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。
# R: U. y) M* _7 V+ XMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 3 m, i7 r' K+ g* H0 k8 G& M/ e
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Raid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
9 a% F& @; G& K( p' P* D8 e% u. jEstimated time to target is 3 minutes1 f/ o& `3 R& F4 p ?: x2 e4 M$ A3 M
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Allied aircraft3 x; L: w+ R# T1 b/ u j
Kittyhawk IA x 30 f9 A; N+ ~) \, H' ?
P-39D Airacobra x 582 f' T6 r8 J' `6 F8 H5 G0 z( ~
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8 Y9 g! o) @$ HJapanese aircraft losses
- `* U. t' S2 w6 v A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed+ _ g: p1 d; ]6 J3 V8 t3 H/ S: x
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Allied aircraft losses
, C- f p. r2 l- m$ n/ ] Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed; c. S1 k' c9 _) M: o! P
P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 ( N: x& K5 H+ ]+ M, t. B
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Raid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.1 a1 J. X% y9 l& K
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
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) e5 G1 a; J6 g8 Q$ q G4M1 Betty x 55
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' J0 s3 ~0 h5 j) _$ l9 @1 BAllied aircraft
- s, j6 O3 U: `. ? Kittyhawk IA x 279 B# |& v) a1 M% M w! I- G0 H/ h) `
P-39D Airacobra x 50* |9 y" R; n5 [' s4 T# o
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A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed
% v3 A5 U9 D, t- l$ k( Z, j G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged
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P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed
; t: i: z% p& d! G) _6 a6 k A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground
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+ I, a* V1 X0 g# j/ L% XAirbase hits 32
0 {: Z6 B0 v! S3 `% dAirbase supply hits 12
. @3 J4 ^/ ]- X! a% j, yRunway hits 66
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 8 W ]+ c; M- W6 N* t9 Q$ |/ m, v6 @
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.$ y; L% y' j7 X3 w+ L8 k `
Estimated time to target is 55 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
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Allied aircraft6 @( y2 q3 M8 d: P
Kittyhawk IA x 26
9 i3 C# o5 V; b, z# h: n- \ P-39D Airacobra x 318 i+ o3 T6 W. l2 t! q8 D7 w
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Japanese aircraft losses
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Allied aircraft losses2 R$ x7 l; f3 Z7 E. k! [
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed4 H, \" Q* w, A* Q) a# Y
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.
. K: F! { I/ c# n# O6 m ~+ gEstimated time to target is 1 minutes
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A6M2 Zero x 5
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) G) Z4 @9 W. L0 C Kittyhawk IA x 24
/ ^* f% Y% _; m, ~4 e- E P-39D Airacobra x 27
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No Japanese losses
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Allied aircraft losses$ O, T: }+ N t& \% U$ k- u i4 ]
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed |