Bataan (CVL 29) - Naval Cruise Book

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I AIR GRUUP 47 DETACHED- 'A THEIR BCXSCURE From the beginning of the Okinawa campaign on 14 March to the Japanese surrender on 15 August, 1945, Air Group 47 flew a total of 1 3,143 sorties. Included in this number were the following: ' A Target Sorties Cstrikes, sweeps, patrols, over target areas R VP ..,.......... . ' VT .. A Total: ........... vi Anti-Submarine Patrol Sorties vp .,.......,.,... 1 0 VT . . 1111 all VPD . . .... . . . I gi Other sorties ......,..,. . I ' I 1 1 I I f Nansei Shoto. I I I 1, Combat Air Patrol .Sorties fall VFD .,,.. Subcaps QPatrol over Rescue Submarines- 1,058 460 1,518 1,266 12 38 50 56 273 D 11 Forty strikes aggregating 447 sorties were flown against targets in the If Japanese Home Islands. Seventy-one strikes were flown against targets in the 91 ENEMY AIRCRAFT AND SHIPPING DAMAGED OR DESTROYED II? AIRCRAFT , 1, Destroyed in the Air .................. .. 68 igf Destroyed or damaged on ground or water .. .. 112 I, WAR VESSELS Air Group 47 participated with planes from other carriers in destroying or damaging the following Japanese warships: Battleship-YAIVIATO ,........ Sunk , . .... 45,000 tons Battleship-I-IYUGA .... . Sunk ..,, 32,000 tons Battleship-NACIATO . . . . . . Damaged . . 34,000 tons Carrier-UNRYU Class ......... Damaged .......... 27,000 tons Carrier-ASO ,.............. ' . Damaged ,......... 27,000 tons Carrier-CVE ................ Heavy Cruiser-TONE ......... Light Cruiser AGANO Class Destroyers 2 Destroyers 1 Damaged . . . Destroyed . . Sunk Believed sunk Damaged Total tonnage 10,000 tons 14,500 tons 6 000 tons 3 000 tons 1 500 tons 200 000 tons Merchant Shipping Sunk or Damaged 41 150tOns Page One Hundred Seventy eight 1 I if S5 I -' .... ................ , ip - . H ip: , ....... ......... , I I 5 -- ................ ............. , A il 3 --' I 51 i 'y 0 . 1 ........ , 1 It - - . 1 151 ......... ....,.... , , Q 3 U ,M 1-' f I I .II , in elf S , , W--ns 1 p I Q ,g ig in Ii if , I id g ' I I lg 1 ' ,I fu.: - H V ff'

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