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盟军4发机群大举空袭莫尔兹比港机场。
4 {! u( O. k6 K( c驻守当地的一个大队疾风丙机队浴血奋战,和多个海盗扫场机队轮番搏斗,最终还是不敌落败,机场被4发夷为平地。这个行动估计是盟军登陆战之前的准备行动组成部分。! d- A6 e# W# Y
Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 ! ]; Q T6 |. @# Q
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Weather in hex: Overcast7 x8 I0 }" p# W7 D
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Raid detected at 18 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.
' y) x0 |; x$ z- @7 L# e. fEstimated time to target is 6 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
1 c8 w% }) E% V( w Ki-84r Frank x 48
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Allied aircraft
# d9 P* l" `, Z) P) j. k F4U-1 Corsair x 184 L& K8 I! q; X+ H
' v# r# A7 y# o& `; NJapanese aircraft losses5 K# q6 R0 b. O4 r; ~( G
Ki-84r Frank: 5 destroyed2 I2 i0 z3 U! |2 D4 U8 @# T
: S% e" S$ M9 X; TAllied aircraft losses
3 D( |3 d. E" Y& l9 \3 `. r F4U-1 Corsair: 2 destroyed) c N4 v4 G# G c9 u" k
/ v) t9 G) [, [2 eMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Overcast
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Raid detected at 24 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet.
# b% K. j% S1 c# Y/ G: y2 gEstimated time to target is 8 minutes9 V- d1 I5 J4 k) E
1 a9 l6 D1 F V: vJapanese aircraft' y; {4 R4 m6 d9 e2 K+ p
Ki-84r Frank x 32& _5 f+ e( L7 R1 v1 ~
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Allied aircraft! P4 F$ \- M3 K5 ^( ?
F4U-1 Corsair x 180 i' A9 n& @& U/ ?4 I/ k; \+ a
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Japanese aircraft losses
7 e' |1 c" M3 k% {4 }0 b9 r* w Ki-84r Frank: 4 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses
8 R+ @- e/ b& n1 T/ E! u, j* W F4U-1 Corsair: 3 destroyed6 N/ q/ M% m, m
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8 w1 ~5 A& g5 t5 }+ \2 |2 d) ^Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
) e0 m @% C% ~' p6 M: ^Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
0 Z! \: {8 T7 A, v) { Ki-84r Frank x 16
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F4U-1 Corsair x 17 h/ d$ J; u) Z4 B$ ?- h9 k, k [
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Japanese aircraft losses
# Q9 y+ r: M( K1 P( e F Ki-84r Frank: 4 destroyed8 z# L# ~+ C( g( O9 y$ O
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Allied aircraft losses7 q8 ]8 v. e. F# i" b% k4 k
F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed4 Z# X2 T. v& ^; }
! ^5 v* U/ P0 q* X. kMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.* S0 J1 D: I/ c
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes
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Japanese aircraft0 o7 q% L3 I# V% Q
Ki-84r Frank x 2/ I( S4 P( ~: P0 ]/ a- `' c
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Allied aircraft6 ]# Z! [6 [; s; c
B-24J Liberator x 117) b4 @) j) S4 m/ C9 H
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Japanese aircraft losses
+ @5 i' S" D6 b Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed on ground1 H2 S/ L7 @" l0 y1 n' P. }5 y0 A! i
E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed on ground+ Q$ l; k$ H/ d9 A3 z
4 c7 c. O4 u. O: ]# ~* o+ qAllied aircraft losses0 y8 G) B j. ~7 c. q5 x( E4 s
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged. M( |" o! Y8 r
B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak3 Y$ |% r# c1 P) E S9 h
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Japanese ground losses:
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; X2 B" ^% ` }) T3 ]6 Y Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled1 i4 W$ S+ C, q
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Airbase hits 53
# D0 d* d: C$ S. @* \Airbase supply hits 2
8 i6 d! z' F9 b# QRunway hits 1045 A) d {6 ` y. {
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Overcast
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Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.4 D3 J% y9 H) {: y
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes/ z& T5 p2 w* w' Y6 e
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Japanese aircraft
/ ?! \# n. f1 u7 f& T Ki-84r Frank x 24 A# G- t" O3 `
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Allied aircraft
$ `' ]% A9 p' f6 @, _( t B-24J Liberator x 30
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Japanese aircraft losses
$ ^% H( P% b. I7 r( t8 c- f Ki-84r Frank: 1 damaged3 }- E8 E2 }( q" N" A1 F: b
E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed on ground( J3 S% N5 Z- W; e
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Allied aircraft losses) B; p6 ^: ^2 T& T- f
B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged
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Airbase hits 14
5 N( x/ j. [) C- QAirbase supply hits 1, ~2 k2 X& d1 n8 p0 L* s9 g, ^
Runway hits 19
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Weather in hex: Overcast
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Raid detected at 71 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.; R' \5 ]6 }% V @! t
Estimated time to target is 24 minutes
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$ P! d6 F* ^2 a) l7 M9 wJapanese aircraft
2 P v/ ?0 J+ E/ R* A5 v% x' h Ki-84r Frank x 2+ Z% J6 s, x. X0 a6 H% w
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Allied aircraft2 k% B" O) t7 N- N) ^3 ^
B-24J Liberator x 27
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0 o3 b5 W" [# o$ d- vNo Japanese losses
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No Allied losses
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3 b9 {3 O; e- y9 F; QAirbase hits 9: r) B$ |/ }& e7 @: U
Runway hits 16 |