AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 28, 42
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$ R2 b8 K7 w4 P6 r' L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。& j/ A0 a! k- N
日军的陆攻未能突破58直掩圈。! T- _6 a$ B7 [6 T, C0 ~
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Wallis Island at 142,1554 S2 A! [: k! A: [, ~
! f& P' H9 i5 W4 yWeather in hex: Light rain* _. E( d, w5 {
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
! Z9 y# G0 o( ]4 A7 ^3 }; a: pEstimated time to target is 28 minutes' | f- O9 G4 y% K! E
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Japanese aircraft' u6 K: ? {+ G! U% j
A6M2 Zero x 9
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Allied aircraft
: m0 I0 b- d* n8 K; g" H1 Q2 A) r$ a F4F-3A Wildcat x 30. ^2 w2 o u) K1 R4 I5 Z( t' Y
F4F-3 Wildcat x 60. f8 f" f0 e6 r& {0 s7 \, n# Y
F4F-4 Wildcat x 79- R8 H# l( E- d7 t
2 Y, d. E1 y! LJapanese aircraft losses
0 K' _9 f" }6 ]: {* T A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
7 V9 T7 u: }+ V8 A: C: D G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged
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4 n6 S2 {+ C' P1 h/ h, P3 Z- O$ m8 X0 BAllied aircraft losses
0 m* M: D9 `: n3 a8 O F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
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Allied Ships T$ M: b, b& e/ y$ `
DD Buchanan+ [+ v/ m6 y* {4 L6 ?3 b5 d; s
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4 y: J J6 X3 O/ i( d& U6 H* ?& }Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Savaii at 146,159% b' G' l1 ~- E# C, }
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' }; G" ? ?) Z) }: xRaid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
: U7 r3 J8 W- E9 D- h( QEstimated time to target is 14 minutes
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F4F-3A Wildcat x 18
5 z8 c% S+ w: J! \! i1 K F4F-3 Wildcat x 36. i2 M1 P9 }% ?' Q1 ?" C
F4F-4 Wildcat x 444 P8 E& G( f- [& N- R/ R
SBD-2 Dauntless x 18
* I8 j# R9 j% z SBD-3 Dauntless x 81' l* ~6 [( b9 j/ q
TBF-1 Avenger x 30
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Allied aircraft losses# ?: ]" S3 S9 @! M# L; `: t0 D) C5 h) Q
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
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8 }6 w" X* s, N& ?Japanese Ships
# @) S; _! E, X3 M: u xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk5 G' Q9 f% z5 M! J$ [ B
xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
1 K& E+ q+ Z9 S* X* O7 w8 U AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage1 L' [9 b3 _5 v. n& {) s
AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage
! ]% ]- c) X3 k' f; [0 h2 u xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk
$ R) V4 W9 s; ~0 c7 \& { xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
8 `0 ]) @9 K" ~- S xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk# Y( w T; s$ C" W \. A- q, ^
xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage: V& v2 F' C, W* ]& ~/ `4 ?( k
xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
/ S9 B, i3 X3 m4 o3 A9 b$ u xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
4 v h* l& s, x: s) r; Z# Z xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
2 B1 }/ ]% U+ c9 i xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
$ S5 o( ]. C! J9 e" B* S CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 2
+ P1 R. M4 J w9 ] xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |