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,# W$ k8 ~9 L, v6 d: V, \5 u% x* I' E
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 113,134
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Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.4 c' c3 @' }2 ]3 h6 x3 Z
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes
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Japanese aircraft4 f% O" X `2 X( f1 Q! S" `4 r
A6M8 Zero x 59, g# \. H7 {' U# S8 F: b
A7M2 Sam x 76
1 i4 Y( Z! s& p) @* Z) {+ F B7A2 Grace x 134
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$ X+ ^1 B5 Y# u! ]# G! X+ Z gAllied aircraft
L: t3 Y/ `* W; j8 y F4U-1A Corsair x 14! k) v( L2 ~$ \) Q# T; T% x
F6F-5 Hellcat x 56
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Japanese aircraft losses5 i' D+ E* B/ l' y) F& |" g# _
A6M8 Zero: 6 destroyed
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* @2 d ~ ?9 E4 e$ L B7A2 Grace: 7 destroyed, 26 damaged8 k7 G. _! m2 @$ _5 o2 v' G
B7A2 Grace: 1 destroyed by flak$ _ ]0 m8 S% Z! j
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Allied aircraft losses
( D& k3 P( a4 C3 i* ~! _ F4U-1A Corsair: 2 destroyed
3 T$ b9 F5 t/ B& E F6F-5 Hellcat: 20 destroyed. k5 d! [7 p' K& B D8 X2 @! W* P+ g$ i
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. f% I1 P% ]4 z( b0 M CV Hancock, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk( H. P) E1 S# r( i
CV Indomitable, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
@% M! ?3 Q+ A- B& ^+ I2 x6 r1 j CVE Munda, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
; F2 t6 h& `! Z- y& c$ G CVE Bougainville, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage' ~4 q$ q- x4 s' [- G3 i, M. ~
DE Manlove, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
3 n f( P0 K+ G CVE Attu, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
# K6 x7 }. h k" N3 q" u, S6 a2 n DE Lovering6 u: B8 T4 k' R, ]* h3 ~
DE Lyman, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk/ `$ o2 w' Y9 F; Y
CVE Roi, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
% P/ k; f ]" H5 G9 \* g+ e DE Charles R. Greer, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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