3月4日
( `* u3 [: f1 ?盟军4发机群大举空袭莫尔兹比港机场。* n; E: s4 ~' `1 F/ X U0 A/ i% B) c
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。& L9 P! A3 v2 ^
Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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4 L# @" y7 b% H9 L+ cWeather in hex: Overcast
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Raid detected at 18 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.8 q8 `5 t* D, p6 X4 F4 Y, y' m: E2 M
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes; ^; v) v7 ~, h4 ^. }/ [' w. ^
+ ~2 Y2 X$ k, k7 g) l' g) q$ s4 U1 ~5 DJapanese aircraft
5 C5 A6 N5 x! B1 V Ki-84r Frank x 484 _- x; H- o5 K* r+ K4 ?& ]
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Allied aircraft
& R8 L( A$ K/ d2 P v0 b F4U-1 Corsair x 18
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Japanese aircraft losses
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: ]! _6 c3 Q# q" r$ ?2 }3 \8 fAllied aircraft losses, k6 M5 s3 n0 U: B0 N# o
F4U-1 Corsair: 2 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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! s5 }; F3 W6 S+ I# {) _Raid detected at 24 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet.
: d7 V! t1 C0 ?Estimated time to target is 8 minutes" K$ P" E. s4 t4 Q6 R8 b
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Ki-84r Frank x 32/ c$ `6 E+ b v6 z1 h! f; h
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Allied aircraft7 Z" A9 a8 Z- x3 }3 }, q
F4U-1 Corsair x 183 l& ^% l, ^) a( D! S8 z8 V4 T
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Japanese aircraft losses4 N. }9 X/ R# c) Z# ?
Ki-84r Frank: 4 destroyed' k% c9 }/ p/ [
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F4U-1 Corsair: 3 destroyed* k2 O3 m8 c( J$ l) k
! }1 }" Q. ^- \Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
1 `) B2 Q3 R4 `; ?! IEstimated time to target is 14 minutes
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Ki-84r Frank x 16: @0 X) n' K6 |. r
3 j8 B/ ~$ I( x) L# ^Allied aircraft; K8 K; ~! S3 T* Q1 X
F4U-1 Corsair x 174 O. E4 }8 M- R; V
1 Q; v+ D1 a% Z1 `$ ?Japanese aircraft losses( K+ S2 j8 N1 A- ~0 G% W' L
Ki-84r Frank: 4 destroyed
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F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed+ x- n6 E( [- | m5 ^; t7 ?
: ~& Z& J2 K* E+ G0 G+ VMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
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Ki-84r Frank x 23 g4 W, h* J/ h
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4 s$ O+ m8 [# U: e% ] Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed on ground; c n9 J7 x0 i3 P5 L$ A! [
E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed on ground& ?+ q0 ~. S+ X6 s9 W
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B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged0 S" @$ r7 _8 a. {) D) B
B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak7 h* o" d8 \0 ?; X8 Z
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Japanese ground losses:
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Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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4 I& ^# s, L- [) f. l6 u Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Airbase supply hits 2
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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6 K* P" t# ]' S! T* t ]Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
4 [- ^; X- j+ W+ k9 L CEstimated time to target is 27 minutes& Q7 r* Z+ b7 b. F
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B-24J Liberator x 304 T% V% n, k* P, e5 M
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d- h- D( I/ p0 m9 ~ Ki-84r Frank: 1 damaged
' C6 \' B- ^: s/ `9 T E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed on ground) D/ Y) y+ }1 a+ A5 K/ H
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B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged
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- f7 @! `( Z0 F; c9 H7 kAirbase hits 14
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3 \/ B" n, @9 {8 _7 \Runway hits 19
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& g6 s! T' W2 f, N; y) oMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 1 O' O' {& v) t1 |% h! N
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$ f/ h+ }: l; u9 NRaid detected at 71 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
7 E D1 u8 Y* r" p& r2 SEstimated time to target is 24 minutes
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Airbase hits 9# {. L4 e9 R, Y, E: {1 Y
Runway hits 16 |