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。0 P. ]/ Q$ `2 P; _4 w& z
Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 $ A# L% s9 T( b4 Q
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Raid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
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Japanese aircraft( L: ^ R0 d" D: O" {, |' Q
A6M2 Zero x 15$ B0 C& p }1 ]# n' q+ y
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7 Q \' p% I1 z! y7 WAllied aircraft
2 o' W5 m M$ e. ~/ v- u& D d- g Kittyhawk IA x 30: o, v& G7 K$ h- m
P-39D Airacobra x 583 B0 K) A& `* A: l2 T: L
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Japanese aircraft losses& \0 C- U9 [% P$ Y* ?6 z
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
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( ?5 d4 F6 e/ iAllied aircraft losses
$ s* H* V& z7 n Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed L6 ?7 ~! U0 m0 i( ?! `* v
P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 Q) T8 k: y1 E/ R7 a; O
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: E) R& \1 X# Z* }) i1 F" ?Raid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.* j- {% w% Y& P$ g9 C$ \' d
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes
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2 c! ^$ S ?2 P6 l9 YJapanese aircraft
0 P! K X7 b ^. y( |) B% F" N A6M3 Zero x 10
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Allied aircraft
/ W3 S5 V5 v: ?8 ]; o% ~- g Kittyhawk IA x 27
- O* Y( U. R0 P5 K P-39D Airacobra x 50, u, I i9 o$ l+ M5 y+ N* D
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Japanese aircraft losses
6 v, b' y1 {& t/ ] A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed% z( \" p& ~. A+ V. A% E: @# p
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged6 c, ?* N4 M" s& ?) @% ~
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Allied aircraft losses2 W+ |# V4 ^8 j! s$ K" s2 j+ q
P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed
6 o6 D2 Y6 T3 D8 t4 w) U A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground, U: V& v; a/ h6 G/ Z
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% f7 T% i, o5 S. e2 j1 |Airbase hits 329 K2 U$ H8 |/ B' C$ M: o) _
Airbase supply hits 12/ z, q* {) |& j2 P" {
Runway hits 66
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud6 w4 a4 ^6 N0 H! E- Q' H
% v. u: o3 ?9 |% R9 a" g/ C. nRaid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.# Y7 P' d4 v- r' D* x) o! e% v
Estimated time to target is 55 minutes, L8 M8 C) V' t2 i* Z. `! W
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Japanese aircraft
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Allied aircraft
L% d5 v* R- A# i# t N. f2 P" {6 _9 e Kittyhawk IA x 26: Y3 K5 q2 x+ j" b* I8 a! x
P-39D Airacobra x 31$ k o% ]. h6 D
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A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
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P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed$ h* S2 ~' P7 I9 m: n0 `5 [
- v" ]# t; x, D4 M% T6 I, bMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.
4 v2 g+ [1 E6 e4 _' t! vEstimated time to target is 1 minutes! |- I& }; |- A( g: b4 K0 v
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# i. R% {' I! Q A6M2 Zero x 5
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Kittyhawk IA x 24
4 m3 S6 H( j0 B3 e P-39D Airacobra x 27
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P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed |