marky
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/03/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 5 troops unloading over beach at Tulagi, 68,96 Japanese ground losses: 63 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 4 troops unloading over beach at Gili Gili, 56,94 Japanese ground losses: 124 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 5 troops unloading over beach at Tulagi, 68,96 Japanese ground losses: 64 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30 Japanese aircraft Ki-27 Nate x 9 Allied aircraft Buffalo I x 8 Wellington III x 11 LB-30 Liberator x 7 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-27 Nate: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed Ki-48 Lily: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Buffalo I: 1 damaged LB-30 Liberator: 2 damaged Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 7 Aircraft Attacking: 5 x Wellington III bombing at 10000 feet 4 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 10000 feet 3 x Wellington III bombing at 10000 feet 3 x Wellington III bombing at 10000 feet 3 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Rabaul , at 61,88 Japanese aircraft A5M4 Claude x 6 A6M2-N Rufe x 15 A6M2 Zero x 35 Allied aircraft B-17C Fortress x 13 B-17E Fortress x 11 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2-N Rufe: 1 damaged A6M2 Zero: 6 damaged Allied aircraft losses B-17C Fortress: 1 destroyed, 10 damaged B-17E Fortress: 11 damaged Japanese Ships AK Kinrei Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage AK Kiso Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire Port hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet 3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet 3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet 2 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet 2 x B-17C Fortress bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30 Allied aircraft Hudson I x 11 No Allied losses Runway hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Hudson I bombing at 15000 feet 5 x Hudson I bombing at 15000 feet
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