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。( U8 S) @! ^7 u/ y4 Q: m
Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 ( }1 N9 ^- {; S* o
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud/ J" {4 ~! ?. D) ^5 Y- ^1 i- C
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Raid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.9 [, S$ h* ]+ v. T
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes% {: w* ` m* [' ?
, o* k8 w0 _& f5 ZJapanese aircraft; H/ {' ^" D$ ?# ], H) h% r5 {
A6M2 Zero x 15+ X7 }( r( W9 V, Z
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5 I6 a- D. ^; L5 t2 Q iAllied aircraft- ~) W) M' m2 T; g
Kittyhawk IA x 30) M3 M' H3 `4 M6 a' z7 h- n" Y
P-39D Airacobra x 58
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Japanese aircraft losses
E# R1 q# k# a( t5 n2 C) @' t A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed" U5 L5 q, X7 \% C
, @7 L# X& R0 x& p, BAllied aircraft losses/ b' L! ]$ O# Y1 x8 k2 M' M E
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed
1 j% f# V/ |$ n y/ Q0 r P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged( B. ~' ?5 j$ x/ T: i' K, ?' Z
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N! z+ w9 g. k- d; \. x1 tMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 7 ?5 N0 Y6 q" u
- D4 c5 r# l* qWeather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.$ O/ h9 V# n' s
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes
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A6M3 Zero x 10% e5 l* q! F4 u: w9 Z- n! H: j: ]
G4M1 Betty x 55/ D) R! |0 y; o* E. p$ p3 X
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7 o3 A8 m5 [ VAllied aircraft" U+ m& x7 S5 w M
Kittyhawk IA x 27' f, Q: y$ u! B- e1 X; K, E
P-39D Airacobra x 50
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Japanese aircraft losses
3 l" [8 T/ q4 P1 h* P `& A5 L9 l A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed0 I4 A" s( W/ W+ ~6 T" c
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged
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Allied aircraft losses2 M" b: I- H# x) J8 F3 n6 w3 b
P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed9 }1 k, g5 d5 z* l! i
A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground
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( |8 K* N3 Z+ ~0 b3 L8 r. nAirbase hits 32
5 B0 e# }! l5 p* q/ ~) _Airbase supply hits 12, ~9 e1 _5 j/ U8 O# ?' L. }( c
Runway hits 661 ]+ C* S B. {
9 g+ f) t2 e. l* O! y8 v4 I* Y: w* pMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 " j( }* r, u) N# U8 c8 B5 c$ A5 Y3 H
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/ V- p+ m. G1 y2 y8 pRaid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
* N" f0 q4 n* ], R5 tEstimated time to target is 55 minutes3 {$ U0 G/ [9 D+ K ?$ N, x" M4 ?
( G# k/ N0 w7 E5 yJapanese aircraft
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Allied aircraft; W7 `5 k. U* I+ r4 ^( ~3 t* ~) v
Kittyhawk IA x 26
$ {( E! ~( _" ^- X; w" C. ` P-39D Airacobra x 31
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. b( f8 V5 m7 g; l- H A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed2 T! B. x- O( I- h4 V% Y+ C: I; s
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Allied aircraft losses7 g5 z7 z* P! A. k- b
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed( a5 @, @7 }) N6 C
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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5 Y( U' r5 d; y+ F" iRaid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.* ?) k/ g9 e# d- k5 O; ^
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes
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$ O+ ` f) p8 X0 s$ oJapanese aircraft
. C" n, k% N3 m8 w* o A6M2 Zero x 5
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! {) Q& O ?0 i$ f! v1 t1 L5 y/ w& qAllied aircraft
4 }) c8 D. q! O Kittyhawk IA x 24
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No Japanese losses9 U% n7 S+ X% ?4 n! p( l. o
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2 K+ Y ~) x: |4 _- b P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed |