所罗门的血腥地狱又添新魂,蝗军针对过于前出的盟军登陆船团发起轮番攻击,击沉汉考克号和不屈号2艘舰队航母,3艘CVE,蝗军损失作战飞机300多架,! o4 C4 x& l8 t& c' {' N6 {
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 113,134
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Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
4 y$ K- c& a# R$ MEstimated time to target is 21 minutes* c; C* h6 B4 V' \1 O+ M
7 c5 [) {7 @/ E' d0 ^Japanese aircraft
5 N( d: x0 G5 ~& ~ A6M8 Zero x 598 v, G9 r2 o& D) ]5 u9 _
A7M2 Sam x 76, J, o; G: c P- S$ g) n+ d
B7A2 Grace x 134
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Allied aircraft! _* J" E" `: A8 l) I
F4U-1A Corsair x 14
0 k0 I! R1 L5 c# D F6F-5 Hellcat x 566 {: l- a5 e% P) G d& Q4 {# G
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Japanese aircraft losses* O! _+ N0 O5 g2 s' s3 S
A6M8 Zero: 6 destroyed
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B7A2 Grace: 7 destroyed, 26 damaged
; C1 ]9 \ C7 G% ~. K B7A2 Grace: 1 destroyed by flak
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Allied aircraft losses: P+ m( e, t$ J0 L% d1 a/ f' z0 H
F4U-1A Corsair: 2 destroyed
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Allied Ships
: _+ ]! J4 d. Y/ C4 k8 @# `8 S. @ CV Hancock, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk
* y5 ]% {: P8 ~/ [ CV Indomitable, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk: k8 J) Q: b6 G/ F" d9 u( `2 \
CVE Munda, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
/ U, I& h0 Q) s CVE Bougainville, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
% f0 T- I2 ^* X9 G% e DE Manlove, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk2 T/ h. E! K! k: v
CVE Attu, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage1 U2 i# m* ]- ]) D. A$ }3 l
DE Lovering
2 L4 I8 @5 U- B, R- V2 z DE Lyman, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
9 t3 @* {# ?+ n! }! F) S7 x CVE Roi, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage/ Y4 O$ V$ H% E* q. @3 k6 h
DE Charles R. Greer, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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