13. April 1943
wir bombardieren mal wieder Rangiroa
Allied aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 12 damaged
F4F-4 Wildcat: 4 destroyed on ground
P-40K Warhawk: 11 damaged
P-40K Warhawk: 2 destroyed on ground
TBF-1 Avenger: 10 damaged
TBF-1 Avenger: 2 destroyed on ground
A-24 Banshee: 9 damaged
A-24 Banshee: 2 destroyed on ground
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 damaged
Japanese Ships
BB Yamashiro
BB Yamato
BB Mutsu
BB Kirishima
Allied ground losses:
198 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 13 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Vehicles lost 5 (5 destroyed, 0 disabled)
nahe Suva kriegen wir eine auf die Nase
Allied aircraft
PBY-5 Catalina x 12
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
PBY-5 Catalina: 2 damaged
Japanese Ships
xAK Nanman Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
xAK Yamaoka Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
xAK Lisbon Maru, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
xAK Terukawa Maru
Japanese ground losses:
616 casualties reported
Squads: 11 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 28 destroyed, 21 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
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