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。: [4 }4 k3 y6 J8 e; L3 E
Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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8 ~3 J; @; O7 R7 i) t0 \Weather in hex: Partial cloud M$ Y a6 `7 e( ^- D
: }7 n* O; j# J% Q& YRaid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
3 W A4 ^1 O5 [Estimated time to target is 3 minutes1 i& J$ Y4 S1 H6 M" X% Y
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Japanese aircraft% V; Z1 p" z, `6 Q
A6M2 Zero x 15; A! V) I0 q! U
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Kittyhawk IA x 302 g$ J5 C: ~* O/ W/ D# h( b/ L6 ]" a
P-39D Airacobra x 58
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2 T& L/ g' i; `Japanese aircraft losses
' u1 N0 q& }' G* d: [ A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
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Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed
% \' ^& ~) b# \. \* Y P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged+ L% d3 v" c2 k/ t* _; Q3 J
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud$ q* _9 o) G/ R! y+ a' c: `$ `) [' z4 z
6 @0 o* A1 c( aRaid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
( l& ~6 D& _) L) G1 I( q; YEstimated time to target is 23 minutes! \# K1 V+ r! C. L/ h
" V7 M8 |' z: S& u. R7 Q* tJapanese aircraft
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G4M1 Betty x 55# O( y$ I% V n) I! F' D f
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1 E" K9 O8 a9 i8 x9 R( W( ZAllied aircraft6 t& a* h4 `+ g6 B
Kittyhawk IA x 27
% g2 G. k5 A3 ` P-39D Airacobra x 50" r K! r; z) t8 t" m. [
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Japanese aircraft losses. ]+ t3 O* n9 j0 b8 X" M+ \
A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed
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7 m; f' j3 j" J- _3 s& {Allied aircraft losses0 `7 z& p1 t& ^
P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed
0 C% ?" h9 q0 Z1 J A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground
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. R; s6 {; l0 Z, QAirbase hits 32" }& L1 k8 q2 C) |0 t* w, ]$ e
Airbase supply hits 120 V6 F9 s0 v9 @0 r
Runway hits 66* Z4 d. C- ^; q8 ~
. p r$ U6 Y" R% q8 {, ^9 {: qMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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9 d6 P2 m; }! K/ V# ?# yWeather in hex: Partial cloud
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; ~# E, v: z/ ^" q- JRaid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.7 b! e1 b4 ~. W4 N4 ^* d
Estimated time to target is 55 minutes% D1 T/ b9 ` ?8 j) Z0 m
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Japanese aircraft- ^0 g2 r Y. l4 U- `8 \. x& U
A6M2 Zero x 2
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Allied aircraft
1 g( q: V' y2 B) b8 C) Y" J Kittyhawk IA x 26
/ e. P! N4 n* T) e. ] P-39D Airacobra x 31
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Japanese aircraft losses' r; Y# J/ c. l- B; G; `) K
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed+ r! X: d1 D5 Y- r, L
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Allied aircraft losses
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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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! k4 }1 y n( d- a* A) E3 e& L/ @8 MRaid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.
$ m9 G* t, g. H/ n8 Y& E aEstimated time to target is 1 minutes; i4 i2 _1 b/ u
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: d( C! n* a6 f( L* P/ p A6M2 Zero x 56 ]) [& @1 O# a% e: k7 S% x, |
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Kittyhawk IA x 24# s. u- L$ d# x4 e- C7 t/ v
P-39D Airacobra x 27
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No Japanese losses
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+ W# G9 H+ q9 N3 MAllied aircraft losses
3 D3 Y# r! }- ?) ^, `* o/ e P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed |