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盟军4发机群大举空袭莫尔兹比港机场。
& g: B' v. |+ W; y5 F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。
: n! C0 H1 g+ `Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 % {& \0 q7 D- |: ]$ B' a2 ]
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Weather in hex: Overcast. ?1 ?6 e' |( U, a2 N# e
# w1 X! B3 n+ M1 rRaid detected at 18 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.
+ o% e k* L; x( `Estimated time to target is 6 minutes, ~2 S f0 ^8 |! [; z
, s0 [$ h& y6 ~Japanese aircraft
( Z& L/ G$ r$ s, j Ki-84r Frank x 48
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Allied aircraft+ D$ w8 e, X# Q5 q5 k1 k
F4U-1 Corsair x 18. K- q( n, [/ m; N. n
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Japanese aircraft losses
& H8 m7 ^3 a. M) J3 k Ki-84r Frank: 5 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses
. h. Y. E9 S) p F4U-1 Corsair: 2 destroyed6 N8 R9 x4 u+ H
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 1 N& v0 n9 |6 d7 `' x
2 f2 R. H" u/ N t- p5 \) ]' N$ vWeather in hex: Overcast0 U [3 ~" \- p/ `, ?
" M$ c, U/ M# E# @ }4 |1 o) jRaid detected at 24 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet.
! ^+ h, o) P, y& O( DEstimated time to target is 8 minutes
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Japanese aircraft2 P* o0 ~7 T) Y! } y& l$ F, C. r
Ki-84r Frank x 32
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Allied aircraft1 O/ B4 e( U% L$ k- x- A
F4U-1 Corsair x 180 g1 n/ Z% d; w( d
& r+ F* Y: O, k8 E j. \& SJapanese aircraft losses
% n9 M8 H! T+ R5 Q" Q& c Ki-84r Frank: 4 destroyed
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5 O# L# I: c/ X$ |8 d& YAllied aircraft losses
, z6 F8 F2 w( F+ o) X F4U-1 Corsair: 3 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 9 w& C! A/ U# u
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" m# L6 W: r n8 w! n6 f* F. gRaid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
: n' ?8 k: A9 {0 q5 mEstimated time to target is 14 minutes
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Ki-84r Frank x 16
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Allied aircraft! K; \% D$ I; t9 P: _2 i
F4U-1 Corsair x 17$ s7 [* z+ o" O% W
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Japanese aircraft losses; n* w6 U. H7 h, _- K/ f# _! i3 | d
Ki-84r Frank: 4 destroyed6 ? p% U: x/ b$ N. a5 n
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Allied aircraft losses5 Y* a" I3 }5 P- `
F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed
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3 e, B* {3 ?3 h5 | r4 w/ ^4 H5 g, eMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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4 X6 C. r+ z9 R. bWeather in hex: Overcast
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# A5 D$ `& b2 w, Z7 e) P$ ~Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.1 x: P- w. J6 O' q+ }2 }
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes
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2 U6 h. C) m' n+ Y! Y z/ L% F+ ~Japanese aircraft
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Allied aircraft
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: \' Z3 R; K0 Y' JJapanese aircraft losses1 d# x( q/ u% c$ ?; N" X
Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed on ground
* O5 d( V3 c3 {# l- t& ^# T E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed on ground- f- K0 C" v' G; [1 L7 p( c
7 j4 ~# `) i; Z. o' {! ~Allied aircraft losses% I D: x7 s8 d% Q- @
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged
* o0 ^* h# S/ F N1 ^ B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak7 b# U+ P. Z+ y/ w
9 C* {; Q1 \: i1 l6 eJapanese ground losses:9 [) T. v1 E2 h: H
5 casualties reported4 }# M' i) Z) j8 Y. i1 C
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled# f6 w. I# G/ k6 Y3 M
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled: ^3 h% m u9 j4 c- H; g
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled: v0 g; V3 Z( ~0 S4 v, a3 U
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Airbase hits 53
% Q) d7 }3 [, n' A( E8 hAirbase supply hits 2
3 ~' \9 _+ N' r; p; fRunway hits 104 \: q/ w6 i& n! t$ G# ^
) F# ]2 V5 V. n% K! {- r$ B8 f! [Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 1 z1 b) K( o* d7 `# @
$ S, J8 H& }. E1 X: P, rWeather in hex: Overcast# r4 {8 x+ _$ ~; f" P7 M: l
) ~$ N& n4 j; s. b& [ WRaid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.1 e7 o' M0 _. U1 t. ]1 \
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes
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Japanese aircraft- K0 ^) ]. B9 P+ [+ {
Ki-84r Frank x 2! ]) b. R( S, O5 [. b
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Allied aircraft
# r- k/ t7 o! l8 p: m B-24J Liberator x 300 \/ s" ^7 l% L
0 V' l5 l! d# l0 c+ p: c5 _Japanese aircraft losses
- \& m# w1 ]; N% K# G Ki-84r Frank: 1 damaged
8 x- u. o2 h+ j7 F# r9 _ E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed on ground: v: d. p/ b& u8 a
1 D) ?0 l0 ^3 @# k6 ^) n. A, aAllied aircraft losses3 n3 ?) n ~9 l( |/ M) L$ G7 Z& ?3 R
B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged. o& \1 Q% D+ G. @0 Z
% x& t6 S" q1 q& Y/ [% dAirbase hits 14" U9 f8 W. e& w) j
Airbase supply hits 1$ ]* l: a: J' k# E* b/ r3 U
Runway hits 192 S: e# E4 P% ]1 k( I- }! I
& g- u/ e+ {+ e6 h; QMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Raid detected at 71 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
/ Z8 H* O0 Q! w& I+ o* UEstimated time to target is 24 minutes8 [; M+ v w+ I" o* Q/ B- ?8 g
4 r. y( R% p9 l) { |) aJapanese aircraft% e8 j* P9 B: s0 r" R* w! L
Ki-84r Frank x 2; s- \0 k# i0 ]( m& c3 d
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Allied aircraft6 l# L) V; q1 M6 K1 `. \$ f
B-24J Liberator x 27
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No Japanese losses6 l/ Y! w F: c$ L
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No Allied losses
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Airbase hits 9
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