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。& n1 q" D8 k, G9 p$ j3 C( Z
Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 1 E. k! d0 R' x" ]% V
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Raid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
, f! E- _) i1 h7 `Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
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A6M2 Zero x 154 B7 J0 w% F: T- \( o3 Z& `
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Allied aircraft5 @. I2 z4 d+ i( R% g1 N# N
Kittyhawk IA x 30
0 H7 r# m1 ~8 [ P-39D Airacobra x 58
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* Z( [( e2 F. @/ C# Q7 r- k# OJapanese aircraft losses+ V- L4 r4 I% B; f) Y! o2 q3 R; L: }
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed% {2 A( U# ?: {7 e
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Allied aircraft losses
3 r% n) {/ X4 d' W6 i1 y8 A: N0 p3 r Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed+ o; S6 A0 r' c7 z. k
P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Raid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.9 T/ ^( S" g4 |0 Z* [; E
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes) U! c, N7 J, k! i. }
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A6M3 Zero x 10 f3 ]* ]0 s. L, y1 o" K' U& c
G4M1 Betty x 55$ C) K: E$ S5 d! D/ i2 z' T
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Allied aircraft
5 x4 Q$ G$ q" e: Y1 r5 v5 b Kittyhawk IA x 27
, b7 K* `* o3 ~7 R0 v3 p7 U P-39D Airacobra x 501 ^ ?$ L0 V1 i6 h* R
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6 U) h* F4 A1 s6 N+ L8 G A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed/ V: m! V: B- ~( N
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged4 G5 F8 K9 x! ^! D4 n8 w. v1 B' t
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9 I( M# ?! Z, | P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed1 I" k& b& y% p3 z
A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground
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Airbase hits 32 c8 ]. d# t3 w( A5 V
Airbase supply hits 12; c+ f$ r$ C$ w5 }
Runway hits 66
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' N- {6 G" ?( H% o/ h; B5 H2 i7 i/ @Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 ` P ]9 j* K9 \* D( W) r
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5 Y; X7 m" G/ W; R9 l. }- l8 V! A) M! gRaid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.0 A' V2 \4 D0 k1 z# d
Estimated time to target is 55 minutes
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Allied aircraft
1 g0 { l0 E0 e5 y Kittyhawk IA x 26
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Japanese aircraft losses4 `, I) X" f" J, d! |
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses" g/ I% u% Y2 g
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 6 |* E; u5 o$ V3 ~3 s) e6 x
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.
$ n/ U# z- Z& o; BEstimated time to target is 1 minutes t0 t: d3 z) M$ }& V$ A/ _1 y
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Kittyhawk IA x 24" s% @( s$ _2 x% N1 A! U# Z* Z
P-39D Airacobra x 27
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No Japanese losses6 |0 x+ x" M9 p9 Y/ u
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# m; s5 m3 j3 \& d" O5 b P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed |