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。, |- r/ E* Z2 D
Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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8 z( F4 [* B" d' i8 f% z7 JWeather in hex: Partial cloud
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6 N' g' |6 w( w0 | kRaid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
3 p) S, V) n# l/ F1 n7 G8 Z( S/ M: G7 gEstimated time to target is 3 minutes
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Japanese aircraft/ l! {8 B R. X
A6M2 Zero x 15. m. j+ [! F* M3 u$ j
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Allied aircraft4 j3 m. d$ B0 b& y; Z
Kittyhawk IA x 30
2 M3 R' `7 E# U! ~2 ^- ]+ q P-39D Airacobra x 58
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7 P1 b: H4 N% D' jJapanese aircraft losses ~2 Y l; Y' ]0 W- y" h
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed3 k9 V5 Y' z+ J) O: ^( X
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Allied aircraft losses9 x; D- L! O: I- L( M w2 O* m: ~
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed/ N/ {! i& f! Q3 J' m5 t3 v
P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged$ Y2 b' l1 w, O9 @5 M( R: r! V
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$ L2 g! g$ R/ KMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 ( q, g; @8 W4 B( b
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' C9 h$ _( F& a# T1 x- J8 yRaid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.% q9 ]$ @' j0 w9 p; R& c* L
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes
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A6M3 Zero x 10 S8 _) \& w# i) G( m$ G& Y
G4M1 Betty x 55
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Kittyhawk IA x 27
4 m: F( `6 m( m2 u3 Q" a. z) C P-39D Airacobra x 50
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Japanese aircraft losses# o% L$ R! A- A; E0 m
A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed
1 x( \+ s: a _ \& Q G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged8 J* v3 }7 x' G4 t4 {5 ?
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Allied aircraft losses/ T, i+ b& f% w: e8 j
P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed
6 Q2 _- x) ~% U# J, m* b. o A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground
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Airbase hits 32
: v9 d) o7 C* s `3 p& |; uAirbase supply hits 12
V2 h7 s4 k3 g- {% eRunway hits 66
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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) r% s& L+ V& _6 |( s3 nRaid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.' G# V/ b3 A X- P' A. A
Estimated time to target is 55 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
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Allied aircraft
- |1 M7 [+ G# c Kittyhawk IA x 26) e: x: o7 h6 h- B' A
P-39D Airacobra x 317 y [: H" G* X) b
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Japanese aircraft losses
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P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed- Z- K! m- [/ W8 v3 Q
; \# O+ S o( |2 C; ~, j& qMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 + s+ @ w7 u3 W% W1 j# Q5 L- U
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Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.6 v/ f/ i* ?) c$ q1 z4 W) A
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
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Kittyhawk IA x 24
9 k) [6 M$ h* ]$ D# \* C2 H5 M& u P-39D Airacobra x 27
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Allied aircraft losses
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