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。
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud* x1 |1 J; G4 Q5 ]5 u7 |
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Raid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
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& i/ r' w9 _. l% G2 N7 ?( o8 G Kittyhawk IA x 30
$ R2 k' q. _6 c& N( ] j P-39D Airacobra x 58
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0 `4 V: T1 ]' `6 B) zJapanese aircraft losses- G3 X7 E y: K! y* ]
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses
: |8 B+ c. ]+ X, K) C Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed% i. z4 b; u' n# K; l
P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 5 \" M; o& O9 v" r
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1 [/ W4 o# y1 T6 C1 t: Q8 j$ yRaid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.8 @# a* j1 j* [9 B& `2 t, T
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes" _7 q" l. I+ T t8 W
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. Y* r; i3 c* H A6M3 Zero x 109 J) Z3 e# D( F) C! C ?
G4M1 Betty x 55
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Kittyhawk IA x 27
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Japanese aircraft losses
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G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged
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P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed! | h7 n# _8 ~2 ?
A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground1 ?$ L# ?" y4 S) z% d
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: l% p; |& i- c, U4 U5 FAirbase hits 325 ~) F: t/ r; G
Airbase supply hits 12$ E- ^ Y" ]" p: ~
Runway hits 66; [0 T$ b: y! T* J' F9 K
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9 C6 _ f$ ~! p/ G2 M( N, Y" ?Raid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet." P' C5 ?/ R7 Y7 b9 f! C
Estimated time to target is 55 minutes }: E4 `- |9 {* a. @4 s4 ?
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Kittyhawk IA x 26
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A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed5 @* I2 u: Z5 Y7 e+ X7 c# m, w8 ~
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# ?# d/ W# \, z5 d( H( R0 I4 w P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed6 e" i, U! y. q( D8 S5 m
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Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.
8 N0 d( u2 K. T5 i& nEstimated time to target is 1 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
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P-39D Airacobra x 27
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P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed |