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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+ S) S0 W9 r* y3 MWeather in hex: Partial cloud; k6 t2 y1 x1 ^! R% @
/ `6 r6 z$ k+ N7 V; v8 e, D8 ]Raid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
5 Z% H) K1 D3 G- D* Y' JEstimated time to target is 3 minutes1 \- [" D- T1 {5 I' {% x8 t
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Japanese aircraft
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Allied aircraft! A0 u5 h/ c# w7 b3 o
Kittyhawk IA x 30# s- [9 x5 h) ?4 K6 {
P-39D Airacobra x 58
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; }# ^' }0 e4 {/ f6 gJapanese aircraft losses# N- ^0 J& o: M2 @
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses3 m8 @; t. R W" m
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed. l& U: Z" q1 K9 \
P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged
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) h3 X, L1 |2 A) b4 ~2 `5 b) IMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 9 G$ e1 u p4 ~- U% G/ }# G
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Raid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.4 G8 o# C& |, v/ w
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes
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Japanese aircraft, h1 s6 w" b& n0 H4 [: n. |
A6M3 Zero x 107 P m4 V7 G9 [+ \( p! O
G4M1 Betty x 55
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, x* E- }+ `1 I# g: J; VAllied aircraft
5 ~$ B+ @9 I; l/ g Kittyhawk IA x 27
" k9 w+ f- e: z* b' \, J P-39D Airacobra x 50
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Japanese aircraft losses4 h( }& T8 _% ?* p. S% ]$ v9 m
A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed
" Z, U( `' v/ c4 \8 E" ^ G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged
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Allied aircraft losses
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, Z+ F! Z; n" a4 Y, d( b A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground) J7 V: A) b2 b( S+ }* R
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- H, v* x$ c: K$ v6 Z0 JAirbase hits 32: f0 N7 z3 r* j4 f; h0 }
Airbase supply hits 12" Z+ D, j& a1 H N0 @1 G
Runway hits 66
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 " W! ^! O' ]: U% }0 c9 h
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Raid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
" k' b) r" g9 I. {8 NEstimated time to target is 55 minutes& C3 Y: R4 X9 Y
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A6M2 Zero x 21 K) E) o g% E8 g2 M+ q8 m
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9 L- R- H! Y, z! `0 nAllied aircraft# G0 l8 ~0 L/ ^0 G5 J8 f# m
Kittyhawk IA x 268 G- c Y4 I9 @' @
P-39D Airacobra x 31$ J* E- m. T# Z% E( b6 n [* \0 {$ v2 p
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Japanese aircraft losses
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9 g! ~/ e- z$ c& D: E' a a! aMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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# r: |, W- s' p# X4 g/ z7 b: V/ U6 ZRaid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet." Z+ M5 x1 m) L4 t
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes) d9 p/ y+ \) n/ B( L2 o" V
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$ N5 s; l' b1 i- q5 v, f: C# t' ~: L A6M2 Zero x 5
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# T6 f# Q/ c& H! ~Allied aircraft9 s5 B2 e- Z" L' K& S
Kittyhawk IA x 24
8 |; ]0 m8 G; I4 P P-39D Airacobra x 27
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5 I' a% K; B# y3 mAllied aircraft losses
$ s) ?$ ]! }8 [. k0 n P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed |