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。% c4 O" s3 i R ]
Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 9 M" v* u/ E5 D( k) w: c5 g; t
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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: K9 J. y8 n6 c2 ` S) l! E% }Raid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.: @9 ~+ k, l) S" u, l ^1 n- \. x0 ~
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes! J1 Y& W3 L+ ~) n3 f; m/ ^
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A6M2 Zero x 15. b, d) }: d: M) e$ z. ?! L6 G
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Allied aircraft$ T* v. ~8 ^" q) P7 E
Kittyhawk IA x 30/ j" Z: l/ H# ]' \
P-39D Airacobra x 58
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* [9 W* I& `8 fJapanese aircraft losses
/ z: T6 i% h' r: ~# W A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
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Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed* Q+ K' H/ p3 a$ m1 @
P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged8 o: q7 M% R d& N0 `' s
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 0 J, o) h0 Y1 u6 A! |
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud8 C6 `; w# B" t
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Raid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet./ @& e5 j9 p7 o, B
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
+ Y8 l" l z) `$ y5 p* S A6M3 Zero x 10+ C- E( b, p. y
G4M1 Betty x 55
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& R8 F; @9 z- N( U! Z7 A qAllied aircraft
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P-39D Airacobra x 50! L% e9 U ]' B6 [/ u
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! ~3 D! m* L1 G" S7 V4 u0 mJapanese aircraft losses
$ Z. k! t$ `& i5 Y* h A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed# O5 i v7 T3 x1 p- P" n
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged
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P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed
6 C. r. h2 z, Y& r+ a A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground
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' n8 W7 y- |4 C2 Q/ w# `Airbase hits 32" ^7 |; ^5 f7 P7 ^8 `2 U
Airbase supply hits 121 b: o7 T+ }8 h6 _& S& U
Runway hits 66
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) [4 d: H% v# LMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Raid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.7 t+ z; Q0 H6 j( ^
Estimated time to target is 55 minutes
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$ B: H% ^8 p+ U A6M2 Zero x 2
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Allied aircraft
" J. l; T+ H/ N$ Y+ m4 @4 H; } Kittyhawk IA x 26
# r* ]9 y0 a9 n/ X; r a P-39D Airacobra x 31
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A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses
6 [* b5 D5 a5 j) |. T" D P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed! O0 r! R2 ~6 f4 [4 b) y
- T8 E) D0 {1 s' Z5 MMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 q. s/ s5 m8 r- k$ V2 i" T: j
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.9 ?0 s0 b5 t6 N/ {3 b5 n1 S% L
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes- ?! o8 O3 h+ K
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Japanese aircraft
6 e9 I- }3 w" H$ F, o" l. G, c+ X A6M2 Zero x 5
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Allied aircraft
1 V; |2 @# ?( R8 ~; _7 ]' G Kittyhawk IA x 24
: s; t) z( Q" @ P-39D Airacobra x 27
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No Japanese losses
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Allied aircraft losses
5 `5 S) z' o5 [5 n; w4 r P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed |