FROM: VADM KONDO, NOBUTAKE, 2ND FLEET HQ. TAKAO. FORMOSA.
TO: VADM TSUKAHARA, 11ND AIR FLEET HQ. TAKAO, FORMOSA.
SUBJECT: ENEMY AIR STRIKES AGAINST FLEET.
DATE: DEC 12ND 1942.
ENEMY LAUNCHED 53 SORTIES AGAINST FLEET TODAY, LIKE FOLLOWING:
AT MORNING:
3 CHINESE DB-3M HAVE ATTACK PB NISHHO MARU AT HANGCHOW. NO HITS REPORTED. NO ENEMY AC DOWNED. OVERCAST.
4 PBY-4 CATALINA HAVE ATTACK CL NAKA NEAR BUSUANGA (P.I.). NO HITS REPORTED. CL NAKA REPORT 4 ENEMY AC DAMAGED. OVERCAST.
5 SOC-1 SEAGULL HAVE ATTACK CL NAKA AND DD HARUSAME NEAR BUSUANGA (P.I.). NO HITS REPORTED ON OUR SHIPS. REPORTED 2 ENEMY AIRCRAFT DAMAGED. OVERCAST.
2 KINGFISHER OS2U-3 HAVA ATTACK CL NAKA. NO HITS AND NO ENEMY LOSSES. OVERCAST.
3 WIRRAWAYS HAVE ATTACK UNDER THUNDERSTORM CA MIKUMA NEAR MIRI. NO HITS. HIJMS MIKUMA REPORTS 2 WIRRAWAY DAMAGED.
4 SWORDFISH HAVE ATTACK UNDER THUNDERSTORM CA MIKUMA NEAR MIRI. NO HITS. HIJMS MIKUMA REPORTS 1 SWORDFISH DOWNED BY FLAK AND 3 MORE DAMAGED.
13 P-35 HAVE ATTACK UNDER MODERATE RAIN CL NATORI (LINGAYEN). 2 KI-27B WAS AT CAP THERE. 4 ENEMY AC DAMAGED.
AT AFTERNOON:
1 CHINESE DB-3M HAVE ATTACK UNDER CLEAR SKY PB SHOSEI MARU NEAR HANGCHOW. NO HITS. NO ENEMY LOSSES REPORTED.
2 PBY-4 CATALINA UNDER LIGHT CLOUDS HAVE HATTACK CL NAKA, NO HITS AND NO ENEMY LOSSES.
3 SOC-1 SEAGULL HAVE ATTACK CL NATORI. 7 KI-27B WAS AT CAP. 1 SOC-1 DESTROYED BY FLAK AND 2 MORE DAMAGE.
10 P-35A INTERCEPTE AT LINGAYEN BY 7 KI-27B. 1 P-35 REPORTED DOWNED.
3 WIRRAWAYS HAVE ATTACK BB HARUNA NEAR MIRI. NO HITS. NO LOSSES REPORTED.
OUR INTELLIGENCE REPORT CONFIRMS 1 SOC-1, 1 PBY-4, 1 WIRRAWAY AND 1 SWORDFISH DOWNED BY FLAK.
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