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。
8 |; i! R( q& G: PMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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5 h4 w5 R7 K: [1 \+ t) K8 MRaid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
( _( {: N$ I3 Y4 V QEstimated time to target is 3 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
5 d( j( \5 `* i4 k: [% a A6M2 Zero x 15# o! o8 y: _- y0 R3 B1 W% p
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# v, R- I. n2 s& Z$ x& U. h/ N. b8 \+ u% VAllied aircraft+ L5 j) f" Q& @8 z8 R% D- l/ t1 }. X
Kittyhawk IA x 301 d& Q0 P2 t7 X$ n/ D/ T4 }, L
P-39D Airacobra x 58
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6 ~; s4 x7 q3 E" |Japanese aircraft losses
0 O9 J& V! S$ J/ H2 X; x A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
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: h( F7 O9 ]/ F Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed
8 T$ w" l! [3 G: F& ^5 a" ? P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged, P2 `7 A) N. D6 f0 W& T
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 " E6 m8 ]8 }1 u8 Y) y! K( |' d% C
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Raid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.1 z- ]" \8 a# Z2 q
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes& N) L: l' J! `
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A6M3 Zero x 10$ Z2 U0 c0 c8 Z
G4M1 Betty x 55
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Allied aircraft
0 _ e2 O- `% }: K1 h( r Kittyhawk IA x 27' i& i% p; g. x3 N
P-39D Airacobra x 50. r0 }$ @: ]: P
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A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed
0 [+ B/ S1 c. [5 Z G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged. h9 U( Q: r, }- a
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Allied aircraft losses; `3 I8 l# E* C6 R
P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed. O/ _( m: r3 f8 ^
A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground9 Q( O {/ ^: }! a
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6 t0 i0 W! a/ f3 W" p; AAirbase hits 32
+ b ?, j% \* p# c3 iAirbase supply hits 12
% b+ r) ]5 c/ N' g: o% l0 r- t2 m7 tRunway hits 66( f7 V+ v( [# s7 L4 [- O+ `; y; S
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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.; n h& E, \: u( x# |
Estimated time to target is 55 minutes
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A6M2 Zero x 2! P+ Y1 K$ A* s$ R* v7 K6 Z0 b
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& F6 g7 n$ L0 J6 H/ }( J4 j Kittyhawk IA x 26
1 a* _$ o& J& a' y1 ]- @ P-39D Airacobra x 318 ?- T+ Z1 O- I6 C* B% w# f
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) [5 g+ D% ?) I$ G- o4 Y A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed8 s# l. `+ n- {- q' e* L
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/ U- r' R- f& y. x P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Estimated time to target is 1 minutes) Q; x6 N% V# X2 f$ w, u
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Japanese aircraft
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Kittyhawk IA x 24
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P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed |