AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 28, 42; b7 s5 _. d7 i! S8 v
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1 M8 z3 _4 h# j" e3 g) W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。' Q9 k( {5 ^, @4 G& p
日军的陆攻未能突破58直掩圈。
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/ @7 Z) c. ~7 @* N. H' }Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Wallis Island at 142,155; B( h7 e3 F( m) ?$ Z& f
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.9 C. s) B; n7 n+ K+ T0 G
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes
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Japanese aircraft# g, k0 _- |5 m, O
A6M2 Zero x 9
$ U6 o' K' s7 k2 P. |6 i9 X G4M1 Betty x 16* W) F& `; K! o( H- z( G
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Allied aircraft
" ]3 n; }- \+ f6 t; v- g" T2 H F4F-3A Wildcat x 30% v$ y1 t, V. m, m/ K' t1 T2 P( ~
F4F-3 Wildcat x 60
. q1 u9 b1 G+ `5 J& ]6 m* l F4F-4 Wildcat x 79
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Japanese aircraft losses
# }; g2 ~ A0 z( r X A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
- C, n, I# y, [' k G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged9 w& y0 ~: h, k" z
% {5 e! \2 Y0 O! xAllied aircraft losses
$ p3 f% q d8 p3 p1 p8 w F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed& z" M& _6 X0 e- t* a! s5 l
; {9 g R& {6 _+ QAllied Ships
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Savaii at 146,159
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud9 o* V2 D. ?) G8 o1 p
% B2 u4 M: @- v$ A- G4 Q1 e. D" yRaid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Z0 i5 b- ?* ]) }& REstimated time to target is 14 minutes {+ l5 O+ v# ]! U+ l( u
9 C! i; v! K6 \: T' V! C0 F% H. mAllied aircraft
- Q+ Z: ?! t6 h5 `8 q& w; b F4F-3A Wildcat x 18, Z" m' T" U) |! T$ w5 T
F4F-3 Wildcat x 36
% L5 m6 g/ g! f# P. ? F4F-4 Wildcat x 443 D8 {, y! N2 }0 L |" N
SBD-2 Dauntless x 18; w& Q/ Y5 ~* n' i* ^0 y# p0 S j
SBD-3 Dauntless x 81' P3 m, |3 E5 f; M: h" m
TBF-1 Avenger x 30
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Allied aircraft losses
' z o& a* s6 d# l SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged8 A5 h/ f0 @2 W$ Q3 D
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Japanese Ships
* G- P, i2 g0 o5 P xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
: t9 C: |6 S- s0 N K) g; X) d' z7 h- w( i xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
. f8 r+ t# h C0 I AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
5 e0 a7 s' S6 u5 C5 d2 V% l AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage
% f$ s1 @! T0 b |0 Q# A5 t xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk
2 h, C! c5 G/ k' q! f/ ~/ _ xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk0 ^2 s/ m6 y2 K' p
xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
& `0 I3 `: u& ~& v# V, o' [) ~9 w xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
6 ~% B, n' ^ t) {! B xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage$ g8 a! J$ o/ G8 ?3 T
xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
+ ~6 E4 K0 S$ v; P! A xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
; Z: E4 |; ^9 o W xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
) e5 L( D3 R0 a' H: P CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 2
8 E* F' I4 K: A/ J5 a5 B5 R7 R+ c xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |