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。
& s4 M A: e# `/ FMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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+ E3 v. U9 a6 s8 g, l. ]9 bWeather in hex: Partial cloud
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) ^ R! Q2 A: A* E, GRaid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
2 q, K2 V9 a; j7 R7 b* z# jEstimated time to target is 3 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
1 [6 J0 o" v. e. y5 K" F' d A6M2 Zero x 154 H4 n9 y3 R1 t' I4 D* w
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5 U: \- e& n: p; cAllied aircraft
1 ^8 y4 X K5 C" f0 [/ u Kittyhawk IA x 30
( Q$ z- U$ C% G" k9 q P-39D Airacobra x 58
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Japanese aircraft losses
; T( k* S) e/ X! | A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed7 Z) q! x1 N! l$ P$ W0 L
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Allied aircraft losses$ m' k& J; P( _6 N' Q0 c
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed
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, Y7 D# _- Y7 P! B- n9 T. T+ l1 v! UMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 3 s, x, T1 @2 K0 A: ?! `
9 R% U1 Z2 @/ m" o2 j0 FWeather in hex: Partial cloud1 q& h$ ~. P$ c
) b, [% \6 a& }, f5 I2 iRaid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.0 a) g3 `% g8 _( n* y! G3 ^5 j7 j
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes' T# a! A& e9 c, K
/ m& c( e6 X% d- a8 ]Japanese aircraft
" }1 V3 [, F& o0 I9 Z3 { A6M3 Zero x 10
7 s8 a% D3 P; j) x& b( @5 V G4M1 Betty x 55- ^1 c# q7 K$ B: B: b/ t
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Allied aircraft
: D! o; @' J; Y. l' k7 f$ u Kittyhawk IA x 27
/ [7 c! Z/ g9 u" D2 ]# ] P-39D Airacobra x 50
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Japanese aircraft losses8 |, y" b; |3 P( @0 J. p6 ]6 Y" E
A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed" [ q' N! z, l
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged
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Allied aircraft losses
9 c7 q1 G- C* }* y9 Y t P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed
7 \* A, u3 t* A- ?& | A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground
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Airbase hits 32
3 T- K; A+ @ v+ _1 ~Airbase supply hits 12
6 m4 t) c! ~) w0 ~5 D+ g; v" p% N# m4 oRunway hits 66
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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4 }* M/ ]( ^4 M2 @Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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7 Y/ A0 b# s2 ORaid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
( Z: [4 h6 Y% d8 B( Q! R8 JEstimated time to target is 55 minutes$ a) P6 ^; k: o
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Japanese aircraft
& R( @* b9 U. H/ z! f; R A6M2 Zero x 2
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$ `) q7 K- o1 E, DAllied aircraft6 o9 H. T9 W& P+ {$ v+ x7 \
Kittyhawk IA x 263 Q. x9 U+ x: x, Q( d
P-39D Airacobra x 314 D y7 C, L4 p( w# x: P+ K
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6 q$ l0 V2 {7 |& N, A R7 cJapanese aircraft losses3 X L$ ^, d* r& |8 F6 }
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed" r2 T* J1 g! x7 z' b
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Allied aircraft losses, k8 g$ J' p* o, Q9 W
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed1 z) e" v- h/ n9 p$ ~8 g
7 G$ e: a: @" n( o' F1 V8 IMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud5 B0 O( I" L6 j7 j
1 R2 B8 `: a% m: V$ o6 cRaid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.
$ [3 ]5 R/ U# M& e+ ?/ ^ QEstimated time to target is 1 minutes2 L0 N3 q/ ^& [# N% s
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Japanese aircraft/ Z2 u; \# ^, M+ k+ S7 Y2 g0 N
A6M2 Zero x 5
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Kittyhawk IA x 24
) `& v3 b& A; L8 i0 S* f+ {; t P-39D Airacobra x 27
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No Japanese losses! W3 S+ P0 r2 h. ^( \- v# S
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P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed |