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WED 14 OCT 1942War day 1,140Pacific
The Japanese bombardment wrecked aircraft on the ground. Henderson Field still sent planes up afterward, which made the night’s work less conclusive than its attackers might have hoped.
On 14 October 1942, Japanese battleships Kongo and Haruna bombarded Henderson Field on Guadalcanal during the night. The airstrip was the immediate target. The shelling destroyed 50 American aircraft on the ground, about half of the planes then present. It was a severe loss, but not a complete shutdown: American aircraft took off from Henderson Field despite the damage.
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