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。' Q( s6 i2 N) I9 h( C5 Y3 {" y
Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 5 S" r1 S& c0 ^. b
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud) ~3 F' j) B/ o C- H9 K; g
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Raid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
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Japanese aircraft: d/ i0 M2 V) @ {
A6M2 Zero x 15
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Allied aircraft
& H7 n" W4 J- H: [6 D# B Kittyhawk IA x 30
- d, A( g- Y+ v P-39D Airacobra x 589 J$ a/ [5 S8 R: D
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0 ?5 k! j6 D# z4 u0 y& o A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed: }2 Z( Y1 I; ^$ H0 @4 E+ @- I$ s
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+ H- M2 O U# z8 |3 J4 a) f Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed
" C9 \1 `# N6 { P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged
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" k0 p5 o/ \: O! n0 x& l. aMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 - Y! f0 r8 O# A) O) f/ _" G
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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0 X7 G. e* X$ f( W9 Q$ h- ~! ~Raid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.! w# Q* N7 ~ O3 j4 e) k! U" T
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes) V/ u4 J! y% @: U2 c
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9 O+ {' S/ @, P3 b4 w: { A6M3 Zero x 10
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& E9 i" J. R3 D& o" T Kittyhawk IA x 27
! Q0 d% |9 a0 l u P-39D Airacobra x 50! w+ ?4 J/ w: L A2 c6 |
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Japanese aircraft losses0 k. ?7 u- x. v3 I( l
A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed
8 F& G: i# h6 J" r, T G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged9 \5 G! _. t: m' J6 n# p$ r
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Allied aircraft losses' s1 u" }# D9 w
P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed9 O3 W* A- l2 ~
A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground9 g- m/ h# Q4 `5 M
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Airbase hits 32/ \1 l) Q- H$ ?
Airbase supply hits 12
5 u7 g) O. C( hRunway hits 66
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 0 `' D( Z. B" D7 O6 ~) N& S
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; Z. p7 g8 o" u" B! f% P HRaid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.- }( P5 K2 q' Y& B' T
Estimated time to target is 55 minutes% H* t; u/ Z/ q9 H1 m# _9 u8 ^ ]
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A6M2 Zero x 2
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Allied aircraft
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P-39D Airacobra x 31
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A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed9 o6 Z4 m. j; t, w& u+ @5 H
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P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
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7 g; ^( J+ h7 K% U0 |$ zMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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& x5 v1 a4 u' V& k1 C- l, gRaid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet. B( T) `. G! d+ _- a \# p
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes! P+ M7 y% Y0 G
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Japanese aircraft
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Kittyhawk IA x 24
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1 B6 D2 M! a& Z! ENo Japanese losses
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P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed |