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。# {& j. t h: o- _5 d
Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 & l7 @+ F; _0 @, c- ^
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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$ x5 T- \! K3 f: r, qEstimated time to target is 3 minutes
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5 H! s8 f1 a! j, [1 y; VAllied aircraft
! Y* R+ p: G! n. m: W5 u) D: o& G \ Kittyhawk IA x 30* M4 b8 x' D# k+ ~' N
P-39D Airacobra x 582 s# W/ }/ }* c
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Japanese aircraft losses9 _/ o- q5 ]: C+ R1 L; c- ^. Z
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed5 b" N1 W8 \6 {) D4 ]3 H
8 h1 Y f/ T7 |) E. K" f1 QAllied aircraft losses
9 X1 K9 e0 K$ H, s+ r9 b4 S; r Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed
/ h; v2 |# V( s0 v3 ] P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged3 ^+ }/ y& v8 V3 k1 I
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* u6 T; M1 y0 e0 f6 \2 l2 pMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 - E# j; E1 t' e9 u: s5 Q8 p
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud* P) Y3 D+ ~6 f# p/ {
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Raid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
8 X, r+ o* t6 g. q0 C5 c/ `Estimated time to target is 23 minutes
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A6M3 Zero x 10
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Kittyhawk IA x 27# |) ^' w, a7 [! |4 k; A4 J
P-39D Airacobra x 50; i% J$ R3 M) N# |
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A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed
# I2 T* W) p; p2 e# @: r G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged; y. G9 |- f& y8 h% W! ?; n# X/ B
& F* M/ Y: E; w% q2 Q& `& UAllied aircraft losses
4 U" L6 E- X4 N) R7 n3 e P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed
/ n' `3 |4 K) D1 @: T7 ? A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground
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Airbase hits 328 i& d% J7 B9 y ]# T
Airbase supply hits 122 h* X; B* j5 [4 ^6 J: P& @, U
Runway hits 66
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Raid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
+ Y7 m2 b z% Y+ kEstimated time to target is 55 minutes
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Kittyhawk IA x 26
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A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed8 h# I. F7 C8 ~2 H5 o) O
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' b8 n8 p$ [9 G1 B8 D, b P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed+ C& X8 P9 n4 O# f7 N- L o" `
, R% P9 J. g$ |$ x6 p) g2 oMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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! y! M, ~7 P+ ^( M" g, C! w5 NRaid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.
+ ^) J9 r. w0 x3 J4 bEstimated time to target is 1 minutes
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A6M2 Zero x 5, A/ \/ Q' d+ w+ j3 ?+ |9 r: G
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* y4 O4 g2 s# X" } Kittyhawk IA x 24
$ l- Z5 ~% ^ X3 [! o P-39D Airacobra x 272 C. x) p5 Y; d
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Allied aircraft losses
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