AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 28, 424 l- o/ W: V2 x5 |) u
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1 d1 F# i" S: Q4 o, |: k8 W+ J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。
" L2 B; p, l1 b; d日军的陆攻未能突破58直掩圈。* s' W$ T6 q$ U3 q0 d
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Wallis Island at 142,155
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Weather in hex: Light rain
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
/ H l. v' }! s5 sEstimated time to target is 28 minutes
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Japanese aircraft7 U, E. V6 ?7 g; W* l" j& [3 |
A6M2 Zero x 9
6 D" I( N# b4 r2 Q: q G4M1 Betty x 16
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8 I4 z. p& X; u6 s2 a2 R: BAllied aircraft
( B7 X2 I+ F: |0 v/ D( J- h" ?6 y F4F-3A Wildcat x 30
; c$ s r/ b* G9 x F4F-3 Wildcat x 605 |1 C0 p0 P/ S- O
F4F-4 Wildcat x 79
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Japanese aircraft losses1 u6 O- G" y& y. i$ B! S
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
1 G0 l9 }9 p# `$ D- m& u4 c6 g G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged
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Allied aircraft losses
6 m4 z, Q- l. }9 E: K2 u F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
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DD Buchanan
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/ L& }7 m8 f) VAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Savaii at 146,1594 i/ u( g( s/ \2 f2 F+ T
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Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
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F4F-3A Wildcat x 18' _ s0 D1 W7 f/ Z1 T
F4F-3 Wildcat x 36
# b3 J3 b/ X% y* H' L+ N7 w F4F-4 Wildcat x 44
# u e6 y) j. y SBD-2 Dauntless x 18& ` g( W& S% w) w, ^, @9 ?
SBD-3 Dauntless x 81. U X( U1 B+ ]) n
TBF-1 Avenger x 30
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SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged" J# s" U" `! z% I
2 A3 @; [( w$ f5 C4 v4 a0 RJapanese Ships
0 U/ x3 O. C0 {% k xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
* t/ J5 C: B+ R) u6 s* e# t xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage0 Z( u) m- [- |* B0 p
AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
! C# [0 b0 b. ?' b1 B AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage( k+ H; ^# t W) g& H3 b0 Y
xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk
$ y& @8 s: H& W. g* O/ d xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk( e+ u8 t& I' O; @5 u
xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
. {5 P) {3 D0 k% k( _ xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
6 p1 p7 x& y9 F0 L! |: w; [1 [ xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
; K2 m: ~6 Z: k3 T3 x. G xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
. p I& M X- T3 q3 u xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
; u. z$ j) Z- i xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk+ `% ]+ x0 a* U! s
CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 2
% N# l8 f( F( l( E5 t xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |