AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Oct 09, 42
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日军进攻莫港的MO计划失败后,运输队向腊包儿方向撤退,从珊瑚海深处赶来的盟军TF58兜头拦住,在强大的空袭力量下,海面上再也不剩下一条舢板,一片干干净净。! m- X6 b& s j1 P6 `7 l
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7 i/ N. K5 L# H+ e: a S' R! Y" RMorning Air attack on TF, near Gasmata at 105,130. }* H5 O- W, I0 r9 ?7 ?: @# g2 q. p
`, ?0 s# p9 t& cWeather in hex: Partial cloud7 {7 u7 \8 O6 Y& a
9 i$ e: Q& x. U0 e4 k: `7 e; XRaid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
+ X, D, E/ o6 }) [" ?- L9 nEstimated time to target is 7 minutes
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9 j# a5 V, e4 v1 F! j) @! IJapanese aircraft
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Allied aircraft+ V4 s6 V- C; A% i4 {" C: a
F4F-3 Wildcat x 36
4 r, I3 _2 Y. K" w4 a6 V+ R @ F4F-4 Wildcat x 54! a6 V+ b8 m9 |$ L8 m0 \8 S" T
SBD-3 Dauntless x 708 Z% W3 r) _- b; d1 E, }9 E+ E
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No Japanese losses* w; M" h5 \) ^2 x; P# R! g
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Allied aircraft losses7 T+ v/ t+ q: T6 _
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
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Japanese Ships
' j& }# t* x1 p* p# V8 Q2 J8 Q CA Kumano, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
8 L. f: _4 ?; @, B; K! ~- `9 i( k CA Mikuma, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires( C5 Y* g* S Z8 x1 k* z$ p
CA Furutaka, Bomb hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage2 I+ Z# H, ]7 K
xAK La Plata Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
% [) a8 E Q( T% d5 Y- R5 z1 ] xAK Shozan Maru, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk
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8 p4 R! h$ I% C4 F) [8 LJapanese ground losses:! N4 |& | ~- A6 O: i1 [* I
750 casualties reported, ^4 d4 q+ H, H: e R
Squads: 12 destroyed, 16 disabled
" I# s/ x5 ^/ v* I) ~ Non Combat: 33 destroyed, 14 disabled
! G% F! B3 } `/ c6 g4 K: P: |8 V Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled; \4 A+ c; ~; y/ U
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, m- d+ t/ Q' `' o+ v$ `Morning Air attack on TF, near Normanby Island at 103,133
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" f" y) U; J2 o3 kWeather in hex: Moderate rain/ _2 ~3 r/ H; j$ e
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Raid spotted at 7 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
2 h5 d- o' I* l J$ x. U4 eEstimated time to target is 3 minutes* s5 I2 I+ B9 K& Y3 L b
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Allied aircraft
D4 V: n4 a" r( M1 E! j F4F-4 Wildcat x 12
- T6 W4 r2 M- l/ o( @1 r TBF-1 Avenger x 15
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) T# x, W% x, J0 R X$ t- Q+ NNo Allied losses. \* J6 T5 z: A+ `5 |& _) S4 {2 F
( Y8 h0 |7 c% e$ T+ w7 dJapanese Ships6 F) G+ j) Q) E" e% l1 H7 |4 a
xAK Taihei Maru, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
$ l% c1 T0 N F9 l9 A' Y xAK Mansei Maru, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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" R5 ?/ Y9 [& @Japanese ground losses:/ K) C' l4 L+ A- ]9 v
422 casualties reported
8 _8 v1 @1 B3 H1 C4 d B Squads: 18 destroyed, 61 disabled
8 |" p2 K3 ^ c% ~! f Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 13 disabled
, K- R: a4 T3 O Engineers: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled) \* K V. t4 w- E+ F8 c4 c
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Gasmata at 105,130
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud4 Z/ k# [1 O$ z0 q" G# t1 p
6 g: }. N7 ?. W5 j0 |Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
) H8 a5 E! j3 |+ dEstimated time to target is 7 minutes
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1 ^$ a% |0 C5 n# [; {: o6 gJapanese aircraft
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Allied aircraft& i+ R2 S- P( F5 l& v6 Q
F4F-3 Wildcat x 36
. U1 e% _9 n) O9 T F4F-4 Wildcat x 664 d) u9 n+ N$ w( w7 C
SBD-3 Dauntless x 202
y0 _1 N' t9 u4 Z& T. ~- r$ { TBF-1 Avenger x 80
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8 {. H4 l- n& z7 [; O& R A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
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( m- y* E) a) x- j9 ^2 XAllied aircraft losses
( n+ G8 h, T/ L/ m F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed* C* t1 A7 U7 L6 x. @
SBD-3 Dauntless: 3 damaged' Z: T# \ {* [( q: K' J
: D. W$ v- Z4 W) i9 m, |Japanese Ships9 j9 x& T) }6 J! ^5 _. L
CA Furutaka, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
5 [8 V$ k: M' `$ o8 w" m) I CA Mikuma, Bomb hits 17, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
9 F; ?3 H- h5 i% R4 b" l CA Kumano, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage |