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。
1 O! G6 ~/ K4 K MMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 ( y6 F9 Z; J8 g: x. D
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5 g8 K/ C( y+ O/ E' `Raid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.# t- T+ k9 P) ]+ I0 n# u
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
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Japanese aircraft8 m3 T7 ]/ f( ^/ p9 c; {0 i" G2 |
A6M2 Zero x 15" j7 G' P& X* L" \
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Allied aircraft' C# P5 K! u6 [9 P$ {/ L) W8 [
Kittyhawk IA x 300 ]5 \0 i) x, F. R8 X
P-39D Airacobra x 58
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, Y! b0 o p8 s2 Y: h0 `: I2 @2 ?. NJapanese aircraft losses& ^/ V: z( U+ v" M+ y# {# C
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
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% x: z+ H. |4 ]9 U3 d+ wAllied aircraft losses
8 T, r# P, B7 {6 \! Y Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed
5 K0 i. d8 l' v( Q# v" W P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged B* M/ j# B; A5 j, n
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Raid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
6 v8 v% M" w+ M) @+ b3 K" k+ |6 Y4 KEstimated time to target is 23 minutes4 O7 @6 T9 b4 V$ i+ s* }
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A6M3 Zero x 10
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Allied aircraft
: t' }7 N! r( b1 n- j( y7 Z Kittyhawk IA x 27
( ?, y6 _5 t t9 D& }: c. p$ z P-39D Airacobra x 50/ D3 e* ?- v0 O) Q2 f- I
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A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed/ Q1 Z- {1 ]5 ?2 k* E& A: O
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged
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P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed2 I* x* }* e5 ^1 W
A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground
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$ y; r$ f$ F3 z A- m7 u6 s% pAirbase hits 32: E9 t' m+ `1 P. G9 B7 O5 Y5 q% o* A W
Airbase supply hits 12
/ d. R- M" W( j* V8 h5 j0 Y# PRunway hits 66
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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$ }/ |6 _7 B1 I* A+ N+ \$ XRaid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.# e" D2 _ [, @9 U+ b
Estimated time to target is 55 minutes& S) r+ q/ t& {4 E2 L
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A6M2 Zero x 2
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Allied aircraft
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P-39D Airacobra x 31
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4 x4 q( V& x% s+ \2 A A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 8 g* i: N: G9 ?4 O
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet., m2 P' e! h! {) H" |7 {
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes
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Japanese aircraft" r/ h3 L" h! u1 S' p. M+ i
A6M2 Zero x 5
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Kittyhawk IA x 247 G& i% d' ^; z8 _5 e% S; W
P-39D Airacobra x 27
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No Japanese losses
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Allied aircraft losses
9 o: J6 x! ?. S3 H P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed |