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。
" ?6 u d" e% n- Z0 fMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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9 ]: ~* E4 f* A; _3 G5 p3 y( FRaid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.0 F. g/ i0 f& h- N" Z% {: i
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
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7 D( J1 j9 o7 N7 Y5 U" O0 mJapanese aircraft, f* c! V* U4 R* U7 _% V
A6M2 Zero x 15
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Allied aircraft
$ P2 K0 N% d+ h: h, n Kittyhawk IA x 30* w9 t; R7 ?1 e& r
P-39D Airacobra x 582 B3 |4 l6 ?0 t6 |
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Japanese aircraft losses- ?. h% F$ @9 L- a2 ^& T4 m5 u
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed$ |! t2 m V4 A$ r3 {2 l2 m5 y% ]
# @2 T1 D+ f9 m5 N- C' _! DAllied aircraft losses
9 F. y. p. j% L Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed
0 I3 _1 @8 a2 {/ a P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 9 `8 w7 N: ]1 d. }
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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# Y& |7 b+ r3 N( A, a, TEstimated time to target is 23 minutes6 b. N2 M: b& `$ O8 e
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G4M1 Betty x 55
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P-39D Airacobra x 50
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A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed" s3 x' C( T5 O. B' H# Z
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged
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Allied aircraft losses
2 w) @3 }. }5 B$ D9 y/ u8 R6 q, i P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed( {* D& C8 J4 E4 d4 q0 o4 q
A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground4 D; s$ t y3 @- m$ H6 j9 l5 d
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Airbase hits 32$ r4 v) q- n6 z C) d3 W
Airbase supply hits 128 h6 N' Z% f+ {" V8 @. e
Runway hits 66* P# }: v4 w% ]* D3 Y6 z& z$ |
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+ p# F2 A$ |5 ]2 w. a: xRaid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
0 X3 r, R! ~0 nEstimated time to target is 55 minutes
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Japanese aircraft7 e- z3 S3 O) s" m" f, `) M- p& A
A6M2 Zero x 2
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Kittyhawk IA x 26
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A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
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P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
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6 N0 D! W3 E" X: E4 s5 t9 N0 CMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 ' {. |+ O7 Y1 ]( `9 Z; L4 `
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- F; I+ a5 K; M" ?# {/ r, z1 y$ w! @Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.
) V+ U& Y2 e3 |+ SEstimated time to target is 1 minutes
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A6M2 Zero x 5
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Allied aircraft
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P-39D Airacobra x 27
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No Japanese losses0 h, M3 l/ d$ H6 [# _ E
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P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed |