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?)" K9 E! P" c* Q# t: _0 p- e* S0 M
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。
# @+ e4 K$ t7 u7 E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。
1 f; y1 |8 L/ }) V# ]! n6 n/ m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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# `7 I; [+ X; g3 D8 C; _ d9 r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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, U% w1 `5 ?0 G$ L9 V2 CWeather in hex: Partial cloud4 c; F' J1 o. g; W- w: q
! K6 _. V( e1 [8 d) `8 yRaid detected at 74 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
6 Q$ u7 a, W( M% Z. {Estimated time to target is 29 minutes
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Japanese aircraft; ~1 V1 {0 h; p0 |
A6M2 Zero x 26
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# O3 J$ q u" Z9 F( ~. UAllied aircraft
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SBD-3 Dauntless x 165 Y ?" R) [8 C
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& B; J% Z# a( E4 y* K/ R' eNo Japanese losses
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7 T& A) f1 a% o5 ^Allied aircraft losses
; t& J8 Z. U I3 o F4F-4 Wildcat: 8 destroyed+ H3 l& I" N$ e3 j* ?
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged+ H; \) q# n8 q4 q- u3 `) r4 m
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak( E$ Y1 R, u" g/ ?; ~
0 g- H& j# f5 N q* ^$ pJapanese Ships2 z: U$ x9 c) `+ I7 b; l- X- P
BB Mutsu, Bomb hits 19 q5 r2 k' J3 P- o
CV Shokaku3 v6 y) ?! a; z0 n R) m
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$ m& m3 a# Z9 M/ ~" zMorning Air attack on TF, near Munda at 110,136) I3 q! j" [4 [$ I* Y0 _( O. Y
( d3 C" l( M$ E- b' L6 _Weather in hex: Severe storms
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Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. b- d' l# C: b
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
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Allied aircraft/ [7 C' {& Z) n
F4F-4 Wildcat x 12 U P1 _3 @5 y' ^7 s
SBD-3 Dauntless x 9
% a* k( \# |. f& b TBF-1 Avenger x 12
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8 p! x B: T+ _9 D; j' k SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
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CA Tone: x) u& h5 R$ Y- Y' ]) @) ^
CA Atago, Bomb hits 1, on fire
2 f9 A+ h, i6 s1 c3 n* ~+ x* B q CA Takao, Bomb hits 1, on fire
# c1 I- t/ U- d. A CA Chikuma/ E3 I; O7 m; f* @7 v, Z* X% j3 v! k; \
DD Hagikaze
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" E. g4 ~7 E+ n! ]Morning Air attack on TF, near Munda at 110,136
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6 U: F+ D- I4 p* {( B) a& z9 bRaid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
0 n; r( _& H N8 w MEstimated time to target is 15 minutes
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SBD-3 Dauntless x 6
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SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 damaged+ n: Y3 ^/ ~+ b
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Japanese Ships
$ ?2 y2 X* h/ \, [& S3 \ CA Atago, on fire
$ s& }4 W7 i) A5 O CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 1
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Kirakira at 116,144. {+ T- i, \+ R8 T, m2 ^ C% F# Z* |0 \
2 d9 R; h* w% q. G/ L6 DWeather in hex: Heavy rain
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Raid detected at 21 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
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$ A9 q1 z# k. b {% }$ }Japanese aircraft, C' i% C5 G/ s% r1 E" I
A6M2 Zero x 253 p- i% K; f' \! f, F6 Y
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Allied aircraft
0 ^% G; ^8 ]0 ~# U F4F-4 Wildcat x 9
4 W$ Y+ [# c0 |9 t3 ?0 S1 w9 v, h8 d SBD-3 Dauntless x 4! f4 ?. E% f3 q! L1 x$ H
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Allied aircraft losses
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Japanese Ships2 ^4 k* @; p, ]' h$ C. w, [* T* d
CV Zuikaku
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Lunga at 111,1381 b9 k4 G* x* c. K+ X
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$ Z( O9 L4 P# Y* r; T' J+ v6 nRaid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.9 ^' K2 B" Y6 Z, a
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
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Allied aircraft
! I4 [6 l; g# } p3 S F4F-4 Wildcat x 5
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TBF-1 Avenger x 158 `7 D& z) {) }
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SBD-3 Dauntless: 16 damaged
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; p8 j. H. l/ } DD Maikaze, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
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CA Suzuya, Bomb hits 39 F7 c3 M+ {) `
DD Arashi
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Luganville at 114,1492 j2 I3 E" F$ r4 \ V* D/ d/ L
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Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.2 ^5 J G* D* _ `$ s) E
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
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D3A2 Val x 242 x3 O9 B& ~1 b
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6 ^" p/ p8 x5 V4 k B5N1 Kate: 6 damaged2 k! P1 `9 W. f8 B. r6 V- {
D3A2 Val: 1 damaged9 H, n5 ~" l, {
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DD Dunlap
1 R: G# R1 V- k8 [6 O. d; ? DD Conyngham, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk$ `2 L& a. |) s
DD Fanning, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
4 ~" g; p" m" D: L DD Cushing, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |