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。
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud# `4 o- e) y1 c! u: i
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Raid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.% U0 u8 X; z2 h/ t+ e- e: D
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
% d1 A/ N% Y. B# ` A6M2 Zero x 15
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1 M. s; g! a# d. o0 YAllied aircraft5 ?! w, x# C! }; e( C; J2 S# M
Kittyhawk IA x 30# w4 ^; ^9 _- K0 b1 ?/ N
P-39D Airacobra x 58; Y. ~( @( ?+ A2 Q9 Y0 g
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Japanese aircraft losses; m2 }1 x# T! [0 }
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses# W. ~. m- }* G1 x
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed
/ c6 a) S4 M" w' U$ _0 G. a P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud3 [; Z0 B# V: E
3 ]# }; P i/ B+ ~Raid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.* y6 @" Z, `% ]5 h+ _% E* T( B
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes
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Japanese aircraft2 n8 E5 u5 @, P& c+ A ~8 Y/ A
A6M3 Zero x 10
' i4 j2 s/ h0 g G4M1 Betty x 55
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Allied aircraft
8 h" `/ {! j% ~5 i2 s Kittyhawk IA x 27) k" C: X3 @% R. ^8 m
P-39D Airacobra x 505 _4 I7 ^. |5 b' c+ i
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Japanese aircraft losses6 L6 J+ P" E6 x/ B ^$ O% g; B
A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed
; F6 ^$ |9 ?2 v7 E0 l G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged9 J& @, o& l. F7 K, m+ ~
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Allied aircraft losses
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+ l* Q+ X5 ?3 P( E A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground% k& e1 {. z t1 ?+ G
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6 g' x- P3 i- R& C5 m! _5 wAirbase hits 32$ |% E/ w& W! X
Airbase supply hits 12
2 e: Z5 ?$ k& Y0 F( \% TRunway hits 66
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: ?4 D8 W% |! F' x; OMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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7 Q; k! J0 h. G- w" rRaid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.2 L) ] ~3 s+ U0 N! U2 H* I
Estimated time to target is 55 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
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Allied aircraft
; `8 F& k5 Q! g# ` Kittyhawk IA x 266 @* W# d( I, U: X
P-39D Airacobra x 31
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1 A7 N4 K$ M& e _5 ^Japanese aircraft losses: Y( g% m" ^+ ]5 W
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed# u% ?, s" H0 w) X! s# }
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" X3 r/ ?/ Q/ `5 g P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 4 i6 W3 G0 f; e, h$ X: g: \4 O* c
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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) k. m' h, }* N! j7 [0 R s5 g0 kRaid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.
& B4 L) M5 y* p8 {# XEstimated time to target is 1 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
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Allied aircraft
! y( p6 n. J# `* j Kittyhawk IA x 24
" e; R o q t3 g P-39D Airacobra x 27
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: L$ z, B1 F% H1 nNo Japanese losses
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1 j, E9 q& W: f1 Z: Y% F3 d- T P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed |