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。9 ^0 @; K4 o& [
Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 & ]0 u$ @9 J* ]9 p5 `
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud" r, k* p; F- v h: Z: L6 b& o
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Raid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
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Japanese aircraft9 d1 \5 J, x0 W' ~
A6M2 Zero x 158 j! A$ I' S$ h0 U
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v8 T; q/ Z: z; O/ gAllied aircraft( R: v+ \; S4 u
Kittyhawk IA x 30 S! b8 i) Q/ R1 U8 o6 @
P-39D Airacobra x 58' a* j5 K$ q4 R! ~
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7 d8 |# w) o3 J" i. r# s A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses2 q4 B0 ~# O# M
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed+ ^9 v0 X4 {8 m' _
P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Raid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.$ c2 c, l8 m. Y" z, q
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes
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Japanese aircraft6 t+ A4 Q. O) b' a$ y7 Y) c
A6M3 Zero x 10
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Allied aircraft
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P-39D Airacobra x 50" U: w- |& _2 ]
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Japanese aircraft losses2 _& A; i* `6 ^4 ^# D
A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed+ o6 d& D3 |: Q5 l- v
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged+ }3 c7 h# q$ `% d
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Allied aircraft losses0 w5 c$ ?- M: B+ z
P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed
* Y- a% ~: u$ w- V A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground
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Airbase hits 32
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9 E3 }2 B3 q1 G. lRunway hits 667 p. ~* z, l. ~3 Z+ c( A5 u9 j) P7 u+ j7 _
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Raid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.4 D# ]. p# ?5 j" _% `+ Q
Estimated time to target is 55 minutes
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A6M2 Zero x 2* w) \. L3 a' M1 S2 f+ y
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Kittyhawk IA x 261 \' C' h6 _$ B' I) t* D6 \
P-39D Airacobra x 310 [4 x" l; ?& B1 O2 Y
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Japanese aircraft losses& A+ E3 t# ~; b6 ?+ q, \/ y+ a! L
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 . Y; P: _, W, w! Q5 i4 f
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Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.: O1 u ]8 l" |6 `1 C7 j: N
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes
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Kittyhawk IA x 24
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& {5 D0 z0 m3 M0 B3 n% jNo Japanese losses
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P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed |