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。) x$ R) P/ h& i
Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 4 j3 ~& V( v0 o1 Z; E
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud2 Y6 e9 l4 q, {4 p. s. I& x8 K
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Raid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.6 ~* J4 _+ ^! A
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
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A6M2 Zero x 15; l4 N1 T. y0 a( r
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Allied aircraft
- X7 A V. m8 X6 l2 s& w6 o Kittyhawk IA x 30$ u8 q* F9 e" g4 U' f' m
P-39D Airacobra x 583 G* n3 K* V t; I# g
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A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed3 I: r9 [5 f3 D, [ y3 Q
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* e6 P2 j( {: M6 x$ I1 K' U Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed; g$ K5 h8 a- R9 ?7 o' F, H7 h- I
P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged+ H$ A% A4 p' j7 a2 f
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud5 j# `5 O f* V
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Raid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
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A6M3 Zero x 10! d( K v0 m$ _' A& t( y
G4M1 Betty x 55) F, N; I4 O7 Y4 J9 q- H
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Allied aircraft
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P-39D Airacobra x 509 @7 a0 }( @( `$ {0 v; Z8 M
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J6 a) {; I( e7 Y( t- xJapanese aircraft losses
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G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged* v1 ^- r/ o" x8 {# ^& s
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8 t! ^( l r% [- L* q' w1 B P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed: Z$ @# f$ U3 ]8 F
A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground
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Airbase hits 322 g7 o, h v: K9 a W( F
Airbase supply hits 12
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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7 f, n& X! P' e* pRaid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.# q3 }, z7 M8 W
Estimated time to target is 55 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
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( x$ Q7 ]1 z" wAllied aircraft
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P-39D Airacobra x 31
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Japanese aircraft losses
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Allied aircraft losses
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 , F5 V% z9 x- z) g5 G$ T+ U
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% a6 n% p( W, p v; tRaid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.
* s6 i1 m; _( i/ b: [Estimated time to target is 1 minutes
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A6M2 Zero x 5
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Allied aircraft
' K& M' }7 l. {6 U$ w( a @0 W Kittyhawk IA x 24
! _# A ?7 z* H# w& x P-39D Airacobra x 27
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Allied aircraft losses
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