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,: u# g: K' L9 t' X
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 113,134
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Weather in hex: Overcast
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; c2 f, y7 h2 E1 FRaid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
0 D7 d. Q+ [. wEstimated time to target is 21 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
: X& }; M$ n* R% f A6M8 Zero x 598 g( x$ g3 L0 T4 f* \% F% Y
A7M2 Sam x 769 Z. [2 W% ]6 @
B7A2 Grace x 1340 Z; h# F) |$ Q2 @, H' P" N
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Allied aircraft
0 g; ]- Q' Q* ~" _5 Z$ Y, X) I2 K F4U-1A Corsair x 14' i2 M% L& v% h7 v
F6F-5 Hellcat x 56% z" ?( V' k; E+ v' Z' W
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Japanese aircraft losses2 Z4 ~4 A+ ^3 U" t2 D. ^) C$ S
A6M8 Zero: 6 destroyed
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B7A2 Grace: 7 destroyed, 26 damaged
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Allied aircraft losses
- {" o! A' p1 p% C F4U-1A Corsair: 2 destroyed# D+ l% u1 G. w5 D* X
F6F-5 Hellcat: 20 destroyed
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CV Hancock, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk+ i' q* t7 M2 {, N; K: ^- z. K
CV Indomitable, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk( Z( L* \3 G; g0 L, ]' w
CVE Munda, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk" i4 |0 ^' D9 E7 W, Z7 n) m; S5 @8 j
CVE Bougainville, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage! L X5 I8 z& M" g! H+ y7 t
DE Manlove, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
2 q7 ?" }" W- j CVE Attu, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage+ z+ X4 M4 Y2 r+ `
DE Lovering
: i' t: `. }# y0 A4 i) I DE Lyman, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk9 b& y/ D0 j5 g$ c
CVE Roi, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
9 W! g# ~( z9 q DE Charles R. Greer, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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