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。4 t0 I' h; ~$ q
Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Raid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
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Japanese aircraft
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/ P! f8 s- Y0 w- v Kittyhawk IA x 30, m6 ~6 D, B! R& J6 I
P-39D Airacobra x 580 r" n/ f" Z9 W) o+ p' O ^" J! z
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A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed( I6 j+ ~% P5 ~' ~! z
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Allied aircraft losses
d- k9 P- s5 f. e. F: {& Y Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed3 d5 H& V3 t$ l/ B! }4 t0 ?
P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged
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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.- Q V& G( _+ a7 _: z/ e+ Q
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes! P! n4 N# c, \
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Kittyhawk IA x 277 Q7 @* b) h' P" V3 P
P-39D Airacobra x 50
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Japanese aircraft losses
* T5 \* G) r4 t$ T( T A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed7 a. T& n9 Z$ ?" m _8 f
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged
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P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed
# j# W* t1 y n% u A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground
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Airbase hits 32
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% I8 n8 m# X3 i2 l9 p. HMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 7 J5 |/ J5 p! O6 `2 f. G
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Raid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
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A6M2 Zero x 2
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Kittyhawk IA x 26
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P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed3 _' O4 S% J6 g4 P
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.& L( i& @" T, D
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
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Kittyhawk IA x 24& t) `: B" C' I9 R& e; W
P-39D Airacobra x 27
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No Japanese losses
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P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed |