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。
: [5 ]9 X% u6 QMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 % O' B9 n0 Z/ F; S1 O k4 o+ d
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud8 F1 `: T- J/ O: _. j9 O
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Raid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.' ^4 Y3 l/ Z' f, C
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes s4 @( C! e$ s3 T- k( z
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Japanese aircraft
, J( T! H( c& m! t7 N A6M2 Zero x 15: F# I$ c, l/ q! c2 W! m2 N
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Kittyhawk IA x 30
: Q C) Z7 D) C9 X# U) s P-39D Airacobra x 58
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Japanese aircraft losses
5 i, r4 s' N p8 R& ? t/ j. e1 Y A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed4 w y: [1 ?: _
7 [' W6 T) M) v2 c7 TAllied aircraft losses
+ H& [! E' X% {6 I$ b Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed- g' L* Z$ H1 h. G
P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged; p1 z( [& ~1 l) L9 U
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4 G' n5 V4 V0 NMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 , A7 R- U, O9 Q2 A: u( @
4 x9 k8 g0 f: C& Y2 RWeather in hex: Partial cloud8 S( ~! M- U- j9 R2 w( _! y7 s
/ D, ]$ d, ~# XRaid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.* B' w. w, p7 T) J- `1 h
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes- A6 d, E4 Q$ m3 U" ]: L
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Japanese aircraft
& b! [2 B) Q9 h$ V, m2 T( t A6M3 Zero x 10, X% x+ w/ X5 E+ v
G4M1 Betty x 55
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Allied aircraft8 x4 y2 }0 s* N$ E) z
Kittyhawk IA x 279 _, V; h7 w6 K! n
P-39D Airacobra x 50
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Japanese aircraft losses
) \" G5 G" L0 N3 q A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed
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P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed
1 y# r0 V3 Z" G& Z- g( u, g A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground
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8 Z- q# c/ R+ f. {0 aAirbase hits 32
2 R' M0 Z8 U7 z% I5 A$ }. {Airbase supply hits 12! Z, _1 S% e0 N3 J- v" V8 \
Runway hits 660 }8 e2 J3 a. z9 [
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud' G: P6 w4 P/ C# q% J3 v
& _) L$ |3 t0 i7 zRaid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
! S$ C t& I( C5 g$ H& pEstimated time to target is 55 minutes
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^3 A/ K7 J7 c+ h2 B7 mJapanese aircraft/ x8 J" J$ Q& Q$ L* @6 q# P
A6M2 Zero x 2' u) O7 u1 k" i4 F/ @) D/ K$ |. I
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0 H2 J- Y7 S! n: `# C Kittyhawk IA x 268 K$ B) i r. D2 J3 L, Y
P-39D Airacobra x 317 M7 P9 u% x t* B
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$ q5 u0 |% C1 V# |) X4 s5 @Japanese aircraft losses
7 p6 R0 u* D5 I2 y A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed. g9 A# E2 _; t) ^" v8 t% V: k
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Allied aircraft losses
2 I- w; Y+ g# d* j6 {0 V1 S P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed" T W, R" o0 U8 l# J# i9 U/ @
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.. b6 J) ?6 b% A! w+ m/ O7 F
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes B3 X( V. l9 v i( m
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Japanese aircraft
4 z! _' L5 `1 Z% V7 T A6M2 Zero x 5
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Allied aircraft3 ]% M' e! p9 D3 x/ k1 N
Kittyhawk IA x 244 _1 B* H7 B' M
P-39D Airacobra x 27. J1 y7 P7 k3 G' ?. x8 ^! P
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$ Y' A- @( f4 q! ~; E! }No Japanese losses: s& O: B$ k) _& b& E
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P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed |