3月4日
' ]: z9 M) q9 d盟军4发机群大举空袭莫尔兹比港机场。
/ J& s: @+ Y: n, n& Y驻守当地的一个大队疾风丙机队浴血奋战,和多个海盗扫场机队轮番搏斗,最终还是不敌落败,机场被4发夷为平地。这个行动估计是盟军登陆战之前的准备行动组成部分。' N0 y S; S! [% M. T( j4 F2 T
Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 1 r& X4 W1 L+ ]6 O- o5 i
) @9 r& s6 R/ G( E4 Y+ UWeather in hex: Overcast4 b+ R/ h% R+ u0 A; Y3 G
9 C' J, n' W9 SRaid detected at 18 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.* s/ y! v' Z) f3 D
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes6 l7 r0 T2 ^5 n$ g$ `7 s* u
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Japanese aircraft
K7 L8 Z6 O4 K Ki-84r Frank x 48
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Allied aircraft+ |7 [6 ^ |3 n9 m; \( v
F4U-1 Corsair x 18
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/ R& d- j8 G7 \, T' EJapanese aircraft losses; R& E# y5 T& [- Z: x' N% m7 U+ R% t
Ki-84r Frank: 5 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses$ f. V- A* y* N! Z9 ^' {7 N
F4U-1 Corsair: 2 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Overcast& F2 @! X4 U+ g2 ]! g3 [/ I8 ^
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Raid detected at 24 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet. q4 @, b5 |; _; i/ q6 X" x8 }( ~
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes; @/ ?3 k) E9 K, k: L
0 U' Q# x% P: z' {& ^Japanese aircraft
% K6 F. b% y9 `0 o& L Ki-84r Frank x 32# a. b' A9 n# t7 J7 g. y, u
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Allied aircraft$ ]/ o) P5 n, `1 @
F4U-1 Corsair x 18
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Japanese aircraft losses
, [6 A# J4 b% c# s Ki-84r Frank: 4 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses
# U4 Z8 [/ i. \% H F4U-1 Corsair: 3 destroyed8 G$ _3 `$ S/ }5 v
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Overcast
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Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.0 Y/ B+ z6 @2 ]7 y
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
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Japanese aircraft5 Z( M: H! U) ]1 C% I& S
Ki-84r Frank x 16
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F4U-1 Corsair x 17
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Japanese aircraft losses
6 K( t2 B/ g, E9 w1 d Ki-84r Frank: 4 destroyed1 ^- E) X. o, m! X/ e E
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Allied aircraft losses7 H# D: X A; U; D
F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed5 f1 W$ h; m& r% [/ _
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Overcast; g7 m! J! K1 C
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.$ Q' Q, x. L/ v, s! Q# H
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes
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Japanese aircraft J- U. t* b7 Q& [, \+ n- N: O
Ki-84r Frank x 2
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Allied aircraft5 h& `: B3 O; l5 ]
B-24J Liberator x 1174 E0 ?- _3 l% ?9 Z& m
2 D2 b5 K3 \0 h0 R: W8 M* ?; y; |Japanese aircraft losses$ t0 _4 j; \" ^
Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed on ground
: C+ p7 Z) u% z T& m E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed on ground
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4 f3 X$ w2 O) @( [* gAllied aircraft losses3 T/ ~5 G% x5 D6 J6 p/ b
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged
0 A( n; I/ f; [ B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak! v, }# m d( ]5 F" E
2 {, S2 q) k5 n* c5 n0 U0 L( OJapanese ground losses:
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; l6 X, K% D. ~0 ^, _ Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
S1 i- F0 R. M e1 m$ t( U Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
( K9 c' H' g/ w4 a9 M7 ~8 Z Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled, y7 [% W7 U* F C- a4 a$ w6 X6 G
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Airbase hits 53
- x. W0 y8 K, J7 ]4 XAirbase supply hits 2
6 g# z4 l( R) y: X0 YRunway hits 104+ B7 j& {" u8 T9 g. l7 ?
3 Q6 S+ }$ m$ a1 }& uMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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0 N- C7 \8 I9 l5 m& d1 Y; s, BWeather in hex: Overcast
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* s H. |: k: Q _6 SRaid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.4 D- Y* T: }3 C- ?; K c
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes$ ^; S( E8 _# e) O
* ~! F8 m/ ?/ C5 O1 k7 g- iJapanese aircraft
) ]* U5 `$ j7 l/ {- P8 ^ Ki-84r Frank x 2( B" p. j5 h# R2 Z' S6 d
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Allied aircraft
7 o5 J }' U v" i# o. u8 b" g3 W B-24J Liberator x 30/ s9 D' {# }) ]" E8 v1 A7 i
2 P o+ |+ E1 _" x1 R3 D- L. Y6 HJapanese aircraft losses
w4 r+ M3 a# H9 }7 x6 F Ki-84r Frank: 1 damaged; \0 @- G" R* Y4 Q
E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed on ground
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Allied aircraft losses
7 _+ B$ b- |" E# s0 B- @9 `0 Z B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged
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Airbase hits 14
8 n0 M/ L2 d. \0 a) aAirbase supply hits 1
* P6 K% T9 ~! q4 aRunway hits 19
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 % X: }2 z B# t( V# d/ ^. P
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& `2 S( {) L; U3 Y4 gRaid detected at 71 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
) H* H/ T) o+ a0 d0 k: V* {5 y' bEstimated time to target is 24 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
9 X/ z' ?: V# [ Ki-84r Frank x 2
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Allied aircraft! H$ g1 A. P! V( a6 S! E* a8 m
B-24J Liberator x 27
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3 _# f) [ q }+ K# K5 P9 T5 @( e/ VNo Japanese losses
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% L6 K* V# ]: F5 p: HNo Allied losses2 K1 N0 ^* g {9 H
1 m! U, L$ k5 O" KAirbase hits 9) g7 ?/ G; Z) f& ?6 Y
Runway hits 16 |