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。
1 L* q3 q a+ e) J" _Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud# L, V$ w4 m+ P' z
# ] n, p( X* u$ J. t) L5 aRaid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
# v% c" g6 w) ^! ~8 n0 IEstimated time to target is 3 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
- l W! e- V5 z" q0 } A6M2 Zero x 15" ~ c, p, t% ^6 U( ~/ x
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A0 }1 g' V; v& yAllied aircraft2 w# a; @$ o7 k. R) M! g$ j
Kittyhawk IA x 30
; W! e/ z1 m+ d; ]; \6 l, Z P-39D Airacobra x 58
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/ z5 H, o2 _5 l# z& [1 zJapanese aircraft losses
4 M- N4 v! V& r. m2 } A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses% z5 x$ E1 m& P7 V
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed
" X7 ]8 W e' T5 Z0 K. ~7 \ P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Raid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.1 M% ?+ C3 C& W: a
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes
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A6M3 Zero x 10
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Kittyhawk IA x 27
3 O F- t" M% O8 T, V P-39D Airacobra x 50
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0 i( d1 ^, B. z) x: Z9 o/ RJapanese aircraft losses- v/ R4 m7 w- z8 i
A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed/ X b0 b/ o4 ~ C
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged
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. h8 g( l! E$ n1 F P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed A o/ {: {) I4 R4 L3 h# f, D* }
A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground
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6 c5 ?1 `+ T$ y/ QAirbase hits 32
2 N* M% l" c6 HAirbase supply hits 12# _: G, W W- K
Runway hits 66
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 ' f9 P0 B$ b2 J0 M" m
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Raid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.6 q+ }; h# [/ ?+ ]3 ?# x D
Estimated time to target is 55 minutes8 a. L: X/ O0 z
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A6M2 Zero x 2
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0 v# M% G/ O2 s# w( N- S$ @ Kittyhawk IA x 260 J \' j, c+ D
P-39D Airacobra x 31% o- S1 G! d! M& b9 k# x
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A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed( B# _* H* l# H/ ]
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P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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" T2 K v9 }6 @/ x3 z" VRaid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.
( A6 {7 [: a# t6 K4 V5 Q' }Estimated time to target is 1 minutes
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A6M2 Zero x 5
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Kittyhawk IA x 24" N5 T3 c/ a4 I+ l- l/ J
P-39D Airacobra x 27
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& S8 o1 Y: ^* s6 p. vAllied aircraft losses9 H6 Y/ ?6 L5 N; |+ P8 c
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed |