所罗门的血腥地狱又添新魂,蝗军针对过于前出的盟军登陆船团发起轮番攻击,击沉汉考克号和不屈号2艘舰队航母,3艘CVE,蝗军损失作战飞机300多架,
2 i* U7 D8 _8 {5 F! B" pAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 113,134* p) a- t) p! R9 V# t3 m
1 z( r& I& P4 NWeather in hex: Overcast5 Z1 G/ n/ s q+ ^; N8 _
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Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
8 T: T% s W* j6 g0 iEstimated time to target is 21 minutes
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- o$ C% j: v+ X4 _) p; JJapanese aircraft
0 ^8 h' i& g. T; @ A6M8 Zero x 59+ ?% Z* l6 v$ S
A7M2 Sam x 76
1 f) }9 r" |; \/ C5 z: s B7A2 Grace x 134$ x/ K9 G: k, L7 r8 t
4 N& Z e' s9 b1 [$ J$ K$ Q _Allied aircraft' j; z$ P! ]( N/ p
F4U-1A Corsair x 14
* t2 J$ R% k) H5 b" v1 A F6F-5 Hellcat x 56
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& l% t$ G6 _5 d0 [Japanese aircraft losses1 }; I( |1 K# o5 ?. d
A6M8 Zero: 6 destroyed
- d" q: w3 _( q A7M2 Sam: 5 destroyed
1 r' D, ~( X" z0 I* Q6 ^5 W$ e) L B7A2 Grace: 7 destroyed, 26 damaged
' K: T, R8 X& i$ {$ D B7A2 Grace: 1 destroyed by flak7 a) ~; |" [7 r; ]
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Allied aircraft losses$ ?2 H1 M4 I( v1 h; K
F4U-1A Corsair: 2 destroyed
; b+ N$ K3 G, u6 T F6F-5 Hellcat: 20 destroyed1 z2 F9 ~! s! F$ ?3 s: r3 K$ F
& L1 y8 T9 \& GAllied Ships6 }( Y# x8 L! Q6 R
CV Hancock, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk6 u9 {# I5 `4 s3 W7 ?
CV Indomitable, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk1 B0 v) Y, c3 _
CVE Munda, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
3 Y6 N! F i- F1 T5 c9 a+ x CVE Bougainville, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
" z6 J" A7 J8 C# v% l9 {: J DE Manlove, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
2 \1 l; x0 Z- |3 B CVE Attu, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
; @1 L/ g b, B$ D9 ?* b0 R DE Lovering
! p% o. N7 y" y% f+ X6 R DE Lyman, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
& i I6 S" E" ^+ P8 t( ?4 ?! a' L CVE Roi, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage' r) J" ?) {3 y: M6 W
DE Charles R. Greer, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk: d, P; o9 x4 b$ Z: n) D& B
DE Wesson |