AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 25, 423 N) f4 Q; ?% {0 ~- `. _) D
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Night Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 0 q- i H; @7 D w/ L5 x2 H
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Weather in hex: Light cloud
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Raid spotted at 82 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
/ U( |# A5 t6 gEstimated time to target is 28 minutes0 Z) Q* J. I! f( ?
6 z% V% M* R) ?1 x3 oJapanese aircraft9 d7 A% N2 I. R& Z
G4M1 Betty x 10
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7 @& f9 _& Y- m+ ^9 w- k' wAllied aircraft
, d A! T9 v. K* ] no flights2 \5 e m! b( w% h5 J# U
/ v) c1 A+ Q5 f8 @/ Y( c eNo Japanese losses
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Allied aircraft losses
2 d8 d; f- Q9 i# n3 l! \4 Q Kittyhawk IA: 3 damaged+ ^* I( k, n" n
P-39D Airacobra: 3 damaged2 `( n$ o- f2 S |" Z7 c5 L
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed on ground0 H1 Y9 d2 Y1 B" l/ v
Catalina I: 2 damaged2 Z9 A& p- A& }; `; I
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Airbase hits 2
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Night Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Light cloud3 u' `1 R. \7 e0 H
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Raid detected at 49 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
/ N! n; q& B! V- u: TEstimated time to target is 17 minutes
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G4M1 Betty x 8
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no flights* a- e# u- D F, R9 j% I' p
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Allied aircraft losses* Y) g+ [% k8 o% k7 A: ^2 X" R
Catalina I: 1 damaged
* U( w" V! v2 I ~ A Kittyhawk IA: 1 damaged( e1 P0 R6 r6 z9 M( [
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed on ground
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Airbase hits 36 N/ k. A3 H# L4 s U# A1 ~
Runway hits 1, w' }1 U$ n# b1 _: ] x4 u# L
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& ^2 E, Z+ Y4 qNight Naval bombardment of Milne Bay at 101,1332 E6 Y5 r; t! \
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Allied aircraft3 j- W& p2 G, ^/ V/ f9 Z
no flights
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Allied aircraft losses- _& X( w: T `
Kittyhawk IA: 3 damaged
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Japanese Ships
4 e# u. w, O4 C( z1 u CA Kako
/ P6 h! q, B$ v5 E6 Q) w6 V CA Furutaka0 m& h" z5 m2 L6 J- f, V5 `' L
CA Kinugasa
6 r) D8 g0 K+ | F4 y) u CA Aoba& \/ M2 @$ D( C$ r9 s1 @6 G( S
CA Chokai6 h8 b$ K( u7 r+ x
CL Yubari
- V' j2 G, ~9 A- ] CL Tatsuta9 c; m/ [- C$ y6 @9 R
CL Tenryu
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+ `' Z4 t/ |: e9 u5 ]$ E- d8 ]Allied ground losses:+ \: s9 z& P: I) @" r) q
57 casualties reported
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4 t* |% Y/ n4 K V Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled. g" i4 Y" ]! j( i" o2 C1 o f) @
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
+ _0 G4 N9 V1 W! q w: t Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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Airbase hits 36 J9 D7 L. ^" b% @# ^* X; v. C
Airbase supply hits 5
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. p/ G* M; @ B2 g* Z0 q6 U6 ^, X( {Port hits 18
) d/ }; A. s( G/ j- I( wPort supply hits 32 r* X9 J% w0 R- I# s2 h, B2 M Q
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Morning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129 3 P" ]+ _0 Z/ n% L
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Weather in hex: Thunderstorms" f x( M* R8 p- p( c/ C6 ? d" [( h
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Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
5 e, [) V& Z: J$ N/ a- G9 pEstimated time to target is 11 minutes% s. q" N: \! t2 ~6 L6 ~2 p F
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Allied aircraft. w8 ] G/ M1 l( c% L$ {0 c+ y
B-17E Fortress x 17
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2 M$ q$ v8 b2 [Allied aircraft losses k) `: e" s4 `! ~4 a( o( t
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged |