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。
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud4 h4 w$ ]7 n/ F6 d0 Z5 q& r
" J' J# K6 d+ r' C, z9 }Raid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
! D" b3 d" Q4 H3 eEstimated time to target is 3 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
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Allied aircraft
. |0 h5 b3 X& i: i6 O3 L Kittyhawk IA x 301 o/ |6 Q' I; ?! O
P-39D Airacobra x 589 v6 \. }9 f4 S% T ^
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Japanese aircraft losses" H9 s. `, f: }1 V3 J4 t
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
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Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed
, L7 K0 T9 r, K- x3 G' u8 n+ l P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged( H2 G. x1 w5 b4 o
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/ G/ P- k/ B% {: eMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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3 P; a6 m+ Z" Y9 N W. hWeather in hex: Partial cloud6 f% U+ X7 g' A1 v. Z3 A& g
* ] O5 |9 Y/ m `. wRaid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.8 m5 J1 r) A4 {
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes5 [# {. t; _5 A( k" o3 |2 q
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A6M3 Zero x 10
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6 p- x5 d# \2 r0 C Kittyhawk IA x 273 E9 K& B+ C) W! ]/ e
P-39D Airacobra x 50. X' N5 y. f4 y2 B- v4 r8 U; ]
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Japanese aircraft losses# H6 ~; L3 h3 d8 o; r" P/ @
A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed$ c9 d; R/ v& L% k8 [0 g
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged
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Allied aircraft losses
: j" ^% U5 ?" N+ X& p4 T% ? w2 _ P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed
5 `; y* A5 B' S1 s: w' F A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground
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Airbase hits 32/ N- P9 k, x* H& U4 W( }# y5 {& D
Airbase supply hits 12
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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' |3 m+ x1 e7 d& G4 z; GRaid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.; } {3 {) x9 b9 o9 N8 z
Estimated time to target is 55 minutes
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A6M2 Zero x 2* [1 {5 P( v1 r
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Allied aircraft4 @. E# N, Z; {' j; Y' D& b
Kittyhawk IA x 26
+ z6 r! W9 F6 E s P-39D Airacobra x 31
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Japanese aircraft losses
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( W1 k: K4 @$ _# p P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
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7 x$ d: [2 N, l. N8 y XWeather in hex: Partial cloud
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* m5 f% j2 i) T' G. G' MRaid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.$ G* N: v$ ^+ y9 T* @" g& Q a
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes
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Allied aircraft: y8 S( F0 i' D$ q
Kittyhawk IA x 24
1 T' S5 L5 x8 y( F! J' U$ N3 I P-39D Airacobra x 27
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No Japanese losses+ F& ~( b1 p1 z+ V' |( w
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P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed |