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。" C5 R( E& G* }6 U
Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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4 d: ^% c1 y* uRaid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
+ {9 [2 E6 c/ Y$ OEstimated time to target is 3 minutes% ?1 U4 ^7 b3 ~0 @# d- O/ M, R( o
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Japanese aircraft
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# f' k$ o( @' S& w8 \ Kittyhawk IA x 30* ~: V5 U5 S$ d3 k; f* g. k
P-39D Airacobra x 58
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Japanese aircraft losses
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Allied aircraft losses1 N) p8 t5 j9 \
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed
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& p) }& E' ~9 r4 l/ x* K8 fMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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# B7 Y9 {/ y* ARaid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.: L2 _ n6 N+ d- z6 h8 r6 ^! Q" }
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes9 ^0 D% L1 x( ]. G; \1 p
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# {4 b* Z0 U7 o* D/ _: O3 c7 u A6M3 Zero x 104 N0 T' ^4 i! i
G4M1 Betty x 55
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Kittyhawk IA x 27
3 f0 H0 ^( t6 o( v: m8 J P-39D Airacobra x 50
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Japanese aircraft losses3 l% z1 @4 e! K8 s" {! P
A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed
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P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed
$ u* i, k- z% K A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground; |! ^, ?5 J# l0 B# W
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e- [" `& \. i, ~9 S/ Y/ rAirbase hits 32, d: n3 g+ Y" z$ g$ r% Q
Airbase supply hits 12
! u5 r, m7 C8 x+ T9 P8 IRunway hits 66
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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.& Z( w5 Q$ P2 P0 K. K0 V ?! r
Estimated time to target is 55 minutes! M) d0 q# c# J/ l, E
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Japanese aircraft
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Allied aircraft1 @5 `$ c/ n: k, N: N5 ?
Kittyhawk IA x 26
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A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
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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.
8 M8 n+ q! R& dEstimated time to target is 1 minutes
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A6M2 Zero x 5: R& y' ^* W" L% w7 w: J/ i
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: U( m! B+ w" t3 M2 X$ D/ e4 S Kittyhawk IA x 24
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3 K9 |! o4 q5 T$ w$ ?No Japanese losses
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