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$ ~. v( h. F" d+ }: T0 b5 V
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Raid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
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A6M2 Zero x 15: t" D: ]9 P# f* O
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# n1 b, p8 X3 r1 \8 U( qAllied aircraft
. @# O9 G6 I8 Q Kittyhawk IA x 30
3 f" h, f9 W {, Q" f' g8 C3 j P-39D Airacobra x 58
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2 v6 b, C5 X# `" A A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed* F' y1 F9 a$ x& N1 H
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8 s4 p+ @, T5 s3 ^ Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed' Q6 i; D9 a6 L, _" H+ i
P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged! m/ X n1 X& s
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; R) Q4 M& a! W5 w% G! c) p# HMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 % `2 Y) B/ |, B! F0 j8 u: d( `
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud) j! y2 e- I# a$ X9 a' V
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Raid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.+ W2 H l8 S9 ^6 n
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
/ `' O, O3 P% ?! c. I ?+ T A6M3 Zero x 100 A2 K5 x1 a1 Q v+ T+ i
G4M1 Betty x 55( i# l" z( `4 S9 b4 k$ a
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Allied aircraft/ x c5 h# o- S% ~8 s7 c
Kittyhawk IA x 272 x9 n( W0 H9 {$ e( V9 l) f
P-39D Airacobra x 50& ?& f- @' ]9 s
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3 A7 x1 S4 \( w, y+ }Japanese aircraft losses2 { r; S2 K3 a
A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed" A3 i$ C% ^- H7 a
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged
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Allied aircraft losses
6 [( p! k, w; O! l P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed1 h/ b8 e5 ~) X; {; Z: [6 G, `) g
A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground
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Airbase hits 32
$ @. Y6 g$ R cAirbase supply hits 12
5 |! w0 [2 e1 ~9 [Runway hits 665 @5 z+ F. F: {7 u, T8 M
1 n+ T7 ~. z* d6 WMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Raid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
; n& [! r# b+ ZEstimated time to target is 55 minutes# B9 c3 o7 X" s
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Allied aircraft
8 X9 p' v8 L+ ` e5 `% C) \ Kittyhawk IA x 260 A9 F0 I( c* D& e9 [
P-39D Airacobra x 31
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Japanese aircraft losses
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Allied aircraft losses
9 A& G- z5 N; z9 A h1 f P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
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7 Y h$ z: ^; q6 \8 b8 [' @Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.
8 D; M0 n# q3 M$ Y7 aEstimated time to target is 1 minutes4 g' X H& r& f5 g/ u
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Japanese aircraft
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* J+ x, x( O6 U' ^; X Kittyhawk IA x 24
) v! U* e- Q( O( t, Z P-39D Airacobra x 27
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No Japanese losses& d9 s6 F5 Z3 p9 e- P
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Allied aircraft losses z7 O! b7 Y, U( O; S' L
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed |