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。' G# ^( P4 l8 s9 A7 j0 r$ i0 [ ~- l
Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud4 J M$ F5 w* g' O6 h
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Raid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.3 a+ N( d4 d2 h: Z* ~' ^) p# N6 H m
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
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6 o2 u3 U! v X, j1 O" I' J7 T6 |Japanese aircraft" g, P1 ?4 N5 F- ?1 @% I' H
A6M2 Zero x 153 H8 a& O* Q# e9 \( x j
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Allied aircraft
% z$ |2 Y% ]( X8 v5 N Kittyhawk IA x 300 s: I8 Q B3 }) H) {$ S
P-39D Airacobra x 58' _1 |) B" @8 |; s5 x7 V
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Japanese aircraft losses
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& u9 U- n: ^9 \$ v8 y1 DAllied aircraft losses
6 F1 Z% `# \, c8 c7 z d Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed
) I# C2 l( z4 o( Z0 D8 j! D P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged
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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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+ b& ^9 [0 s- {+ n' PEstimated time to target is 23 minutes
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G4M1 Betty x 559 y/ J( G! e" {* H* F7 @2 j8 ]
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Allied aircraft4 ^- e: ~0 F8 [& y" L @
Kittyhawk IA x 27
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Japanese aircraft losses
" B+ @- m' H- K) K; O3 I! F A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed
+ ~# [2 x& v& j0 G: k8 W: c G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged
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P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed
; W" U7 o3 n' i" Z A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground
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Airbase hits 32+ j' M+ q% d7 u. _1 x# T
Airbase supply hits 12
& R _% _( `& Y" f+ |" Y! cRunway hits 66
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 , V# F2 ]2 @& Z& D$ X
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.( Z; j, l$ |) L4 k9 a
Estimated time to target is 55 minutes) ~# Z2 K4 j. r' ]
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Allied aircraft" C# t" G" l# c+ I+ z; h" U
Kittyhawk IA x 26
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Japanese aircraft losses
- d3 P3 [) u/ z" P3 h/ I A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed2 Y* a2 w, G1 s& }9 d/ O
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Allied aircraft losses
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' L! a2 N [/ {& B% mMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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, m) L4 P. B: ?8 ? |Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.
4 `0 W6 @4 Z1 s7 w4 b3 V/ V' u5 [Estimated time to target is 1 minutes/ l. X4 L% A. {3 q/ _+ p
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A6M2 Zero x 5
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Allied aircraft
7 j) Q& M/ [2 S Kittyhawk IA x 248 T8 N3 o" } `% Z) L& e9 R1 ?6 m" Q+ B
P-39D Airacobra x 27- ^* Y1 b- Y; M4 _
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Allied aircraft losses
7 E2 t+ C ~' u3 G' ? P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed |