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。
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud; y7 u. S5 w& W$ Y3 p; f
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Raid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.1 z$ c# {( L W* r' ]4 u& `
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
0 R" { ]( e; M+ }& x2 s A6M2 Zero x 15
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Allied aircraft
; F& L* a g3 x; V Kittyhawk IA x 30
1 x" u. ?7 e: Y" l4 I% p P-39D Airacobra x 589 M5 J Z" S! S) J: @
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Japanese aircraft losses% |$ |1 K" p0 x" h( {8 F- s
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
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! c1 q% N9 ~7 P8 c2 r, Q4 K Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed
& T; }% C% r3 U) ]7 J& y0 H' ~4 G P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 $ q9 F5 Q& @! q! i: D2 M2 P$ m' ~
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
$ `7 i' b2 O" j+ A, y" HEstimated time to target is 23 minutes
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Japanese aircraft! M- Y, b( o% V- F9 {; E% L
A6M3 Zero x 10
* I/ L4 y3 g$ X4 g7 k9 W G4M1 Betty x 55
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Allied aircraft$ \ Z7 O2 @# G6 {1 v
Kittyhawk IA x 27
. Y$ x+ q( y* I) h P-39D Airacobra x 50* ?0 ]1 _4 f5 G* w
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{* C" B8 G0 D! C* l! ^. hJapanese aircraft losses
6 y& O* C. @- W- u$ |" s A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses
8 z/ l8 @4 y+ c" s0 w P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed+ T9 K; A- k. q7 Q2 x/ O4 `
A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground
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Airbase supply hits 12
) C8 I. a3 d v, a# a( ~5 Z# oRunway hits 66" m+ F9 A& @! N9 C4 m+ P, o
& O) s- t; u9 zMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 * L* x \) W$ X
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Raid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
1 N4 W/ C" U8 ?Estimated time to target is 55 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
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2 x# i- f- i" l$ T* I+ ] Kittyhawk IA x 26* b8 b4 o" f9 j$ d }) E, B3 ?7 v( ?
P-39D Airacobra x 31$ M4 `- f( e/ @. m& |9 ]7 N
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P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed r+ C2 E% \9 {0 b S5 X
* X ]. j7 _$ u0 J" \3 QMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.) Z; `4 s5 }( b% S& `7 ]
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
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Allied aircraft: O8 S7 b7 F! a: W0 X$ K) l: e
Kittyhawk IA x 24$ j2 _8 d7 `" w- G# R! X' k, D
P-39D Airacobra x 272 c# t- y7 P6 B1 s5 _! b0 S& b0 z3 v
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No Japanese losses# ~+ G h2 z# r. x! D) q9 w7 B* F8 O
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' x3 c0 G# P/ J* H P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed |