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。8 |3 ^- G4 K; q2 D. u
Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 3 q2 ]3 O% o ^3 p2 m+ `. ~& ]
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
t* c+ a/ P: K9 kEstimated time to target is 3 minutes
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3 p% }: \' F4 y4 y9 ~# | A6M2 Zero x 158 r3 U* K% w& K- J7 z
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Kittyhawk IA x 301 t! n" k+ Y" G! }
P-39D Airacobra x 58! G! p/ [7 W* D: c
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6 m5 [6 V( u) c& I' A' k1 WJapanese aircraft losses
: E& {# h- k/ l3 O+ d A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed0 r. y h+ [- Q' f$ \" \
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Allied aircraft losses; @2 Z5 V8 f5 l' W- ^
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed9 c2 Q: M$ g1 j( b" T- K
P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged" [& L" I }; E
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Raid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
S( _8 g2 f4 ^# O0 TEstimated time to target is 23 minutes
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Japanese aircraft' y3 P. o+ m a$ Q0 u7 \
A6M3 Zero x 101 M: s+ l. x% h) \! Q! d
G4M1 Betty x 55! }) Y/ D/ V- O1 s
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Kittyhawk IA x 27
- ]/ K' U- P* ? P-39D Airacobra x 50. J$ f U" e7 e7 Z4 A0 i9 J5 C( o& P
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A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed
3 J; c' Z7 d/ f) s7 E( E G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged$ c) d! G) O" c
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P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed
% s; M/ _0 w' A A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground
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Airbase hits 32, \+ B# x0 D7 u+ h: m( c( l
Airbase supply hits 12
4 c' V+ r. Y9 v6 ~Runway hits 66$ O% I( N: E2 S2 E0 c
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 / i9 _1 J/ K" U* S
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Raid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
* z; v+ e9 y. A' [: v# \* \, _6 {/ JEstimated time to target is 55 minutes2 f4 S: Z. z9 u% I) v: }* g/ y% c
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Allied aircraft
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Japanese aircraft losses) X$ k3 _/ j- g( S+ `9 D7 g5 J
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed& j8 {9 c& t- j1 f& ?
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Allied aircraft losses
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.; a* ^+ d4 A. i1 Y' {" n. U- {3 b; g
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes
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Allied aircraft: [; c3 b( O+ i% G$ i1 U F
Kittyhawk IA x 247 p$ l# `/ R i( x
P-39D Airacobra x 27) J: c; k* c; `9 ?/ U
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Allied aircraft losses. C8 K5 |2 w& x( w1 O
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed |