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盟军4发机群大举空袭莫尔兹比港机场。' P, c+ ~( W& z4 i( |: u
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。
8 K1 u+ O1 u$ {Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Overcast
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Raid detected at 18 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.
. t* ]0 W K! h3 W% [Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
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2 D/ P. U0 } `- O4 IJapanese aircraft
1 O' a! |$ q8 C0 _9 } Ki-84r Frank x 48* \3 p# _& n9 t: i& C
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Allied aircraft4 L& q+ c. J1 B! T
F4U-1 Corsair x 18
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Japanese aircraft losses; R4 V e: w! C/ @6 g1 j i
Ki-84r Frank: 5 destroyed- L5 r N, a) j! B( G
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9 _. T. Y5 U9 {5 o" W F4U-1 Corsair: 2 destroyed: O9 Y/ X( c* Q1 `) L* m
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; Q) \. g8 N: ^" I8 ARaid detected at 24 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet.
" X& A' G; i: H: o* G& K3 ^Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
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Ki-84r Frank x 32% T: J* V" b7 `, l8 i- ?" B
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F4U-1 Corsair x 18
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Japanese aircraft losses! `& Q/ O# h! o; P* E* r7 b& ]1 N% x
Ki-84r Frank: 4 destroyed
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1 G) c9 o9 `) J, s# H/ yAllied aircraft losses
# N5 A4 e' A9 E0 n& H* C F4U-1 Corsair: 3 destroyed
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0 ~3 m3 i; |! }3 Y& y" c- U1 ?Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 6 L* i. S- o, e( r' t
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Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.# v& O: Z( c9 s* a7 b/ a. C, |
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
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# b* T! h9 N( M( ^ F4U-1 Corsair x 17
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Japanese aircraft losses# Y$ J" C) U0 V1 y
Ki-84r Frank: 4 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses( f! k0 d( H: R7 |8 g+ O
F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed
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Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.% N: r- ^! k3 a k* o7 s0 i1 n' |
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
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B-24J Liberator x 117
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Japanese aircraft losses
1 N+ U) o4 d; |$ x( n Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed on ground
- I2 X# C8 H/ W; x E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed on ground
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B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged
) Q( a- Q8 ?0 d4 Z" H: q5 J B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak/ f4 h5 X! [: {
% q! R7 X. c5 D; o" A sJapanese ground losses:
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Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
0 U3 `6 Q! U, A l4 C Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Airbase hits 53
( l9 f/ R/ ^" w3 X* k$ QAirbase supply hits 2
7 G* F1 B' d- D0 z; n. z7 k# lRunway hits 104
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$ p" O# [# Q+ ^) m8 a4 aRaid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet./ O) T% ^) F' w% [* D6 _$ [& ^- E
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes
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Ki-84r Frank x 2% T" T; i1 w) B: e4 ^ H
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- o/ {4 \ j. d z: E I* x# { B-24J Liberator x 300 d4 @, e5 X; {+ A4 y: P
3 L7 w( S- V" H. F! }Japanese aircraft losses
9 Y" F. E7 k: d, a Ki-84r Frank: 1 damaged$ f' E7 z5 S- f `! L, F
E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed on ground
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Allied aircraft losses$ v8 B- P: r a! {
B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged
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, j7 }" p2 g3 D1 jAirbase hits 14
2 G- d$ [$ ~6 z& A7 m) I7 QAirbase supply hits 1+ x4 Q1 k0 i# S) T8 P6 J# j
Runway hits 19
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Raid detected at 71 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.; o6 G5 _8 _/ S6 f
Estimated time to target is 24 minutes! @) t0 M7 o5 `: r% {* y6 a
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Ki-84r Frank x 2
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B-24J Liberator x 27
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4 U" D; H4 z6 @" H9 jNo Allied losses
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Airbase hits 9
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