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。* D( J3 O x$ ~% G+ L8 p; S- X& u) F
Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 1 S& G8 T I+ n
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: w8 h/ _2 M, M" X1 R7 i, F: lRaid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
. S! ^1 N* B& g+ e3 f, s% A0 xEstimated time to target is 3 minutes) Z5 k3 p2 A& D$ M
) u" ?, j1 v4 K! yJapanese aircraft
7 o+ n+ X) y* F" K- A A6M2 Zero x 15
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- B' Y1 n# k5 G* Q! a4 }/ E/ O/ @Allied aircraft6 [! G1 Z+ ^3 G! @. e9 O6 \
Kittyhawk IA x 30
3 R5 } Q# A2 a3 F, w P-39D Airacobra x 58* x& H* J+ S4 o( r5 u) A7 y
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Japanese aircraft losses
* e( t; C, v8 u! g3 ]5 u' y A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
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6 V0 `3 i5 k$ s' y! r Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed6 c O5 q) |8 i9 i5 V
P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged; K; @$ a( B7 N9 c' G& `* E
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 6 }* F! e4 S2 r
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Raid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.- T4 ?: N) d+ I) v, g6 }
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes# ?1 w3 d( n8 o$ N: l5 w: g
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Japanese aircraft: [% |+ M' M& e" V
A6M3 Zero x 10
6 a6 [( k- w6 N4 J; v1 ? G4M1 Betty x 55
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Allied aircraft5 x, X' R; F$ [ m" K
Kittyhawk IA x 27
# p7 { }$ t" ?; J1 f E# v P-39D Airacobra x 50
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Japanese aircraft losses
$ c& K. ?0 v ^3 ^* e7 ?2 z A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed9 l; w, \9 C& M& p
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged
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Allied aircraft losses
0 q4 g6 X6 j: \& p; j* v- J& e6 w P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed/ ?7 s- n) ^# r" j' N& Z
A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground# @. S/ s/ x( n% ^% v
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Airbase hits 32
% g/ U; [5 _; T1 c1 X9 S" A, ~Airbase supply hits 12
, M' `8 I9 t: G$ D5 k: t. yRunway hits 66
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 3 A6 Q) _' j0 |) q7 E$ d
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Raid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
( I# g* J6 _( S; ~1 aEstimated time to target is 55 minutes! w- @1 Q6 \4 {; {8 x4 |/ b+ k
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A6M2 Zero x 2
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Allied aircraft
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Japanese aircraft losses# ~8 f5 _4 x8 t# y$ S1 s
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses3 ?4 @% X: ? m' J
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 : J6 r% l% J+ z
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$ b) t. W; }6 cRaid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.; m( Q1 r# @8 j2 n E* S. Y+ J3 F
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes5 L; t% }4 y$ Y
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Allied aircraft6 W$ f/ B1 t( ]" Q
Kittyhawk IA x 24
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No Japanese losses
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W) O& w% E0 I6 hAllied aircraft losses
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