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。7 B: z1 \* w8 H4 Y; O
Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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& A1 ^1 A* D1 TRaid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.; C) B! B: b5 _7 L+ ]/ y4 _5 a$ ?
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes. _& y5 r" ^# c% S: _) a% F! n
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Japanese aircraft
" |$ V. ]5 H7 a( p& b/ m A6M2 Zero x 15; S. C* t' f# T
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- O9 h* C5 f5 ~1 Y6 c) y Kittyhawk IA x 30) \6 B3 f) d, ], s4 M& S
P-39D Airacobra x 58
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9 H9 t- \+ H, x4 ?Japanese aircraft losses) O% }' ~. m J; N( S3 H/ |" ^0 ^
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed) L% v1 L9 t/ m0 ]3 j6 @
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Allied aircraft losses
- X8 _7 }- k2 u" {( { o& W4 Y4 _ Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed7 e6 Q2 V* _# R1 A& C* H
P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged1 `/ y5 i0 R6 v, H# g
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Raid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.; E' K6 [% s/ ?4 I: u- U; F
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes0 b+ ~$ E* l4 r; s! `; ]9 a4 M0 f
/ q) |3 s c; S) u8 zJapanese aircraft
3 F1 O9 J! @) H/ p A6M3 Zero x 10
/ t9 l6 z( _, N( ~" N G4M1 Betty x 55
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Allied aircraft% m$ `' D- N2 Z8 x
Kittyhawk IA x 27
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Japanese aircraft losses5 t3 K; x/ h! |- K
A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed
1 q% P9 Z8 N. V5 e( R G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged
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8 L# t. ]; K: c; z/ RAllied aircraft losses
! X; d" N$ S* E$ _( _4 o P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed
8 k7 M% A3 o# J, ]/ a1 N A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground% ?4 o+ O; {+ g9 V. G
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$ k( B1 u y1 i) ~- X) e2 sAirbase hits 32* f" x9 U$ [. }0 S2 \. k q) [8 g
Airbase supply hits 12
3 I3 C4 _* z5 j# ~, Y) C. p8 KRunway hits 66
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
' D, ~7 \$ n: P$ G; IEstimated time to target is 55 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
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Kittyhawk IA x 26
; R9 i0 Y: c/ K. d P-39D Airacobra x 31; z c' P" x7 g9 C
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Japanese aircraft losses
: T$ ^; q6 z/ [ A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed# u6 C" k& D! H; z" O9 O
6 O" n4 i+ p0 QAllied aircraft losses
& }1 U; `" R4 n& S" f P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed6 Q+ Y: R# z5 \$ ~: I. g, z4 ]
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 ' e' T- F+ P; i6 V! n
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Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.0 N. K4 u6 D) R+ t# R0 v1 r2 v
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes( p1 f# D/ N+ P" l
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Allied aircraft
6 g* G% j' | q! w& U* Q Kittyhawk IA x 24
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P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed |