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。( e6 j1 ?* [7 |9 Z' f/ f
Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Raid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.+ ^, E6 k' K* J6 g* C
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
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Allied aircraft
* S6 Q" M" X: y Kittyhawk IA x 304 `8 u' o; K/ f( N
P-39D Airacobra x 58
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Japanese aircraft losses
3 I( P4 a% S" d* R2 ?& T3 n A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses& O0 Q" d% }; u3 [7 d
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed5 H+ G) G; X7 Z1 V {8 p
P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged
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: r, [* i& ^: G) B+ oMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud- n$ X0 M" D0 r' S9 ?: S/ K+ M
( ^$ q+ m$ |5 t* r3 NRaid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet." |3 H/ N# h8 b9 b1 {7 P
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes- O' M8 s1 c5 [8 z& g) q
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A6M3 Zero x 10
* S: W* ~+ P, f3 ?6 U- b" ]0 I3 p G4M1 Betty x 55
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Allied aircraft# m) V( ~6 r( D4 A n% G B# r
Kittyhawk IA x 27
5 g' f2 o$ ^4 t& p+ h: z0 m P-39D Airacobra x 50! K$ @: U; Z, w' {+ f
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Japanese aircraft losses
- B y: p6 F% m- z% f" C A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed
4 P# h+ T4 i O! y) k! { G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged
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Allied aircraft losses
* O1 o+ h1 v* N; X' k* { P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed
& [2 L- G8 o4 |2 g; N1 Y, } A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground9 E5 O( @% N/ B; _) D7 a8 S
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Airbase hits 32
% j1 S- @' S3 l k- v+ NAirbase supply hits 12+ O y& L# T/ g: j
Runway hits 66
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" Q2 p+ \ j; v. {Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 ) ~4 o% G( E3 ~/ y# ^
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Raid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
: m3 L% t# \# V- k! \# u4 o% aEstimated time to target is 55 minutes
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Japanese aircraft5 Z* k$ h) a" Y" k7 t- i, f0 g9 X
A6M2 Zero x 2 S) @# j( k4 `) H& Y
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Kittyhawk IA x 26
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Japanese aircraft losses
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Allied aircraft losses
/ Z2 d; k7 C+ M# c& ^% C P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed/ |9 j" u' m M( U. M x
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' Y" }# f8 s+ g0 |! s4 J* zRaid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.) Y7 R" e0 g6 P: n$ Q2 d; [
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
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Kittyhawk IA x 24
0 N: m# g1 `$ O8 m; L* B P-39D Airacobra x 27
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P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed |