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。. d( a8 |% a T5 c% B7 \& [
Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 . H8 w! g2 f/ \
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! A0 m0 Z% f) ~Raid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
2 A- e" X5 l! tEstimated time to target is 3 minutes
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Japanese aircraft. W( x" X- s {) s. p- J
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Allied aircraft
0 k% O( ~, n) u2 b Kittyhawk IA x 305 ^, `2 n2 g$ j- z2 W0 J
P-39D Airacobra x 58
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Japanese aircraft losses
) E" g" f. S6 f* S A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses( @ X o+ n7 c, g0 Y
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed) C) ^; w7 M, C5 ^6 ?/ o
P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged6 T+ i0 o3 }6 o4 G& e
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 + Y' _$ g& [) E! t
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud: Z+ K" a6 B; B+ R# J& t
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Raid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
$ J+ V3 A# N+ a j: f7 ?4 E; L2 ]Estimated time to target is 23 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
* Q' g$ p1 q0 {7 Z6 Q V A6M3 Zero x 10
& }6 ?: x9 D6 |# {4 H- s G4M1 Betty x 55
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; c: y o! y; _0 Y8 N8 N Kittyhawk IA x 279 K: X; i$ f; r3 Z7 E: D& X: u
P-39D Airacobra x 50
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8 f1 j3 \* T+ w X, g4 w; pJapanese aircraft losses
+ h/ ~. T& W/ V- I A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed
- _4 g# A' ]0 U" c; @# G' I G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged9 ?- _) z- J3 \- M/ U2 \ r
& j8 Y: ^5 M* Z! t, Q/ QAllied aircraft losses2 Z5 p- J+ N& w7 x
P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed
! ^3 p, h) T9 j: }$ l A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground
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+ y: t9 S& S& n4 A# LAirbase hits 32
" C: L! H2 z( t; tAirbase supply hits 12, u5 T: D, R" d( c, }5 O8 L
Runway hits 662 N: P; ?0 H' t5 s
; S5 x/ O% a; p0 c5 z6 ZMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Raid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
, F( o. l* L* G. i' REstimated time to target is 55 minutes+ T3 J' A, C& S% W+ N/ P+ M
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Japanese aircraft5 z" V! R$ P8 k8 n: |0 [, \+ j9 ?
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" [/ X9 R" D0 M: fAllied aircraft
6 }7 e0 R3 e% F% ]( |+ j Kittyhawk IA x 26
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8 Z+ \( R( C! |3 W" F A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
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E) c' n4 c8 }8 ?& \ P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed, }: g4 k. w. A6 X
0 X4 p2 _& n, q' H. @9 SMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.
0 a- M- |& \+ m: C0 OEstimated time to target is 1 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
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6 C( g8 T& R- {) }$ ] Kittyhawk IA x 24( i/ ?0 N1 G; f8 V
P-39D Airacobra x 272 B6 C5 f% {7 z
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# a" z- `% b5 k: o3 o. s4 `& ANo Japanese losses6 K* o1 l7 R Q; G: }8 `- {( @
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P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed |