AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 28, 42
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: q( N. o7 e5 Q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。6 ^* o" _/ N/ e( {
日军的陆攻未能突破58直掩圈。
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8 Q# ?" i$ Q( S' r. J( S7 JAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Wallis Island at 142,155, P3 a$ U3 V! q C# M* J% i. u; t
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
% e4 D: q3 V* }8 x+ m, |Estimated time to target is 28 minutes
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Japanese aircraft: g; U4 D H) U
A6M2 Zero x 94 @' w( O8 N+ W T0 |* l f
G4M1 Betty x 16" W4 Q9 [( s0 W- {
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Allied aircraft
. E7 h* I3 x1 `6 \4 T8 @7 o# c F4F-3A Wildcat x 30
! t' o* o+ Q8 s" \. \ | F4F-3 Wildcat x 60
$ h" `+ c7 H5 B6 u+ b( C4 x; E% f! W F4F-4 Wildcat x 79
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% r( h! b- c2 `) E \Japanese aircraft losses' i, e9 h! G& t/ W& K
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed) h" F) }: V7 f8 j7 J
G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged
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Allied aircraft losses
5 _* K9 b0 u+ J! c F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed) {# S' \7 S) w
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Allied Ships& K/ U' A6 {1 s; Y4 c, |( S. e
DD Buchanan5 F0 k, g5 [9 m. v
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Savaii at 146,159
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4 g/ B5 ~# n' J) U6 I* CWeather in hex: Heavy cloud5 U5 \1 I" G: H+ z
& v: @4 _" v9 A5 JRaid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.5 z0 _" V5 I: i
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes3 I( y G( W" |2 A$ _4 s/ S
) y+ j# O$ T8 |/ CAllied aircraft3 ~" _: e/ n; Z
F4F-3A Wildcat x 18) _ f3 d0 M% `) k- {# C4 n% a
F4F-3 Wildcat x 36
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; e0 t6 ~7 ^9 S- V5 W7 ?$ Z' j SBD-2 Dauntless x 18# W$ `/ W* w6 w8 @% g9 |. f' J: `# A# S
SBD-3 Dauntless x 81
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7 \ B2 E8 j# y' z# |4 _) bAllied aircraft losses
" S7 v7 Y! r: e) C SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
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* s: |8 B& V1 Q8 b. H* tJapanese Ships
1 ]1 @* z" g8 T xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk$ D7 |1 x- J# b: L8 j# S: c# Q
xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
$ f7 Q9 ^- \# H AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage- m3 ~9 n& @' L' e- i, r6 F e
AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage
+ Y) }( D9 p8 N0 w; A xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk
" w) X, p2 Q7 \" I! T2 q xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk3 J( j( J$ S2 [$ R
xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
9 P0 h! x2 E1 C5 Q/ U- H7 a xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
2 v$ Y; s3 {4 g& K) a. Q1 T xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage. P6 T! |" w" {* O
xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage0 |/ U8 t6 h% P6 O. `* o
xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
6 B: y A o, z/ z, _9 T xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk. y$ G7 g# D! l+ l$ k$ k$ h
CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 2
% e0 |" P2 P/ M: {$ O: r1 A6 d xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |