Bomb hits 1% w: Q5 b6 a5 n4 ~: d- ^: D0 d8 `; [: |
CV Shokaku+ R6 U3 q5 U; j
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5 { @/ H/ d- G) z1 UMorning Air attack on TF, near Munda at 110,136. R. I8 y) P% A4 U }0 j' F- l
7 y# Y p3 p6 v: rWeather in hex: Severe storms, s8 h9 `, r/ V5 k! j
; X" S! q5 ?3 c. u' p3 XRaid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
. T2 L0 o7 y& j3 A$ `6 _9 oEstimated time to target is 8 minutes1 O6 o+ }/ d( A8 J
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F4F-4 Wildcat x 1" H: g# z/ v9 W) F/ G
SBD-3 Dauntless x 9
, A; D( ^ v6 p1 g5 Y TBF-1 Avenger x 12
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Allied aircraft losses+ ^6 M9 A) L, q0 s) U
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged" R+ y& `& f" o% g& i( B4 M
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CA Tone
8 G" u _* @! @. Q% ^$ r4 b CA Atago, Bomb hits 1, on fire
/ L/ e3 M3 M r" o* J8 D3 h CA Takao, Bomb hits 1, on fire* H# e! K9 F! e! Z$ f' `$ i
CA Chikuma
1 A% }4 X' ^* @; v DD Hagikaze
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Munda at 110,1363 o( `8 \8 B- \' m9 t
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Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
8 T* y' N5 d( c( W3 {0 D) f aEstimated time to target is 15 minutes
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SBD-3 Dauntless x 6
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Allied aircraft losses
4 b* @# {, @* _0 F. } SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 damaged
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Japanese Ships& Q) \6 X7 R# U. t( O: ~# m+ W: T
CA Atago, on fire, I3 m5 d& {# M- U1 |
CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 1
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: O. _4 {' A: Y1 }6 M( fAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Kirakira at 116,144, Y5 t6 t" m2 f
& a0 q% ]8 S8 y$ aWeather in hex: Heavy rain
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Raid detected at 21 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.; B8 U( _1 q# z( ]8 f
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
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A6M2 Zero x 25+ t" ]( C/ k V) A8 L
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F4F-4 Wildcat x 9
4 r: |0 ]! a/ ^$ s' { SBD-3 Dauntless x 4
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No Japanese losses6 _5 `: P3 |4 H- j! ]* m, `5 Q
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Allied aircraft losses
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SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged: j/ E8 `# Z+ P9 o8 c
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! C5 _+ r8 I5 x4 VAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Lunga at 111,138
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Weather in hex: Thunderstorms7 @3 z+ F8 J6 x d3 y+ n
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Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.+ i% s1 c! p; @7 W& K6 {# Z
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes0 H3 C+ C( ~7 z6 L
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Allied aircraft
: k/ V/ g* I9 J: G F4F-4 Wildcat x 5( C3 Y( h0 N. D# d
SBD-3 Dauntless x 26' `8 U" t5 }, |, i
TBF-1 Avenger x 15$ b1 h$ X2 u! v; ]- x: _
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SBD-3 Dauntless: 16 damaged& l+ ^* c- _4 X
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak, f! _. [7 P. {& M% R* |2 O3 E" v
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DD Isokaze9 @6 K s3 }, R
DD Maikaze, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage9 ~/ W2 ~/ t# |# T4 a0 A
CA Kumano- N) P/ p8 ?5 U3 P- |
CA Suzuya, Bomb hits 3
2 t3 H- {- H2 m; c ]( j9 ~ DD Arashi; F' }! h, c9 `
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. F. y6 E# ? j& W' z' GAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Luganville at 114,149
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" b) |9 W" a/ r& LWeather in hex: Light cloud* X8 T: D9 {9 a! V! G% W9 Z
3 v5 i: O) C. GRaid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
8 W; p2 d3 q% o. dEstimated time to target is 13 minutes
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Japanese aircraft3 \) e( Z* I! J! t$ G! r
B5N1 Kate x 14
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6 z& t, i: p: a2 @. E- V% ?8 F8 I B5N1 Kate: 6 damaged
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" Q, b0 S8 N" L; I9 o% k. h) \" q! X DD Dunlap9 l% U4 \$ o( `2 A( T3 u% _
DD Conyngham, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk t8 @1 O( m4 I
DD Fanning, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
2 U! g* I+ r$ `$ F" l( u _ DD Cushing, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |