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。
- i# ?* s; n4 r* S* n8 kMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud$ [5 G! k* N- U# D: v R
! T6 P8 i; u H( lRaid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
: a7 Z# i' n5 A% `7 yEstimated time to target is 3 minutes
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$ R, r. I2 h8 a( `/ X" J/ O) tJapanese aircraft: ]% S6 c* v9 X
A6M2 Zero x 150 F/ H$ t& f L2 C
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Allied aircraft- ~+ J2 d( Q+ S
Kittyhawk IA x 30
; C7 U- o0 r) m1 @0 n, Q0 B P-39D Airacobra x 58) x$ g1 N2 u2 y$ v4 `4 i( [. `
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; d8 W$ j# Z/ o! [) CJapanese aircraft losses
- S! \$ V; g: U# Q$ ^/ x( l2 ~ A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses; K8 K- @* T" o5 w
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed
5 V. R6 k @% t0 t6 ^* C P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged
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7 f- `' Z0 F* z4 ]5 sMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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6 ~4 J8 G. {. u j# jRaid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.' F1 _9 h5 |) H3 r$ K- K# L
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
. ]+ u; B6 Z1 t( b0 |7 s A6M3 Zero x 10
, A. X) f; ~) o; C0 ~ G4M1 Betty x 55. g& s4 \3 J: A+ U" n, ?
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Kittyhawk IA x 279 m j- X3 y; @, u; [9 }* l2 i
P-39D Airacobra x 50/ H; {/ g1 M8 {8 T {" m' c
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A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed
: {+ h6 A+ H1 h* d" v7 [% o$ L G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged
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, |5 P7 g, ` j; [- C1 _; t% s# Q8 g3 hAllied aircraft losses
" f8 s; {1 e# O3 v( l) i P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed/ H3 j( z T# X6 z p
A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground
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Airbase hits 323 g3 Z, R# J5 H! I& J( U
Airbase supply hits 12
' h) h4 [2 e! T& f4 n) K. q3 ZRunway hits 66
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1 i9 @5 w3 _ E1 V- J9 i7 qMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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; R# P5 w- r2 b/ D9 w, N" G8 HWeather in hex: Partial cloud0 ^- ~+ S& c/ H! |
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Raid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
! C, X+ V% [$ G6 R& Q+ NEstimated time to target is 55 minutes, ?7 S! n' q) h# [$ A& [% h1 h& \
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A6M2 Zero x 23 ?8 \; P) ^2 Q, m9 z
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Allied aircraft# z2 S8 x" _ r
Kittyhawk IA x 263 o1 Q1 C& g3 g. {
P-39D Airacobra x 31* V& s( o; ?* a, i
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Japanese aircraft losses
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Allied aircraft losses
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud8 N2 ] w' a0 ?
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Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.0 P, ^6 n- v" {) j5 b
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes# I7 x) R: X. {1 Z
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Japanese aircraft
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Kittyhawk IA x 249 F# D- \( Z2 \) E( |
P-39D Airacobra x 27( {( s# c7 t# L: f( {$ s( z' X
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No Japanese losses
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Allied aircraft losses
; _) z- t$ {8 C9 B8 F3 L+ } P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed |