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。/ |' X" A0 W9 H% R F5 _5 Y
Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Raid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.' f: m4 J' l( z' k0 q/ s5 e ?
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes+ p2 _" z& W; `
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Japanese aircraft
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Allied aircraft
4 k4 V& p X2 X7 ? R* @' h, ~' s Kittyhawk IA x 30
0 @, R4 X& V3 {$ g [) m( {& N! I P-39D Airacobra x 584 |7 s- z0 w7 l, H) k: b) C/ w
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7 A" `$ l6 x$ o4 t* ^Japanese aircraft losses4 {1 k- N8 ?9 Z7 l' S9 z1 C* W0 I
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses
0 G) r0 x+ E& v% b9 L& ^5 s Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed
: W/ q! p" |% z& I; r P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged8 u# L2 w! c t- I+ \" A
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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" [( R7 ]2 t) T( z9 fRaid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
$ e# s! d! R3 W5 o oEstimated time to target is 23 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
4 a9 |$ d! @2 X) b4 Y* X: c A6M3 Zero x 10
) }! n! Y8 B) U" Y6 p$ y, l. v8 i G4M1 Betty x 555 F6 [8 w. Q4 I8 z2 b; A$ H# o
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Kittyhawk IA x 27
; K: P8 ?7 P9 q- t P-39D Airacobra x 50# J" N8 u; [9 b* r. ~) G0 m
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, m$ T. L( b1 C- u/ O0 P) [ A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed
# u2 G$ ^8 p U3 c# K G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged
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3 C4 r u2 f. `- x- SAllied aircraft losses. r8 @8 b2 c2 N7 t! x
P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed% g/ ?& \0 \: V
A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground! V5 W) t. }9 \( l
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Airbase hits 32$ e; D8 T: T1 D9 H! W3 S/ {
Airbase supply hits 12
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 & n# I. n* X' ]/ ?: X& |4 `' F
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* O! t( B7 f: `% u/ pRaid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
$ J' ^+ j: m- C5 v( _& _7 ?Estimated time to target is 55 minutes5 w4 V- `) Q% I
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Japanese aircraft6 ^6 B6 \/ m: c
A6M2 Zero x 2
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Kittyhawk IA x 26' g& G$ v) M# S, |2 [1 z7 a
P-39D Airacobra x 318 _- ~/ _! H$ V+ X/ g" P. Q
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3 k4 w2 x% F- F8 s/ G9 cJapanese aircraft losses
6 W* i- _: P0 }/ c A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses4 `! p6 E; s4 g
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
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2 j4 @* _: z5 nMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.
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Japanese aircraft
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P-39D Airacobra x 27$ K- |$ F& K$ q, l% L
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Allied aircraft losses4 T, |! [, Q4 S) @
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed |