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。
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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5 i6 T; g6 C5 @9 X. x$ ZRaid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
' u2 q/ o+ U+ G+ B+ Y$ |Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
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' e- ~% }5 e9 U+ X4 xJapanese aircraft
- f+ K( |; N2 c4 ~5 E- U A6M2 Zero x 159 ^5 K7 Y+ {$ M1 r" X6 N6 I
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/ S8 S8 k; Z' T3 rAllied aircraft) f0 e0 L6 X9 b/ B( @
Kittyhawk IA x 30/ l2 }* f# M ?4 M
P-39D Airacobra x 58
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2 P: k! Y! C! V5 A6 t5 YJapanese aircraft losses, d* n, Q. s0 v. N
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses* V z5 Z7 M: S9 b
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed
( z4 e5 R, c, Y# |3 U4 l P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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+ F( I% ?. Y& \" i& ^% n9 F2 I4 Y4 UWeather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
/ k0 y* V+ ?- a! t* \, l YEstimated time to target is 23 minutes: Z- p2 p1 X: X8 O) q0 f+ u8 a! O, Y
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Allied aircraft9 m. m3 X; G7 w. R) C, N
Kittyhawk IA x 273 e/ p/ G4 c& Q3 e
P-39D Airacobra x 50- O$ T' s @8 \
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Japanese aircraft losses# X6 N7 Q X. [( ]! H% L
A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed2 i# B' b: F. m1 |* d; i: H- u8 ^
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged
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4 c; ]; l. D' Y" G) GAllied aircraft losses
. l, R9 U8 y) ] P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed
/ K+ z' _( G0 X* U A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground1 r; N& h) z1 R: ]9 W9 s" t
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Airbase hits 32/ r" F. \+ C9 t2 `$ d2 A- u
Airbase supply hits 12* |3 L( ]% m* k8 ]# L, u
Runway hits 66. J+ R5 X2 S% e8 F- T5 j
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 % H P" {: e3 M' B
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.. j U, e. ?0 ~: m
Estimated time to target is 55 minutes: K, w, b2 K! b( Y8 I! ^
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Japanese aircraft9 h$ |3 w! H' ~$ }
A6M2 Zero x 2) ^6 _; _! K' [+ _- |4 ~
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Allied aircraft3 [9 N8 L! J _6 V3 V
Kittyhawk IA x 26; c2 Z6 @+ M' v% z' u
P-39D Airacobra x 31
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Japanese aircraft losses
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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- {6 ]1 u {& h! G8 vRaid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.
5 N6 e5 g4 g. U$ a. ?" EEstimated time to target is 1 minutes
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% q5 @5 `% l" h! p6 v) R9 B Kittyhawk IA x 24
+ u2 i1 s7 R% X P-39D Airacobra x 27. d2 X% ~! ~- e) l, b
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- h- M* s) Z, ONo Japanese losses
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: i6 I/ l- @6 a- O lAllied aircraft losses% q9 _0 ?, c, i4 F
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed |