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。& b- X s- @' Q8 K! j D
Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 ) ?5 E% a& a7 \
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud6 |8 D% i' a% X
, e5 H$ L- A9 t6 A* _$ A& F* X e. iRaid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
0 r8 k3 h* U. H; a# C9 MEstimated time to target is 3 minutes# S2 @( P/ ^2 B1 f0 m
0 Q; x2 P2 J7 O" J- f2 LJapanese aircraft- p; ~/ H h$ o( {7 V1 o
A6M2 Zero x 15
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Allied aircraft( A4 d& z& c" ]( r0 |
Kittyhawk IA x 30
8 y9 x7 y. Q$ R# T) g$ ^ M P-39D Airacobra x 58
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Japanese aircraft losses! \# {2 j8 f7 ~* G8 ]$ \
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed; j7 `$ @& l1 m0 U
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Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed- C& l" X. k0 _' y) n9 W
P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged
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1 _3 a: U7 E/ u% e8 V5 O' DMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 ( Y3 I7 s% r) M6 f
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Raid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.) g0 U4 D3 c- r1 a3 f9 N
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes# W/ u4 D1 L5 U0 u
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Japanese aircraft" N7 a; v( m: c3 {
A6M3 Zero x 10. [5 r! {) P; W: \
G4M1 Betty x 559 N9 `6 {* h, v. G# @1 ^
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; T/ A5 q% O# {- c: cAllied aircraft
V, w4 [8 a' b& c! A Kittyhawk IA x 27+ |& R7 b" h0 U1 ^+ f& s$ Z
P-39D Airacobra x 505 G' j& P6 ]+ x4 n9 q8 Q
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2 N+ @: {: B# U" ^/ O. { A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed
) _1 r7 |6 {1 Y4 Y6 v* l0 A G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged6 e) }8 S: i3 {* T/ J
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Allied aircraft losses2 {& d5 }/ @6 Q: Z) A }1 o! n
P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed7 k, x! o% y+ e, E! W+ ]# h
A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground
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" [% X7 m+ n8 ~( u& LAirbase hits 32
8 |2 b0 {, J" e( v% U6 q# vAirbase supply hits 12: j) F. U% g5 m$ L2 _: T5 j+ R7 A e
Runway hits 66
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1 n- `1 d* m* FMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 6 Q7 w. U2 z- f9 e) S/ Q
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Raid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.. N: E1 t' w3 c2 e z
Estimated time to target is 55 minutes$ E: a, @; \% H9 b6 e
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Japanese aircraft8 M3 E$ }. F& J
A6M2 Zero x 25 n4 R2 D J( l6 Y- Y1 S
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Allied aircraft
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P-39D Airacobra x 31
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( W5 g+ ^# e1 M0 b" P" w) Q6 @3 n1 ]Japanese aircraft losses: H; }' t; H7 v3 d
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses3 N6 y( ^5 ?' Z- z2 c: Q* S
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed6 R1 s8 P, p- @; ~, w; K/ M
2 H2 e% R7 E4 @2 Q; S1 n! YMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 / {: E9 q5 `8 Q$ ~( f$ ^5 i
9 k" d/ |) y: D0 S6 }Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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' e5 c- g7 A6 hRaid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.
o* h* ]3 W5 C1 Q+ ]4 S6 mEstimated time to target is 1 minutes
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A6M2 Zero x 5, Z8 {; i) |; [/ X* p
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2 B( @- U0 W' n. P( G& AAllied aircraft3 M3 [. E+ g2 C
Kittyhawk IA x 24
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4 {2 A9 L5 `" K! g4 O2 }9 T" YNo Japanese losses. w: Z3 M- ~5 p. U0 g; r
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P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed |