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) p R6 I l0 j' R
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Raid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
; k' {( A5 [+ P5 qEstimated time to target is 3 minutes
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Japanese aircraft% J: c# E. P& d1 s7 f
A6M2 Zero x 15 |" y1 c+ t) x" M5 O; u
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Kittyhawk IA x 30
' ~/ l- a5 r4 E P-39D Airacobra x 58
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Japanese aircraft losses
: q7 ?$ q* Q$ z4 h- e0 x A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed: n2 L2 H# T4 ^4 o
' S) M( V/ M' D. b) sAllied aircraft losses2 w- C& f9 h1 O! J, W" u8 k
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed' j) c/ W# |( O" P- [
P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged
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; s( j& H& h% `1 T9 o7 T& {0 xMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 1 o! P0 d# G" c B5 P
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
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A6M3 Zero x 10. i; c/ N3 v2 h) C8 f
G4M1 Betty x 550 `) A5 G0 y2 w! N7 H7 q
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Kittyhawk IA x 27( U8 Z4 R3 s! y! W
P-39D Airacobra x 50
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- a/ Z8 U" v r qJapanese aircraft losses: V4 H: O; S! |% N/ \- L$ D
A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed
I% E, S: E4 P G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged
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P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed
* I% c6 G" z% \( \: M A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground4 N! t7 l X; t* U
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; H, g5 m: [) z r- w* Q7 QAirbase hits 32" E" _ b K/ |/ ]( J3 f1 I
Airbase supply hits 12
! P$ t3 ?' D+ }6 H! ~Runway hits 66
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* F# k- o% p& P" y/ zMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud3 m- v) e+ j6 v/ M; r( {
1 ]6 t5 c5 u( VRaid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
$ n; w/ `% D0 q/ ]Estimated time to target is 55 minutes2 k1 n, _, [) d$ y+ j) g/ }
+ d/ K7 J1 S$ b! w; W! ~Japanese aircraft
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Allied aircraft- W6 q, h6 V V
Kittyhawk IA x 26
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3 R7 W; t8 U R* Y, p) l( GJapanese aircraft losses: R* W) N, t$ q1 F1 X& Z2 v! Q' x5 O- h
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
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* Z6 i7 r2 ~- g4 G8 X% l P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed! C% `1 S7 ]3 ^+ Y* y; D
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 2 a8 D0 q2 J2 O. H x8 B& I: ^
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2 B; q) F# w6 Z2 \+ a3 T2 A& R- KRaid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.
- Q. s8 ?0 o! p/ x0 ^Estimated time to target is 1 minutes
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A6M2 Zero x 5
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Kittyhawk IA x 24: L# |# p7 e+ D( y v
P-39D Airacobra x 27
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P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed |