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。
3 ]2 \: R v2 m$ V" A$ S7 ^' c5 x* @Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 7 q9 }; a; C2 M* D. `- }
2 B4 x/ L- K( _1 r# \Weather in hex: Partial cloud/ H- k2 ?/ V/ k7 \ c# M
$ S( I6 n# B9 w; `# rRaid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.& V: m! V* w0 L
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes9 y( u1 U4 ~1 U% p
0 ?4 R+ g/ n1 f9 n& P! F# |. s0 ]+ EJapanese aircraft
) W) h- N6 c/ C. E# Y, z5 i A6M2 Zero x 15" B# P2 q) N6 ^: b
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9 i- R! L2 F% G; V8 u" @Allied aircraft7 W$ T" l" P) T7 M% d
Kittyhawk IA x 30/ ?0 ^" o$ b% n
P-39D Airacobra x 58/ V4 L6 R) O+ r) i4 p% z
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+ W. O5 ]2 r/ }* }6 |, |* uJapanese aircraft losses9 ]+ p: x) W# u: F0 W# I& h/ {
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
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0 d W& }! J6 jAllied aircraft losses) ~3 X( k1 S/ I6 I$ c
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed
+ w! y5 o' T, b2 @4 b0 U' b P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged( ?. R; B( w" A7 G! f" r% a
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 ' u) m+ A, u/ G h1 l
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6 w6 F7 y3 T4 w; [0 ~* O, XRaid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
3 ?! O( o: W$ ]9 c# n# r: EEstimated time to target is 23 minutes
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+ r7 N" r4 O' g' UJapanese aircraft5 ^8 f2 O/ B- b) D4 ]5 ?
A6M3 Zero x 10
3 N- x$ S) Q4 @8 |7 P! ~1 d/ j G4M1 Betty x 55" k- I' C$ {( l, N+ `3 E
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Allied aircraft9 `# @+ b f B' `! o. w
Kittyhawk IA x 27# Z' @) n0 @4 T" p& A/ j
P-39D Airacobra x 50( \; r; ~. @7 }- r5 c, B& l
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& C% x- V$ N4 t3 h0 G2 y. KJapanese aircraft losses
5 U" F0 k! a Y& ~/ n: } A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed$ h8 B1 t* i* M1 z; Y
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged
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Allied aircraft losses; q( j8 K( Y/ q( j- h5 n
P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed
?2 y1 R9 O6 I7 M: i1 F A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground
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Airbase hits 32
& _6 o% k6 i- h) b. AAirbase supply hits 12
: R2 R; |1 C5 n/ ]# |$ V( cRunway hits 66
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' X9 T* ~) E K; c. B+ n) cMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 & C3 O7 A8 @# [
1 n% D; G3 X4 j/ ~; }Weather in hex: Partial cloud8 x* n2 s i: A4 R. v$ n2 D
# ^' H- r8 e: k5 URaid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
" U0 ^1 O* ^) N& TEstimated time to target is 55 minutes
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( c2 l# t6 n. RJapanese aircraft6 M J- w. V S5 M1 L0 M3 _
A6M2 Zero x 2
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Allied aircraft, e3 Z2 x8 n5 b# Y5 {7 D5 p" J
Kittyhawk IA x 26& u+ O3 R" b: a4 n! Q" p
P-39D Airacobra x 31; [+ @* M7 o) `# E, @
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Japanese aircraft losses* `( N) a: M) H" b
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed1 N( e( _) M+ e# M* ^' \
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P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
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; d& K$ V& y/ A2 V$ u8 W4 ?0 mMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 8 n- @5 w+ g$ L% M( k
" z0 _& x0 _, n3 G9 _/ ^* CWeather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet./ x4 {& ~# F( G/ \# ^4 Y6 i. `
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes" W- I/ D; t [" _$ _" R s
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Japanese aircraft
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Allied aircraft
& e& N- F( C; G; E' o Kittyhawk IA x 24
, B" o3 y2 b+ d) _ P-39D Airacobra x 27
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No Japanese losses/ O" H1 y5 ]6 q2 `+ ^0 i) M' W
' x* k: o$ H- x5 Z# [7 j: W+ |! ]Allied aircraft losses2 p, t- @1 N! h9 z \
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed |