AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 25, 421 C: }$ s. w: G: F" D" ?8 M: p
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* U. {% K0 [' }! v4 W. S1 y+ R3 vNight Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Light cloud/ T3 B4 B0 b5 X* n, ]
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Raid spotted at 82 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
5 {6 u6 ?, B, X# {Estimated time to target is 28 minutes
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Japanese aircraft4 X8 [) u: D2 J# f
G4M1 Betty x 10
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Allied aircraft
9 u( P" @9 I2 J; d0 H3 `* A/ G no flights* r) f( K0 l1 p2 v
3 n. f% a1 v2 D9 H; SNo Japanese losses
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7 F3 w( Y- M+ X) FAllied aircraft losses
E& a1 Y1 ^2 Q Kittyhawk IA: 3 damaged$ C# e3 Z) t6 W$ v% Z
P-39D Airacobra: 3 damaged
- x$ U* V4 F! {/ {6 ` P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed on ground
8 v6 F3 t' J! B. F Catalina I: 2 damaged: }; X2 `1 ?4 B/ }
; p) |) A9 D. I4 s6 {Airbase hits 2
/ [0 G# H; r K- b* S0 L; JRunway hits 11/ e ]2 n0 ]; `2 f1 w
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Night Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Light cloud- b/ v+ S; R9 I. _0 V' T- u% ~ m
$ ^ Y/ \* x% {Raid detected at 49 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. I, ^7 ~9 ?/ w* _* F8 o' b( R. r. M
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes ^$ k& b. U4 W, C# Z
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Japanese aircraft3 r$ U- @3 |) ]2 [+ X& ^
G4M1 Betty x 8
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0 z1 t. J, X( H- Y, m/ g- g2 h) A' VAllied aircraft
' H9 K) c/ @& a6 s6 y8 y7 o! A6 \ no flights
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No Japanese losses% y ?) w$ T, T' T1 \
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Allied aircraft losses
7 h/ t% U. r. S0 ?, A8 C- ~. F9 \ Catalina I: 1 damaged6 q3 h) Z# R8 k& `) |3 B) ]2 G
Kittyhawk IA: 1 damaged3 X/ j$ ^% J+ u( N, E
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed on ground
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Airbase hits 3
" h. B+ f _$ A3 [$ PRunway hits 17 T+ M) i/ j' R' b1 S' }
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+ n! @ Q( b+ g+ P |2 s3 vNight Naval bombardment of Milne Bay at 101,133" U5 i9 X5 y! R7 |+ i/ K" I) @
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Allied aircraft
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Allied aircraft losses
! r$ ^0 n9 |0 z5 ]" ?7 F6 ] Kittyhawk IA: 3 damaged0 H5 J1 X4 i2 R" W. o
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Japanese Ships
. i x/ A: a: ]+ ^3 O5 } CA Kako
& E! e( j0 ^5 j+ ?- P CA Furutaka
$ Y k$ z6 @3 F6 f$ o CA Kinugasa) c' [5 m, r, Z- H/ Z1 r( D
CA Aoba
4 E9 q; m+ U4 B CA Chokai
* [, H) w3 k# S0 \- u CL Yubari) I) q. [' c. j8 f
CL Tatsuta; E3 D& e% M: q! f9 Q y
CL Tenryu
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t. i' C7 A5 p/ H& DAllied ground losses:
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Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled+ j8 ~" F6 k) b6 {! ^/ [
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled
$ Y, B; }" z# V) D( K0 v3 p" k Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
- ~4 e ?. `. J) {. _' s! } Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)+ }+ w8 s8 k1 ]3 D
/ a; A4 o5 }8 [7 { R. g1 YAirbase hits 3
6 B, D" v' y0 T1 d1 F- |Airbase supply hits 5
+ z3 m. R) z8 {Runway hits 10
' J: g1 Q# B0 vPort hits 18
3 k$ J, h+ k" m8 X1 q& v7 S/ o# ZPort supply hits 3
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9 \) c5 @/ E* X X, WMorning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129 & a2 u# ]; |, a \: J3 D
' X R3 l" ~" W6 A2 lWeather in hex: Thunderstorms M$ K1 q4 I2 _% i* V/ Q/ {) q
* N% Q0 D9 g" a% aRaid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.& M \0 v$ S: b' D
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes! a9 H- b* }: Y. U
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Allied aircraft0 Z' I% ]+ _9 r' f3 v
B-17E Fortress x 17: a* A( r r N
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Allied aircraft losses& n/ c) V+ A0 T5 i- y! T% _: {0 n e! E
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged |