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。
8 x- P8 d7 S( _- v9 R2 ^Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 * }8 O& g: M% C$ ]/ J
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: y7 @+ V' w; ?& K( H" }Raid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.2 s) @: H+ n8 x4 q6 l
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes9 d& n# p5 ?& H- t5 i6 y
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+ B% \1 I0 Q) |+ _! d: C A6M2 Zero x 15
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Kittyhawk IA x 30
+ J, X: e. s1 @# k; ` P-39D Airacobra x 58
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Japanese aircraft losses/ t: x3 q/ c0 K" D
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
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Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed0 j# v0 M/ s& ]; k3 R6 U
P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged
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+ j5 ?1 [1 Y; M2 m+ C# Y2 wMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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7 i: L7 N7 y7 _3 X' B: X. rRaid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
7 S x/ g- |1 _8 f3 z9 X I9 _/ r+ wEstimated time to target is 23 minutes
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Japanese aircraft( `' O7 c# L! D$ X I+ h
A6M3 Zero x 104 s$ T5 u; z \0 w: E5 _
G4M1 Betty x 55
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Allied aircraft
: A( O( `" T2 G+ `% g- Y$ D Kittyhawk IA x 27
7 |$ Y1 I. F, ~0 c0 V P-39D Airacobra x 50; [9 y, F) [# ?9 g
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A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed
$ o2 ^2 f4 b2 k$ e" n G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged7 Q5 A* [6 [; p: D/ w
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Allied aircraft losses" o3 u& g. `1 J7 r* X" R
P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed% }3 X( T" r5 a0 B, [" d
A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground
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6 Z. N9 b0 T/ {6 ^, U# wAirbase hits 32
. N0 O5 k: K wAirbase supply hits 128 H( G0 }3 H# L* v
Runway hits 663 W R% ^7 F6 A0 v3 K7 t
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.9 n6 S; ?, m( R* \" ~
Estimated time to target is 55 minutes [; l/ }" \4 t3 g. ^( M
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Japanese aircraft O* w; i0 z7 N7 Q+ x
A6M2 Zero x 2
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Kittyhawk IA x 26
( [, J6 o( b6 U P-39D Airacobra x 31
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Japanese aircraft losses" a2 B0 L z8 D
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed/ w; T8 {7 I% z8 @" G8 G1 [. c- ^4 D
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Allied aircraft losses
) \4 c' x1 w2 c) s P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed" V4 V4 i# h) ~2 N' s5 x
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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4 c) K2 n9 ]5 P- FRaid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.4 _! a( N' S- O; @4 F
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes' O7 f: o' u6 z; q1 Y
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A6M2 Zero x 5. u0 r" ]# k! @, S$ e
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Kittyhawk IA x 24
/ i# {! d% X9 }8 {- e6 h P-39D Airacobra x 27$ k4 p2 H0 t2 u. r3 p
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! V% R) h2 z1 s, xNo Japanese losses6 A$ w( x+ q+ B7 G
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Allied aircraft losses$ b: m5 ~# s7 k U; {
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed |