AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 28, 42. G% j+ j# L" o
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6 E3 `8 ?9 B8 u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 L8 M% e6 r1 v3 R9 G$ r8 E7 {/ o日军的陆攻未能突破58直掩圈。( e9 ~# X8 I$ K; n) U7 v
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5 {6 k N8 F8 W5 m8 [' i8 O* RAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Wallis Island at 142,155
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3 o$ _/ C2 l/ M; AWeather in hex: Light rain' J4 w9 @% z2 F8 ]$ k8 P7 b4 Y
+ h; { A5 I( j9 x0 WRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
2 |) U* t" q f0 SEstimated time to target is 28 minutes
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Japanese aircraft0 `9 D5 b* e1 H0 n/ i
A6M2 Zero x 9
/ i' t* T, }% q" c G4M1 Betty x 16
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9 L6 C! [% _! u" C0 b4 i/ ]Allied aircraft
# I3 S2 ?4 i# _8 P F4F-3A Wildcat x 30
5 y& R. m7 d0 J0 L( V$ k* z' @: _ F4F-3 Wildcat x 60
7 X/ L5 e) c5 _1 h: M F4F-4 Wildcat x 79
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Japanese aircraft losses
8 y1 ]7 I# H2 Y d1 e2 I! S A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed9 }$ b, P2 A7 c! ^2 I* w* I
G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged Q' X7 z3 e6 G# r: u2 N2 W* Q2 r6 L
$ \% X; a ?5 p7 E6 vAllied aircraft losses3 J$ a0 q8 G5 _1 Z- Z
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
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3 ?" X% ]3 U5 n( QAllied Ships
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1 b, H/ y, p Q2 Q' |, D' FAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Savaii at 146,159
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
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Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.9 u" T! i! C+ r2 z3 ~2 _) X& p
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes' D, e0 C/ l) o1 g. X9 h/ s, M
' z! N0 i# [3 w, Q D9 tAllied aircraft
# p) k" V; ~# L7 w& Q! c F4F-3A Wildcat x 18& B) b9 V! }( l' q3 T: `
F4F-3 Wildcat x 36+ U$ } [% o! o! f; h( [
F4F-4 Wildcat x 44& u3 j% K8 m) E7 a. m
SBD-2 Dauntless x 18
! d& I8 U" s& \ SBD-3 Dauntless x 81* S4 P" ]* B3 ?. O# `
TBF-1 Avenger x 30
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/ K* S0 l6 W) S; V2 m; h* I SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged" _6 q" o% r3 z2 C+ \6 k
/ p! S% i6 B2 C7 r/ l( v+ AJapanese Ships
! R u3 X) O) M4 j; ? xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
& z. Q$ c6 r! L Q: X xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
; B$ E8 w& l* y/ f AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage# l( I' ?, q& R6 G3 U/ n+ @
AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage
2 I( f1 H1 v; b$ b xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk- n1 X9 W/ z. w# N4 V; Z
xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk4 r$ z+ p2 }7 c( l- \, g
xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk! w% d0 ^0 K: Z; G
xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
9 ]/ }# O5 B: _1 c" }+ L+ [0 ` xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
" q9 `* T8 T0 x xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage2 U b" u+ r- z. c. }" s
xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage9 t4 Z. u) f X: }0 B$ p0 ~
xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
/ ~ N1 g* ` A& A4 O# O) u' @ CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 2. u1 d8 g. U5 A+ J
xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |