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。
! T3 n7 P5 Y* f! F0 aMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud; q- B) B2 \4 r: m4 a
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Raid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
+ h$ i+ v. \5 J7 {1 o2 QEstimated time to target is 3 minutes
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+ K* W4 q' C5 ^, G( {$ tJapanese aircraft' _; L/ i3 p9 f0 B. g
A6M2 Zero x 15
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Kittyhawk IA x 30( B0 `0 b! V; L
P-39D Airacobra x 588 b. Z# o [8 e1 d
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A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
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0 j& R8 u" Z, U1 [5 J' G Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed
, ~6 o% U1 m8 B0 C5 P. n7 s P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged' X# t n" y# }( ^
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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.7 T7 i+ ]2 s" D
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes" G4 q( j ~# p. L1 x7 K
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Japanese aircraft
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Allied aircraft5 P, n, L( K) r0 m% {1 }
Kittyhawk IA x 27
4 O8 \9 Z/ f4 q$ o& s P-39D Airacobra x 503 {/ A% M' o5 C$ f( H; N. F
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A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed
3 T% J4 U9 F; A& a: p G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged
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P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed. B. E6 w2 D1 Q0 P! L6 z# l
A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground
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Airbase hits 32$ X6 f q, R5 V, e1 d) ^
Airbase supply hits 126 ~; e/ Q# J. Q, U
Runway 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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# c2 X2 l5 h. J x8 s& {Raid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
( n, T( E. {2 A, EEstimated time to target is 55 minutes
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A6M2 Zero x 2
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Kittyhawk IA x 26
( K$ A% ]. j6 q: u P-39D Airacobra x 314 e) o* N0 f* C- ^
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8 \3 S S# ]+ }; ?( rJapanese aircraft losses
' O: R8 g) v9 @2 I9 b8 \3 ] A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed8 w' M7 B8 V$ g$ U
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P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed) S' w- R+ z# q" S" Q3 l
+ B4 W/ P3 w3 X1 D6 Y! NMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 8 j) M! l1 [3 _
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Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.
8 X2 j* W2 c3 w$ V& lEstimated time to target is 1 minutes$ v8 b$ O/ \( P1 f0 E4 t
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A6M2 Zero x 5
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Kittyhawk IA x 24+ ^3 [: Q& w& B% S1 l- w" c+ u9 @9 L2 U
P-39D Airacobra x 27
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Allied aircraft losses- ~+ S% \4 w( c8 s W. G2 b
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed |