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。
t \0 ~" F b& EMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
* }* L- C7 q9 \4 r/ DEstimated time to target is 3 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
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Allied aircraft
/ {; i5 |3 q! ^3 |9 @4 z Kittyhawk IA x 304 q2 J7 F+ N* Z2 _6 m2 I
P-39D Airacobra x 58
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/ q9 n: J; o: q# d( b2 [Japanese aircraft losses
! s# N7 M2 \& C A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses
4 O2 H- r8 k0 t Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed) W }7 r! d! h
P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged7 w6 \+ l1 Y( B! u" U
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0 Q' e+ a8 _' H( ^& D: J+ ~ HMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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2 L. I) p2 Q* ?Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.* r @' p6 \+ H8 {* u
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes
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) f' X. Y6 W" |7 i: k A6M3 Zero x 105 ~# w5 t# `9 `4 S
G4M1 Betty x 55
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Kittyhawk IA x 27
" s2 ?8 d3 l) q3 V P-39D Airacobra x 50- }6 V* d7 D q7 d8 n W
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4 t% l P, C. e% T A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed c% i) w1 ~" y3 l' p' [
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged
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Allied aircraft losses2 t4 q3 p! p# a) B) B
P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed1 B+ V2 Y# _$ t# h
A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground: P2 h+ R7 R' _) r ^5 p% a
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7 p2 Z$ n' S/ x# `7 {9 ?Airbase hits 323 E$ M: J( s5 q
Airbase supply hits 12: ^2 y# f( p9 O' t( S" B4 \
Runway hits 66( M+ Z. f7 e! |7 R6 y4 _: I
& Z+ i3 W0 Z9 c2 RMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud4 i% y( [( v- o
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Raid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
/ {5 w" N% @* w9 G% j! z3 KEstimated time to target is 55 minutes7 R/ v6 I1 s g) m5 v4 X' i
' g; N' ?/ ^2 e/ s/ x% ~Japanese aircraft
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Allied aircraft0 B$ x% l( r; ?( e- e
Kittyhawk IA x 264 U# S% ?' }4 j+ A: w \1 p# u
P-39D Airacobra x 31 M( B! R. k0 j2 }/ S. i8 E
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Japanese aircraft losses
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P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 % K7 c/ S D7 j
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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0 {7 t2 p1 D. K. nRaid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.7 T" X% {8 J/ f# r+ S
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes
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Kittyhawk IA x 24* x4 Z% O, [7 D, T2 S- m: e
P-39D Airacobra x 27+ _/ j/ `7 `5 R* P- x3 R) U
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No Japanese losses% u# _ s! K( i. J# M V! C+ L
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P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed |