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。# ~$ Y. c' Q. d! m
Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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# I. X: o8 @+ q$ T9 Z. PRaid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
; r o/ a% J( wEstimated time to target is 3 minutes2 A# v; \- A" l& E1 c( T8 K4 h4 T
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Japanese aircraft1 H g' i2 Z& m0 P% {- M3 @
A6M2 Zero x 15
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Allied aircraft
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P-39D Airacobra x 58* `; s3 C9 E+ u/ A# X# H7 o- T; ]! b
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# l# A+ l6 w/ e& v7 g6 p) V* v. z A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses5 F" ^$ ?$ K7 h1 v. R% V @, ~' P
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed
6 A8 D4 p% ]7 v P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged) e/ ^/ V2 b. r9 @$ y7 r8 q3 }1 ?8 G
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 5 t7 k: ^: S7 T% l
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Raid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.+ E" [) T+ [# ^1 ?/ Q5 b2 @+ y
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
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G4M1 Betty x 55( }' W! w# [, Y. B
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Allied aircraft9 U5 D2 R0 r0 A/ D- l
Kittyhawk IA x 27
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A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses
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. p2 A$ Z3 U. d& c. z4 T |: L$ c A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground* s+ D+ H/ S W, n9 M& E, ~8 y3 J- m
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Airbase supply hits 12
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$ b3 m8 Q2 ~0 w5 z' `Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 + R- G9 O9 d% K) q
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# H8 o; c. H \6 dRaid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
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Allied aircraft. b) [3 O# p8 ~3 u# t7 X/ k
Kittyhawk IA x 261 J4 @! L8 A! k& ^+ W
P-39D Airacobra x 31
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Japanese aircraft losses x/ o2 M8 X& |! Q8 A
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
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P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
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Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.
1 S: K8 K" o! Y- z% F% @Estimated time to target is 1 minutes
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A6M2 Zero x 57 X6 U# y. ~8 y, O, e2 P. k
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Kittyhawk IA x 249 s# o& [# s4 A; o( ~
P-39D Airacobra x 27, u! P- C. M+ _* W8 B& u/ ^
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. N1 @* N' F1 f9 n8 J6 @No Japanese losses
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P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed |