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Re: Guadalcanal-Shortland clashes in 02/1943
Do you have a fold3 account ?
Two reports (COMAIRSOPAC et CINCPAC diaries for this day) describe the 14 February battle briefly (with the same words, so probably copying each other) and give losses as 2 PB4Y, 2 F4U and 4 P-38s.
VMF-124 lost two F4Us in this battle but the diary for this unit is not online for this period. According to the book "Victory Roll", one of the lost pilots of VMF-124, Gordon Lyon, collided with a Zero.
The book "Japanese naval aces and fighter units in WWII" by Hata and Izawa says in one table that the Japanese engaged 27 fighters and claimed 19 victories for the loss of one fighter (probably PO2c YOshi Yoshida of 252 Kokutai, lost that day in Ballale area according to another table listing "key fighter pilots KIA"). But whether this number includes the Rufes reported by the American airmen is not known to me.
Last edited by Laurent Rizzotti; 12th May 2017 at 19:24.
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