AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 08, 42
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南太战场,莫港盟军火鸡了陆攻一把% o- Q, ~" D3 `! U) x5 w
印度战场,KB空袭在科伦坡卸载的运输船队,造成8死11伤+ |" Y, `1 I4 _
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8 C7 D, L4 ]$ XMorning Air attack on 15th RAN Base Force, at 98,130 (Port Moresby)% c1 A# @' g- Z+ ] G
6 [ V& `1 [0 u1 e, Y* BWeather in hex: Light cloud9 {) Z& ^ {; n/ |+ p! q! n9 c: S
+ ~. Q7 a0 U3 Y& wRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
( {& q, i4 a! \6 o7 T" I4 tEstimated time to target is 31 minutes1 z/ a" v4 }$ c, q% W9 r" h1 N, H
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Japanese aircraft$ H/ s/ ~" J. E, i; Y. t; V
G3M2 Nell x 33
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0 ^7 Q$ Q" m6 [$ ]- UAllied aircraft" R( e" u- s! `, l
Kittyhawk IA x 27
+ C+ W+ a/ j( J, ]4 y P-40E Warhawk x 1& _4 u8 p% c1 J4 I9 {
* F2 L( w7 n5 P/ C9 l3 a+ JJapanese aircraft losses
, Q% f7 r0 Z) [8 A6 K N! M G3M2 Nell: 17 destroyed, 1 damaged
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No Allied losses
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Colombo at 29,48
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$ Z% A6 c6 U: G' |Weather in hex: Moderate rain
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# _: }. j0 J) L# WRaid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
5 c& f* K. S# D1 ]- i: c% f: r7 pEstimated time to target is 32 minutes
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6 B# h9 u! ~6 x. MJapanese aircraft
8 a( w+ w$ V: J# a* n" F A6M2 Zero x 43# C$ n# k p' F* J
B5N1 Kate x 14
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Allied aircraft% ?6 U; d. K! N
Fulmar II x 37
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$ W( m" ~( {4 kJapanese aircraft losses6 M, C" R8 x! N& j+ K- X
A6M2 Zero: 7 destroyed; `9 l/ H0 C: O( ? l
B5N2 Kate: 1 damaged
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Allied aircraft losses
) ^3 |2 k" m7 K Fulmar II: 7 destroyed& g! d& v/ w" n! O$ j
Hurricane IIb Trop: 4 destroyed
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Allied Ships8 T4 y" j0 ~# h2 {% a: J4 e7 L
xAK Indira, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage8 W: h q: Q9 C ~/ M) {
xAK Egra, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage& m7 I1 h% u* W: N$ g& D
xAK Chilka
7 m/ F) v' [) ~8 p xAK Caithness, Bomb hits 2
2 a2 ^+ R' |" z- u/ ? xAK Clan Macilwraith, Bomb hits 1, on fire
% B7 c4 {( b+ n* g* h xAK Fultala, Bomb hits 1
- v: R m+ b, e xAK Clan Macnair* ] N, E4 r9 p8 f
xAK Bucegi, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage4 y' T; f+ I7 v, `, i
xAK Jalayamuna, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage3 n' F" `) V! n+ i
xAKL Illinoian+ ~8 P: d0 k0 X3 c
xAK Havildar3 J( \% E' E/ r& }
xAK Jalabala, Bomb hits 1, on fire
# o F$ d$ y- o9 f+ s4 O& } xAK Jalaputra: o* O/ g" ~; U9 ~
xAK Haresfield, Bomb hits 1, on fire) V0 d, ~9 ]* z3 G0 `+ L/ o
xAK Ekma, Bomb hits 1, on fire. A/ i" s. @" U& R6 w6 i7 A: m4 ?
xAK Jalaganga, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage* a0 m: V& Z; M9 L8 }5 }! O w
xAK E Sang, Bomb hits 2, on fire" a8 Q d6 `9 A5 ?0 s
xAK Garmula9 q0 T0 {5 L/ W$ c. ^+ H: n
xAKL Katong, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
5 P7 z$ f) U: K& ^. P5 @8 X xAK Jehangir, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
5 e3 B$ @. _! x: ?, ?( X. B xAKL Halvdan, Bomb hits 2, on fire/ S1 O- j/ D0 _3 v# @
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Colombo at 29,48+ f1 C4 T D% c+ w+ n& b
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Weather in hex: Moderate rain. C( @$ W) ?5 j9 }5 X
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Raid detected at 74 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.9 S0 ?5 {3 F6 v6 A3 k7 b& _( Y
Estimated time to target is 31 minutes
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$ b1 U m/ j- FJapanese aircraft
- Z+ R1 N# ~% a6 V8 v/ v G( @ A6M2 Zero x 9
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Allied aircraft7 \: s g" y+ W& _
Fulmar II x 1
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No Japanese losses; \. S; y0 P. y* S& o: f# z, @
8 C! R% U) e6 R L5 DAllied aircraft losses
. b5 V/ h8 e! i Fulmar II: 1 destroyed: ?2 Z3 Y; S6 u) F/ S7 Q8 V
! |) B% d3 C A; c; sAllied Ships
; l4 Y, z9 i8 T8 W+ U7 t/ a% S! H xAK Autolycus, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires! X9 u9 w" D! Z [8 I. s$ `
xAK Gandara, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires
7 c% [ g0 L; `6 Z# g xAK Haresfield, heavy fires
3 j4 ?5 L& N& V xAK Pundit
) y! c" j, w3 d) g5 V xAK Gogra, Bomb hits 1, on fire
& G4 ?% P7 t/ O/ U xAK Itria, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
8 N* h0 z0 @3 ` xAK Jalaputra, Bomb hits 2 |