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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" O$ {% q$ l& N; s# j8 yRaid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
4 f) D& A; W2 f5 kEstimated time to target is 3 minutes# G6 Q% t: g! O- ?2 l; o
/ ?' v! A; c+ v3 R" uJapanese aircraft
: _9 d/ }# S6 L4 G! [9 P A6M2 Zero x 157 S9 A& [' A+ L1 t
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( n- V- C, E7 P, jAllied aircraft
' p6 _2 Y" ?" H) Z0 T Kittyhawk IA x 30
" J$ z+ Q: b& w. d. M ^" \ P-39D Airacobra x 58- p$ |$ {8 N: B* m+ U9 ]& U: [. Y
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% ?$ b$ x. G: o, WJapanese aircraft losses5 k/ [" @2 Z- R8 o
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses; A, J$ q6 T1 {3 q% h% C2 j4 K1 Q2 u
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed# |+ m$ |' d0 B) Z2 \8 u
P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged6 G1 f8 [: v0 A" k- d
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 & ]5 H: ~, \. S; T2 ?5 V) G9 l
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Raid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.7 F1 ~" D4 u* s
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes5 _, b$ H- m" n3 Q3 _+ a9 [; O
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1 P Y/ C- I2 N' C# }" J A6M3 Zero x 10
7 T" G4 [7 {' ]% C+ H G4M1 Betty x 556 ~- {* J; @: f1 j- M8 C
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Kittyhawk IA x 277 J Q1 ~: s2 G l* R
P-39D Airacobra x 50
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9 e: ]9 N7 U1 `" r$ QJapanese aircraft losses3 H6 H( } s% y; L$ u0 f( M
A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed( ~- Y, f& v$ V0 z% @5 Z
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged$ b. K! v- L7 D- U. N3 J
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P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed0 _/ j* I' @) `7 u! S
A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground
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% p8 s/ Z. O. f7 x$ j |Airbase hits 32
; Q( ~' R; d8 I1 a6 m; K+ l2 mAirbase supply hits 12
$ O& @8 ~1 k3 Z" A4 JRunway hits 66
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 9 ^7 g0 ?) \0 @7 `
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Raid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
1 G2 @3 t$ Z! N# {6 o% Z" Y: k, kEstimated time to target is 55 minutes
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5 z, m8 P5 Z7 q0 v A6M2 Zero x 2
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Allied aircraft
$ @# }; F G$ w) R/ b8 X' Z h Kittyhawk IA x 26
2 P7 {+ Z7 k5 T& O* _0 M P-39D Airacobra x 31
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Japanese aircraft losses
& J$ s0 T- ]: r7 R! | A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses
0 q' A* z# P5 Y+ w. Q P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
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/ n# H: M/ ^! B" ]' D5 SMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 : v" z }$ m" D M
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.
7 g; z8 Z: O9 T0 OEstimated time to target is 1 minutes. [; G) @0 X& |, a9 d8 l6 W9 b, P
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Japanese aircraft: ~1 {9 h! z$ c, @8 ]8 }
A6M2 Zero x 5) H1 { J& z6 a9 c3 S" W
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Allied aircraft
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5 U+ n) ~0 `, n R7 ^2 W P-39D Airacobra x 27
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P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed |