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。8 t% Y8 |3 [* C: o( L& R1 r
Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud7 n! ~' i( l8 | |* C; S( W6 R
2 T' ]! [+ ?5 GRaid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
1 X) I/ c( `$ v; QEstimated time to target is 3 minutes* d" E9 c$ k a, Y
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Japanese aircraft
% g- v/ q9 ~+ K$ H- L: j$ [ A6M2 Zero x 15; A! y6 @! {% Z3 _
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Allied aircraft
1 o e2 j8 l. ~1 N: l; t" n0 W2 ~ Kittyhawk IA x 30" k2 @4 J$ _* K# j0 A2 l$ ^
P-39D Airacobra x 58
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Japanese aircraft losses' p# `& { ^: _3 F
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed4 o& K, e* Y+ t: L' J1 l
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Allied aircraft losses
- H3 o( l7 R5 z$ E1 e, i Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed9 O8 L) X) R7 C) \3 a& C7 Z! I( N; O
P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged# H- j4 _% I7 W: v
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 2 I+ k5 x% }! l: t
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud; \0 \! f1 E6 q! m/ f% }. K
- [3 L) x7 n7 k: H2 H% f1 W7 aRaid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
H+ ~& k: `3 t; M" `# u6 C( fEstimated time to target is 23 minutes
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& \- ^* O; y+ hJapanese aircraft
* E- F3 ?" O7 L! A. r A6M3 Zero x 10
. C4 j4 p; E' k' S G4M1 Betty x 550 S b" S: z/ j I. U- m
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Allied aircraft
$ k. s3 @; }' W0 L' |# k Kittyhawk IA x 27
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Japanese aircraft losses
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G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged
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Allied aircraft losses: \( i$ `) z. x" c/ q2 \, v
P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed3 U+ S/ v8 K! ?5 C' D
A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground/ @. D( u' Q+ t5 N q
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. M" r8 C4 T$ r9 h6 T- D) L5 }Airbase hits 321 ?3 F6 {8 N' U7 C6 |! H& @
Airbase supply hits 12; V6 P! d3 _& ?& G# [
Runway hits 66
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4 r8 r# G# X5 U/ @ s) J' R" \Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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6 m: i% k) s9 d# m( w% l- BWeather in hex: Partial cloud6 V" |* O0 c9 }+ R$ S% m
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Raid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
( S# G9 a% x$ y/ AEstimated time to target is 55 minutes$ s; b# @9 A3 J: s8 u! R5 K
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Allied aircraft
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$ Q' i' j. ~+ r i. } P-39D Airacobra x 31' `4 ?# }) f/ E6 S+ X" I& ]
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A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
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7 H4 n( l% ~& [8 {% mAllied aircraft losses
6 g; Z5 L5 Z' R2 C# U" j P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed5 ]3 F5 k4 x J5 w3 M t8 b7 J
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud5 b' ]' b6 N9 p1 w5 X# g
8 D. @" P& `6 {( I+ R! p. YRaid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.
( X; D. j+ O% w3 B9 }0 IEstimated time to target is 1 minutes
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9 Q. y X) S& I* L. M0 O- QAllied aircraft
6 {, y! t' {- J* v- b1 u( K5 j4 v Kittyhawk IA x 24
( e- H" h" L. Z4 H) v) d P-39D Airacobra x 27
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No Japanese losses5 s# j; p9 W4 C( l9 i6 S
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P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed |