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。
9 ~' x' R6 P/ G( U7 hMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 : X2 k* {+ A+ e& r, D8 X
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.; ~+ n7 t9 ~8 |. y
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
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A6M2 Zero x 15
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Kittyhawk IA x 30) p- D9 a3 l' _' a. @
P-39D Airacobra x 58, [2 V( @& c1 ^5 E& s) i" z/ b3 n
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1 s, n7 P3 N J# _* a+ q A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed& B/ Q9 L. M+ D5 o! |- ~
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Allied aircraft losses
M, \, X# _# W7 ^8 {$ Q Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed1 J- t! m& d. H
P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged
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8 \ p9 F% T& s4 O$ cMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 - {+ G9 D! f7 Z& c
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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) g% w- c0 R: v& u" F `' w% d, jRaid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
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A6M3 Zero x 10. O7 v% A) x y2 h7 y" `
G4M1 Betty x 55
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Kittyhawk IA x 27
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A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed& Z1 F5 M. o# F% ~$ h- ?, t8 X+ h
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged
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Allied aircraft losses
6 a; {0 A, M; ^0 I" Q P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed4 u6 Y" Z8 N' J
A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground
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Airbase hits 32: _, c0 i# M% x; S6 ^
Airbase supply hits 12" p3 L+ m1 r8 U1 s
Runway hits 66 N3 I7 |1 f- _% l' V' {
0 t5 s6 ?0 ~) ^ rMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Raid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
, f% P9 I; X: E- s! F& [ ZEstimated time to target is 55 minutes
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A6M2 Zero x 2
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Kittyhawk IA x 268 {1 H7 s7 ^1 Q6 h* Y3 _
P-39D Airacobra x 31
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A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
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' f+ X4 \9 h5 M4 U8 s$ \Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.
6 R# j: w* a* s3 J0 S8 Y; gEstimated time to target is 1 minutes: ?' g9 W7 m7 ]9 `. i8 u# b
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A6M2 Zero x 5
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Kittyhawk IA x 24
/ y( \6 g* l0 X' A5 ^0 p# ]3 l P-39D Airacobra x 27) M3 _% W! ^5 z% A3 j6 ?: v
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P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed |