AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 25, 420 j! q0 u; Z9 v
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Night Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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) ~, f" N0 a# a) b: A) [Raid spotted at 82 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.; \0 o x# z# \ t2 d* X4 I- R% S
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
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Allied aircraft
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, ^3 |3 n; M1 }2 d/ C& c6 eNo Japanese losses
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& I3 S" B# p6 [- y# lAllied aircraft losses2 N+ n. W4 N# N' P8 \: i
Kittyhawk IA: 3 damaged
8 S! O6 J) m- [! X! b S! Z: R P-39D Airacobra: 3 damaged
) n6 r: \3 B9 u0 Y- u P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed on ground+ N& h; e# }: A. q
Catalina I: 2 damaged5 P u( N* i0 U8 F
6 w$ E8 B9 t3 p" u6 z0 H/ CAirbase hits 2
" B6 J- H# O% Q& W9 s: k# XRunway hits 11" u& d' m+ J6 C: ]5 V* B
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Night Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 : g1 B, a. ~& ?! f/ g+ Q6 V+ e0 G
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Weather in hex: Light cloud5 B# O/ z C' s- b G
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Raid detected at 49 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
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Japanese aircraft; @$ a7 X3 f. x/ |
G4M1 Betty x 8% E. J0 m! h' I$ S W ]& ^: T$ F
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Allied aircraft" a% e' E; ]6 C9 F6 Y6 ^
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No Japanese losses2 l8 A9 K P. U/ W1 K, ]7 t
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Catalina I: 1 damaged) q5 ?4 H8 N& m3 f9 F H
Kittyhawk IA: 1 damaged% b( K4 _# q5 m; ^' z ^) [: d) V
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed on ground
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. f- b. H' z4 YAirbase hits 3
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" f1 V7 w" n3 b4 h KNight Naval bombardment of Milne Bay at 101,133* N3 X9 i- o% u4 x- ?( j
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no flights
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$ ]' M# c% d/ N" o7 C5 w. rAllied aircraft losses
2 J0 D7 N; k- d/ c Kittyhawk IA: 3 damaged
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Japanese Ships: q/ T% M+ @- X- q& l) M: d: g
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CA Furutaka
1 A$ F2 R( t4 U. T! j7 O4 H CA Kinugasa
1 @& C) g* B' V9 Z6 [! p CA Aoba( {5 `( }) o2 H4 z5 v
CA Chokai
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CL Tatsuta' m6 o; P& h: y
CL Tenryu
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Allied ground losses:# A3 @# Q f' X. r9 z
57 casualties reported! D' e; D8 F8 {2 f/ F
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled% ?( m; u" W) k+ E
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled
* h$ e2 X( W7 K4 o0 E2 E- T Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
1 t6 u0 s+ ^# @. z/ a F1 d4 O( i v Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)% ]4 u v% q: g7 [ q g
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Airbase hits 3% x) a5 v" _) |
Airbase supply hits 5# w5 ~2 |2 g# C J( t1 w
Runway hits 10+ D3 k" w) h& x% u" l9 L
Port hits 18% Z& R! N$ D8 l$ J
Port supply hits 3
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Morning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129 " ^$ {" W z( m( f3 |
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Weather in hex: Thunderstorms% f7 Z- d I8 b, @( _
# ^" t& h( C, ^) `Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
9 k+ m( N' l7 H; |% K$ H2 dEstimated time to target is 11 minutes
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Allied aircraft- l; o, g' d7 d. R& n9 @1 [
B-17E Fortress x 17
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; a8 f( H* |! ^! f" JAllied aircraft losses
" E, S& O0 c$ R B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged |