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。
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud9 g6 M- H7 E' i. Z
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Raid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.3 _4 Q, R7 ` V$ T
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes9 U+ t$ m7 C3 v8 r( E! ~ ^
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A6M2 Zero x 15 V0 c) n0 @; [% M5 O0 ~
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v7 r& z9 m6 f7 Z Kittyhawk IA x 30
9 Z/ I0 u7 @2 e4 @# c P-39D Airacobra x 580 D \# E+ O/ z) S H" c, J
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A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
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3 i8 v6 t: X5 Z0 J% d Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed
\5 t4 M4 r8 ?+ C, o* F8 w P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged l& C' ]+ p- G3 J5 u% s; l1 Q
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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& g3 m: d0 Y [ S5 iRaid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
5 w# u x0 d! Q+ |Estimated time to target is 23 minutes
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A6M3 Zero x 10
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% ]4 [( J- Z$ ^9 F$ \ Kittyhawk IA x 279 X# |8 T/ t% T- O8 ?( c
P-39D Airacobra x 50
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A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed9 H2 Q8 Y8 @+ @. ~ q7 `
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged+ a! t' Q3 H/ h! h E$ H$ r
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P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed1 }3 Z9 o3 E+ n# X$ U- t) X
A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground5 Z: p; s, ]" Y
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Airbase hits 32
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Runway hits 667 U# b1 `2 S; u% o8 u- R
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 , a- m- ~2 ~+ G3 j4 E, ~
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.- i- ?8 _2 }2 I( q3 f$ Q" A
Estimated time to target is 55 minutes
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4 J1 H6 t6 S$ n6 h# v+ ^ Kittyhawk IA x 268 [; k* E+ V- c" L: L
P-39D Airacobra x 31
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Japanese aircraft losses
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P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed; V) ]' |' E& i- z0 h/ Z/ t$ }
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud3 Z8 y, V q3 V) f- }4 i
# C. D8 A, A) `9 k) C7 P+ w. MRaid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.5 \* f) [' l) T' f+ o+ K
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes
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P-39D Airacobra x 27* T1 C: f/ w! Y8 g8 I7 T1 m2 @2 \
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% T! J3 R+ d2 Y& v! q* R( J P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed |