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 _- a- {2 o5 K, C) q
0 M' ^ r, c* TRaid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
. g+ W4 c- @2 e( [2 h2 `) M( {3 l, qEstimated time to target is 3 minutes, H) m, Z/ X: u+ \$ w5 U3 h
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Allied aircraft
& o5 a& J- p& p( g- k Kittyhawk IA x 30
v. @3 O+ a& h4 W; p Y P-39D Airacobra x 58
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3 }7 N' z2 _$ g5 P/ ]Japanese aircraft losses- e5 z+ @; D& c. ?- q2 r9 m/ |! f
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed3 {8 a( M0 ]5 E1 j. g" I. d7 _; M% j
* d$ P( H" `: |0 B# H$ EAllied aircraft losses
8 o+ Q) N0 e- L F Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed
9 P( m, {- u6 n4 k P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged
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& A& \4 ^7 m( X' r- H! M: u; S; EMorning 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.
5 V6 p9 ?1 h! Z/ X! JEstimated time to target is 23 minutes
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7 V) ]" v' E+ S1 v/ `5 KJapanese aircraft
( R( Y! w9 F$ V* n- e: _- x; w A6M3 Zero x 101 ?# ]0 o- x* B. d1 C
G4M1 Betty x 55; i0 r- n9 _9 X. B( f; [
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Allied aircraft
3 e+ A, L0 Y" d% Z3 u( t6 }$ ^8 m Kittyhawk IA x 27
$ J2 y6 J0 Y) k$ D$ g P-39D Airacobra x 50) M8 w9 R. d5 A# V3 D' H& ]5 K
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! G( |% Y( X! ?0 O7 t6 Q% lJapanese aircraft losses/ u% n# L4 h% V( J) ^5 f; b
A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed
; E( B# p- {' h! x3 k G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged6 E V7 c H# y; \ F$ C6 o2 M
0 T& c1 i* L1 J1 |* _Allied aircraft losses
8 @4 A9 i8 M7 i: I1 X1 A P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed
6 ]# J' }" s1 b7 ]. n A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground
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Airbase hits 32
: M7 W7 O9 e% R' W# MAirbase supply hits 12
; \2 R1 m# L2 E; }. v6 ~- l& Z4 tRunway hits 66
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 1 g X5 s1 R$ }( z" N
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Raid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.3 s. j" @" E9 }* }1 A4 |
Estimated time to target is 55 minutes6 Z1 f, w5 @/ n- s
4 M t: \) {; \( PJapanese aircraft: R' i* z% e0 z1 u2 p& W
A6M2 Zero x 2
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& o, v d* m" |9 K |% QAllied aircraft
: H v/ C* F4 Q( n Kittyhawk IA x 26
$ G I" U' N3 V x% Y; U$ s P-39D Airacobra x 31
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A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses
+ L; o: y% b8 j* l" j! F P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
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( x0 V- y: J$ CMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.* B) F/ L+ n. p/ G N/ Z
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes8 _1 z% U) x3 I& l4 A/ _' D
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Japanese aircraft
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& E) d3 }9 J# F. Z: E, H3 k: S Kittyhawk IA x 24& S( k" C l ?
P-39D Airacobra x 279 X, f4 P& f: ^* B
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Allied aircraft losses
3 q1 ?+ \* {: I+ T" `- ?' x P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed |