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。+ |2 H" q6 E2 _7 T
Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 $ q9 h7 U8 |1 z( B
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud& y( V# i8 |3 Y& }) I
, t! ^- l" f1 k5 s) DRaid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.& N/ l/ Y7 T4 z
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes* q- c7 V, X1 ^+ m' t( H
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Kittyhawk IA x 30
% y' q# V2 P) z% w! I P-39D Airacobra x 58
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Japanese aircraft losses' P/ _5 ]4 R6 \. j! u2 }: c
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed* U6 O4 s$ A, }; a% z7 n
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Allied aircraft losses% ]! i8 ?( b/ w. t& s9 T0 Z( k
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed0 B+ ^7 Q9 p; u! ]' c* D
P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged; Y# ^6 Z; @5 k( ~9 Z3 g0 e! G
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/ j* q2 I) F( S! BMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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3 n; E, Q' Z+ w5 Z! ~Raid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
7 m9 k4 R5 m& U3 t% b4 V$ S9 uEstimated time to target is 23 minutes
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A6M3 Zero x 10
7 }+ `( i2 K1 ?4 j$ n; f G4M1 Betty x 55/ \$ `- L. ^1 M! B- v
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! A# m- z9 c% D Kittyhawk IA x 27/ M* E$ r+ q, a6 I
P-39D Airacobra x 506 k+ M, \( r, F+ T6 e
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A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed% d; s' m: M! @ E
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged8 d5 s" @- H0 V3 i9 p& b0 b. O8 }$ X
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Allied aircraft losses
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A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground
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Airbase hits 32) u% v2 r, @# X8 J) z! h8 x9 Q# P
Airbase supply hits 12, d p- j7 g0 {7 g9 U$ P( d
Runway hits 664 I4 S1 A4 Y: q4 ?: W
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 / C! J2 a( r$ w* d( h; \! Y; q
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Raid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.8 _# i* ?- m, R5 n" o
Estimated time to target is 55 minutes
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A6M2 Zero x 2
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P-39D Airacobra x 31
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Japanese aircraft losses
- P% E- M6 x: U A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 F! o' x: W1 v4 c4 X$ V) F( a
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.# F5 } V G+ ]% S4 D
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes
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Kittyhawk IA x 24
$ R8 h7 i4 \2 i1 b2 [ P-39D Airacobra x 27' B6 y* ^# p4 ~5 D3 ]
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$ r- g7 Z! o5 Y dNo Japanese losses
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3 d: t' A6 F, R6 U2 ~- WAllied aircraft losses
7 ]: S, F1 U/ z- X* } P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed |