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盟军4发机群大举空袭莫尔兹比港机场。! @6 y7 ]8 X( ~' s
驻守当地的一个大队疾风丙机队浴血奋战,和多个海盗扫场机队轮番搏斗,最终还是不敌落败,机场被4发夷为平地。这个行动估计是盟军登陆战之前的准备行动组成部分。* ?; W) ~+ s' k! Z. Y( N! ~* T4 c( I
Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 5 B, o, d' q+ d1 c. ~ A3 D% P
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Weather in hex: Overcast: M s; P m' I! n
- G7 d5 c( {( r7 s/ yRaid detected at 18 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.! \0 B. |9 c% w5 q1 P
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
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Ki-84r Frank x 48+ @# |; e2 ~/ y& m; I
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Allied aircraft9 g, V2 R1 {$ {3 |$ e6 @; v: A+ c
F4U-1 Corsair x 18 M/ P9 w$ Y A2 l* Z5 x, A
B W" w& N6 V+ vJapanese aircraft losses
$ M; R7 Q; @7 n3 p# W# B Ki-84r Frank: 5 destroyed; z) ?4 A( @6 H8 C5 E
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Allied aircraft losses
: c2 p5 M* [7 b2 m& {) [# f$ n! e$ S' d F4U-1 Corsair: 2 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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* a6 |6 }2 o" F7 Q) H$ s) cRaid detected at 24 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet.
' j5 L' [: S, y4 x9 zEstimated time to target is 8 minutes3 c) t( [- G0 i2 x) R5 [/ U
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Ki-84r Frank x 32
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F4U-1 Corsair x 18
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5 I5 G8 Z! B, sJapanese aircraft losses J2 b6 `0 ]4 D) F4 [+ h* s2 r, J
Ki-84r Frank: 4 destroyed( B; C, a5 g3 o( O
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Allied aircraft losses
& T9 u# M4 d" h4 {3 `; ?6 Q8 } F4U-1 Corsair: 3 destroyed {% b3 F) [4 o @/ y
, ?; i, @5 F$ M1 w0 j- ?5 `. qMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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' i2 \$ N1 @1 p; [: c- o4 v6 BRaid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
+ Z+ g% A' g7 K0 l0 O( }" JEstimated time to target is 14 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
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Allied aircraft
2 u; [0 k; \; ^1 t/ E- e+ z! K F4U-1 Corsair x 17( Q* O1 { ?3 X2 A( s2 v- N
" U0 p6 |% P9 pJapanese aircraft losses
5 A! c2 u' S' }: T8 F Ki-84r Frank: 4 destroyed" C0 n$ `% t. T! R+ B* f4 @2 q9 I
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F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed4 V" P8 G- d! q6 k3 f# b2 H
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Weather in hex: Overcast
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5 {, V: l! L& L3 BRaid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
" {; h, D \+ x& n6 l4 ?- S2 `' ZEstimated time to target is 27 minutes: c! a) U2 D5 O) k7 d4 b1 |5 n; t
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Ki-84r Frank x 2
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" z: B% f* _! {: QAllied aircraft" i# l- E* e0 E$ R6 z) f$ g, F
B-24J Liberator x 117
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T1 P# g% j3 d. L! wJapanese aircraft losses
8 y+ O$ |, i. @9 K# Z' h9 j8 K3 B Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed on ground( J/ P# A, B+ K5 K
E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed on ground
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Allied aircraft losses
M: ^$ n ~# c7 Z9 }/ ?; y6 _ B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged
3 s2 a) \4 j7 c B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak
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Japanese ground losses:
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Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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) B, G4 \, p1 s F4 O+ H Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled2 |$ t* y' x3 @# c
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Airbase hits 53; S+ k& V4 m+ b1 H- H
Airbase supply hits 26 T3 i, ]7 _) Z; r
Runway hits 1048 @/ z8 `; p" n) z1 s0 y
7 u: g6 s7 P8 tMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 3 H8 c7 I" | _# w% a2 k. @
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9 a& r( ]+ c3 ~* o' z% r7 I% xRaid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
" m) x7 L; e$ R* EEstimated time to target is 27 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
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B-24J Liberator x 30
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9 }+ h' U, }+ r Ki-84r Frank: 1 damaged: p' o7 M( O$ _4 @6 q
E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed on ground
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B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged
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. z& T% W3 a5 h7 A# u' {Airbase hits 140 G# Z z. ~! p" q v* t
Airbase supply hits 1
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% x- O/ k) h& u7 dMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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: C0 Z0 H% r- f, O. p5 uRaid detected at 71 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
]( q+ C- ^- ~! @5 VEstimated time to target is 24 minutes2 Q5 q4 h: I( i0 O* p2 z) X6 x3 P, ]
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Japanese aircraft: Z+ n: ^8 ^# X* t0 M
Ki-84r Frank x 20 q* `5 A x/ }+ a$ k8 S8 V
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No Japanese losses
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Airbase hits 9: n. q8 i6 P, _8 M0 U! a, u7 y0 F* @
Runway hits 16 |