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。2 s! S8 A9 [' Y* @8 k
Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 . P( B; q/ m: b) n" A+ G9 r- p5 l
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud# J& i+ b/ d9 a2 Z- I
4 G% l8 K7 j' u, Y) {) p4 q% ?; i MRaid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.* j6 \' v% A% M! U
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes2 }5 I8 T6 D! X, s
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Japanese aircraft5 s: f2 U5 W3 c2 n
A6M2 Zero x 15
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Allied aircraft; P3 \1 X+ m+ D4 [0 G/ o
Kittyhawk IA x 30
" X" q' {2 d' U& t' I3 S! v P-39D Airacobra x 58& O1 T' M$ t! b. U6 I6 b9 |
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Japanese aircraft losses
8 H0 ?4 Z& Z3 G A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed1 r7 g' l* W" H8 B
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Allied aircraft losses7 U# z9 d6 K1 J5 ~+ p
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed
: e$ I9 @4 v; Z! j# I3 ? P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged5 G! u. [) \ p, F
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 7 u/ p7 w0 t0 r" J
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Raid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.% P' e$ D1 r5 T) h% c: H
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
# r8 U6 Y5 n8 w3 W A6M3 Zero x 103 ]8 w% b5 R5 X1 S& H6 H2 o
G4M1 Betty x 55
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' }7 X1 W+ o& RAllied aircraft
/ o9 j7 \ n: u4 M; d1 d Kittyhawk IA x 27
- \$ [2 Q( W! B! @ P-39D Airacobra x 50" L6 S$ Z/ A4 Z( y+ y, d
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Japanese aircraft losses' b( d$ T& E, d0 f8 }
A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed
& F# I: g/ q8 R G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged
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Allied aircraft losses W! | u: q8 }/ X4 \8 N* O
P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed6 Z t) d9 M' w8 _
A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground
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Airbase hits 32( K/ N8 O( r: v, v! X9 L1 p
Airbase supply hits 12! a% ?3 D7 Q' D( ^) x+ P- `3 g
Runway hits 66$ p! u( I9 L* S' \
2 R( H9 c2 `/ M4 d7 F5 O( iMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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3 V6 o/ |0 x/ A# `Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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& R6 z( r6 J8 z' TRaid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.5 u8 O4 i* ?# U z- [
Estimated time to target is 55 minutes! W" E; s' u% F
4 u, j( w: ~; ~7 b& G+ z5 PJapanese aircraft
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0 ~, }% h6 K3 D3 C Kittyhawk IA x 26
$ u& n% C, W- P$ _ P-39D Airacobra x 319 t* k- Y$ R9 S$ V& }
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Japanese aircraft losses2 z& _- f) J6 E& F4 ]
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed8 c R7 k' H# |$ K
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Allied aircraft losses
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 " O0 `* d0 @ D1 b8 |
2 a3 Q. q$ |- R2 H5 TWeather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.3 T, }) v! [8 B/ ~- n
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes
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A6M2 Zero x 55 m2 m8 j* G( z3 A/ N* Q
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x" s- u y, \2 _, vAllied aircraft9 U& Z8 s6 f4 L9 f
Kittyhawk IA x 243 U4 M' |9 J7 S3 Q2 L2 t. P% S+ H
P-39D Airacobra x 276 W( n: f9 a1 r1 a$ n) h1 @
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No Japanese losses, \4 O& U1 X" z
6 w; T: W) T7 BAllied aircraft losses
y6 |: t' A& l! ]- V/ u P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed |