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 u, F" x6 }7 {Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 : Z, _4 B0 H3 [# K4 V' Z% z- L
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud( h. c' \2 W/ h. z
" f7 W9 G/ @# L" X4 c% gRaid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
8 }$ D. R, a- W( o& n3 r+ dEstimated time to target is 3 minutes
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A6M2 Zero x 15
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Allied aircraft& i' [7 b) [1 t# K
Kittyhawk IA x 304 W+ u! t# ]' m* K# N
P-39D Airacobra x 58
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Japanese aircraft losses' e1 v/ P' w [! t. S$ ~1 X( O
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed$ _( Y4 v- u" C, j4 [, M( t
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Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed
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5 B4 K7 F/ L6 s7 [3 z* AMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Raid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.! |& @) k! t, T2 H6 Z z @
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes( ]) z" `. d+ G
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Japanese aircraft; F* U/ B$ g5 W5 y+ Z5 \
A6M3 Zero x 10
# \! c# m8 f& v8 Y7 f2 I$ \ G4M1 Betty x 558 p! `: Y. W% P& h! r, c4 |- v
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P-39D Airacobra x 505 u4 i0 j" j, I
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3 F2 f$ M2 b0 s9 ~! fJapanese aircraft losses
5 O0 q+ [4 O' p/ Y, G# } A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses i3 m- ]& G4 V# W* T! H* Q
P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed
) i+ |) c/ g2 M/ @ A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground
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: M+ @. c3 J6 }9 z$ mAirbase hits 32
9 L2 B$ X5 X2 I! B' s8 e e rAirbase supply hits 12
& w5 [6 t7 Q) j1 b1 GRunway hits 662 S; r. b5 c5 u
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 $ R- n- I6 ? \/ w" ^: l* i8 v
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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9 Z5 c3 e- `4 r7 GRaid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.: m7 n: b4 t* E8 ~" \
Estimated time to target is 55 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
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8 j8 _: j/ {2 b. E2 t P-39D Airacobra x 31
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8 m3 w$ T4 C) E. { z& hJapanese aircraft losses
5 |' Z1 E7 X7 C A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed: y5 c3 x6 ]5 j. O+ h: B4 v7 J
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P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed# P* w" u7 B' C* e( ~$ K
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Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.
6 f0 P$ m$ T7 D4 |; M' QEstimated time to target is 1 minutes
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A6M2 Zero x 55 z7 o9 f. q" L* {5 E8 |% l3 c
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' \* j! k0 m) Z% j5 ^ Kittyhawk IA x 24, U+ }* N! r% F m
P-39D Airacobra x 27) I+ G4 `0 n( R
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Allied aircraft losses
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