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。4 m3 m2 S* M; C/ [4 P
Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 / o3 w V- X, _" s5 ^4 H m
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Raid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
# C8 A( _- H$ ^Estimated time to target is 3 minutes0 Y# V( T. `; ?- J' G
0 E+ Q4 ~, G3 ^5 Z' z6 @+ @$ qJapanese aircraft) V, U. c( }% |1 q* s" a' k
A6M2 Zero x 15
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9 T% c c0 M) v; d6 S1 D Kittyhawk IA x 30
/ n& z2 a; d* ?9 X- p P-39D Airacobra x 58" F0 l$ S! s/ g8 z% p* ^
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4 h2 c4 e4 Z# n& VJapanese aircraft losses
) b; N/ z) i) h A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed; K, ?1 F. _ ] p- H# ~6 Z9 ?
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Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed- S" a+ |7 A- u; L
P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged9 z5 `8 P4 n/ `6 q" |4 V& K* p
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8 C2 X! X: p$ @Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud6 t8 h1 v! l2 G
; k7 K/ c8 C4 D* n' b' ]: p+ JRaid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
( v# B1 o! b1 ?8 \+ gEstimated time to target is 23 minutes/ w0 J# X& O; P" t
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A6M3 Zero x 10# b8 [8 N. W% V- q" L+ S
G4M1 Betty x 55" ?3 n- m( m. S( t5 ]
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1 e' u% Q9 d. x0 x: q3 m$ vAllied aircraft7 S: Q- T6 @, i. s
Kittyhawk IA x 27
. G# g! x+ D- R P-39D Airacobra x 50 Z5 R3 M `) j! _3 K8 C, n
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Japanese aircraft losses
" \$ F8 [: a% ?5 W$ I A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed
E1 F: T8 Y8 y" K* T3 e( T G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged4 t8 ]$ n# x1 o
3 Z+ u! C- D6 T7 F# N6 DAllied aircraft losses
; i( h# V J4 H4 q P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed( U' B) B& F5 |
A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground, j! {4 G& S8 f3 a4 F$ I
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Airbase hits 32
; X, I4 ]; Z! u H, D- w8 X2 P% [( NAirbase supply hits 12
- F% c2 M$ t, T5 NRunway hits 66
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' w8 } Y! v+ V3 S4 cMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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! @% `4 f9 s5 Z5 L0 w6 oRaid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.4 u# N) C; j9 t9 Q
Estimated time to target is 55 minutes6 X* S* _& |* i; I' g" L& r$ {& `5 `
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A6M2 Zero x 2! z8 @' z4 {, t) ]1 ~% o9 i3 P
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Allied aircraft
. J8 |3 B$ u) O6 e6 k4 ` Kittyhawk IA x 26
$ s u8 \. Z# b P-39D Airacobra x 31; q) i+ T" g; `$ O4 @- y
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A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed6 E2 E( b7 W! S
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Allied aircraft losses5 z) G: O1 P$ g2 P
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
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) |6 s5 @7 w( C% e! M! QMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 3 d# m2 @* f2 e9 K4 \* ?8 E
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud) ^) g7 G; w$ m C
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Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.8 x8 K/ F+ i' O# g
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes
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Japanese aircraft( D5 `$ y5 o8 ?& f
A6M2 Zero x 5
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Allied aircraft8 c' f% a( Z" a, y1 q) n0 I
Kittyhawk IA x 24
: ^2 c0 T( T! W! B' |" P2 z P-39D Airacobra x 27
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No Japanese losses2 e5 Q1 Y* U X" F: ]
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Allied aircraft losses5 U1 o0 e0 q2 v% s; M
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed |