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。; W! B9 M' L5 q0 {: g7 v" P
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/ R: K' j' v* V0 z$ UMorning Air attack on TF, near Gasmata at 105,1307 W# N- X! j; O1 V
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud8 h" c# Z, ]3 h
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Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.) M5 l. r N' w/ U$ I
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
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, A0 e% e4 B0 K9 HJapanese aircraft+ ]* W" Y7 J1 o8 g
A6M2 Zero x 2" R& \% g: N8 v% W( S3 G! Q0 D
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Allied aircraft% {# F4 }' p" V; U J0 U
F4F-3 Wildcat x 36
! Q* |3 W* H+ ^* C, X F4F-4 Wildcat x 54
* s, E5 R( o' x9 ~ ~% ^8 k SBD-3 Dauntless x 70
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/ D; f5 f8 w+ i4 e5 [4 wNo Japanese losses8 o' W X% [' s7 x# P. R
2 Q2 Z$ L* k+ F7 K. F2 v0 sAllied aircraft losses
/ v9 g) ?( Z$ `9 E+ Q SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged9 ], p0 @% P. L9 M
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Japanese Ships! G. U% e+ q4 I( y& M& \1 b
CA Kumano, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage7 c. _% r0 N: f( v
CA Mikuma, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires# T9 a8 N6 B+ g5 H8 R1 l
CA Furutaka, Bomb hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage
* k+ z+ [! V! p5 I, L# N [ xAK La Plata Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
! ]7 B- H4 o( I1 r% p# _* u% p xAK Shozan Maru, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk
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' F# R9 p: v; ~) ?4 X' ^Japanese ground losses:
0 F* [3 e6 h" s6 { 750 casualties reported/ f" g, s5 B6 l; n8 Z
Squads: 12 destroyed, 16 disabled
4 j. B! [. o( D, P) L! }. s c Non Combat: 33 destroyed, 14 disabled5 l5 |, |" c+ s" D: d5 H
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled" i. M2 N( g/ w W# L, u: Q
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1 {3 V; n% u |7 a% T) R6 a) A' }3 yMorning Air attack on TF, near Normanby Island at 103,1338 h0 ~% s& x6 R9 v2 J
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" ^- H! }5 w) t, ZRaid spotted at 7 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
t" S! C" x& E0 v( QEstimated time to target is 3 minutes' r& B+ W* M4 G) {
7 t- k- B4 v: k) e$ MAllied aircraft
/ v+ |. n2 ^% \ W3 }7 ~ F4F-4 Wildcat x 12& C: B- I, ` p+ Z8 U
TBF-1 Avenger x 15
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No Allied losses0 E3 e2 F* C- D& {
) s, W# ]7 d- d, mJapanese Ships( Y% |; D% s) X! Y1 R) ~
xAK Taihei Maru, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk5 K h0 d6 E3 O- `
xAK Mansei Maru, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk6 X# ~& W Y6 L; A+ l
, q1 g8 ~3 h) B% @2 cJapanese ground losses:
0 o( g# w6 P* z7 R4 U$ Y k 422 casualties reported! e: u! w4 _+ |; s1 K! b
Squads: 18 destroyed, 61 disabled
" U J( N) b8 F; N \# {0 S Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 13 disabled
5 | Z% P& Z3 B Engineers: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled
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! Q/ y3 c+ b& o% p. \Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Gasmata at 105,130
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud! P% s; Y; {3 z1 d; i
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Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
# z: Z6 R$ T T) dEstimated time to target is 7 minutes
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A6M2 Zero x 25 D A3 w u) b
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Allied aircraft
# K# O% Y4 \" l F4F-3 Wildcat x 36
, q+ t( o4 K% y F4F-4 Wildcat x 66
0 D* m8 ?1 Q% b& I SBD-3 Dauntless x 202
0 U6 |/ D& Y5 ^6 V8 Z TBF-1 Avenger x 80- |9 u' O/ h5 u* J- U
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Japanese aircraft losses
6 `. e* `1 Z2 Q! s# [' V A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses. L) s3 f+ k1 n- w$ j% E; H
F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
% X* L0 I$ d1 P- H. Q' G- g+ I8 s. t SBD-3 Dauntless: 3 damaged
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/ I* @' ?) k8 I0 Y1 B% X; l d4 V: UJapanese Ships
, O4 U! D2 M1 x! |; e; S2 N CA Furutaka, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
1 D w1 |) C- d8 e3 j CA Mikuma, Bomb hits 17, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk( |* K' q" O, ]2 ?
CA Kumano, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage |