26 April 1942
China
Another SB-III down, this time over Canton. He should run out soon, it was just 5 attacking today. They lost a Buffalo over Sian as well. And they'd only put up one.
SOPAC
Mutsu and Yamashiro made an attack on Suva again, but before they got in position they suffered a series of raids by SBDs, Vincents, B-17s, and Banshees. The LRCAP from my land bases never showed up, not that it would have been enough as they were too far to have enough aircraft on station to overcome the number of escorts. Battleships spit out good flak, so we shot down 3 SBDs, plus one Vincent and one Banshee. The SBDs hit the Yamashiro twice, but the armor deflected the bombs and the damage was nominal. The battleships' fire on the enemy's base was far more effective, destroying at least 2 fighters and a bomber, but probably at least damaging everything else on the ground.
The KB's Kates reported two hits on subs, but we lost one to enemy CAP fighters and two more crashed while trying to land.
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