AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 28, 42
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7 k6 T# M! O( F- U6 w# r( D盟军TF58环太平洋游击,在萨摩亚群岛附近空袭了正在萨瓦伊岛卸载的日军运输船队,收获颇丰。- k" S% W0 |6 L0 K8 O0 p
日军的陆攻未能突破58直掩圈。
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Wallis Island at 142,155; e% o8 v$ |+ T" k! z
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Weather in hex: Light rain1 D% j8 G4 Y* }; U
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
8 t% B9 @1 V WEstimated time to target is 28 minutes
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A6M2 Zero x 9
0 Z* w: j J7 M( b& Q! q G4M1 Betty x 16+ A' c+ y7 o* } H
& H. U, j& W- l/ P, g- ]Allied aircraft3 o8 G0 G, d0 M3 s2 T
F4F-3A Wildcat x 30
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F4F-4 Wildcat x 79( }! F/ S" H5 t
6 p! Q: `( Z X6 U5 z2 GJapanese aircraft losses
/ _* H; b% L/ s# j A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
) P0 z9 C J+ r0 p9 i; _ G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged9 g; ^7 C6 P+ o1 q& L% A( e! J
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Allied aircraft losses3 [: u3 o+ u3 S# t3 l2 g
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed+ y6 B. I9 i) m' E$ a8 _( _
1 |3 {- B i/ `0 i! h1 qAllied Ships
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' H# U+ }3 }3 `9 P1 X" `& IAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Savaii at 146,159
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/ f6 J! W( B1 l3 m2 P% CRaid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.% l2 Q& n3 F V6 v$ f# O; ]! g
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
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F4F-3A Wildcat x 18) O& p8 l4 P2 f( A. I/ a5 I( y
F4F-3 Wildcat x 361 i! p' i5 Q8 m! l) Q- T
F4F-4 Wildcat x 44 m4 H1 L4 K$ P$ E' L0 M( T
SBD-2 Dauntless x 18, z1 |+ s; v+ d! r! }/ k2 T
SBD-3 Dauntless x 81$ @$ |2 @+ z) W# [( B$ S
TBF-1 Avenger x 30
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Allied aircraft losses$ a( C+ W6 k, h9 m9 I
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged
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+ |$ H* K& ^ h) j2 gJapanese Ships; v1 k- f* ^+ B6 M" }
xAK Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk S8 Q# c4 N* p, C3 {/ s2 g3 l
xAK Kinsyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage* @5 @7 p& X. U7 m
AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
8 M; R5 q7 q) z; w" S4 z7 ?! F2 G AMC Awata Maru, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage
' P' J' l4 ?9 b9 k xAK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk5 x# @, J. P2 L" c* |! ?' o7 l2 u
xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
) ]! B3 p5 L7 K) }! d$ F2 `* w+ |3 Q xAK Nitiran Maru, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
# N" G% u0 x( O4 |# ^ xAK Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage+ R. x8 n9 L5 K9 h+ k2 n
xAK Hokuroku Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
2 Z9 n0 K1 J( w5 K; F xAK Aobasan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
! C( S+ a! f! \, f8 S M xAK Kinugasa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
2 ~# O9 K, `: _) E+ j xAK Mexico Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk% o! M0 o+ @: a- J ^
CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 2
O! v% W3 D+ `; P; e xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |