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。
1 _- G: g0 B& |9 |( HMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 9 _3 p d6 l5 p! \7 G0 l" ?
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud% K" e/ U: o, b; X2 S9 a
- E8 g3 b: {7 f% ]5 DRaid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
5 F" c1 O* M9 p1 Q* D) W5 ?Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
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Japanese aircraft$ X" g0 }# _6 V. B
A6M2 Zero x 15
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Allied aircraft
9 T3 [4 p4 B+ f9 S' f+ R0 N Kittyhawk IA x 30* K( [! h4 a+ L( i2 B# l) c
P-39D Airacobra x 58( m2 z" S/ f* g- g. y& C& f
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Japanese aircraft losses7 z I! a1 b* m0 A0 d, |$ p
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed; \1 e) z$ Z, {1 y/ ~& ^
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Allied aircraft losses. [) I( a' X8 g0 G i c
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed+ R7 ~( E* ^( U9 l
P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged
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7 D* Y1 j& S/ t0 o1 k& KMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 # e/ G4 H4 p+ b" _( d) S! [' w
+ H5 q7 H9 x L! DWeather in hex: Partial cloud8 U7 Y+ v5 R4 t. B
9 ^5 o1 Z# l) `2 b/ ORaid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
+ p+ D6 N4 Z" j8 D- sEstimated time to target is 23 minutes" d. Y% m4 U# O9 z( u% J/ @
# Z5 ~8 T7 N! H+ ^+ T2 w8 B0 {; Q2 RJapanese aircraft
7 E% z, ]; K7 d. N A6M3 Zero x 10$ a7 s1 I& [0 t0 d3 M
G4M1 Betty x 55; ?* D! m0 U. M7 m
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Allied aircraft) C) q6 [2 F0 U: d: N5 F
Kittyhawk IA x 27! y3 i# O) l) y9 F
P-39D Airacobra x 50+ H8 F% E" A4 \2 ~$ O
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Japanese aircraft losses: w4 J, r5 d- _5 L4 y& w+ D; r
A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed
" t h1 [ t9 d5 g! K( Y; a6 Y G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged. Q/ G" E$ @4 J
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Allied aircraft losses
; ~1 `6 Q+ Q' P. j9 x P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed
6 Y" c2 e, }1 Q: r! U; V A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground. [) p& Q, V2 Z2 G
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; _6 j# m1 E& W: F" ^8 P. GAirbase hits 32
8 o, E8 X/ v" B+ \5 {! }% a. AAirbase supply hits 12
% Q4 O& m* O6 ~, O. I$ R& @; d+ c4 URunway hits 66- A# m: ~- T' `0 i' v3 B# e; K* D
1 j& O7 N# }; Q* I! W- oMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 & R( \$ D0 g5 |. G+ c# Z2 v
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
% r- U) h5 P5 d) NEstimated time to target is 55 minutes& n8 L5 V, v' V J
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Japanese aircraft6 \' o5 G' k5 y* L; X2 \: x5 f
A6M2 Zero x 2( r- K! v6 b9 ~' n; @# K) N/ J
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+ ?: f8 F `! x8 `/ @6 |7 t- ?( EAllied aircraft
/ m# r6 G1 s7 H+ B Kittyhawk IA x 26! z: n7 [! S. a( {
P-39D Airacobra x 31
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Japanese aircraft losses
" s4 g* ]) K! T2 p A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses
+ s% m( q ~7 d r; Y% C P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 ) y5 d- ?! w. p2 c
3 [4 j+ F# o' w) c% mWeather in hex: Partial cloud9 K' d5 j! ]3 ~# N
8 S( s' q# A- d( I GRaid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.
T* ^; D J$ V r% [9 L7 w% MEstimated time to target is 1 minutes* j- J; O0 O4 T) `
0 s1 H' y! `& D/ BJapanese aircraft
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Kittyhawk IA x 24" R- i2 u' `6 ^; c4 _
P-39D Airacobra x 27
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No Japanese losses
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! k$ @- k4 @ J" Q: qAllied aircraft losses
# `" b7 W! a# r8 Y P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed |