8月14日,盟军预料之中的大规模增援船队开始出现在莫港地区,日军集中所有航空兵力首先对莫港机场发动了强攻,企图一举瘫痪莫港机场,但是遭到急速转场在莫港的美国陆航战斗机群的强力拦截,虽然完成了对机场的轰炸任务,但是战斗机队损失严重,似乎标志着日军妖怪级飞行员高空零战扫场的优势不再。 s4 w( Y% Q+ y8 z; n1 E8 I& r
Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 9 N2 Q' f* q, t( F$ g) U( ~- Q
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.6 X+ P0 H8 G" R' D
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes J- K0 W8 N+ u7 N. D
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Japanese aircraft
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Allied aircraft, H Q1 r! L0 u$ `: G
Kittyhawk IA x 30
3 f9 E( H3 F0 r P-39D Airacobra x 58
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0 w' c7 e" h# L9 V4 [ A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed c! @# Z9 T6 l8 I& P* J
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% x4 @8 H. _) G% O/ O" M6 i) Z Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed
/ X8 I/ p% M: m: f# P P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged* ?' z8 W, y1 M: b
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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' k! a" r5 t4 O3 W% g/ _Raid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.% {8 Y& t. F7 V7 {7 ?
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes; |' @0 t) r9 J& L! \) ?+ I
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Japanese aircraft
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G4M1 Betty x 55
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: n( x, p2 A- h9 f0 y+ M Kittyhawk IA x 27
, u1 d [# e" m( k) r4 b P-39D Airacobra x 50
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Japanese aircraft losses$ f7 X! e- E- I7 v
A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed
( w J, o9 x" X/ X G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged
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Allied aircraft losses
8 Q7 c" U/ A) U7 p; Z h0 m1 H P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed
% D9 ^& v3 R+ O) \% a A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground; h) D/ ~6 W! j: J0 t
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Airbase hits 32
$ W4 E' m4 h, v; a) xAirbase supply hits 12
: \& b" t3 L0 W0 \; `7 {0 a: PRunway hits 66
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5 n( e, p! H8 \" D$ h' G$ KMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 ; A& T' Z* g( `7 j3 q
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* p( z% P" e! m- O GRaid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.0 \, M8 t7 ^! G' n8 O
Estimated time to target is 55 minutes
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Japanese aircraft5 a5 g' ~! {) B/ ?, F) U* W* j6 o) x: z
A6M2 Zero x 2$ ?$ ?9 _0 }# R Q0 X5 C' S, ]
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Kittyhawk IA x 26
3 c" g9 j" [- Z1 Y6 n P-39D Airacobra x 31
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Japanese aircraft losses: @& }# G, [6 N. J
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
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P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
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3 }2 l# ~$ d* @Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet." \+ r! j, N0 w6 K. O. K
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes
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Japanese aircraft* k; e; m7 K2 P8 U% D/ @5 h; ~) _
A6M2 Zero x 5) D# g6 ^/ K/ ?! {2 x F
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7 P+ U6 | v8 @, m2 pAllied aircraft
' ?; N* R+ r: n Q9 G Kittyhawk IA x 24
9 h) V6 Y0 l* L7 K0 p P-39D Airacobra x 27
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Allied aircraft losses5 S% E* R) f; s! |
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed |