8月14日,盟军预料之中的大规模增援船队开始出现在莫港地区,日军集中所有航空兵力首先对莫港机场发动了强攻,企图一举瘫痪莫港机场,但是遭到急速转场在莫港的美国陆航战斗机群的强力拦截,虽然完成了对机场的轰炸任务,但是战斗机队损失严重,似乎标志着日军妖怪级飞行员高空零战扫场的优势不再。
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# k2 p4 A5 R- ~2 O, ]2 x( xWeather in hex: Partial cloud: k+ D2 }$ Q1 R* ]- B2 l( a
2 P: T" M- [: s* ^( z0 yRaid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.9 }. ~# o: H, J+ T/ g4 j
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
* D; r d5 ]! S( l7 \% ] A6M2 Zero x 15
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Allied aircraft& G/ d/ n6 G2 ^5 k. I& I+ ?2 k0 r3 P
Kittyhawk IA x 30
" p) J$ C3 z( k" x* m" F8 I P-39D Airacobra x 589 l4 U/ f; f$ o4 T9 @
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Japanese aircraft losses ~7 T6 J( b! Y0 _( Y5 T. y8 p8 J
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
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Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed$ J: \3 \: X8 z& e/ W
P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 $ G' J3 m( y$ d
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Raid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
z9 E8 U; f, ]0 {" hEstimated time to target is 23 minutes- w5 x/ X) z n! Y
" P5 W8 H" E* t: I2 wJapanese aircraft
$ b5 w" _" ]* `1 F1 K5 O A6M3 Zero x 10/ c$ ^. S, `. l2 p p% t4 S" E9 n
G4M1 Betty x 55) S3 f8 n7 W2 V" Q* k) U) n
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' h. P& t: {- A9 \/ `! v Kittyhawk IA x 27( P5 H8 |$ c1 S. k! N
P-39D Airacobra x 50% h( B% L- o4 {( d& Q7 V
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/ N9 B" ~/ [) V' \$ Q8 T A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed
* M/ X$ z( G# u G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged
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) v) \0 B+ @8 j( _ P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed. A" d1 }/ t Y% ]$ d; K C* S
A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground0 I+ ~" Y: @% {: p3 B
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6 \) {1 @4 {+ S0 q# Y: L# ^Airbase hits 32
6 k0 X: A w: uAirbase supply hits 12" S: e. H: ^3 ~$ k/ ]$ U i
Runway hits 66# U- ? k% w$ ]) I: U
+ W6 V+ U L# D. c; J, nMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Raid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
% i$ u9 _$ ~+ I4 f! J# J6 ^; dEstimated time to target is 55 minutes
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Japanese aircraft1 \6 x' | [2 X
A6M2 Zero x 26 }: @; k* o' ~/ S( h |
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8 d7 J$ k: B7 `7 ^. VAllied aircraft: U8 s' S' l/ P8 \& k3 V6 h
Kittyhawk IA x 26
( ?4 n# M n3 T# m; L; e9 m P-39D Airacobra x 31; e5 I+ p# `" |9 C2 O% t6 ^, W$ Z
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Japanese aircraft losses! k: q! L. s# K
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed' l0 Q! m: l$ @, X4 B
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Allied aircraft losses8 v+ E0 h1 q, V+ w7 I3 f: D8 S
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed8 g: T( d' A7 t: Y% R
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.
' u% D$ q& m8 [1 g$ c& _Estimated time to target is 1 minutes
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Allied aircraft
* M, K: @" K. S2 n% I Kittyhawk IA x 24
* T: g0 Y5 H- y/ E$ ~- c' C P-39D Airacobra x 27 d0 N: j! u+ `; g
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0 k6 H/ Y. w" `. s+ c- b$ ]6 |: g P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed |