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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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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8 e( q- I) [. x8 G" S9 Y2 l* ORaid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.# }# |; _: T9 j/ F" T9 z# {
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
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Allied aircraft
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P-39D Airacobra x 58
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A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed8 g" k" ^' U# m* V4 Q4 S0 a, V
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1 m* m; J& c* M+ m* |' M Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.7 U9 s7 R# X& [6 a: u2 S, u
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes
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A6M3 Zero x 10
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Allied aircraft
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P-39D Airacobra x 50- U6 K" j% T1 G8 t N- c- x# O4 j) X
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A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses2 Q$ `# c) U; V& e( S
P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed: y; m9 L$ s( G3 ~% Q# w$ R9 d
A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground6 M5 f1 E3 a5 ]7 O. Y8 q
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Airbase hits 320 S; o5 x/ k7 H& g" z6 {9 g6 R
Airbase supply hits 12; W2 Q) e9 O; O+ b
Runway hits 666 q2 @# N( e j) @% C+ G
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Raid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.1 `9 J9 x f1 K7 i* z# M
Estimated time to target is 55 minutes. N1 `) n% V/ U. H* E& I
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" ^2 g9 S# ~( D Kittyhawk IA x 26
7 x6 L% W$ o- q" j/ V P-39D Airacobra x 31
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A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
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" l6 s/ L' i: J+ `Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.+ E. I. |8 d) ~- i: F
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes S. `3 M) @& m; C
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Allied aircraft
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P-39D Airacobra x 276 r) V3 \, J2 n! g/ t
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No Japanese losses$ `- ?; R9 L1 A8 G, L
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Allied aircraft losses0 K1 d9 _6 T( E8 N5 p7 |' `
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed |