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。
" r) @$ L8 s* ]/ ^Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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% ]. S9 r v% r6 r7 r7 S. ARaid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
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Japanese aircraft) }/ z$ Q( G. w2 D
A6M2 Zero x 15
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Kittyhawk IA x 304 G+ q! C3 E& Z# p2 n2 r& `. g/ N# W# [
P-39D Airacobra x 58% R W5 m% j; V) W
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Japanese aircraft losses4 D, E9 _/ v+ `2 W
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed) U( _& [5 c- n' S, m3 ^( b: \
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! A* T% n7 u; t& j Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed! i& } p1 y+ G5 Q1 A) M3 c
P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged
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. r" R+ B, B, a& h4 dMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 - \3 g, L8 H4 a; i) \
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- z$ X: F8 M) T% uRaid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
8 O( `9 }5 G% y: K, C* G8 o' |Estimated time to target is 23 minutes
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: F+ g) K h; f- t; a0 j; H A6M3 Zero x 10; ^6 p' a1 r3 y: {$ d) f0 x8 n& W
G4M1 Betty x 55% x2 V. c1 I) R- w. j% S
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Allied aircraft, b$ \$ l7 y; c6 @) S! D* [
Kittyhawk IA x 27
6 {' V! G" a7 c! z3 K; D P-39D Airacobra x 50
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A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed* V, e/ a* p* O- v7 k; w
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged& q( t5 }* ]3 j! k j
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Allied aircraft losses
! ^ b% n: {; @, E, z1 i P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed
) X) I, I8 X" }( f A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground9 L9 y7 ~5 J5 X; Y/ v
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Airbase hits 32! u1 G: A, d. x' p8 I
Airbase supply hits 12
3 b9 ^7 m7 O7 tRunway hits 66
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1 p, u- g' f7 q8 EMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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8 A0 k. D) [4 }. a3 x5 Q/ U/ l3 aRaid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
% s6 _. N0 H, B+ n. l2 T( bEstimated time to target is 55 minutes" ~" i! E9 r" t$ _: K S
q* a6 o8 ]# J$ W% m5 d: fJapanese aircraft
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Kittyhawk IA x 26
2 d& I0 V( L9 Y3 Y P-39D Airacobra x 314 H0 ~0 |* @. ~: ~8 o- }6 ^- D
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A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed+ _) T N! T5 h7 w
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Allied aircraft losses
" E2 s3 g J3 }3 a% x2 r0 w1 s P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed6 H/ u. y7 A7 O0 \9 f3 v
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 , l* C- Q1 M7 A! F9 @! Z5 w+ d
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Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.
8 Z7 y/ J9 G. }7 L- A: q2 XEstimated time to target is 1 minutes2 T X# W* L8 G/ v# y, k# C) N
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+ J) X2 i. [" I, `- R& R Kittyhawk IA x 24
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No Japanese losses: u- D: d. K- q& E
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Allied aircraft losses
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