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 \$ v9 K8 s0 {, s2 CMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 2 C: a4 M8 ~4 a( H
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
+ V: t6 m* ]1 oEstimated time to target is 3 minutes/ M/ |9 D2 v, W2 H" {
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A6M2 Zero x 15
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1 g- O8 f" [% g6 n# x4 {, @ Kittyhawk IA x 30
9 p3 m# d8 _ y. C! A4 c5 O P-39D Airacobra x 58! \( o) ^& z+ i2 a# `# ]8 U
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A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed3 l" l c+ o4 a7 a
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Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed
0 g6 q& W) [" z/ _# y# k' c) j P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged, t9 k# ~) d2 h% G% Q: P P! D
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 . t6 b; O; P6 l' G
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Raid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
+ J' N. k1 ]6 d# k8 yEstimated time to target is 23 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
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0 |3 `4 [2 P3 Y G4M1 Betty x 55' W5 l4 D6 F8 r: @7 V# Q
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Kittyhawk IA x 27
. d# E8 y u8 @3 E! U P-39D Airacobra x 50
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A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed
5 Z8 G9 `" V0 \" c8 x7 ^ G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged1 L% _& J: | r; v3 w1 Y
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P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed
- e* q7 c2 E# C' v# P' G A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground
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7 E# W4 o$ {& \: O9 a; c- _Airbase hits 32
9 }) ^5 Z+ T" R" }6 [$ f, CAirbase supply hits 12' H" q: l- z+ b% e- x" N
Runway hits 66+ S, ?: B$ O# V" ^
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 / S) l% z/ s K2 J E) z; d
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: J5 r! {+ M8 I* g* r& hRaid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
, h2 t9 E" \" I' F5 D1 y+ n2 TEstimated time to target is 55 minutes
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Kittyhawk IA x 261 z4 z) ^- \: V% m3 T' C
P-39D Airacobra x 31. e" b. ] Z: O& e$ r6 ^
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A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
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P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 ( Z( b: C; H7 h. Q
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9 E$ P2 c" c A% {# v% l4 l9 bRaid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.
; J0 b+ \& o F/ |* d9 E+ SEstimated time to target is 1 minutes0 F9 m v2 ~0 o* J( n, w% c2 R# u
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6 |& p) D/ S* v2 O/ R Kittyhawk IA x 24
9 R# T4 M' d; F* m; m P-39D Airacobra x 27$ u5 H. D$ U0 e; d0 b9 k4 C
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P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed |