borner
Posts: 1485
Joined: 3/20/2005 From: Houston TX Status: offline
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IKE sends his carriers NW of Luganville, and his planes fly on the port. Nothing sunk, we will see if my carriers can catch his. Most of my subs have now had to leave the Rabaul area to re-load. It was fun while it lasted. AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/23/42 Weather: Partly Cloudy Sub attack at 20,18 Japanese Ships TK Toei Maru, Torpedo hits 1 Allied Ships SS S-37 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF, near Luganville at 53,53 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 63 A6M3 Zero x 4 D3A Val x 109 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 142 Beaufighter VIC x 11 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero x 32 destroyed A6M2 Zero x 1 damaged A6M3 Zero x 1 destroyed D3A Val x 33 destroyed D3A Val x 14 damaged Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat x 47 destroyed F4F-4 Wildcat x 24 damaged Beaufighter VIC x 3 destroyed Beaufighter VIC x 2 damaged WO A. Shirane of AI-1 Daitai is credited with kill number 6 Allied Ships DD Stack, Bomb hits 1, on fire DD Gridley, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage DD Smith, Bomb hits 1 APD Gregory, Bomb hits 1 APD Manley DD Ellet DD Ralph Talbot DD Conyngham DD Blue, Bomb hits 1, on fire DD Lamson DD Lang DD Wilson DD Cummings APD Colhoun DD Mugford DD Sterett -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 17,18 Japanese Ships AP Asahisan Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire Allied Ships SS S-42 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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