AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 25, 42
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, N4 ~! g# P; I: e) a9 ^2 RNight Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 0 J" A. t7 g8 h; v. P8 d6 a3 D
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Weather in hex: Light cloud4 ]. Q. \8 U# {( \
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Raid spotted at 82 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.3 }7 H# ] R' e8 [+ U
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes6 L* |7 c4 r7 I* N2 z
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Japanese aircraft
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Allied aircraft/ H: a/ P/ q2 L e+ v6 T7 S( E
no flights
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No Japanese losses
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7 E" E1 I6 U' ? ZAllied aircraft losses
8 C5 Y$ f/ X9 J) H B! e$ y Kittyhawk IA: 3 damaged6 w0 D, p/ |" g3 p
P-39D Airacobra: 3 damaged( X2 G" m. F3 U9 s
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed on ground% L* G3 R2 U6 O# z6 K
Catalina I: 2 damaged
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6 k. @- x# _. gAirbase hits 29 }! Z B0 g1 O6 f+ [: p" \
Runway hits 115 U5 \! S# l# {6 |; C1 ?- j8 Y
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Night Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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) [. Y* p9 {: c9 P/ {Raid detected at 49 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
' ]4 N: ]* D6 a# c- aEstimated time to target is 17 minutes
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Japanese aircraft$ Z8 ]4 M* A6 ^! `3 w! [9 ?
G4M1 Betty x 8
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Allied aircraft' x5 o' Y0 _$ P
no flights
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No Japanese losses3 L" Z7 p M7 T
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Allied aircraft losses
( G0 X' @5 ]/ {: O Catalina I: 1 damaged" S1 Q7 Q6 d0 p% r$ t6 M
Kittyhawk IA: 1 damaged
1 ~# |- d8 E7 m6 } Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed on ground& l/ _, o3 O. X, v; `9 ^" \7 N
6 d) c- L9 x7 w. i. q* PAirbase hits 33 q8 E3 {) S% u5 L a
Runway hits 1
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4 \0 I+ d7 v& d5 Q, q+ FNight Naval bombardment of Milne Bay at 101,1336 r% z( s! b$ U! O; U
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Kittyhawk IA: 3 damaged
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Japanese Ships) e9 {2 L- X% w* u8 L5 H' \
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CA Furutaka
8 m7 o& _1 y, {* | o4 n6 p CA Kinugasa
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CA Chokai
0 A8 J H; x$ M K CL Yubari
R- p+ \1 J- X7 u: ^- j CL Tatsuta
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Allied ground losses:, f: i5 N; j. s* C: s/ g" W7 Y: ]7 ~7 i3 }
57 casualties reported% U- z. S' r% `0 m6 A
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
4 w/ m, d0 s* O# a; B1 ` Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled4 G) I; c' u8 y1 r9 ]
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
R$ }, ]& x: H6 z% V1 [4 U; D* P$ e Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)2 N% [, F2 A6 {4 I8 e
5 y. T! z% n% p% b, jAirbase hits 3" i5 \! p. T# R
Airbase supply hits 5
' q2 _# Q7 y4 k8 ORunway hits 10: M: h5 u: `3 d9 l8 P1 N- ~
Port hits 18
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% x7 m7 m4 q) @1 U9 P4 F1 z% YMorning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129 ! @- ^* o* c* y& U, L# Q: @* i
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, d' }% n/ B% c# O4 G j; _# c8 b4 mRaid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
( ]+ t n6 ?0 bEstimated time to target is 11 minutes& z9 l7 o: x1 J7 b" p: m5 E
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Allied aircraft) v. X/ J" u$ \8 ?0 [6 i% F/ r
B-17E Fortress x 17( x% U m/ K8 B) ?; p9 }8 ?% f
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Allied aircraft losses
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