3月4日. _) @0 a, h* ^
盟军4发机群大举空袭莫尔兹比港机场。
- E$ r# L2 R i: |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。
5 p$ r' z* b& \. u- R, }Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 ' H, I' z5 W7 n/ m1 [' O
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Weather in hex: Overcast
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' H( \% }6 E* |5 r9 P( CRaid detected at 18 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.
% J9 E. Q- q9 `3 f) a7 yEstimated time to target is 6 minutes4 Q, G" V+ Z% Q( z
4 f& c3 M- M* ]' {' eJapanese aircraft( e1 \( p q+ T
Ki-84r Frank x 486 X# c' s4 J! Q
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/ y4 ?' [. k8 |( d8 e F4U-1 Corsair x 18' G: `( ]" O+ F8 s A/ b4 x( H
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Japanese aircraft losses
% v5 w! \" l$ d7 \4 C Ki-84r Frank: 5 destroyed. _& G) r7 m+ F0 D% j$ x5 T
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Allied aircraft losses
3 K' s/ O& G- i9 ?2 u F4U-1 Corsair: 2 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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6 B+ h3 T% c% `; x* g h6 MRaid detected at 24 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet., i! d- q* ~. l" [, g/ Y
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes6 ?8 w5 |# A9 q4 E- r* |; \% O
+ F. P+ u0 d; E) q/ cJapanese aircraft
0 [6 f& [3 {/ U0 k0 ]% ` Ki-84r Frank x 32
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Allied aircraft
$ V- j2 s8 q1 P- a ^; k F4U-1 Corsair x 18
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) G( c: x& A9 O& h: I$ EJapanese aircraft losses3 {9 y) c4 ^' H
Ki-84r Frank: 4 destroyed7 O" s0 }" m8 w/ y4 A6 I9 d/ j
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Allied aircraft losses3 r* X" p& r! f5 H! W# x2 a* S
F4U-1 Corsair: 3 destroyed, Z. D! Q" ^+ p H! Z
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 8 j; t+ v3 h& y& k7 f
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0 w7 x" ^( u; SRaid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
) P& x. `" x- Q7 k& [7 {# ZEstimated time to target is 14 minutes1 y* o( i( H# Q) V' ]% N( U' u' S
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. e# q' _ y/ P8 ]' @7 n4 ` Ki-84r Frank x 16/ E/ C/ K4 k$ p7 \% G3 x. o
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Allied aircraft* y. p5 r- G; @# P A/ I3 l
F4U-1 Corsair x 17
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Japanese aircraft losses
' O/ ]4 ] n; L, }, `: ^ Ki-84r Frank: 4 destroyed
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* _; q( Z, b* P, ]7 C3 PAllied aircraft losses7 y+ H" o7 f) ^2 U+ _
F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.8 Z% {2 S1 V* }, `1 `
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes4 x; ]/ W8 M" y1 A8 f" v
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Japanese aircraft" E/ ?! Y' z9 |% G( |
Ki-84r Frank x 2
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5 q) ~# O( X2 M4 m0 t B-24J Liberator x 1179 G. E# C, r# t
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Japanese aircraft losses
, i/ ~- Q3 A8 W$ K Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed on ground, e+ @6 e2 `$ E( V) r0 T Q
E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed on ground) v* a) c) ~1 K5 f) S
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Allied aircraft losses
3 o+ D& R8 s5 R: I a { B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged2 L2 Z3 U- w3 ^9 o& r
B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak
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Japanese ground losses:
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Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
/ _) q/ ~4 E0 r* U- B Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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+ @! K- {; _0 _7 S; X5 _Airbase hits 53
8 i! F! D8 |. v4 `7 wAirbase supply hits 2; |9 Q; c. k9 x) o) V5 ~: b
Runway hits 104
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7 k" j) H* u) \ G# ^/ F1 }8 S3 y9 OMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 6 q5 w0 L) H5 J8 E6 K
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0 H3 M: ^! P4 U8 L( ^9 kRaid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.0 Y3 z; p! b q* Q$ H* Y% A
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes' x0 ?) q: U1 o! ~ x- N- c4 r/ o7 A
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Japanese aircraft
# \) O* i* O) C' P) D+ E Ki-84r Frank x 2% H' z7 T4 M' ]# D% D
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Allied aircraft
! l1 R, ]) k& c) I B-24J Liberator x 30
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* l* ^4 d: p5 S: |1 xJapanese aircraft losses7 P" u$ O6 q: u+ X
Ki-84r Frank: 1 damaged
8 q8 t) c( R9 M1 C E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed on ground
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Allied aircraft losses. o0 r& }) H1 q" r1 H
B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged
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Airbase hits 142 ~2 a: I4 S% _, B# x8 E
Airbase supply hits 1* o1 N! d# F4 u/ e* A
Runway hits 19. U7 w+ N1 z& U8 Q
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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2 A n* } ^* B+ jRaid detected at 71 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.7 w( ]/ c' j. h; b
Estimated time to target is 24 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
8 H) Z: ]6 p4 U Ki-84r Frank x 2. J" @* T( |3 v
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B-24J Liberator x 27
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No Japanese losses/ i- @5 D; U6 ^0 `
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No Allied losses; f! N2 R! ~0 m. K6 _
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Airbase hits 9) w3 O9 U4 S( a e( M% J, W
Runway hits 16 |