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。
+ _7 E& g2 \' B. @2 [Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 , E5 v) W5 W, z- D6 A4 M
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
* A' |6 Q* b) M0 n- V. O7 kEstimated time to target is 3 minutes
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Allied aircraft* \; U9 n4 Q( P8 G6 `
Kittyhawk IA x 30
5 [/ s9 [% h1 y" W$ X0 R P-39D Airacobra x 58+ j T7 O5 F. ^4 n3 _( I: `3 q% z! v8 }( ~
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Japanese aircraft losses
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+ X2 L @: e; L; ~# T9 lAllied aircraft losses
* I$ ^0 M% A o6 G Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed' z3 R% |: L) B) }( ^: j+ D
P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged
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' o0 G' U5 O: w& Z& G, b$ }! QMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Raid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
( y3 E) F( @" w8 G4 y x% JEstimated time to target is 23 minutes- s" t# }8 E8 n. P5 _( a4 ^! g
* y k f7 D3 h, v) ~9 `* wJapanese aircraft
6 t- i! ], O3 y; g A6M3 Zero x 10. a' r; j' W0 F- O: v1 z
G4M1 Betty x 55
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Allied aircraft
j" V# U' H$ H+ T Kittyhawk IA x 27
( G( y# ?" [7 l5 f) c' L P-39D Airacobra x 508 d/ F* e/ M/ x9 X: R. W
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Japanese aircraft losses- m7 `8 F5 f% w* t9 }" |
A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed$ N6 V5 f& `/ s8 H/ ~
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged8 K0 D7 {: {& u# c* N, |8 N" Z
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P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed
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- G- [# a* a) s6 `4 LAirbase hits 32
9 O$ |* S* ~ xAirbase supply hits 12
4 e, u2 p1 l; ^- k5 M: K( XRunway hits 66
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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6 |7 g9 ~! e3 d: o1 L$ ]3 rRaid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
5 z: W# j( |) i q( V: \Estimated time to target is 55 minutes, _$ V3 ]' h# ^; P
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Kittyhawk IA x 26
8 J6 \& u5 P3 ]+ Q7 i* r P-39D Airacobra x 31
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Japanese aircraft losses
2 E$ _5 w1 V7 o8 ^6 F( A& j) u6 p A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 ; G& N- i" s. W% O8 V4 N
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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Estimated time to target is 1 minutes( Q# P# g# t, Z- J- u. o/ L' s
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Japanese aircraft
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P-39D Airacobra x 27 V& |4 D4 H/ S- U, S
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Allied aircraft losses/ {6 w7 P6 }, g+ w8 U2 g& i
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed |