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。
, i1 Q& W+ O6 X2 j( DMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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6 I: M% H) N2 yWeather in hex: Partial cloud0 c' U* ~8 R3 |+ j9 f3 F
. e7 L8 K' O* ~& E! YRaid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.) Q' L: I4 d% l8 d% c4 m7 J
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes( c& E z1 k9 ~3 T3 A
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Japanese aircraft
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Allied aircraft$ ]. T4 U, @7 |5 I# F% v
Kittyhawk IA x 30
5 e1 a6 e( D1 c3 H/ O4 ~6 B P-39D Airacobra x 58& g7 ?: X- O8 u* y
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! G; F4 B. Y0 rJapanese aircraft losses5 {$ p" S: m7 Q; |9 t# n% h% N
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed' y! u6 ], @" m. @2 Z5 J" r
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Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed
7 [ Z6 t2 k3 a" _) j4 \4 M P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged3 o) J" V8 B% Y7 a1 B9 ?% J8 A
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 # t& o8 ?: ~3 U; y
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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+ ~* q/ I( `4 O7 K* fRaid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
% ~; d' {/ p( }+ dEstimated time to target is 23 minutes7 b+ E7 a! O- L2 \, y6 ~
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Japanese aircraft+ Q0 s7 f+ l& }* v! M; p. x
A6M3 Zero x 103 G# K, o0 R# ? J
G4M1 Betty x 558 F% a; D6 @& q& B8 C7 p
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! T3 A$ r" @& g: [/ M, j5 n0 q' M8 |/ ] Kittyhawk IA x 27
4 W5 v% z2 X3 r% K3 m$ k P-39D Airacobra x 50# D- s' ^; O' T1 q5 v k9 I
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5 N' S! J6 R r1 u% n* z A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed2 q" \/ N! p# x% l( U) p9 E
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged6 ~- y* i3 v, B% n0 L3 }" w6 S% j
4 S$ U' J! W7 K. {0 R0 ^# fAllied aircraft losses
; C7 S. f O1 X- h; Q' {9 A& s- b P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed7 J8 f. g; Z' D& Q* A
A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground
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Airbase hits 326 [+ e! i5 `$ h) z: x3 H$ {
Airbase supply hits 124 U; h. I" h) G& ]$ n
Runway hits 66
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1 b0 z- _+ _1 c5 q$ YMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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5 V2 x- w2 ^; v- t0 ^: r1 iRaid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet." g' s, G) c3 J2 w: x, k9 r- g
Estimated time to target is 55 minutes
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Allied aircraft! @* z$ \( @* X+ s L" G7 y
Kittyhawk IA x 26
( e+ j9 N' _- }; Y P-39D Airacobra x 31( u& u" u* I; n; e* b5 N( a
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Japanese aircraft losses
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Allied aircraft losses
7 Q! f7 m2 N2 R, @1 R+ n P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed' O7 o. Z V c/ u
5 U; C4 x9 r* _" c9 MMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.' ]. d' J3 T I: T# ~3 c
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes4 ?- @( P. Y9 m F8 K
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Japanese aircraft
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Allied aircraft
% e4 q# t, @! w! s$ K% L3 b Kittyhawk IA x 24. g; W1 C! ~$ z: f; y
P-39D Airacobra x 27
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No Japanese losses0 y+ L6 @7 ]+ L; T$ |3 Y
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% H2 ?% Y9 y. @$ n' r! R P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed |