06/18/42
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仰光天气不好,造成帝国大批飞机在机场上当靶。- Q! P/ t" x0 i
kb在休养了几个月以后再次出马,对坎顿岛狂轰滥炸。: h, e' Q0 r4 G _2 T3 J% D, O7 x7 M
上午,帝国精锐分为两拨,db攻击了机场,而tb把港内成群的dms滥炸了一通。下午,tb再次出击,对机场实施二次攻击。可惜机场上除了有侦察机,其余什么都没有,帝国的重磅炸弹只好用来挖坑用了。上午被炸得12艘dms于当天结束前悉数沉没
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Day Air attack on Rangoon , at 29,33: r2 o; a) E5 T5 z+ O
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Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 4, N$ I0 V9 n T9 O3 ]
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B-17D Fortress x 120 z, @" U. O" R
B-17E Fortress x 101
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( p; m- i& e. e1 F1 GJapanese aircraft losses" v# L$ H% M, Q8 ~" p! `
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged# E: ]" a% C+ _0 R+ m3 m! @& \
Ki-49 Helen: 2 destroyed4 p9 l' Y% w: Y9 {! k2 ?
G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed4 |: p! o; r; v$ i0 g/ W
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
' }$ \9 o, }, [" m! } G% j( ]A6M3 Zero: 2 destroyed
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Japanese ground losses:+ p2 O4 x* u% B8 l
355 casualties reported$ ~' Z/ n7 K; A% Q$ [7 r2 d! S
Guns lost 5( I2 D* Y6 D# o: C8 t4 ?
/ T# Y' q; N8 J' H9 E3 z' gAirbase hits 3
# ~+ W3 _! |( T: eAirbase supply hits 1: z# K" ?; p! H; \) T" U
Runway hits 10
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* f6 Z" ^( I1 S* IDay Air attack on Canton Island , at 100,100
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Japanese aircraft
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D3A2 Val x 1565 ~6 _2 T4 m z% O5 b
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no flights
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D3A2 Val: 5 destroyed, 25 damaged) e; l$ _5 t+ R/ `& ^1 W
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PBY Catalina: 1 destroyed; l0 T w0 S; B2 S
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50 casualties reported
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Airbase hits 202 @9 t8 o s5 f# k/ r& F, d
Airbase supply hits 4- |2 c. i. s" H
Runway hits 184# w; k% q& _( V# d
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; `' V5 [! l# Q1 JDay Air attack on TF, near Canton Island at 100,100( y+ ]& R/ S4 L9 Y6 e0 T. U
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Japanese aircraft
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B5N2 Kate x 193* [+ _& D2 t1 [+ | C" }
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B5N2 Kate: 2 destroyed, 5 damaged
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DMS Lamberton, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
, v8 B7 S0 Y0 L# YDMS Wasmuth, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
4 w- E" G. B- K2 M4 d# Q1 DDMS Southard, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
" Z: n m% x; nDMS Elliot, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
" m% Y, a, |" |. k1 U" v8 y/ |DMS Hopkins, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
% T' t h% A x4 P$ O- w; JDMS Perry, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
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DMS Long, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage; p) [* B4 U4 x& F# V3 v
DMS Hovey, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
7 f0 r2 ?: ^8 {8 EDMS Chandler, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage$ u0 `, i$ P3 J3 r) j; R
DMS Trevor, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
, U, ^) A" q4 j& hDMS Zane, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage; l( F: x( r' J! V
DMS Boggs, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
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Day Air attack on Canton Island , at 100,100
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Japanese aircraft
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B5N2 Kate x 171
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no flights: \" q8 q5 Y2 _0 h6 d- g% W
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Japanese aircraft losses
9 x6 m8 [# E: D# @# LB5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed, 15 damaged
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PBY Catalina: 3 destroyed7 b( O) K( f. g" h2 s$ j
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Allied ground losses:+ i3 R0 L+ |: m p$ h
22 casualties reported, T" D$ c9 d, j; v$ @
Guns lost 1
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Airbase hits 12
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5 D4 z+ Y3 g' K4 zRunway hits 65 |