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。" K+ }2 R# U6 U. S
Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 & u+ B* d/ }! z; H2 D9 F% q- Y
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$ U& L& W' T4 z- ?$ P. s( TRaid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
z: M$ s( j/ Q9 w& A4 [Estimated time to target is 3 minutes9 Q5 H3 O6 a% _& Z% k z) e
1 q; m5 X; ~7 X/ w1 DJapanese aircraft
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) G- P% U/ R9 J% XAllied aircraft: v8 W P' {/ P' l
Kittyhawk IA x 30& Y: g; g4 E1 x3 M1 K2 m/ f7 K1 j
P-39D Airacobra x 58
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6 X' |; e# y) Z! Y' q% x# ~Japanese aircraft losses* e9 u+ z" p* e$ _2 R& c
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed+ B( U w0 q) C1 q
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Allied aircraft losses
$ }% q& t4 @% k l! u: [! U+ @2 n Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed
4 A4 @6 w; e" \( J# \ P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged P+ C2 q6 U0 s) p/ t% O
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Q' E! e+ c% M' s% G/ j3 zMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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6 s! W) P! A0 u5 B- p, rRaid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.8 \: P w! g& G
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes
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2 A1 I/ r$ j$ d: b% uJapanese aircraft0 Y; Z) @$ T) L# `' X
A6M3 Zero x 105 h7 @* u' e" Z8 \' y( v! C6 P( x
G4M1 Betty x 55
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8 W6 q. p1 W/ j8 N( d- g; \& CAllied aircraft
" [. Z: \: g9 w Kittyhawk IA x 27
6 w+ m/ i) G4 u3 N. O P-39D Airacobra x 50
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! {" E8 ~: t2 e, y$ d7 ]Japanese aircraft losses
( G' I B( r& E1 U$ H+ t8 j A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed# ?+ ~" O; O/ z
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged( d9 z* K* M3 c. H7 k! W, P/ P# n
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Allied aircraft losses# N0 X) w( {8 B6 E+ g- k% T( X
P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed
8 M! j# h3 w* _+ ?+ z+ D# a A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground5 |! Z' T: \0 ?6 D3 w
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8 D2 @: @ q; j% _Airbase hits 325 j$ |. S4 ?$ c }9 T8 u( z/ b* e
Airbase supply hits 12/ p! `* R! {& A$ N8 k+ `. K; m
Runway hits 66
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6 R3 o7 F/ z2 l e% m* z' rMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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! n8 Y1 z1 W' Z/ C$ v6 ?9 ~# T, I& Q" fRaid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
! T5 `) ?! m0 E- q( m- OEstimated time to target is 55 minutes
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Allied aircraft% F$ k9 p C( o" s8 F0 c( L
Kittyhawk IA x 26* \1 n6 \& r. R
P-39D Airacobra x 31
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Allied aircraft losses8 x% i' z$ X, J# M8 y
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
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" t( Q7 X* t5 {3 @Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 3 D& S. G5 P* k( c& Q& _5 H
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Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.$ U5 K) n! p ^9 s& t& b
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes# P( M/ @- K4 A5 G ^
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Japanese aircraft
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' D# D. q$ ?% p Kittyhawk IA x 24
; {6 I3 N% W; l# k4 v% g0 I0 ? P-39D Airacobra x 27
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Allied aircraft losses
6 E: g: n) I* b$ A P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed |