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。
/ @* @: o3 |; Z" H% C5 s! KMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 # Z/ y6 ^; |! D4 b& O, L9 n
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- |0 o) u, _2 k( [3 j4 PRaid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.$ c1 v+ o! U( {, k
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes# y. ?* F, \0 z2 V" g6 A! X9 o
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Japanese aircraft$ w' B& _/ W& j8 E* E; v/ h
A6M2 Zero x 15
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! _2 [- p- F$ S2 JAllied aircraft
$ y! s( h9 x4 n Kittyhawk IA x 30; e5 ?" c8 P6 k2 ~9 G; H
P-39D Airacobra x 58
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6 \4 L" l0 V9 ^3 L9 V3 RJapanese aircraft losses
6 o( E% h( Y" E! `" s A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed. U2 w7 D/ a B$ |' ]2 X
5 ^9 Y s: v+ y0 M6 I8 K' |Allied aircraft losses
' s! L0 @( u- L/ o Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed
0 }% j$ c) _, G; Z2 W& z( m8 @& y* e; ? P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged" Z. c6 M% ~, E4 p; G& M- @# ~
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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9 S8 f3 b& I! c `6 a* sRaid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.& K9 Q% u H9 H! c1 S- K$ i- h# h
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes
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0 A8 Q6 ~9 n. ZJapanese aircraft' n% g; m' Y5 g4 E2 M/ u
A6M3 Zero x 10
! X" o; r* [1 @6 V$ A' g G4M1 Betty x 55
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Kittyhawk IA x 276 C4 r; D+ m3 A H' z% g" ?
P-39D Airacobra x 50
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- |0 _2 ?/ W* mJapanese aircraft losses
1 j0 \( l1 S3 ]$ N4 H A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed
; |0 A& x- ?5 @& i4 V- R1 c& ` G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged1 }+ M' [6 j1 N+ T8 Y3 I
% ~: e j& c. {/ MAllied aircraft losses
( P! B' B1 V# f2 Z3 o P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed
0 S( i/ n$ {! U/ w1 K \. M A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground
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- U$ Y5 K$ ^, i% H! I+ b n4 ]. oAirbase hits 32
. S- A. r# v4 o1 L5 |, GAirbase supply hits 12# r$ w: L9 d+ y6 [1 J0 R8 u
Runway hits 66
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 ; h; l& y0 G6 x
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Raid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.! t. T* W/ e) `9 c( y" B
Estimated time to target is 55 minutes/ O* x+ }6 Y. F+ a" k
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Japanese aircraft2 c/ y4 i& u$ [. p. n) }5 x |: Y
A6M2 Zero x 2# Z; O9 U, U7 m( E
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Kittyhawk IA x 26
0 Y; f4 Z4 t9 M7 r! E; o P-39D Airacobra x 31
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. x" g3 \$ d+ L3 X- yJapanese aircraft losses5 ?9 E- {, l$ G% _
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
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w: s' q5 i+ l+ }# q% TAllied aircraft losses2 O# d- O Y# z8 Z# `6 G. {/ x
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed) ^ r6 l" V9 d- l. S
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! ^# I/ ?/ Z* v3 RRaid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.3 n1 k& i( V: g; F* z
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
3 ~# l1 d* ~5 j9 p+ j' D+ f A6M2 Zero x 5
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% Y( G8 @# g; G# ZAllied aircraft8 L9 `$ P8 i7 i$ e2 B
Kittyhawk IA x 24( H! M$ J$ [3 C9 S
P-39D Airacobra x 27; B% i$ i; a4 a9 @6 S4 e
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No Japanese losses7 [' P. C6 w0 t; k3 ?! v" A5 S$ {( H
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Allied aircraft losses3 ^: j# K9 m: [, z
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed |