AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 16, 42
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Morning Air attack on 70th Chinese Corps, at 82,54 (Pingsiang)1 k1 S- Z5 w7 ~' M: I9 A4 K1 d
: F; r$ C# f1 Y' DWeather in hex: Moderate rain
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$ r' P: M4 M, K! X$ e% a( R* |5 gRaid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
; J; P% S2 O* o. E% a6 lEstimated time to target is 4 minutes
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Japanese aircraft' ?5 D7 {: s1 q; G! [4 S
G3M2 Nell x 27 c8 G4 ^+ {) c7 \ x6 g+ [0 u
2 j7 |0 j; b9 @4 a8 fAllied aircraft0 u; j& ?8 {) e, m7 w
P-40E Warhawk x 297 {" S* |; y2 z" }2 S
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Japanese aircraft losses* s" @. }- X/ K6 L
G3M2 Nell: 20 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on 3rd New Chinese Corps, at 82,54 (Pingsiang)
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Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
% L# e O4 I. X) ^Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
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Allied aircraft
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G4M1 Betty: 17 destroyed
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No Allied losses
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0 N! o' ] s# v" x) CMorning Air attack on 73rd Chinese Corps, at 82,54 (Pingsiang)- j+ u. I; x% Z- i6 b
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Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.+ L- m N& }5 A
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
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Japanese aircraft, m3 g0 l9 _' Q3 A
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 18
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q* }3 \' Y- m& a! O# O( ?& v Ki-30 Ann x 175 V1 m5 h8 X" ^+ S% H! ?# M" x
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P-40E Warhawk x 88 \$ z! ?6 w; P; ], M
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Japanese aircraft losses
O7 o3 a0 }4 Q2 }0 F& Q2 q6 z3 Y Ki-21-Ic Sally: 4 destroyed
7 t9 e7 o0 [9 \, D3 r% e) Q Ki-21-IIa Sally: 3 destroyed
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e0 z3 r& i; S2 O, w5 ?$ rNo Allied losses
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& ^! A; T0 L( c& RAfternoon Air attack on 70th Chinese Corps, at 82,54 (Pingsiang)& t5 q1 r; \7 D9 y5 R5 F+ b& C
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.% f: m& P! Y. W3 ]$ G
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes8 ~. m x- w- h2 X
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Ki-48-Ib Lily x 10
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P-40E Warhawk x 27
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Japanese aircraft losses
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Ki-51 Sonia: 2 destroyed
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