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。2 F c, H* [3 g2 t6 |0 d( O
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.: G; E3 D% p6 D _
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes9 M% O5 M9 ]( _/ v7 l
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A6M2 Zero x 15" j, }5 S. K/ f
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Allied aircraft
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P-39D Airacobra x 58 t$ {5 H5 |& B0 U9 m
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A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed ]6 S7 a1 S; Y
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P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged2 X0 h. X6 \! T4 t" B G
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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 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
2 a! O3 ]" s5 kEstimated time to target is 23 minutes
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Japanese aircraft2 z+ B D" i, v) N
A6M3 Zero x 107 O0 s1 X+ p4 S9 }5 a+ M) p
G4M1 Betty x 55
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Allied aircraft2 q' }' |& \2 }6 B. O
Kittyhawk IA x 27; f' n7 O8 ^; T/ U ]
P-39D Airacobra x 50
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A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed
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P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed% r1 j+ A: j y2 @
A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground2 Q3 K3 P& Q- L) s: } t
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Airbase hits 32
# ?/ l+ s8 g( qAirbase supply hits 12- m4 O0 H2 o1 E3 B& b8 Q; _( B
Runway hits 66
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9 B! [. z! a. B8 MMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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! F. M' z/ w8 J# }0 `2 l: y$ T7 c$ ERaid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
) |8 ^7 A) e5 O5 r' y/ y# b- p+ qEstimated time to target is 55 minutes
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A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed% j9 k2 n; r$ p' i
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Allied aircraft losses: z8 D: ^. v: z" L7 I
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed) ]/ ?6 j/ p: I8 Q' b
! ^0 E) F8 h0 s( D' uMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 9 t2 p" y- y0 Q; H# p4 r e
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: a/ q1 w! N" RRaid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.
7 z% h" m9 E7 ~Estimated time to target is 1 minutes
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A6M2 Zero x 5
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Kittyhawk IA x 24
( b3 g8 t2 c6 e P-39D Airacobra x 273 _. \+ ^. R* N' ~, Z4 v2 B
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Allied aircraft losses8 H; O* n/ n! V( |; Y3 {
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed |