AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 28, 42 {2 Y! R, {4 V
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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。3 Y5 H0 P3 g) O9 n( i
日军的陆攻未能突破58直掩圈。" x( t2 l, a5 _9 {
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- ?( a: @& r CAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Wallis Island at 142,155 R( j4 A/ [9 Y- V; [- m8 Q
$ j8 Q! D: W/ p: v6 V) HWeather in hex: Light rain0 B# C G2 D# ~* ~" L" c( A
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
6 R! v% r' ^7 v5 }/ w$ wEstimated time to target is 28 minutes7 I* O) U8 r. I1 Z |9 s, k$ L
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Japanese aircraft
8 w& y2 ~& r6 T. p9 z; E+ w+ ` A6M2 Zero x 9
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Allied aircraft
6 e' ^3 |* r2 b( s' B) M F4F-3A Wildcat x 30
! i) {1 D$ c7 e& o8 k% Q$ ` F4F-3 Wildcat x 60
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Japanese aircraft losses/ B1 ^% l5 {7 [5 d, z0 u1 P9 S
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
9 \0 }5 ^2 F& @2 r, a G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged
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1 @" R; }: [' y' Q2 S' { F! J0 vAllied aircraft losses6 I3 G7 N+ F5 R) w
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
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Allied Ships" j+ n+ h/ S! o$ F, z
DD Buchanan
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Savaii at 146,159
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud: d6 [. F0 A, ]% q- ~8 C
% c% E, R2 o! W( F" ?7 t+ yRaid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
/ @ a5 B7 K( T- DEstimated time to target is 14 minutes1 F% s! J, |: f- P; v y, l
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Allied aircraft4 c9 X8 \ d& N% W
F4F-3A Wildcat x 18! I! O* _* Z8 @' U$ L& d6 b
F4F-3 Wildcat x 36# n; C, D+ r0 [+ j7 i% _$ H- o
F4F-4 Wildcat x 44( l6 A' e1 ^; R
SBD-2 Dauntless x 18
~: v! D& l, i- f SBD-3 Dauntless x 81# y7 p1 l$ u3 i+ @- |! R
TBF-1 Avenger x 30, |8 ]! `3 V8 z8 f) f& P
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Allied aircraft losses' [2 h3 o! d* A; F8 K
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
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( G) t6 L- p) C- s- A5 ?8 Z, I xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk+ }% h2 r/ N! [' C: E0 y a. j
xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
6 n$ l( r; A, U6 u% E AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage* `6 @4 K0 _# f, ?6 I8 |
AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage( ?; A& Z3 o$ L2 M
xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk# E* o7 u+ _) F7 H, e
xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
/ {# G9 v7 E# B/ w' }" i xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
3 W& w. r( k( v6 w1 k# H xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage! e; W- J, G' T _9 D& q
xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
" G, b% X8 i& I/ _ xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
9 o1 X* B. n9 ^6 i& e xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage. {5 e* T( t- t$ [/ p
xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
; j; d: ~! S: p7 s7 T) a- F CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 2
- o# @# Y0 U8 }* l0 h5 u xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |