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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" u$ ?$ X( x0 p% {, K$ URaid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
% {2 a6 B" `& Z0 E3 Y5 lEstimated time to target is 3 minutes
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Kittyhawk IA x 30
- ?+ t& e6 D1 T" U8 o P-39D Airacobra x 58
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Japanese aircraft losses
' m# k& T' m S2 o0 Q) x0 g5 ~" P; W; R A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
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6 \$ W9 J. }! y s& }( X) b Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed! H, O& ~5 F! _$ d+ S S& s
P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged9 j4 A- W' Q2 M( U0 M
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Raid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.2 T8 L, ~' {" G X1 p
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
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8 L. _6 K3 s( U! t. Z G4M1 Betty x 55# h ^4 z# d9 r* O
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Kittyhawk IA x 27
& q5 N) Z+ N; V P-39D Airacobra x 50
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Japanese aircraft losses# p3 J; z2 A, T" d& X2 ^$ k+ V" o$ j
A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed
; h2 ^* i1 p7 |0 a2 F8 d G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged
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Allied aircraft losses
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A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground
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Airbase hits 32
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9 r( {7 }0 R/ |Runway hits 66& @; O0 j5 ]2 w* M
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Raid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
- `0 \9 W5 o1 O: E# m: `9 f yEstimated time to target is 55 minutes
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A6M2 Zero x 2
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Allied aircraft
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A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses
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Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.% Y) g3 h @, G, R2 x, c, h& r
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes* }3 K2 S! v! ?& w; V
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A6M2 Zero x 5
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Kittyhawk IA x 24
+ E2 Z% m6 I: |" d P-39D Airacobra x 27
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Allied aircraft losses
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