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。
* z( D8 I3 f7 Z6 ^6 M0 I; xMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.- P7 w1 q( @$ W5 |
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
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A6M2 Zero x 157 R7 V6 x9 y9 O
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Allied aircraft8 T2 n- p7 G0 G8 W
Kittyhawk IA x 30
* }" I' a% }; r- R8 p& W9 y P-39D Airacobra x 58
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Japanese aircraft losses5 J) v# o0 p5 r& ~/ x. d% r
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
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8 W/ D- b# [' J. L; E5 h: U4 h Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed
; H2 V* p: i8 P8 p: M3 w( e P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 / C' d; z0 E, Q$ h; C. m' i
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Raid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.* E6 p8 ~2 l' w2 w( C* E
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes
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Kittyhawk IA x 27
8 g/ [& Y& A8 S: H: ? P-39D Airacobra x 507 U1 @# j" B( [2 k, x
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A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed
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P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed. m& M9 M# A k- P1 m
A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground
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: |- ^* a7 |- [+ B; U0 SMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Raid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
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P-39D Airacobra x 31+ N4 F1 C2 T# }4 l% L
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P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed9 t) b2 n0 ?7 j( D, v7 y/ @
2 m0 Y* ~9 |) {7 l+ f8 ], m4 vMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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1 J" h/ k( w2 B# v) y: N5 [Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.
5 F8 h ?1 y" a i. K# i7 I3 [Estimated time to target is 1 minutes
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No Japanese losses
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1 [+ R, @6 _6 S0 \Allied aircraft losses
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