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。
1 ]3 o7 F6 P! {1 G, h6 mMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 : `# k$ U% P6 Z z
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud2 K$ d! ~( V, r0 o; \, R
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Raid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
( ~1 Q# R) C9 k$ VEstimated time to target is 3 minutes7 U# {7 i$ [* k8 U5 Y
% R; f; T+ k, A7 m+ f6 U$ }Japanese aircraft9 r1 d! w* N1 w5 x
A6M2 Zero x 15
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& u4 l; F( s- oAllied aircraft, _. D7 U# E8 U3 c( g/ ?
Kittyhawk IA x 30
( z$ w2 B+ b' D& u+ m/ e P-39D Airacobra x 58
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Japanese aircraft losses1 i% {: R8 q# i1 l
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed6 G* H+ i1 ?0 z+ p4 c
1 u+ K1 n# M N& tAllied aircraft losses% `6 h6 l8 S4 Z2 o7 [% f; L
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed! q" V; _1 R; T5 `* H" V' x
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.
4 R+ ^5 U* J- Q" e2 r7 e) wEstimated time to target is 23 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
. h8 n" X& D$ U: E A6M3 Zero x 10* @% V% x: @6 Y$ i
G4M1 Betty x 55, g/ C8 i4 r; [* D# n4 Y U
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& l' ]4 l D" O- j* [ Kittyhawk IA x 270 q, n/ I, |: p) A$ i
P-39D Airacobra x 50$ J8 D4 J4 N( `
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Japanese aircraft losses
5 ^7 {# K0 v/ `# F4 \6 b A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed
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P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed
6 [9 q: @, B/ x6 Q2 l, T- U$ [ A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground3 \# \( A2 T6 C" T7 m! T8 c
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% U) }! ~4 h; ~* R+ i& AAirbase hits 32
& [3 t* Y& K% l# P% a# Y$ i1 |4 mAirbase supply hits 12( V5 C, I& b, [9 W/ D2 [
Runway hits 66& o8 L1 a. O/ y' Y6 C [( _* g3 Y
8 {7 E4 z: F* G0 e2 ]Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 ; D# ^) [9 @& i# ?' O" v" _4 a9 t
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! F) j' \' Q2 `5 m! DRaid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
' u0 |" w' k8 F( iEstimated time to target is 55 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
# Q8 S& [7 @- X) C2 f A6M2 Zero x 2
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Kittyhawk IA x 269 p4 g& H: |$ A- f+ ?
P-39D Airacobra x 31
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* H8 k" L5 F& v: Q+ sJapanese aircraft losses' t' q( a9 V0 S& c0 r0 w1 p' n
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed P5 J8 a% C+ o+ k- F- J
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Allied aircraft losses
Q! y7 ^& }$ `! |% s# t- @ P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
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5 f% y3 f* L0 V& \: ZMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 1 g8 L- ^) F4 d/ b
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& H$ V" m) ?& f4 CRaid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.' c) `' O, b5 V
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
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Kittyhawk IA x 248 U2 [1 J) \; _# K: F1 v
P-39D Airacobra x 27
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4 \% B% \' v, G7 _- uNo Japanese losses, B: }7 G3 x* Q7 f
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P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed |