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 ^& i+ B/ J- O( N$ q4 {3 ^- }
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 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.1 p; Y- F! ^6 P! g7 V- p# e
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes8 r- l$ t' H6 p: [8 K, [4 D
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Japanese aircraft
1 g5 O( ~6 s( d- R( C A6M2 Zero x 15' \+ ]2 k, w* ` u& p1 C" ^
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Allied aircraft
4 {; Y- T+ R3 ~8 m7 w$ I% c Kittyhawk IA x 30
3 j- C# y1 O( l+ ?) i P-39D Airacobra x 58+ }; }' f8 c7 \ ~) i
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Japanese aircraft losses
. \5 g' q A# Y6 `9 L A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed1 A# v4 {5 ^8 W+ a5 _ d0 f- `
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# Z" f J+ M: h6 z5 I' A. O- p! R Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed! b. N; d) @: P) V+ H3 d
P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged- D' I' ?# W1 _( U9 ^' n
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 # _0 \. f! w6 ^! P
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! O) L2 R: |+ J+ ` L, J, @Raid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
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Japanese aircraft
5 M( t! e9 ]' L Q; A7 E A6M3 Zero x 10
6 @0 h% n8 S6 [2 G" y( @ G4M1 Betty x 55
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Allied aircraft
7 B2 |, ~' X. j' t4 ]6 L Kittyhawk IA x 271 f6 E( }$ I% h0 g( j
P-39D Airacobra x 50
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5 A; r/ g- v% v, [4 k A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed+ p1 b% c! d! H3 t
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged' U/ u0 W' n& m) u
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0 S4 @( k( `: y8 j. j+ R3 C P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed# D, S+ C- \& K. j
A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground
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& i3 r+ F) u% |9 F1 Z4 [Airbase hits 32
3 k+ ]7 b1 F* P! X6 u( b. ?% DAirbase supply hits 129 _5 h, M4 m3 i2 S/ X8 E/ R
Runway hits 66
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Raid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
" S# W* E5 \! A* m1 WEstimated time to target is 55 minutes
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A6M2 Zero x 2
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Kittyhawk IA x 260 q; Y( g s9 `! O# i
P-39D Airacobra x 31/ G! q3 K: t, Q5 s8 p z' o. ^
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Japanese aircraft losses
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Allied aircraft losses
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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 spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.+ J- X0 Y P% ~1 R# `
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes
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A6M2 Zero x 5
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Kittyhawk IA x 24- a" B6 O$ w# ^2 g+ z. l* `
P-39D Airacobra x 27
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No Japanese losses
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P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed |