Action off Bougainville
The action off Bougainville was a naval and air engagement on the South Pacific Theater of World War II near Bougainville, Papua New Guinea on 20 February 1942. A United States Navy aircraft carrier task force on its way to raid the Imperial Japanese military base at Rabaul, New Britain was attacked by a force of land-based bombers of the Imperial Japanese Navy. The US task force was commanded by Admiral Wilson Brown and the Japanese aircraft forces were under the command of Eiji Gotō.
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Action off Bougainville
The action off Bougainville was a naval and air engagement on the South Pacific Theater of World War II near Bougainville, Papua New Guinea on 20 February 1942. A United States Navy aircraft carrier task force on its way to raid the Imperial Japanese military base at Rabaul, New Britain was attacked by a force of land-based bombers of the Imperial Japanese Navy. The US task force was commanded by Admiral Wilson Brown and the Japanese aircraft forces were under the command of Eiji Gotō.
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The action off Bougainville wa ...... advances in the South Pacific.
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Воздушный бой у Бугенвиля сост ...... риканской авианосной авиацией.
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ニューギニア沖海戦(ニューギニアおきかいせん)は、第二次世界 ...... メリカ機動部隊も作戦目的(ラバウル空襲)を放棄して撤退した。
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2 fighters destroyed
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1942-02-20
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American raid turned back
Japanese air group takes heavy losses;
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10destroyers
19fighters
1aircraft carrier
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A Japanese 4th Air Group Type ...... after this picture was taken.
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Eiji Gotō
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Frederick Carl Sherman
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Shigeyoshi Inoue
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Wilson Brown
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Action off Bougainville
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1942-02-20
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the Pacific Theater of World War II
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east of Bougainville, Territory of New Guinea
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American raid turned back
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Japanese air group takes heavy losses;
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The action off Bougainville wa ...... nder the command of Eiji Gotō.
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Воздушный бой у Бугенвиля сост ...... риканской авианосной авиацией.
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ニューギニア沖海戦(ニューギニアおきかいせん)は、第二次世界 ...... メリカ機動部隊も作戦目的(ラバウル空襲)を放棄して撤退した。
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Action off Bougainville
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Воздушный бой у Бугенвиля
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ニューギニア沖海戦
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Action off Bougainville
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