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。" L8 k U1 x3 x( N
Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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; M8 V4 t" {# U& S, _' ERaid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.. j5 C" n. Z$ ]
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
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Allied aircraft0 N2 l* B* K# f) n9 `1 [
Kittyhawk IA x 30
' h m) J$ p R8 f3 J$ P7 U1 ~ V P-39D Airacobra x 58
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Japanese aircraft losses
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Allied aircraft losses
7 R# ^6 X0 i; c9 s4 w* b Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed
! k5 L: c7 P ?% o8 h 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.2 R; V9 p- H V; ]: |! c6 I
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes
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Japanese aircraft% A: c& F: W8 m8 k \
A6M3 Zero x 10
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Allied aircraft
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P-39D Airacobra x 50
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' x. P4 `0 v- L( C" {6 A1 |& X+ g A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed8 |3 E: P, R* T$ l$ r5 U
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged
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Allied aircraft losses) r& K7 A3 n. U# v% d
P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed; h i( @! T a; H) s% T
A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground; h }/ i2 h9 e: U% r
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Airbase hits 32
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Runway hits 66, f% t6 ?+ e8 \& B( X
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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3 o* Z3 H+ z" I4 V Y- z% a6 gRaid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.& u9 R: H, L. [. t i' E
Estimated time to target is 55 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
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$ |* z+ J$ h! g! y- D Kittyhawk IA x 26
* W7 \. d0 ~; b, l, \ P-39D Airacobra x 319 W2 e5 f" j- G+ K
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A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed/ I* p* L2 ?( S |% R. n
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( B5 {+ \, u) x& L4 p7 S P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed8 j& `5 Q9 l/ \. }
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Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.& i l% {6 a6 U, w# k5 W( f
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
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No Japanese losses
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P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed |