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 Y- Z- t- h7 j& _2 }
Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
5 Y9 |1 \1 k- T4 XEstimated time to target is 3 minutes P; n4 n2 {, j+ R2 I
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Japanese aircraft' E; D* R6 E/ k/ o
A6M2 Zero x 151 u( j+ A, i% w' z3 l& j
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* d- |; ? H U. c6 d1 fAllied aircraft
$ W; z4 G; K4 J6 y& p6 ]4 d Kittyhawk IA x 30, B1 w8 L% F8 {' m
P-39D Airacobra x 58$ ]5 ]" A/ C1 a H) @: Z a4 l
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# b6 v) L9 i- E5 `; q' a A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses
) u- H* M5 }1 l: T Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed
/ R" D( `- D% N$ v P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Raid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
2 h' d0 ]9 A. {1 N( _9 N+ F! f' K5 LEstimated time to target is 23 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
( ?, }7 s- n1 N A6M3 Zero x 10
/ v+ m( L" I! z G4M1 Betty x 55
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1 r+ ?7 l! q$ b* q Kittyhawk IA x 27- W- x/ C+ w0 f* n5 s' Q
P-39D Airacobra x 50
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4 S* K& n6 ^! ~; X A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed- d* O! ^# T4 o
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged5 ?0 \- f; R) @6 n8 g
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. u- G, H, k/ ~8 `, O" f P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed4 A* M+ w( o5 i% P# i
A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground
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Airbase hits 32
9 D% H6 I6 L' ?8 qAirbase supply hits 12. p1 g1 T% t# w0 |- K% T2 B
Runway hits 66
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" P1 D4 B4 s2 t Z' G' b7 VMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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* A8 B! e# i1 O& ]4 Y2 A/ S! eRaid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.; z8 n" N7 h) ?
Estimated time to target is 55 minutes
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Kittyhawk IA x 265 ^% C7 j. ^7 H2 J$ r
P-39D Airacobra x 31
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Japanese aircraft losses
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Allied aircraft losses
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 5 \3 q6 F9 K8 [6 D
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8 J' P7 u* ?5 y' p3 S: nRaid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.
6 K; s( q8 s7 `+ d2 t1 F; {Estimated time to target is 1 minutes
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Kittyhawk IA x 24
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) M. `4 q0 E, H8 s$ \5 YNo Japanese losses
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