AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 28, 429 A; E# I, |7 S6 q( v( Q
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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。& B- f6 U( p3 I6 W3 @# _! {
日军的陆攻未能突破58直掩圈。
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, i ~. K8 U& w, I9 w' LAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Wallis Island at 142,155. Y6 x g3 G% x9 r; N9 D
1 u! R0 C: ^3 z; QWeather in hex: Light rain
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1 M- v/ J4 k& `' M$ E% kRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
: _$ {8 A: N* W! x7 S5 H1 cEstimated time to target is 28 minutes6 q9 ^5 Z( ?6 a/ }0 `% _
% k9 E* Z- b) f: |0 @! IJapanese aircraft! n0 b* v8 V5 E5 N' P
A6M2 Zero x 9
" b8 G5 d1 i: j$ _9 E9 ^# m G4M1 Betty x 16* K. m; H y A) E. Z
1 C( n+ c0 x8 m; ]3 RAllied aircraft1 u3 V; I$ v7 Y7 u
F4F-3A Wildcat x 30: ]" v- H/ `) J1 T% y- F
F4F-3 Wildcat x 60
) z J% g, c; J9 v# Q F4F-4 Wildcat x 79
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) W) ~/ V$ ~4 `! VJapanese aircraft losses4 n! s' e. Z9 T- q
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
! ?7 v2 D+ |4 n/ U0 z% Q G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged
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Allied aircraft losses6 E. z4 I# R& @7 O8 ]
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
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+ P* G9 e* q) D% KAllied Ships
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Savaii at 146,159
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9 ^; j9 R# f0 t, U1 W9 z" `Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.$ a4 n: z' |! }8 e3 R
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
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' H9 {+ r1 y7 v. LAllied aircraft) l$ Q- l% E% g1 p- N; Q
F4F-3A Wildcat x 18) A/ d1 g4 M% K6 q* j9 |" [
F4F-3 Wildcat x 36
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SBD-2 Dauntless x 18
$ x& M: E; T6 b+ \ SBD-3 Dauntless x 81- ^) h N. q U- n' E. B
TBF-1 Avenger x 305 X, I% y/ U- \! f; U, s6 j
9 h, x7 V6 x/ i+ j* `5 H! c* jAllied aircraft losses% o# K! j, ~3 m8 @8 C8 e9 \
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
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6 x& K9 y3 _6 o9 f' W2 f, XJapanese Ships
! }! Q; y7 l& a2 M0 X xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk# c, `9 `: j5 t9 Q9 a; w3 A
xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
! z% X+ L- Q; X# X9 l5 V AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage }) O! G+ Y9 W; p; d
AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage1 ^5 X! D& D' C# D( l
xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk" S: [ `. t$ i$ }7 t9 A
xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk/ N) J6 m' z6 l7 H2 B( z
xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk7 J: y# h. q' V- W a
xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
% \0 M# x$ \7 R xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
9 k2 E5 A; x1 y# a6 Q2 k" `% } xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage8 l/ r2 I$ }4 w9 K
xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
6 y: A0 T$ a: H5 r% R xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
: q7 @" [/ g+ }" P% T CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 2
8 ~. _) P: o" Q7 k; A1 C$ m xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |