AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 28, 427 U% i' C) U3 ]; a2 D
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. L* z! [. F& ZAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Wallis Island at 142,155
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3 w7 D! W Y! h# G* ^Weather in hex: Light rain
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& E* K& a/ v: j( o3 ^Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
) k) P3 w& V9 X. [, T$ DEstimated time to target is 28 minutes
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8 C6 f0 h4 C% \7 mJapanese aircraft7 E1 `0 ~* P$ q: ~
A6M2 Zero x 9; w4 g" c$ l5 Y, g1 V9 U3 u4 w
G4M1 Betty x 16* J2 ~7 a! a- D0 B4 S
, N& r! T. p' B- PAllied aircraft3 ~. J. j. @6 B7 r, I6 O d
F4F-3A Wildcat x 30/ U( m3 H, U: u& j
F4F-3 Wildcat x 60
/ j% L2 P ]( c F4F-4 Wildcat x 79
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Japanese aircraft losses
7 |/ o2 y7 \$ |2 f4 X A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed7 o+ \: K* h% |/ W/ k% B
G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged1 H& x$ Z( `# y, F2 T
; Y4 V: E X9 i3 O2 q- \2 H+ }Allied aircraft losses
0 G. |7 o C* H( A F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
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; O* \& X. d. E6 x& @& G; SAllied Ships
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Savaii at 146,159+ J+ c+ P) H/ i4 X: g% U% n
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
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Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
. K' v! R$ b: W \Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
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Allied aircraft( @6 E% P+ [2 W
F4F-3A Wildcat x 184 @* i3 t2 B1 ]' P! c [
F4F-3 Wildcat x 36
0 J d, U+ f y3 u& B% R+ S F4F-4 Wildcat x 44# j2 f3 X+ H+ K9 e: `
SBD-2 Dauntless x 18
, d( n p+ N/ U% B% W SBD-3 Dauntless x 81
4 j2 `# K" _6 c1 J: x+ F TBF-1 Avenger x 30
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Allied aircraft losses
6 ? F6 \/ H) ]3 U9 F$ ?! j SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged6 Q2 ~( ~! Q% `" A+ _) \- ^
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Japanese Ships; S* g2 Z/ } H; y. v! Z
xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk" x7 I4 @4 R/ r( n% s/ N; a
xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
/ X% S7 N$ f3 t1 H AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
}+ ?9 J. Z1 }2 ?( t" o AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage0 Y) g9 B! O* ^
xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk( H/ a$ K2 f' [! y `# l! J% c( L" Q% L
xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk8 A- |2 D* j' k* K% G/ A2 m
xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
/ C; T; Y+ Y1 u& L5 \& V% \! s1 _, q xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
1 P4 J- x2 X8 i( W xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage* z/ o7 G& b" X3 _
xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
" Q9 B, @% o! s* @( i; a8 L xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
! X7 F+ Y( g( U& y' H; e xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
& x- {# T/ w4 T6 Y* L+ X8 N2 `" c+ z CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 2
1 N: ~1 h* g6 \. E7 j xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |