AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 28, 42
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盟军TF58环太平洋游击,在萨摩亚群岛附近空袭了正在萨瓦伊岛卸载的日军运输船队,收获颇丰。, ~. o3 ?( @7 C
日军的陆攻未能突破58直掩圈。
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# i+ F9 z. l0 x% P; R7 g" z" V/ M/ lAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Wallis Island at 142,155
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$ B, U5 I% i- m9 QWeather in hex: Light rain( z' r) ^/ @0 c H8 K7 S6 Y
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
' h( k3 p! B7 QEstimated time to target is 28 minutes
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6 I) X& a' B$ P) A( I$ }Japanese aircraft. ?1 c. Y4 c0 Z6 \5 w4 I
A6M2 Zero x 9
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Allied aircraft4 {' U- b; M' {) Z+ F& E& O6 Y
F4F-3A Wildcat x 30+ e E' R! @+ H. {8 M' d8 C
F4F-3 Wildcat x 60, N8 r% o6 y5 A# ~
F4F-4 Wildcat x 79# z L4 X" d) K, Q+ }
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Japanese aircraft losses
: B' w( N Z i A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
' F0 a* w3 y* P G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged
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Allied aircraft losses+ N3 a ?* \7 P2 c' a
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
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Allied Ships
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9 C1 u6 h' r4 E( M1 I4 m# v BAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Savaii at 146,159: m; }1 u9 m3 }4 u: { w
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud- ?# ^, d0 u% w- ]! D+ ?2 V8 i
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Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
5 v; I! {3 V) f* D9 IEstimated time to target is 14 minutes
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Allied aircraft
( @% x4 y5 d- ?0 d' i: k( p) o F4F-3A Wildcat x 18& j# K' |3 a. N/ x9 V" A4 w' z; v
F4F-3 Wildcat x 36
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SBD-2 Dauntless x 185 w% U: i" t* e# ~- b% s% ?' N
SBD-3 Dauntless x 81
3 }/ @ I7 o$ G TBF-1 Avenger x 30
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; h+ }( [) |8 y4 ?) gAllied aircraft losses
7 i+ i5 [% a0 I+ `) Y SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged$ V, I4 o1 w0 g
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Japanese Ships
$ O* u) j3 M, ?& |, | xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
, j1 v w* K% G) r$ H! a: F xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
6 O8 P* D* E$ o4 E2 f1 L6 ^ AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
; w/ N' U- B$ S- R8 w. C, {! t AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage
: a1 X- \2 O- O xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk
' Y% X9 e# O! U4 ^, T/ w' P+ a xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk# o+ s9 u' F1 b
xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
) }. x* G8 }$ a+ ^ xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
" B& X& v- {! |! C: H xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage7 m# c5 H5 t8 i
xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
+ b5 u, e; t! t: P% u0 E' x4 n xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage6 y# _9 r8 F/ ?* Z0 n1 W2 {3 b
xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
% ]( Z6 |0 j, |/ h4 t CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 2
( j c% y, z; D% V xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |