AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 28, 424 r& p7 \6 _. R* s
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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。. ^% G( \# v; |" _! I$ d% J& p! Y
日军的陆攻未能突破58直掩圈。4 X, S- D+ m9 P; x8 X
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Wallis Island at 142,1553 d D9 Y* Q& v+ c
/ V, a; o9 z: Q' Z% VWeather in hex: Light rain9 A* W$ v1 m3 E0 ?8 L& Q
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
5 E) H, [* ]# v2 @+ GEstimated time to target is 28 minutes# j; V0 H: P+ q( z g# G
W9 q+ a. z5 K% W+ q& u) DJapanese aircraft
3 ]1 n0 g+ z- Y4 \: N A6M2 Zero x 9
& x& J8 |) w/ a% [ G4M1 Betty x 166 d5 [0 r, i Y9 N( c" a7 z
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Allied aircraft! ]- K' x+ D# g9 j# t: ]4 M0 t
F4F-3A Wildcat x 30! c2 y1 x/ [$ |5 _5 q$ F8 A6 X$ [
F4F-3 Wildcat x 60
; g% `+ U8 y( h$ O* [ F4F-4 Wildcat x 793 w5 R, [! A; ~- K" X, T
2 u( E- m! y; q) W7 lJapanese aircraft losses
9 @, Z$ V: c1 q2 T A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
, A* B6 v1 f. Z( y, C7 g( ? G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged
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2 {1 P7 z8 U* LAllied aircraft losses7 ]1 N# P" J7 }: ?; h
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed* S b U; T; }6 @4 y) s
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Allied Ships( T- [5 Y. P+ P! b
DD Buchanan
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Savaii at 146,159% N! h2 S" r: x5 w( ?9 W
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Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.$ m# A- |. J, R4 Y
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes+ v: R3 O, {5 w
) [# [; O5 c5 JAllied aircraft
# a9 j3 k7 {6 P$ m F4F-3A Wildcat x 18
+ h4 Z. I. k! N0 w! H7 y. I2 D; C% J4 s F4F-3 Wildcat x 36# Y# c' k& p, X* p# M
F4F-4 Wildcat x 44+ K3 \# n: V( d" d# e; X H
SBD-2 Dauntless x 18
0 {; d) |+ X! }* {3 o; j SBD-3 Dauntless x 81
; C i$ z9 u3 c& S( G# M TBF-1 Avenger x 30% d- `+ t/ w, |; [" N8 ^5 W7 C
6 C2 H8 f/ o3 Q7 q# L1 T6 q0 xAllied aircraft losses
- w( M0 n7 ?7 `# R SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged8 J, K! t, r+ P7 d& \3 Z/ B& l
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Japanese Ships5 i9 b9 L, V& G/ F8 L
xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk0 [* M* E, k7 d1 \3 H7 J6 |, L
xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage7 y. f$ n: l7 s" S0 R
AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage1 x M5 N, Z+ L8 C# X% K
AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage" }, I! v; `; o5 ] t
xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk- a0 D2 _8 z9 o# |/ e) V
xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
% x9 B; W& e" _; y xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk; w$ o% L8 k' e6 Y; S5 K' H
xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
% W* I. R- X* w2 m9 u/ D xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage8 d, }$ _' r4 P/ Z
xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
/ t. c* s( v, H# b' m) j! i9 j xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
% p/ Y8 z6 Z8 q8 R$ G) L xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
" Q6 Z. ^5 M. q) F, U/ |' _. J0 z: A CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 2* V$ N; ^$ l3 Z1 r/ y$ o" m
xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |