AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 28, 428 n7 L' u' V9 W1 a S" K
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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。$ [/ t# t# `# f4 Y4 }7 P& X2 F1 R
日军的陆攻未能突破58直掩圈。5 m- F2 [( O+ s! }# ?
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5 U' f8 ~0 U8 o4 x0 i$ y$ lAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Wallis Island at 142,155- b( M3 W, D9 K) h. ]
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Weather in hex: Light rain
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
' b) R ]0 }( Q% e% }0 QEstimated time to target is 28 minutes& P: U# |+ P& o! `8 ~6 @# v
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Japanese aircraft* l4 M4 x7 W4 I0 O
A6M2 Zero x 9" L, f9 V& |6 W9 [
G4M1 Betty x 16+ [' X2 h, J/ N& }3 R4 n
( I) j! J$ N3 s: X: @! ]- YAllied aircraft
' O, H- _9 M2 F5 f' G F4F-3A Wildcat x 30) p# V- l0 P! s' B
F4F-3 Wildcat x 60
* S1 F" a C: N: [7 C6 k F4F-4 Wildcat x 79
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9 M; S2 J2 ^4 [7 eJapanese aircraft losses
2 Z) {$ u) s. p( @. V A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed7 K# X* B: I: g3 L4 S
G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged1 B7 Q/ `7 j/ w$ D8 i$ Z6 l$ L
F5 t7 x) O- I: _5 vAllied aircraft losses2 B6 m; z" W' J, a- l+ Y+ M
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed! J4 K9 X1 d8 a5 J; R
8 h" i! M( L) a$ ^$ T# w9 ?Allied Ships
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, T# a& R; s* p5 H( lAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Savaii at 146,159
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
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$ N/ x) q9 r: ?' Z7 s5 h4 p1 uRaid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
+ O# W8 G* A4 G9 eEstimated time to target is 14 minutes
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( M) g, [( T: I$ ^' Z9 F/ yAllied aircraft
! B+ u4 E2 s O F4F-3A Wildcat x 18: @& H3 ~3 f* y. T& \' _- M; q4 ^( l
F4F-3 Wildcat x 36
0 s& O' ^) i: e9 N3 ~0 |0 x C2 q F4F-4 Wildcat x 44
! ~8 I* x" C9 z+ r SBD-2 Dauntless x 18
2 V8 y0 I& S- Y+ L5 E SBD-3 Dauntless x 81
7 T1 p* U; c# [ TBF-1 Avenger x 30# Z' ^6 E: ~3 U( {- _
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Allied aircraft losses
& j/ H; R# s+ t: r SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
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Japanese Ships* Q% S, K0 z% M f; ^. @% Q8 {1 n
xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
5 c! h2 i' ]. P5 I! @ xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage" d4 k) L" y4 M3 O2 l7 b
AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
: S0 l- k1 n; f AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage- h0 c: ^. ^" R: F0 ] B) Y9 K
xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk8 f/ \, [& C7 q7 C/ z! |
xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk9 x/ p* S+ Y+ \8 T
xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk3 `& `1 C4 m" `& o- |7 k
xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
: f# U# x" u j xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
9 N, W7 P2 m# y* p xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage' Z$ J9 E6 l( G* f* K
xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage3 `1 \* I9 P1 `# R/ X
xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
3 ]( ^# x& _. e1 m Z; E) |' N CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 2& Y' f6 t6 M3 n- T
xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |