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,
+ P3 D3 O, ?! C, c- b W+ AAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 113,1342 F9 o3 u" |8 y" t- H1 a
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Weather in hex: Overcast
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Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
/ E) B ~( ~! zEstimated time to target is 21 minutes
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Japanese aircraft6 \& x8 _6 H P- a9 Q
A6M8 Zero x 59
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Allied aircraft
- r: t: ^8 I4 e) T F4U-1A Corsair x 14
8 H7 M6 \. V5 T9 f/ a7 A5 G F6F-5 Hellcat x 56
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Japanese aircraft losses8 }) f0 N' J. _2 Z% z! U; D" n( `
A6M8 Zero: 6 destroyed
& s( b( w; U4 X" s+ _ A7M2 Sam: 5 destroyed) B' q: R/ O) D! C/ ]2 b! F8 H
B7A2 Grace: 7 destroyed, 26 damaged
- V7 x( g- ?8 p1 c B7A2 Grace: 1 destroyed by flak' H* T$ v' q* M" E* e
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F4U-1A Corsair: 2 destroyed( Z: W+ A, l( I) a E) a g% a
F6F-5 Hellcat: 20 destroyed: P6 Z6 [; z0 e6 b' X Q/ b) ~8 r
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n& O) O7 t7 ~( M CV Hancock, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk3 E9 J0 d9 t* F, P2 z" v& T0 v
CV Indomitable, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
* B; n9 P9 _ B+ S: d3 H' _, g1 W CVE Munda, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk" j3 A& o0 z7 X- d6 h; b- k
CVE Bougainville, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
5 x( U& ], ~7 s# x DE Manlove, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk: s# O! q! t6 n3 S, p! M+ p
CVE Attu, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
% w' T4 T6 i3 Y DE Lovering% W; G$ g, d# e, l0 x' x
DE Lyman, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
- A8 ^+ g' v, \, }5 g CVE Roi, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage* z; i+ d% c/ b& h. K
DE Charles R. Greer, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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