Cloudy and wet. We were attacked at 1500 two enemy planes shot down. D-day on Siapan will be tomorrow. Refueled from Wasp (R18) at 2030.
Open in the diary →Nice weather. We found Japs and they found us. Our planes and task group shot down 82 enemy planes. Bunker Hill and Wasp had slight damage by dive bombers. We have been at battle stations all day. We shot down 8 planes. All total estimated 300 enemy planes destroyed. We sank 2 tankers and one carrier.
Open in the diary →Nice weather. Still on Japs trail. At 0800 this morning we made recontact with them. We refueled from Wasp. Our losses in the fight were 114 planes lost with 55 pilots recovered. Jap total plane losses were 386.
Open in the diary →Entered Ulithi 2100. Are task group is in including the battleships. Three carriers were hit on last operation. They are, Franklin - Enterprise, Wasp.
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