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。" E) J3 @* t4 q1 U
Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 5 ?$ E" B* R9 u; ^; a
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud& d, K# A4 B- w6 M5 m. t+ P
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Raid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
4 x* i8 e! Q# h) j4 u* R9 N! q* mEstimated time to target is 3 minutes
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x2 E5 |) g3 Z- J2 uJapanese aircraft+ j1 U# Y: A# H3 b) l5 q
A6M2 Zero x 15
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Allied aircraft
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P-39D Airacobra x 58
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Japanese aircraft losses2 B+ R. Y, Q) o0 h& X1 m
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed. ^; O; A" V3 S2 ~; L/ y
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Allied aircraft losses0 ]3 c1 ^, ^# N" V t
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed
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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.
3 ]4 F: i. x* V( LEstimated time to target is 23 minutes2 w" Z3 R' S2 W' d9 H
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Japanese aircraft8 n3 |9 W# \+ w( o5 ~7 x8 N
A6M3 Zero x 10
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Allied aircraft$ V* L8 F" G$ s
Kittyhawk IA x 27
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Japanese aircraft losses, I x1 u1 n% Y; X8 ]
A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed& V# q: b7 l& h7 }) T
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged, W6 u; d+ @2 L: `
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Allied aircraft losses
1 h5 ~/ L0 }9 G3 \6 @/ u6 m P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed
/ {9 {$ M# d( s" W6 R2 u2 V5 D0 b A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground( M9 N: z1 J- ^* K
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Airbase hits 32% b$ r$ p$ c6 A8 N e- M
Airbase supply hits 12
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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" I; K$ S6 b$ N$ _) nRaid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
1 w6 R5 }* o8 I2 O( a! N, q/ zEstimated time to target is 55 minutes
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A6M2 Zero x 2
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Kittyhawk IA x 26
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$ O3 ]" Q" u( w2 U6 H% M2 T* eJapanese aircraft losses
- ^/ y$ x* ^! n4 e, e A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed8 e9 Q% p# {, y6 i" X
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 {4 |, ]3 a* e# k3 H) w6 ~! L" J
4 E6 D8 H l1 u5 T/ iWeather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.
+ Q- X3 O4 h W* I# h6 u& E' r/ mEstimated time to target is 1 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
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Kittyhawk IA x 24
, F: ~7 }5 H# t/ S+ r/ C$ Q P-39D Airacobra x 27
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Allied aircraft losses+ P. V; r1 I6 r1 }" p5 Y1 _
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed |