AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 07, 42& E2 i7 T' a. |2 m( B
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Submarine attack near Rabaul at 107,126
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AV Kamikawa Maru
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SS S-47, y, z0 H! Y; a7 x
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AV Kamikawa Maru is sighted by SS S-47" T) m3 B8 J% h5 n: b2 X2 _9 D
SS S-47 launches 4 torpedoes
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Sub attack near Rabaul at 106,128
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Japanese Ships) }% q+ `$ @* h) y6 b( y& I% _
E Asanagi2 @; m2 A# A, k& w
AMc Fumi Maru #2
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xAK Asakaze Maru& O8 o0 p6 r& j8 ]# j# ~0 p7 X5 h
xAKL Hagoromo Maru
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SS S-447 j% R* L( h1 w
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SS S-44 launches 4 torpedoes at E Asanagi' o' B. X, `7 A
S-44 diving deep ....
$ G8 ~7 S& E, fE Asanagi attacking submerged sub ....
/ B& |3 L" T9 d3 A3 fE Oite attacking submerged sub ....' r2 |! S5 j3 l3 ?, ^9 S/ F: {! P/ t
SS S-44 eludes E Oite by diving deep
N8 k% N) a, I1 [7 LSS S-44 eludes ASW attack from E Oite
1 I' i; A- a& e: U: sSS S-44 eludes E Oite by diving deep3 M9 Z5 a$ @, D( [* r! }9 l
E Oite cannot reach attack position over SS S-446 j' x q" f* n/ l7 x
E Asanagi fails to find sub and abandons search; {+ m m9 G0 _# o
E Oite fails to find sub, continues to search...$ U$ d2 }! F' Q3 q$ n7 v
E Oite fails to find sub, continues to search...
$ [& f) o% U. m, E8 I% DE Oite fails to find sub, continues to search...
+ W( y5 z6 A0 T; h& ^E Oite fails to find sub, continues to search...
& m( ?3 z0 c) \1 U# G _( Z* N& P; mE Oite fails to find sub, continues to search...2 C8 W% y/ \ R! g- v
Escort abandons search for sub+ t; _" j- {2 z
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8 }8 r6 r$ f. u3 l. f+ w9 H& @8 nMorning Air attack on TF, near Rabaul at 106,125. J. e2 u+ y8 d5 C) E7 g/ I
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Weather in hex: Light rain
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4 X* I% g3 X8 L7 B9 K$ ?' f' g% YRaid spotted at 5 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.( X0 P$ ]0 ]4 l& X5 z" s
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes5 g" X9 I# N4 N6 i
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Allied aircraft
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No Allied losses
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Japanese Ships
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CA Kako- g/ O. \2 B# G* O) `) ^# a
CA Aoba( F. `3 Y% I+ K+ X6 L* U" W" S# E
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12 x PBY-5 Catalina launching torpedoes at 200 feet1 t, l+ K+ z( j2 G' u: C5 W* `8 A
Naval Attack: 2 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo
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" |" f b9 S l; nAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Rabaul at 106,125
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8 S, T, l& _9 I; a* B y; U2 PRaid spotted at 6 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.7 {, |0 W A S# e% d
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
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T" k0 J& _5 g9 I& ] PBY-5 Catalina x 12; E8 [9 }; L8 n) j
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PBY-5 Catalina: 2 damaged. l- P3 c. w6 c+ D u( q5 p
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CA Furutaka2 K( q7 D6 K& q5 v" W) B0 m
DD Yayoi/ A( W; Y& s, V# ^; B
CA Aoba
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12 x PBY-5 Catalina bombing from 6000 feet0 D# c- Z t7 ^: F
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb/ @; v1 l2 ]; n) V% T4 A
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Gasmata at 105,129
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Raid spotted at 9 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.7 T, |" _1 l. A$ I0 b1 M. s; A
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes! A' M |, @0 O* ^1 L% O( m4 }
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1 R4 y5 Q O0 x( } B-25B Mitchell x 49 g/ N1 O3 Z' f. k7 ^+ s/ n; c3 F
2 X; M) o0 F6 J# I- Q# kNo Allied losses
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xAK Kamikaze Maru
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3 y5 d2 d! D* x" k) s" Y9 G Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
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5 C5 ]1 L' W/ ykevin_hx版主 現在不僅 狼群猖獗、竟然連 PBY、B25 都調來對海了?!0 `$ T; y% z4 I0 q9 d) U6 q
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