Fast Carrier TF 58 avenges Pearl Harbor by working over the port at Takao:
Day Air attack on Takao , at 48,45
Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 45
SB2C Helldiver x 274
TBM Avenger x 185
Allied aircraft losses
SB2C Helldiver: 13 damaged
TBM Avenger: 6 destroyed, 24 damaged
Japanese Ships
AP Tateyama Maru, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
AP Ceylon Maru, Bomb hits 12, on fire, heavy damage
AP Yawata Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AP Yamagata Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AP Kyuma Maru, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Saipan Maru, Bomb hits 6, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Kotobuki Maru #5, Bomb hits 9, on fire, heavy damage
AP Sumanoura Maru, Bomb hits 9, on fire, heavy damage
AP Zenyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Ginyo Maru, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
AP Tainichi Maru, Bomb hits 6, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Tamozono Maru #2, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AP Taian Maru, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Kaiyo Maru #3, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Shinkoku Maru, Bomb hits 11, on fire, heavy damage
AP Hakozake Maru, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
AK Juyo Maru, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Sumiyoshi Maru, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
AP Otake Maru, Bomb hits 12, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
TK Ayazono Maru, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PG Hayakafuku Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
PG Chokai Maru, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
AP Shikano Maru, Bomb hits 7, on fire, heavy damage
AP Suwa Maru, Bomb hits 6, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Japanese ground losses:
44 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Port hits 16
Port fuel hits 4
Port supply hits 6
USN CVEs work over Japanese shipping in the PI:
Day Air attack on TF at 40,58
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 9
Allied aircraft
FM-2 Wildcat x 16
Hellcat II x 2
F4U-1D Corsair x 8
TBM Avenger x 14
Avenger II x 10
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 10 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
FM-2 Wildcat: 4 destroyed, 2 damaged
F4U-1D Corsair: 1 damaged
TBM Avenger: 1 damaged
Japanese Ships
TK Yuho Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
TK Toen Maru, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
Day Air attack on TF at 40,58
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 3
Allied aircraft
F4U-1D Corsair x 5
TBM Avenger x 7
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 6 destroyed
Japanese Ships
TK Yuho Maru, on fire
ay Air attack on TF at 40,58
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 2
Allied aircraft
FM-2 Wildcat x 2
TBM Avenger x 7
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
FM-2 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
TBM Avenger: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Japanese Ships
MSW Toshi Maru #7
TK Yuho Maru, on fire
Day Air attack on TF, near Bacolod at 42,57
Allied aircraft
FM-2 Wildcat x 44
F6F Hellcat x 11
TBM Avenger x 19
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AK Kizugawa Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Taisoku Maru
MSW Wa 106
MSW Kongo Maru #2
MSW Ataka Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Day Air attack on TF, near Bacolod at 42,57
Allied aircraft
TBM Avenger x 47
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
MSW Kongo Maru #2
AK Taisoku Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Wa 106
AK Tsuneshima Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Kizugawa Maru, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Wa 105, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Day Air attack on TF, near Catanduanes at 45,55
Allied aircraft
TBM Avenger x 3
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
DD Asashimo, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
Allied land based naval bombers get in on the action:
Day Air attack on TF, near Bacolod at 42,57
Allied aircraft
Mosquito FB.VI x 10
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 32
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AK Tetsuwa Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Wa 106
MSW Wa 9, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Tsuneshima Maru, on fire, heavy damage
AK Kizugawa Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Taisoku Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
Day Air attack on TF, near Bacolod at 42,57
Allied aircraft
PB4Y Liberator x 26
B-24J Liberator x 26
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
MSW Kongo Maru #2, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Tsuneshima Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Tetsuwa Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Wa 106, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Day Air attack on TF, near Bacolod at 42,57
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter Mk 21 x 11
P-38J Lightning x 4
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
MSW Wa 106, on fire, heavy damage
AK Tetsuwa Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Japanese kamikaze groups attempt to intervene but are obliterated:
Day Air attack on TF at 46,47
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 93
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 34
Ki-48 Lily x 14
Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 447
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zeke: 92 destroyed
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 33 destroyed
Ki-48 Lily: 14 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
F6F Hellcat: 13 destroyed, 11 damaged
Day Air attack on TF at 46,47
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 84
Ki-49 Helen x 25
Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 211
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zeke: 84 destroyed
Ki-49 Helen: 25 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
F6F Hellcat: 15 destroyed, 18 damaged
Another 30 IJN ships are sunk today.
