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Re: St Valentine's day massacre 14/02/43
The PB4Y attack, directed against shipping at Kahili, resulted in the loss of the 6540t ammunition ship Hitachi Maru.
The Air Sols Intelligence Summary shows losses of 2F4U, 2 PB4Y and 4 P-38.
VMF124 claimed three A6Ms in return for two losses---one each of these as a result of the mid-air collision.
It seems that the Japanese admitted to losing only one A6M.
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George Kernahan
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