近日来,新几内亚中部不断爆发海空消耗战0 O# s. w& t7 {: U! C+ b+ `/ B- E
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' D) e1 G8 Y4 h1 S2 r2 vEnemy air strikes against Sarmi were opposed by Oscars and Zekes today: ) f: i! z# n9 V
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Day Air attack on Sarmi , at 48,78
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Japanese aircraft ) G3 j P4 G# Q6 B- t) _9 c
A6M2 Zero x 14
5 i0 n2 r# ^# X- F# J: fA6M5 Zeke x 34
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Allied aircraft
: x+ e4 X |' x; XF4U-1 Corsair x 12 - A5 v2 F- D7 n" G9 X7 |
P-38J Lightning x 9
" N! G: {6 e4 @/ ?6 \" K ^3 rB-25J Mitchell x 19
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Japanese aircraft losses 3 x7 b7 @( w% _: [1 e e
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged 2 V; C$ v1 `( w. L" g
A6M5 Zeke: 12 destroyed, 2 damaged
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) v, Y" r! V; N" L+ DAllied aircraft losses
# h/ v7 T- M; |9 Z. jP-38J Lightning: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged
3 e! m$ g* x+ i r( ZB-25J Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged ( ~8 w1 x; r, R; G9 E5 p
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Airbase hits 4
& V& k G5 n/ b+ E: U; m) w/ FAirbase supply hits 4
* D: \- t5 ~% _4 tRunway hits 9 % T5 }5 n6 N1 R
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Our counter attack yielded mediocre results: 15 enemy ac destroyed on the ground. The " \5 @$ s% D c- T1 T1 }; b
swarm of Oscars protected the bombers from fierce attacks by enemy Spits and Corsairs. No ; L5 V/ U' u3 d$ |
that's a bad combo!
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3 \! G' o% X2 Q- sDay Air attack on Aitape , at 51,80 7 |! K' B0 m K& e
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Japanese aircraft ( ]! s h4 m& M. X' Z: x# ?; C- m
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 79
/ K3 \& F1 g' u+ W& f0 YKi-21 Sally x 49 % w$ [: k0 | J3 A, i
& ~6 Q% ~% U0 c! D' VAllied aircraft * d; @7 V+ W: c1 `
F4U-1 Corsair x 9 % V1 U5 m7 V' H4 y, w% G; c
Spitfire VIII x 11 : \8 P9 H4 N+ T) p9 H& h6 a
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Japanese aircraft losses
- m' h5 H- E2 o* n& |4 t% HKi-43-IIa Oscar: 30 destroyed / F# m2 c+ s; j. H. E% X
Ki-21 Sally: 2 destroyed, 20 damaged
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T2 Z- C) [7 h" [/ ~9 JF4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged : \' n( O$ A0 x" e- i
Spitfire VIII: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged . f8 o, k, `6 g8 Z/ \/ f
Kittyhawk III: 2 destroyed
) s, p/ }% _$ b+ q; ^; J& W: uP-40N Warhawk: 1 destroyed
% z: B2 a4 v# EB-25J Mitchell: 3 destroyed
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Allied ground losses: * y; O! G% _; d: D# b" y9 d
200 casualties reported 0 Q! M7 H; P8 G* o# c" j7 `- _' w
Vehicles lost 2 - X: w0 W* ] e: i& K
+ m$ K- w/ \. n, j- AAirbase hits 1
5 u4 C5 F! N5 d0 q% E E/ eAirbase supply hits 1 % E. _7 g1 Y! C
Runway hits 7 + M; w( `% `+ e- w
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