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,
# K( @" w, _( ?: \0 TAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 113,1342 X8 k2 v0 J' G7 C7 w
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Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
, q1 h y: ^. n0 B( \! x' l7 t y; yEstimated time to target is 21 minutes* Z" V$ D q* F" x7 |
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Japanese aircraft' }& a! V( `: ]* P$ `9 i
A6M8 Zero x 59; Q4 _' M: P7 D' @- K" q
A7M2 Sam x 76
( a' R: t& ?: W* b% K: B B7A2 Grace x 1349 U- M* O& F- j K+ A
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F4U-1A Corsair x 14
& r: [# x2 x2 ~0 [. J F6F-5 Hellcat x 561 ], @& B1 i; H; m- U- L
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Japanese aircraft losses! E5 j) B. E# E, G
A6M8 Zero: 6 destroyed% z7 E, S4 @' n( o( a O
A7M2 Sam: 5 destroyed
8 R" X- o/ N9 l5 Y# }4 l4 r) i' J B7A2 Grace: 7 destroyed, 26 damaged
0 b# M% a0 V# ?! g, K B7A2 Grace: 1 destroyed by flak
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4 \% t! V" C/ a6 z% _9 l' wAllied aircraft losses
1 @8 F( C# Z( E6 [" y F4U-1A Corsair: 2 destroyed
! O8 d; y, E( U/ ~ F6F-5 Hellcat: 20 destroyed3 m1 c3 m/ ~& o" j: e7 U$ J$ p
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5 T9 o! G; K2 Q6 P0 t5 Z CV Hancock, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk
3 x9 C" x6 C2 } CV Indomitable, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
+ k5 W8 y( C; O' Y CVE Munda, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk$ f! L' L/ b1 F5 b$ F
CVE Bougainville, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
8 c- b3 P& [* q8 l) J2 {/ A0 g2 P/ ` DE Manlove, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
: w! s4 j k( [8 W* K+ @ CVE Attu, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
1 K: w+ d0 I+ x s; V DE Lovering9 l! [' _. Y# m( D0 ` p& h$ U
DE Lyman, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
' j! Z2 \/ `% \6 R' a CVE Roi, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
6 i" u! m# ^0 P( U* t2 T5 G4 I DE Charles R. Greer, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk- i8 N l0 @( K' g5 m* ~# s+ l0 m j
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