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。 `9 Z0 V$ d B4 f/ M: X
Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 1 }4 T7 E, e0 j/ S9 V: [' U: r
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Raid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
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A6M2 Zero x 15
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Allied aircraft
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P-39D Airacobra x 58
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5 Z+ J ^+ l( @: L' S* XJapanese aircraft losses; V2 L1 n6 p; {4 r$ {% q/ f! f& _% S4 Q* X
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed$ {/ p9 ]4 V2 V; V3 L1 k" C% k
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6 P! G# K9 A' e Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed
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- Q8 x! O# o0 Y# U; r# B& T; UMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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1 G- |) m& a7 g: ^/ [5 f4 H$ }1 RRaid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
* H2 ?& H( M8 f+ lEstimated time to target is 23 minutes
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A6M3 Zero x 10" r' y+ O3 H; t- P
G4M1 Betty x 55
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9 e2 |% v6 F; p8 ]5 w% L Kittyhawk IA x 27) x( J% e6 `, m$ U3 K
P-39D Airacobra x 50
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Japanese aircraft losses
( M; H) C& G; ?7 p) {5 N A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed+ \2 `# L6 a8 G0 a& }- f( @% n7 T
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged
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Allied aircraft losses; Y0 \. L1 X$ X9 H4 z/ t. M
P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed
. m U% W; j" S* P A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground
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Runway hits 66" w5 @1 U( d% [
# f2 h$ z: x0 R K6 [: g2 Z9 Y- _Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud. w: Q. c: Z; s+ Z
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Raid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.1 x$ \6 V. G- Y' \
Estimated time to target is 55 minutes0 Q: g! j. G; ^) g1 Y1 p
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A6M2 Zero x 2! S6 [( K0 s$ ?1 c5 r9 N
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9 l' }; h. n# v0 q7 `# C7 e Kittyhawk IA x 26: w" z! T0 w& L! [8 G) ?
P-39D Airacobra x 31+ u G3 a |2 m
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A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed: F8 I% o9 x% G& c5 n
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/ k+ b, p0 O; X- g; d5 O5 cMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud1 T' F: \4 Q/ A$ {! R
% G$ R/ y- F) \) }" \5 s2 CRaid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.
) e3 f q' Z/ b5 }' FEstimated time to target is 1 minutes
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Kittyhawk IA x 24' }. ?% k$ s# t) P( A8 M
P-39D Airacobra x 279 n j7 E. [2 `
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P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed |