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。
4 R& o. U* C. f7 O( I( n5 }# Y! i* ZMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud% m1 [* q3 z) g" b1 ]" {6 k
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Raid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
N: E% u# \: q. I; {Estimated time to target is 3 minutes. C" g* {! p7 H5 k6 h/ {9 M/ m5 G
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9 I, v8 l( v8 Z% N( c- ?8 } A6M2 Zero x 155 B3 s3 V9 u+ I
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Allied aircraft
! X L0 i0 \6 [* C! G% F/ I4 B Kittyhawk IA x 30
: l0 m% U: L: \! m1 Q. I' L P-39D Airacobra x 58% H6 s3 x' L$ ~% M+ B* R
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Japanese aircraft losses
, u% c" C, z5 f# B# N- a A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed# Z B& j' g- E( T
9 k5 h& g8 a2 u4 g7 XAllied aircraft losses
1 a) R0 k4 \2 T1 z# q% ^* I+ q7 B8 h Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed
0 L6 k$ \: s# {0 v& L8 [ P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
1 n1 s- D# D& AEstimated time to target is 23 minutes* m' J0 |; D+ K" f, _
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Japanese aircraft
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$ m5 s& ^7 y/ k* h! j8 { G4M1 Betty x 55
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Allied aircraft+ c, p" f9 c3 \/ a
Kittyhawk IA x 276 L$ i8 J( v8 p
P-39D Airacobra x 50
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A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed
6 D5 a1 [( w% u6 v' F) C# E0 w G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged
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Allied aircraft losses# v {7 b0 e2 @
P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed
; j1 u4 o( k, A5 R F! k& f$ q A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground
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Airbase hits 32
& F" _7 d1 @+ N6 VAirbase supply hits 12 y) O9 n% d- U' f+ D3 s+ E& \
Runway hits 66
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Raid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet., @1 Y* u3 q9 F j4 R4 p% G. t
Estimated time to target is 55 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
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Kittyhawk IA x 26* L" s( u2 J- W8 t# M, _
P-39D Airacobra x 31" b3 x) u- ^4 [5 k0 y- |
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A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed6 r7 I$ P1 b* x
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Allied aircraft losses
0 ~; D; S" }+ @1 _: d( C: H: W P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.& V$ Y2 `$ M, |' M6 ]* y
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes
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' @/ N V& }# a2 j A6M2 Zero x 5
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Kittyhawk IA x 24
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No Japanese losses
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Allied aircraft losses% u8 ]! n2 r, B9 `
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed |