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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" x. Q2 |9 Q i: G! @- xRaid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet., y" G" G# @0 {/ q
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
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A6M2 Zero x 15
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Allied aircraft
3 ]5 k+ \$ W3 F% T+ C Kittyhawk IA x 309 t( k8 `: X/ x( S/ C8 q
P-39D Airacobra x 58! `2 G3 K b8 W0 c9 B. B
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Japanese aircraft losses/ X! E' f4 B2 G) M X
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
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Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed' a$ u: v7 V: }2 O- w" F
P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged
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^" E3 ~0 e8 S: T7 Z& s2 E, l0 BMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud" H* A8 o) o1 T
+ V+ E$ M) E! J2 J. vRaid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
+ n. I% D5 ^& k" h. vEstimated time to target is 23 minutes
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: P) y) S& [7 i! h% \% o C A6M3 Zero x 10$ R% W, J. O& E
G4M1 Betty x 55
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Allied aircraft1 v2 \& v5 \, }2 d' S
Kittyhawk IA x 27; A8 G% l1 N- M& t
P-39D Airacobra x 508 g' T& {' e" K1 ^: x
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3 k; r2 _; Z9 g+ e d. J/ OJapanese aircraft losses
/ G9 c: w, r& m/ f6 }! a; c A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed* ?7 \9 m; w' E' p
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged
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Allied aircraft losses% J9 w' T. U+ F) P9 o4 C
P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed- z( ]# ]( P4 ?" P0 S
A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground
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Airbase hits 32
9 ~) [" t) f" V+ h$ e, `# kAirbase supply hits 12' ~ J) m3 ]5 _
Runway hits 66- p( W- K+ f& y% `& C4 \
+ p( d" M; H6 \Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Raid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.; F/ V. E4 b5 s
Estimated time to target is 55 minutes
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Allied aircraft
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P-39D Airacobra x 31
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Japanese aircraft losses/ t9 z* Q- M9 s3 t
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed# `; q+ v, }# J
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Allied aircraft losses
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.6 |1 o/ H& J% B8 M, @
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes. H+ y, D% d& Y7 x" {, M
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A6M2 Zero x 57 Q! ^) V. E' A$ O0 f3 A5 D L2 H& d) O
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Kittyhawk IA x 24
4 O1 a, B9 n; B: {$ ? P-39D Airacobra x 27
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No Japanese losses
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Allied aircraft losses* K0 f( x2 C% ?; w0 u& s) _) {
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed |