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。
3 D& h+ j. u; }Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 ) n! y( _( x3 A
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud/ G/ X, w& h5 w; S1 o
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Raid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
! E8 u9 g' r+ g. R: R9 AEstimated time to target is 3 minutes
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A6M2 Zero x 15, {& V5 i! F: N Z* |: K
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4 W1 d2 w- v) x3 z @ Kittyhawk IA x 30* I& u+ B4 z! x/ Q/ q. t4 s) g& w
P-39D Airacobra x 58# g! o& v4 A: e! }6 l. ~
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Japanese aircraft losses
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4 h0 t& X9 a& ]( j+ M. v, SAllied aircraft losses* h1 d7 R: R5 V9 M& z
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed
* C7 M. b* `' P/ i y P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged1 T& L# z8 x9 ?$ i: o% e# M
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 7 l( ]3 h2 f# a( M7 g" P; G( n _
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) d" r% W/ p( FRaid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.* E3 C5 k0 w3 S9 q
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes
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A6M3 Zero x 108 d! q: b' [/ F' B
G4M1 Betty x 55
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Kittyhawk IA x 277 o$ Z" T) o- f ?, `0 A
P-39D Airacobra x 50, ?( ?' s$ [: r' S, x" w7 f+ A0 T7 f |
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Japanese aircraft losses) N1 \' g" a. i7 A
A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed
! T: |/ [8 J; n G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged
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8 h7 q1 _4 ^! _* W% ~Allied aircraft losses9 `% {6 h9 ]- d- T
P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed0 J- S' [9 q& \* h; G, n b' w6 h2 S
A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground
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Airbase hits 32
* W' h7 @+ z/ oAirbase supply hits 12
* V( i* o2 \& l) D% d& dRunway hits 66- O9 [3 V. }0 [8 l; @" U3 A
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 3 x' z/ y$ S/ Y: X+ u! L7 m: E
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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/ y% K3 Y: N M R0 l" PRaid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.4 M! n s8 L- y7 b( ]/ q2 [0 \9 d
Estimated time to target is 55 minutes4 @+ \$ x Y9 T" C6 f
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2 z1 j0 b0 |4 Y. W# B A6M2 Zero x 2" y+ N: w5 j5 W
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: `! w/ V9 B9 } g; D2 C Kittyhawk IA x 26
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7 a8 F% V9 k% V+ k4 ^. N. r A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed6 T3 e ~4 C) e' _
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Allied aircraft losses
$ j$ b( f: w' B p/ m" _6 ~3 @, w7 e P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.
! S0 k" K8 p( F8 t) m" zEstimated time to target is 1 minutes6 k. {& |2 D7 \
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Japanese aircraft
5 i. c1 l6 d) F) Z7 y A6M2 Zero x 5
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Kittyhawk IA x 24
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9 F; W- k! t5 ^- f0 ANo Japanese losses1 {) h' \, V4 u g0 ^& z9 M7 c+ `
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P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed |