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。9 q& [$ C# i* R
Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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; _; [, m& R; b0 t1 V2 ?6 k4 jRaid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet., m" e& q$ ]0 J
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
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! M7 b- U1 y, E3 e& i# W P-39D Airacobra x 58# E% K3 d" f0 O8 b$ ]: i8 N
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A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed3 x- {. [+ n8 x, e" f
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3 w) q/ a5 i X7 L$ A Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed1 n* w' F9 i \
P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged# ?5 ^6 H; `( R3 s
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8 w2 H5 B# t- v& l" C; e; L7 ]) s/ P+ mMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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+ W2 X. V- f* P% ORaid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet." r0 |& J+ |+ ^& O+ [
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes, ~' D6 }9 \2 B/ W0 T
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Japanese aircraft
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G4M1 Betty x 55: g6 L( ~0 v$ q
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Kittyhawk IA x 27
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Japanese aircraft losses4 m$ W+ D7 c# H8 m- `5 D' C
A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed
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P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed
* e1 R5 \. ]( q% M' @ A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground
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( Q" ~' M3 h; f+ n% I: O& S' NAirbase hits 323 N) _# @+ Z, d) k4 w5 `$ j$ s Z7 @
Airbase supply hits 12- Z. e" V1 G5 H- l1 `' Y
Runway hits 66
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: H) @8 l$ h- @' s! n6 S% KMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 % D. a! g5 n% M: u* P
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2 P+ X* _9 J& X% x2 IRaid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
4 E) L3 k" x/ `* lEstimated time to target is 55 minutes# R4 d+ K) f8 ^5 g3 i
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Kittyhawk IA x 26' B$ k/ z6 A9 S2 D7 Z0 g1 j
P-39D Airacobra x 31' N* p% \' B/ s+ s3 ]
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Japanese aircraft losses
U0 s* U2 I; q4 |$ o A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed# c8 V% ^; P$ V' _3 _
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# f/ j: L, x! C3 { P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed( Y6 ]3 Z; `! r' T
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 , T- T* L) a8 o6 q* H- {
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.# ^& m( F* C4 p) b/ @3 i5 Z
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes4 F1 I9 [1 Q) t9 j4 f- W" E3 p
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Japanese aircraft k2 ]- e6 g2 w; I* ~$ P# J. c2 Z
A6M2 Zero x 5
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Kittyhawk IA x 24
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P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed |