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。/ d' Y( `6 k7 h
Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 % t+ Y: B+ x- Q n' e5 O0 E$ w* E
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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3 W r a; ] f' P4 aRaid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
9 @6 b! Y( O3 E1 ^- [7 AEstimated time to target is 3 minutes2 a5 E" r: A& Y& K
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A6M2 Zero x 15
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Allied aircraft
$ m& ~/ V. ]' _ W% w6 A4 r Kittyhawk IA x 30
$ h' ]: ~( e* |5 D P-39D Airacobra x 581 N1 y6 Y: ?( z6 o: P5 [/ ^
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8 |8 O# a/ ^- a5 t& z# } A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses
6 G% K- F4 _0 j) ^6 d4 ` Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed
; b- E; v, K0 I1 u P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 9 Q6 m, c- y1 W" D$ _( f) O* \
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& N$ |' z" C% iRaid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
" Z9 F* }! `3 h ?1 e% j# _3 r; E" ?* yEstimated time to target is 23 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
) {. `4 E# w1 q2 l7 s A6M3 Zero x 106 t+ g% @% j" `) k& p
G4M1 Betty x 551 I9 A; _. G, G& l, ]9 d8 ^
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Kittyhawk IA x 27
& |& r( p2 o# U$ I) J P-39D Airacobra x 504 R9 d1 ]5 ?5 f# U9 b8 a
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( k" V8 I4 F" Z2 A w8 T1 YJapanese aircraft losses
! d/ L! b8 y# c$ D$ O A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed) R6 n/ o. W `, p' O7 g
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged
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P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed
( S+ \4 g7 L1 x A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground" l, ]9 ^: S5 ~" X2 D8 N
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3 Q3 e$ _8 Q9 }8 `4 a7 MMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Raid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
/ t. i G6 D uEstimated time to target is 55 minutes& i* w7 c6 |3 h: q" [: w- H/ ^) L+ [
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Japanese aircraft
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1 d/ _8 ]5 ~1 Q* L- O Kittyhawk IA x 26. D: l& P1 m$ @ `
P-39D Airacobra x 312 s$ O9 x8 g. {4 m% A
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A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
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P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
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$ A. O. I% l# n7 Q8 lMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.4 c8 ^+ i2 r' ?/ \/ c8 E' z' T+ O
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes0 Y3 a! ^) J3 R/ q
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A6M2 Zero x 5
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Kittyhawk IA x 24
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Allied aircraft losses
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