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。. j3 I# j: U4 B% t8 M& e
Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 0 ^4 p$ B+ Q/ _: D @4 u" D+ i
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Raid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
. g o: I# `8 P" K! P9 vEstimated time to target is 3 minutes& i5 E: [2 L/ c. e! E- X! ~ f+ f
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A6M2 Zero x 15
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Allied aircraft' s7 P& C- ~5 f. Z* ]" c
Kittyhawk IA x 30* l1 V. f. w2 k9 x+ r; z
P-39D Airacobra x 58" c9 D, N) ^, f
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A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed4 t, a) b: I9 u0 K! `1 N( w( r% t- b
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Allied aircraft losses9 X/ c9 A4 ^" T( v7 y0 p c% c6 C4 ~
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed
, w* x0 X |, b; ` P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 * w6 B0 D4 i/ o& N3 Q
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. v4 c* L$ j1 o2 C5 m- [
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes; E% n6 b9 J1 D" i; M) J
9 ~) S& a( J. F) Z/ E5 \: UJapanese aircraft
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$ _5 j' Y$ U3 v% Q$ E) K' V+ D G4M1 Betty x 55
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Allied aircraft
: P. V3 |( A6 q1 o Kittyhawk IA x 27. L; S5 ^, h7 {6 c% J# r
P-39D Airacobra x 50
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}% j8 g/ _1 K. A+ @! ? A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed
" a; z1 l; e9 _! q0 g; d; z G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged
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' \$ F+ x3 \! P$ G P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed: ~! G, A( t+ r' [
A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground' u+ y* Z, N2 Y3 J% U# a O
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# L3 a0 d8 J' uAirbase hits 32
% i8 s4 w8 t; t- \( oAirbase supply hits 12: L! N- z. A, q0 Z# I j4 ~
Runway hits 66! t' b$ a* L( f( y5 i" Q) H, E
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 4 T5 G5 c0 n9 _6 N; F9 b
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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: m+ q9 b4 @4 E; B" j4 w* m: l b% YRaid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.- @; V! q7 W! e2 q( a
Estimated time to target is 55 minutes
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A6M2 Zero x 2
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Allied aircraft
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P-39D Airacobra x 310 P7 z& _: y' T- ]1 m% Q, @
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A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed* U. B t; d' P9 e
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Allied aircraft losses
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9 Z1 |6 [: l0 m a& EMorning 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.- [# t# P- v& Y' K: D: W
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes
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Kittyhawk IA x 24
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No Japanese losses0 F8 m+ t. |6 J% O8 V& L
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P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed |