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。
" F9 [7 ?* t$ P4 p f- G6 qMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Raid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.* Z8 K9 v% P; V& C, F a9 ]7 X
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
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2 K" S5 \& b6 i1 O" D" ?* uJapanese aircraft
5 o/ K# o2 z+ w6 `4 u* y' m' G A6M2 Zero x 15
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$ L4 e! J o$ I* m* VAllied aircraft
7 ?) i# G0 u9 { @2 j/ u Kittyhawk IA x 30
7 i4 f2 T! Z1 n+ ]; k* {$ \+ Q7 [ P-39D Airacobra x 582 Y+ f1 _6 m1 ^$ v
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Japanese aircraft losses0 a. x% [) _, [# s
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
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4 i0 K9 r) A% kAllied aircraft losses
; K/ w4 h- \/ C: L, r) |, v Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed
' M9 ]2 m- @! r0 N+ y" q P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 ! Y+ t5 O! b8 l# ^4 m: M
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9 h! K: t# e& y7 w8 KRaid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.6 {: f' x/ H9 b' d! W
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes
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. o2 x2 x) \ d! ?6 l& V) N) @ A6M3 Zero x 10
( Q0 @: {5 l* L0 i2 j5 p G4M1 Betty x 55
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6 {8 u1 Q. U! j& x Kittyhawk IA x 27, w$ q1 z% }2 A- L* l$ d
P-39D Airacobra x 50
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A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed# A# w, }" ?" n0 l1 }5 h7 O
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged
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9 \5 v: b+ F( A! G( P P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed
/ O% ~5 N, L) l A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground! e! E. v% `! f. O2 L
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Airbase supply hits 12! p0 F/ P( _8 E7 D+ t2 }0 c4 [/ M
Runway hits 66; v& O3 Q/ G# c' i7 C1 y& e6 a) O+ J
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 |" V5 y6 v1 M$ {3 S) \
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Raid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.9 a! ^2 ]+ z" l+ ~, ]1 Z
Estimated time to target is 55 minutes
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A6M2 Zero x 28 E6 m9 Q" e1 I# |) C6 [
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Kittyhawk IA x 26
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A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses3 A- l6 l; Q, p2 m9 X7 l7 g
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 $ U. k" h$ V0 D9 a s" y m* P+ y4 {
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Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.
, B* b% A% O6 l- \Estimated time to target is 1 minutes# e( Y _, V7 b& t
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A6M2 Zero x 59 e/ X/ s, k: Q/ y4 F% M( n, f, d, w
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P-39D Airacobra x 27# [2 q: v' s; k" s# ~/ u
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Allied aircraft losses
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