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。3 V3 T' V. k- j ^! K
Morning 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.
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A6M2 Zero x 15: k9 f9 d7 [+ a# ^5 h( w/ \! r$ z
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1 g4 a* ?5 I9 U P Kittyhawk IA x 30
@6 W) f. t8 t; [ P-39D Airacobra x 580 c' c' h5 G+ b f5 B) s9 Q
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* i" G, q7 P I2 i& L3 ~ A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
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Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed* g: v3 D' c0 W/ j6 S
P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged [! l8 N: z0 P2 ^& f3 x3 D
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E+ b) Z; d/ K2 ^8 URaid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
" I) k& ?- L, ^' ~- K3 R- _$ TEstimated time to target is 23 minutes
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A6M3 Zero x 10
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P-39D Airacobra x 504 r9 O) v3 f( B0 d
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/ m: R3 d8 M3 z. w3 q A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed
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4 G! t! X& R m) _/ K$ I P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed E8 b$ R. d% A2 z
A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground
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Runway hits 66
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5 b+ c4 G+ A# a1 x; PMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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' x y' a6 X1 H; t# @Raid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet./ d V; w( |* B% k3 d/ N
Estimated time to target is 55 minutes
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A6M2 Zero x 2
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Kittyhawk IA x 26
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A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
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2 q$ @ D6 d2 a4 h% Q. i P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed; ~6 f- L6 E: k# K: o. X
6 o3 K6 I7 T8 ZMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.
+ N6 X3 N+ K( c5 T" PEstimated time to target is 1 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
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3 m* Z. @' d. G4 O* Y P-39D Airacobra x 27 S+ A( |( S) J7 w* |+ R" D
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9 S E* R; ?. s) G0 \3 l P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed |