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。 n+ x/ Y3 }, h$ h
Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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; `/ w6 }' q) X& T3 U. D1 [Raid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.* f f- C2 m/ ^/ y: X
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes0 i2 Q( s& _& W
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A6M2 Zero x 15! h0 ]* A6 _6 [# L- P/ m! i/ G
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Kittyhawk IA x 30
# c" K6 ^7 C {2 _ P-39D Airacobra x 58 Z: ]9 k2 p% I2 L% s- s! n. R
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! t7 l8 @4 |, v) H- ~: JJapanese aircraft losses2 _3 H: Z$ U4 S- T9 K! ^( U
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses8 t6 C! |$ @" \6 _# M1 @
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed' A$ a0 j; t( A3 O
P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged! H, t0 x! X3 l. i- T1 a
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% T) A- z/ P4 P& h SMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud2 x% [6 b8 h. U+ k
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Raid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
0 Z& q5 {$ f' P0 bEstimated time to target is 23 minutes9 B/ b8 v$ N7 w9 b* n4 x l
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Japanese aircraft/ C, z3 y. `; B/ O, u* \
A6M3 Zero x 10. e9 L) P. H( a$ i# g& H
G4M1 Betty x 55
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Allied aircraft
5 s- N$ a' h5 U: V; C$ W0 t Kittyhawk IA x 27
- U1 Z/ I* w. b, O( h P-39D Airacobra x 50+ E2 O. [0 R6 K4 U
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A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed9 M3 ?5 T, j) p
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged
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Allied aircraft losses
: f. E# p& \9 n3 ` P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed7 q$ m: U1 n( {* Z) V% j
A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground/ I' G2 X: V7 R2 v$ p& Q* U
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Airbase hits 324 p) E6 _+ }4 x8 V1 S0 H
Airbase supply hits 12
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+ l7 c* T3 S/ Z2 \7 {! R/ `Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Raid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.: _5 a; m8 y b C+ {: v; \- t
Estimated time to target is 55 minutes. ?& q7 v8 F8 J/ j, U% @9 ]' h
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Japanese aircraft
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Allied aircraft
# t7 d( R& A. a* ]& C Kittyhawk IA x 261 O: J- g s1 B9 X# a
P-39D Airacobra x 31
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% ?8 s8 m; a4 l1 W4 Y4 |Japanese aircraft losses
& i! `$ A. D; n A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed4 r: y7 Q2 R6 q. C( T5 F2 j7 o
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P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed( d7 r, U/ c% T' @: D/ q; ^9 |
6 V! `. B$ @0 o& A- I2 g& X& RMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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4 L- M' L% Y y/ `Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.
0 P9 s3 }! X" S$ f. M( [" hEstimated time to target is 1 minutes% K+ w9 B" @3 z$ c7 p
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Kittyhawk IA x 24
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Allied aircraft losses
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