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。
! Y0 a2 ?& l- P3 D- |Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 5 ?( I ^& Y6 i4 S* Z4 ~' _# U
! ~8 k& R* ^4 f1 {/ WWeather in hex: Partial cloud
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/ a" r0 z: `- F$ s+ I& eRaid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.# f2 M) h- O* h+ R# S
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
|7 Y) d9 O" l0 {4 D2 J A6M2 Zero x 15
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Allied aircraft/ @3 P5 K- H+ ]/ L- e. w) \
Kittyhawk IA x 30& u; M% Y) M) b; a- S6 @4 h
P-39D Airacobra x 58! u. \0 u. D3 [/ z( _
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Japanese aircraft losses8 }& n7 v5 X$ t* b2 G- K
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
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5 {* m0 T4 A) n5 VAllied aircraft losses
, w- I) P% K6 e$ q9 u Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed3 M' O, L" c H6 c
P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged! }" O$ r5 \% b- X9 ^5 o
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.- ^/ G3 z% {' p4 s* s- k% r" D
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes8 Z3 |, ^1 H r7 X. o- z
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Japanese aircraft
6 i* L& P' [2 j, [0 c A6M3 Zero x 10+ _* q: O/ u. s0 C' W# q+ C: `
G4M1 Betty x 55* p' |" N( ^; Q" y6 [/ o. b
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* H3 A x w1 S6 r: @ Kittyhawk IA x 27 n& v1 z( w( g1 h$ z' B' x
P-39D Airacobra x 50
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A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed' f2 t# f X4 j, O" }
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged0 y" z o0 p% E4 y, d
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Allied aircraft losses8 U. t9 e0 }) ^/ p
P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed
6 f' U/ M: C, m7 \, ` A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground
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7 @5 ]" ^( w/ @$ y" {8 @ mAirbase hits 32
. j. r7 a2 |( R/ a( qAirbase supply hits 121 v/ P, V/ _6 q
Runway hits 66' U* Z" P3 d7 {0 k- [/ `1 q
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 7 U- |" }1 k0 M) T
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Raid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
* y/ m- i6 B& F5 u. h4 yEstimated time to target is 55 minutes
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7 _7 q6 j% M4 R) RJapanese aircraft
1 M% u3 ]% R e A6M2 Zero x 2+ {! p, O$ W G/ s! d" V1 {% b
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Allied aircraft9 T/ g, _5 Q! `2 \4 t
Kittyhawk IA x 26' N9 H/ r/ @9 p- ?, T& z. y
P-39D Airacobra x 312 k7 K# e: `' S+ V
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1 R* g! R9 v! F! k) H A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
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2 I$ P4 T3 H% H1 t( [6 u- [8 ] P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed. G/ e ~$ T7 ` l' ]5 K
" ^4 u" c1 T, `7 Y& k" G E/ Y4 l) V: n0 IMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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# Z1 F1 t5 Z6 a4 yRaid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.3 y: P( e# V4 R7 b4 Q a' u
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
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Allied aircraft: N3 W+ x3 l4 E9 P0 v! M N
Kittyhawk IA x 24& j: g' Q1 r; L. G" W) }) U
P-39D Airacobra x 27
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1 ]- l& R# I' J, q0 t, l1 rNo Japanese losses
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( A @$ ], C' \0 O5 d w+ @ x0 b P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed |