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。2 m+ |8 b& r5 O' R, d9 {# V
Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 + t3 F* l* k. k/ H: i3 F5 L+ `, W; A6 K3 m
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Raid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
9 y, N% i2 ~, WEstimated time to target is 3 minutes
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6 d) d, U( M! T# z, P5 tJapanese aircraft( E3 \0 f, r& x5 S$ v
A6M2 Zero x 15/ N0 C+ |6 W. n7 j( C# x0 {
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Allied aircraft, H' Y& ?9 f4 w, h) p* X* c/ L& h
Kittyhawk IA x 30
! [+ F6 W1 P6 A. [ P-39D Airacobra x 58% \7 y E7 j3 _# l6 c7 F
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Japanese aircraft losses
6 ^' g' n i+ e( M1 o A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses3 a9 I+ q+ n" l7 Z5 K% N9 d5 J7 p
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed, V( F% w( X+ ^4 V
P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged* V' I& p h& J0 ^! D
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 " |2 g v- u r3 A5 ]
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Raid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
; `9 J1 U4 ]( T- B( k8 hEstimated time to target is 23 minutes i9 o$ L# ~/ B( m1 g6 h5 L
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Japanese aircraft
u) @) `. C; A9 W A6M3 Zero x 10
1 g- y- ?! @& _0 f) @; U. b G4M1 Betty x 55
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Allied aircraft% R, t( s, O3 M
Kittyhawk IA x 271 p7 |+ ~, r: X& Q4 ~$ ]
P-39D Airacobra x 50
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Japanese aircraft losses" E6 @+ k8 [1 Q4 j" R0 G9 L2 f
A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed9 ?0 j, u" [. [5 n2 }4 g
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged
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1 J& K& c8 U3 i$ H0 w6 f. bAllied aircraft losses6 x- R. g/ E# |" Z
P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed
4 q/ L4 V N0 ~ A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground
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0 o) w @- H# EAirbase hits 32* ]' w. O x# ?+ B5 c
Airbase supply hits 12
% I; G" C# E) ~' ]Runway hits 66 g, P8 R1 j5 l) {+ p
* y) Q3 X' w3 K0 Z r: xMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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2 D' w& N C, ]/ ?/ @Raid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.- L" O* v" |( O) b
Estimated time to target is 55 minutes" {1 W# C5 D8 k; V4 u
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A6M2 Zero x 2
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Allied aircraft( E; I$ C: D( G4 Q. @5 b* Q
Kittyhawk IA x 26
; w' J, b r) U7 y* F' P P-39D Airacobra x 31
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A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed E" v' G/ Y- e5 v. z
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P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed) P2 q8 U0 a! I& l* ]# h7 b
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.
$ x2 m% `* R% c# SEstimated time to target is 1 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
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Kittyhawk IA x 24
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Allied aircraft losses
8 l# g) X% }, _4 K6 @. @5 c+ N P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed |