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。
$ M0 h6 F' _& W" d& I# zMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 ) m* m4 R2 a' Y( C: Z- i2 q
# D% k7 S) Y: TWeather in hex: Partial cloud0 t# A& g( x6 u8 }) L: O: @
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Raid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
# ?+ P0 J, |; y# n: oEstimated time to target is 3 minutes
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A6M2 Zero x 15$ p! a/ b" C: r4 T# Z% `: F8 U1 _
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Allied aircraft& F# z* O; ]% F! e/ Q: K8 o
Kittyhawk IA x 30
. O# f6 I1 w4 R2 K$ e! D P-39D Airacobra x 58
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4 u# U( S! b$ X% I1 _% t, NJapanese aircraft losses
r8 }& k9 X0 X( C+ L7 q+ P A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed# b0 l; I$ d; V7 R5 ~
9 ~$ e% V7 L% P& ?Allied aircraft losses
1 I# o& ]* V( \6 p5 @: T Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed7 T( W: I) a. z1 e$ B" n
P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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3 a; F/ ]! n5 lRaid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
8 u {/ O! l+ ZEstimated time to target is 23 minutes
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8 D3 ~$ d ~) j+ @1 p- v- m* ]Japanese aircraft
- b5 w, ?) g3 c) Y A6M3 Zero x 10
! g: d4 r! C0 V G4M1 Betty x 55
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Allied aircraft; Q+ j8 k2 s( \* y/ f
Kittyhawk IA x 27
8 p }) K: A8 b6 L7 `- K% ]& l! Y P-39D Airacobra x 50* W% e; v5 g Q7 W. `4 ]
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/ z) o. {6 k& ^8 I5 i- t% l+ L A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed
- m& U* a% M8 S1 k5 f" R G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged* ^. N7 s/ L. |
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Allied aircraft losses* c- O( c; p& t% G7 n! i
P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed. n4 z' ]7 ]" z( Q! k7 N/ F
A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground
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& I8 O6 p5 l7 @$ {1 E* @Airbase hits 32/ q4 e$ T, n2 y3 o" f
Airbase supply hits 12* t; X# q8 w. p
Runway hits 66, c5 _2 Y% x6 t
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 6 S4 Z7 f5 n) j l
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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+ O7 p3 \9 a& z' lRaid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
2 E r- E; t. o8 }8 k3 L3 `Estimated time to target is 55 minutes) G" A5 H. _% h% e4 n2 ?. d
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A6M2 Zero x 2' l) l0 j( S) g4 w1 r; h4 A8 |' S! E
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Allied aircraft4 D5 l8 P7 F3 F0 O
Kittyhawk IA x 26
/ E" z( [; x) K! n0 m# V P-39D Airacobra x 31& a0 W, p( ]7 c4 D
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Japanese aircraft losses6 l. U i- B7 y
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed1 g# b9 s7 ~5 @2 S- J' V$ v8 N
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Allied aircraft losses
% {$ ]2 J @7 u$ k. E0 N, l P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed9 |" C8 ?3 U! }- J8 y
4 R5 U5 C$ F9 Z* uMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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7 {. C% W" d! a8 B* V) l( Y6 QRaid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.5 _3 Q$ Q, @5 d! W. I
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes. J/ u1 B5 q$ m J% O7 }; T
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A6M2 Zero x 5
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Allied aircraft
J* h q! H2 l6 R* a! Z/ g Kittyhawk IA x 24
# |9 x# A( q% v; l P-39D Airacobra x 27
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No Japanese losses
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Allied aircraft losses7 ~2 g. ]. e# V6 {8 t+ g
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed |