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,9 r2 k+ ]) X7 P6 U9 I# D u4 C& I
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Rekata Bay at 113,134
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Weather in hex: Overcast
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Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.# P F/ j4 t) u5 o7 h8 c6 `# T' L4 U
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes
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Japanese aircraft5 A! l8 Y2 [5 d; A
A6M8 Zero x 59$ y/ r% i! B" k0 `' W- s; [2 Y$ F
A7M2 Sam x 76: n$ b( o& J" \6 V$ d% B" g0 i+ ]
B7A2 Grace x 134; i& Q9 Z$ c* Z( [( b* u
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Allied aircraft
, S* D1 U, T. c- b! \ F4U-1A Corsair x 14
$ A1 E# k. {4 `, K% N) a F6F-5 Hellcat x 56
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0 t: I7 ^' M! D, L$ LJapanese aircraft losses
5 f2 Q3 A" S4 x0 @& v6 C A6M8 Zero: 6 destroyed
+ Q! p3 I7 c' X Q/ b8 N A7M2 Sam: 5 destroyed
|+ Z" n9 F6 E8 G6 ^. J B7A2 Grace: 7 destroyed, 26 damaged
3 g$ O; Q9 o) u5 ` B7A2 Grace: 1 destroyed by flak6 i9 q" d( j" X1 o4 T
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Allied aircraft losses9 u7 c, d( z9 z
F4U-1A Corsair: 2 destroyed
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Allied Ships
, K; J+ {6 g, s; f& b! z" S CV Hancock, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk+ D& @# E" W; o; f: Q
CV Indomitable, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk: u' I" x! r5 J" [* |
CVE Munda, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
+ {1 n+ P3 @) M+ {& t) b CVE Bougainville, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage2 i9 a: M# N, f+ p M" Q* I
DE Manlove, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
1 L4 d" V- |' A( h2 Q! c# C: J: D" s CVE Attu, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
2 E: s w& |# c# ^$ a& i5 D$ `& \ DE Lovering
" }1 R" r$ L5 L' h( L DE Lyman, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
0 V3 S6 k/ S1 l G! [% ` CVE Roi, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
: l: W; N1 |+ Z; d' G# g: F# r' R DE Charles R. Greer, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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