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盟军4发机群大举空袭莫尔兹比港机场。8 M% d# j9 T: I, w
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。
- K+ Q6 W3 q! y% t; rMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Raid detected at 18 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.- L. ]( q, g% D* J
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
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Ki-84r Frank x 48
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Allied aircraft
) `# X# z: I2 s2 X F4U-1 Corsair x 18* Y, D0 @3 V( e5 h
6 k% ?4 r. l, sJapanese aircraft losses& s/ t# l! h/ h, O
Ki-84r Frank: 5 destroyed
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: y* e1 ?- @: I0 g! a: N F4U-1 Corsair: 2 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 & O' u/ O* i: K+ H6 W: X0 f" }. m
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# D# ^. \# C% t4 Q* \2 N* B4 ^Raid detected at 24 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet." D6 B3 t# C1 `5 @9 X& B9 H1 x
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
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Ki-84r Frank x 32, J/ m$ X5 A. S6 M4 \
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F4U-1 Corsair x 18
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' X% q; n, x7 M% ]0 q D7 ^Japanese aircraft losses1 W D1 c- U# G2 c
Ki-84r Frank: 4 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses1 z$ w9 V$ L* T" N d* V z
F4U-1 Corsair: 3 destroyed" m. u% c. ]+ ^# O& [
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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% H ?# n+ Z* b/ v0 |( f! J2 oRaid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
, v: O& d6 Z- {Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
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Ki-84r Frank x 166 B. `+ ^3 T2 X; f2 `' d3 k, ?# t, `
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Allied aircraft
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Japanese aircraft losses
8 C# a. a- i% \, H, d& y, Y' E Ki-84r Frank: 4 destroyed5 m4 J" O8 [9 ~/ \: _& m
) ]0 [% U, A0 Q* h+ T0 CAllied aircraft losses
6 W6 q3 o! N" T# m; _ F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed
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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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; z# ?2 T. G; `( ?2 c1 s1 Y: ~: LRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
; d% q# {, t- KEstimated time to target is 27 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
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B-24J Liberator x 1174 ^) t' G1 T2 x# ~1 A0 z" x% g
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Japanese aircraft losses
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Allied aircraft losses
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B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak1 x, P* G( _- T" F/ c
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Japanese ground losses:
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Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Airbase hits 53
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- k+ H8 k! S$ c2 `: NRunway hits 104
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 4 i. Y1 u6 T. @( `: [
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Weather in hex: Overcast
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Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.6 p) |4 ^" w6 s. O
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes
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Ki-84r Frank x 2
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B-24J Liberator x 30
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Ki-84r Frank: 1 damaged
6 h8 E6 R1 ]3 \- b* Y+ C E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed on ground
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B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged
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0 A: u( D- w/ K9 z9 sAirbase hits 14
& C; F$ k0 ~( D+ \Airbase supply hits 1$ [3 A( l! Q7 Q4 P
Runway hits 19: e$ e. k: p- @0 A
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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# g' ?) h: z4 {! A( X" QRaid detected at 71 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.; K8 p' O/ t* s' A- w0 y) b
Estimated time to target is 24 minutes; d9 h$ E* `3 _: ~. X0 ^0 ` c
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No Japanese losses& [0 u7 `9 V+ l3 b: ?
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No Allied losses
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Airbase hits 99 P# S% ~ l9 z0 R
Runway hits 16 |