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。
& u- S; ~: q1 w) T9 k$ G/ F" }Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 - [. G" E" s, d* p6 I; q
, ]6 p8 T! b! f/ \3 CWeather in hex: Partial cloud, I1 ^* H' k; E# p* v6 @
4 {- H1 w4 M/ D- |: S y3 o l7 jRaid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet., _; F# }! s9 N0 `" H. s6 j( \
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes9 K) i, O; m8 q( J& [) ~
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Japanese aircraft# b# e2 `7 S4 [ w+ |& f1 W
A6M2 Zero x 15- t' D8 x6 w5 C z+ K
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$ j/ h. m% @) |" K; ? Kittyhawk IA x 30
# C- X) v$ O+ v* O. {, Q P-39D Airacobra x 58
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Japanese aircraft losses# l8 c& _6 l* \7 e+ t! J
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses- p5 U# t* b) e3 B: L
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed
" ]! Y+ X7 |0 g) b. u P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged
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" C$ i. J- _7 J6 PMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Raid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
8 O H6 `4 Z/ d3 ~7 N! KEstimated time to target is 23 minutes
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% @/ G5 G# t. n( j0 S' M' t$ w A6M3 Zero x 10. }% L" I9 h9 ^7 O- S
G4M1 Betty x 55
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Allied aircraft
- d c6 j4 S! [* J, _2 R- g Kittyhawk IA x 27
& {+ {1 ?/ k+ i _0 C8 i, @; C P-39D Airacobra x 500 ~/ U: A7 ~* M( X6 [
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+ G4 c- d* a; f q' YJapanese aircraft losses7 O) E* C# g2 c, V# S
A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed* L* x9 r9 p! z2 ~0 E* `
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged
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$ A) N, C$ G- r4 K" x2 g GAllied aircraft losses
! v G- ?' y; X) U2 F b P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed. i+ x) ?8 A5 d/ h: P
A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground% W6 |+ b% W! m& _
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7 y" b* S) y, G$ d: {Airbase hits 32
4 `1 B$ P4 h9 JAirbase supply hits 12
, N3 d/ s6 K% PRunway hits 66 r) J* V9 Z: p+ J
& e- B+ k" X. X2 U: N1 g8 GMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Raid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.$ Y5 V$ F( B/ J# {) r/ I o# f
Estimated time to target is 55 minutes
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v& I$ G, r3 ^4 O& |: ?+ PJapanese aircraft
. Z1 G$ J2 b" |7 r A6M2 Zero x 2
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5 J$ [; I, W, T: xAllied aircraft
9 A U" T" ]' j$ G& s8 j Kittyhawk IA x 26) X9 @4 ]0 O1 S: ]
P-39D Airacobra x 317 H* M5 f0 U! t, x" @- y2 b+ ]0 c
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1 V7 t! h) O+ AJapanese aircraft losses( b+ a% ~& r( _1 s# i$ O1 X
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
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P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed. p% @, K9 C. @. h4 c/ T
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud- { l0 H' Y2 f Y& X" S! \
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Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.
5 X( X! P1 R) T! \5 _' B( y7 PEstimated time to target is 1 minutes' f" R$ g. w5 d9 B2 A" l, U
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Kittyhawk IA x 24
, Y2 ~6 U" g' K! R3 q9 O' E P-39D Airacobra x 27
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3 X# a. I& N9 O& P7 d% \ {No Japanese losses
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% g y7 f* m. O2 u2 XAllied aircraft losses7 L( D3 a# o0 O+ ]! j! _: f
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed |