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。6 F9 t8 b$ {4 t% d
Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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" e( k* C4 o4 M$ BRaid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
, a! |) a( D- X! h7 X; gEstimated time to target is 3 minutes
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5 X3 O) g5 w& |- X( z- `8 U; kJapanese aircraft& W, V. m# S5 K2 s* i, ~2 H0 H
A6M2 Zero x 158 ~" X2 z9 `- j& g* S+ C- S
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Kittyhawk IA x 30
2 D9 l( P: b# @& H P-39D Airacobra x 58
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Japanese aircraft losses! ~6 g7 h6 O/ l7 e F* \
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed& Z" i* I2 }, W, W
n% A1 {# M# \' ]1 L. NAllied aircraft losses" H: {7 J+ \) e) u4 v
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed9 F- V4 }2 b3 w t0 G6 E6 P7 @
P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged' b9 p8 u! V' y
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 ( s. _) n' f' |
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Raid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.) R5 n9 |+ G0 i" l8 Z d3 v2 H
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes8 S6 F7 x W! }8 {7 C
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A6M3 Zero x 10) @4 [/ x, Z0 W+ D! P
G4M1 Betty x 55 h, Z. ]1 C8 v) a5 _! s
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! w: e, T9 V7 h; G2 J Kittyhawk IA x 275 @( E& X# F# Q; O8 P4 s
P-39D Airacobra x 50% Q$ }: m& o; T% w; P! ^% J
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Japanese aircraft losses
8 Y; e% z7 P9 S( B A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed& g1 d1 k! [4 R) b! z N* h
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged
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P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed
% p2 f# l3 m B5 ]& u$ p3 x A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground
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5 u0 x6 h/ P4 _6 C$ K0 G' vAirbase hits 32
2 y4 R: B$ d" A' |Airbase supply hits 120 x* y! ?! h0 h! b
Runway hits 66
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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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Raid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.# V4 E' V' W# T& S
Estimated time to target is 55 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
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Allied aircraft
8 [1 J, P2 P: S* U9 t Kittyhawk IA x 26
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Japanese aircraft losses% l3 Z' {3 U ?7 \
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses
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5 R. g2 Q% d( C8 D' DMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 1 h$ s5 v+ l+ h y, F" k
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.) ]( } P1 q/ }9 M9 U
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
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Kittyhawk IA x 24$ g4 q: _3 h$ g) Z: X" Q5 O4 w
P-39D Airacobra x 272 d( I% z# W8 k! N, [
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* O1 G: R m) H. u P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed |