Raverdave
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Joined: 2/8/2002 From: Melb. Australia Status: offline
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Used a storm to hide my approch for the north against Luganville with my CV TF, and caught some nice fat targets in port. The damage was not as much as I had hopped for but either way there are a few capitol ships that will be needing work in the docks now. Luskan had 130 fighters waiting for me :eek: but lost at least 30 of them to my Zeros. As usual the kates copped it in the neck :( All in all not a bad raid. AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/22/42 Weather: Overcast Air attack on TF, near Luganville at 53,53 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 32 A6M3 Zero x 32 D3A Val x 59 B5N Kate x 71 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 80 P-400 Airacobra x 9 P-39D Airacobra x 42 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero x 10 destroyed A6M3 Zero x 4 destroyed D3A Val x 9 destroyed D3A Val x 21 damaged B5N Kate x 15 destroyed B5N Kate x 33 damaged Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat x 17 destroyed F4F-4 Wildcat x 8 damaged P-400 Airacobra x 8 destroyed P-400 Airacobra x 1 damaged P-39D Airacobra x 7 destroyed P-39D Airacobra x 4 damaged LTJG W.Kamihira of F1/6th Daitai is credited with kill number 5 LTJG W.Kamihira of F1/6th Daitai is KILLED Allied Ships BB North Carolina, Torpedo hits 2 BB Washington, Bomb hits 1 DD Cummings, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage DD Tucker CLAA Atlanta, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage DD Benham, Torpedo hits 1, on fire DD Drayton CL Nashville, Bomb hits 3, on fire DD Conyngham DD Ellet DD Helm DD Hull, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage DD Wilson DD Smith -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF, near Luganville at 53,53 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 14 D3A Val x 25 B5N Kate x 16 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 51 P-400 Airacobra x 1 P-39D Airacobra x 2 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero x 2 destroyed D3A Val x 3 destroyed D3A Val x 10 damaged B5N Kate x 9 destroyed B5N Kate x 8 damaged Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat x 5 destroyed F4F-4 Wildcat x 2 damaged 2LT W. Lees of VMF-223 is credited with kill number 3 Allied Ships DD Jarvis DD Hammann DD Monaghan, Bomb hits 1, on fire DD Woodworth --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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