F4F Wildcat - Sannadka Koowaad ee Baasifiga: Sebtembar-December 1942 p.2
F4F Wildcat - sanadka ugu horeeya ee Pacific. Bisadaha duurjoogta ah waxay dhigteen cidhifka jidka Fighter 1 ee Guadalcanal.
Duullaankii Mareykanka ee Guadalcanal bishii Ogosto 1942 wuxuu furay horgale cusub oo ku yaal Koonfurta Baasifiga wuxuuna horseeday dagaalkii saddexaad ee weligood ah ee bariga Solomons dabayaaqadii bishaas. Si kastaba ha ahaatee, culeyska dagaalka Guadalcanal ayaa ku dhacay diyaaradaha ka howlgala saldhigyada dhulka.
Waqtigaas, laba kooxood oo ka mid ah Marine Wildcats (VMF-223 iyo -224) iyo hal koox oo ka tirsan ciidamada badda ee Maraykanka (VF-5) ayaa ku sugnaa jasiiradda, iyaga oo ka hortagaya weerarro ballaaran oo ay sameeyeen Ciidanka Cirka ee Japan ee fadhigoodu yahay Rabaul, New Britain. .
Imaanshaha 11 dagaalyahan VF-24, oo ka soo degay USS Saratoga ka dib markii ay waxyeello u geysteen markabka dabayaaqadii Ogosto, waxay saddex jibaartay xoogga Wildcat ee jasiiradda 5 Sebtembar. Waqtigaas, cutubyada duulista ee ciidamada badda ee Imperial ee Rabaul, oo ka kooban 11-aad Air Fleet, waxay ku hubaysnaayeen ilaa 100 diyaaradood oo adeeg ah, oo ay ku jiraan 30 Riccos (matoorada mataanaha ah) iyo 45 A6M Zero dagaalyahan. Si kastaba ha ahaatee, kaliya A6M2 Model 21 ayaa lahaa tiro ku filan oo lagu nadiifinayo Guadalcanal. Nooca cusub ee A6M3 Model 32 ayaa ugu horrayn loo isticmaalay in lagu difaaco Rabaul duqeymaha cirka ee Ciidamada Cirka Mareykanka ee ka socda New Guinea.
Duhurnimadii Sebtembar 12, duullaankii 25 rikko (oo ka yimid Misawa, Kisarazu iyo Chitose Kokutai) ayaa yimid. Waxay la socdeen 15 Zeros oo ka yimid Kokutai 2aad iyo 6aad. Markii ay soo gaareen agagaarka jasiiradda, diyaaradaha wax duqeeyey waxay u beddeleen duullimaad tartiib tartiib ah, iyagoo ku soo degay joog dhan 7500 m si ay u koraan xawaare. Jabbaanku waxay la kulmeen yaabab weyn. Ilaa 20 Wildcats VF-5s iyo 12 ka tirsan labada kooxood ee Marines ayaa ka soo kicitimay garoonka Henderson. Duuliyeyaashii Zero ayaa isku dayay in ay ka fogaadaan, laakiin uma suurtagelin in ay la socdaan 32 dagaalyahan. Natiijo ahaan, Jabbaanku waxay lumiyeen lix Rikko iyo hal eber oo uu duuliyay saaxiibkii Torakiti Okazaki ee 2. Kokutai. Waxaa toogtay Lieutenant (Junior) Howard Grimmell oo ka tirsan VF-5, Okazaki wuxuu u cararay dhanka Jasiiradda Savo, isagoo gadaashiisa jiidaya jet shidaal hawadeed, laakiin dib looma arag.
Waaberigii Sebtembar 13-keedii, diyaaradaha sidayaasha Hornet iyo Wasp waxay gaarsiiyeen 18 Wildcats Guadalcanal kooxihii ku sugnaa jasiiradda. Dhanka kale, xogta ayaa heshay Rabaul in ciidamada Japan ay qabsadeen Henderson Field, oo ah garoonka ugu weyn jasiiradda. Si taas loo xaqiijiyo, laba Rikkos, oo ay la socdaan sagaal dagaalyahan, ayaa aaday jasiiradda. Dhowr Zeros, markay arkeen Bisadaha Duurjoogta ah oo u soo kacaya, ayaa kor ku dhuftay, mid hoos u dhigay, inta kalena waxay u kaxeeyeen daruuraha. Si kastaba ha ahaatee, halkaas, duuliyeyaasha isku kalsoon iyo dagaalka u diyaarsan ee Tainan Kokutai ee caanka ah ayaa ku lug yeeshay dagaal dheer oo dab ah oo dhulka ah, iyo markii Wildcats badan ay ku soo biireen, ayaa la dilay mid mid. Afar ayaa dhimatay, oo ay ku jiraan saddex jilayaal: Mar. Toraichi Takatsuka, caawiyaha Kazushi Uto iyo saaxiibka Susumu Matsuki.
Wararka laga helayo labada shaqaale ee Rikko waa ay is khilaafeen, sidaas darteed subaxnimadii maalintii xigtay ee Sebtember 14, 6 A2M135-N (Rufe) waxay aadeen Henderson Field si ay u ogaadaan cidda gacanta ku haysa garoonka. Waxay ahaayeen diyaarado badeed ka hawlgalayey saldhigga Recata Bay ee xeebta Santa Isabel, oo 6 mayl u jira Guadalcanal. Waxay keeneen khatar dhab ah - fiidnimadii maalintii hore, waxay soo rideen cabsi la'aan soo degtay. Markan mid A2M4-N ah ayaa ku dul dhacay gegida dayuuradaha wuxuuna weeraray gaadiid R5D ah oo hadda ka soo kacay garoonka Henderson. Ka hor inta aysan Jabaanku wax dhibaato ah geysan, waxaa toogtay duuliyayaashii VF-6, iyo laba kale oo A2MXNUMX-N ah. Mid ka mid ah waxaa garaacay Gaashaanle Dhexe (Labaad) James Halford. Markii duuliyihii Japan uu damiintay, Halford si aan qarsoodi ahayn ayuu hawada ugu toogtay.
Jabbaanku ma quusan. Subaxdii, 11 Zeros oo ka yimid Kokutai 2aad ayaa laga soo diray Rabaul si ay "u matagaan" cirka sare ee Guadalcanal, iyo rubuc saac ka dib iyaga, Nakajima J1N1-C Gekko diyaarad sahan ah oo xawaare sare leh. Mid ka mid ah 5. Kokutai's aces, boatswain Koichi Magara, ayaa lagu dilay iska horimaad dhexmaray in ka badan labaatan VF-223 iyo VMF-2 Wildcats. Wax yar ka dib, sahan Gekko ayaa soo muuqday oo bilaabay inuu dul heehaabayo Henderson Field. Shaqaalihii diyaarada ma aysan helin waqti ay ku soo wargeliyaan kuwa la aasaasay - ka dib dabagal dheer, waxaa toogtay Lieutenants Labaad Kenneth Fraser iyo Willis Lees oo ka socday VMF-223.
