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。( U3 o3 A! D% k& A
Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 4 ~! K3 h0 l* p* q [
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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f+ l6 e8 _" \" V: e; `% S- dRaid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
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Japanese aircraft
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Kittyhawk IA x 30# d/ R/ f# o; @1 B0 |
P-39D Airacobra x 58
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Japanese aircraft losses
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Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed0 w, }; M% U" ^8 C% l
P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Raid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.; U" L0 c' ]8 \8 ~; s A4 d' k
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes
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A6M3 Zero x 10
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Allied aircraft
1 Y P& u! [1 j1 g2 X3 o5 s: Q Kittyhawk IA x 27
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A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed
6 v+ [6 O9 H: E0 i G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged$ i t I/ `9 \7 V# F5 [
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Allied aircraft losses
2 O; ~# v. a. a5 r3 { P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed
1 i$ q- u+ P: j1 ]/ y A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground" S! F) f( }; S9 ?/ T0 O
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Airbase supply hits 12* L7 u7 r& f7 V" B' P& |
Runway hits 66/ `8 V% }' ~( A
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Raid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.! W: s& F+ s1 k* R
Estimated time to target is 55 minutes0 O9 U! v, c/ x5 ^3 \7 o- y0 A
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Kittyhawk IA x 26" q( l' t! M" M- m. w3 Q
P-39D Airacobra x 31
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Japanese aircraft losses
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Allied aircraft losses
5 e2 D& b! `' _6 S+ k6 r P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
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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.
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Japanese aircraft
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Kittyhawk IA x 24( \. ]) h* V1 K+ O+ y+ s
P-39D Airacobra x 27
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P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed |