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。
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud$ B6 C9 |0 x' L! L
1 q7 b6 D) {2 i$ t3 }5 JRaid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
6 c+ M. G$ ^* V7 E* P% @Estimated time to target is 3 minutes# w& P$ L W" y/ c$ i9 m; _3 T* c
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Japanese aircraft" p+ N% ]; q( }1 [2 I5 E7 ^& r
A6M2 Zero x 158 w, c; P( F7 \. o- r1 g
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Allied aircraft6 d5 A8 X5 r5 d; k0 V/ q( i
Kittyhawk IA x 30
% K) g9 J7 g) c2 H P-39D Airacobra x 58
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Japanese aircraft losses
2 h9 w% j1 p; U- M1 n# r A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
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/ K5 z0 E. j7 X1 Z9 g, o Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed( ~, S, a- v8 C$ N V! B
P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged, W0 w9 U3 @! k# w( }
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 * ]( J+ z: t+ ?/ l1 m; V m
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
* [( H0 e2 R: j- h: XEstimated time to target is 23 minutes
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8 R5 g+ o u/ w; {) @% E' k9 ^; s A6M3 Zero x 10
, G/ a& ]6 {+ p. @, p* `5 m' X G4M1 Betty x 55' c. b4 ~5 {/ W1 f. j
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Kittyhawk IA x 27
& g$ d4 f. A! f7 Z# U' a; E P-39D Airacobra x 50
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) Z# q# w8 v5 A, C" I* UJapanese aircraft losses7 w' W8 w0 s+ i+ Q$ N& r ~
A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed
& O9 T" k7 y& l9 [ q G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged
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Allied aircraft losses e0 L, x9 e# X# ~; P# V5 X9 Q$ I
P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed
, H3 U9 Z) b0 ], y: } A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground0 r8 ?" F( P8 W& \8 G6 a- N
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Airbase hits 32
' i) [, v' p. m1 h/ s! jAirbase supply hits 12
; ~4 b5 `- w: g& mRunway hits 66. h4 U' A" i6 i% ]5 j
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 + [3 m5 O5 D% d o. z" {
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Raid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.! `+ j6 W0 s1 X) m: b! z% B
Estimated time to target is 55 minutes
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Japanese aircraft6 _& e$ Y7 z- G P: ?* k; a
A6M2 Zero x 23 @ v1 k" Z, m; r
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Allied aircraft
8 G4 m) i) `1 M+ ?) ?8 l8 U Kittyhawk IA x 26
; W; d% r% g) I' Z# k4 m. z P-39D Airacobra x 31
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Japanese aircraft losses8 H" T- l: g; D, i+ Z
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses
; A7 ~+ g2 r) o) }& W P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed1 d9 [/ Z6 E+ T. a g
% C3 o! A- l( i NMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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" L+ ^) d& B, o$ t1 c1 Y6 ^9 p8 ~Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.
. S7 ~( M. z% S! h, F* F# yEstimated time to target is 1 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
9 {7 ?2 C# N: q1 L6 U A6M2 Zero x 51 Q' `8 w" F! A7 B* Z' X
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% e2 x H; U0 p+ S1 h+ F% D Kittyhawk IA x 24
1 l8 O: z/ N9 R! T5 x P-39D Airacobra x 27
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3 \0 O, N5 P+ g8 i' C7 MNo Japanese losses7 ?( X, [+ q- D
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3 B1 z0 Y' D3 ]8 i P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed |