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。
7 A4 _/ B8 H, P. u. X jMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 - h( d# i# L% {- k+ `& s' l
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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' k) G4 t3 W# F9 l. ZRaid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
, k* M3 f6 v7 U. k( Y1 }: |Estimated time to target is 3 minutes1 f/ ?0 {, x- ^- p+ g
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Japanese aircraft
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Kittyhawk IA x 30
4 U: @$ I( l0 s+ j8 p P-39D Airacobra x 58, d( V0 s8 ^' A, ]
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A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed: J+ o) q: a! Q9 \$ h
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Allied aircraft losses& N' S {) L" Z5 ~
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed4 N# t1 n _/ L
P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged4 ]1 g6 I" p1 A4 [* I. j
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 $ I) i; D7 G) t" @
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
$ o# ]: m) }5 }! @5 uEstimated time to target is 23 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
# _1 ~0 d% s4 T; r: k" c4 ~0 i; j A6M3 Zero x 10
/ L& Y* W7 W: x, R/ \2 M0 h) R G4M1 Betty x 555 p, @- W- o+ {- {) x0 q5 x; h. q
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Allied aircraft
4 Z1 R( O" Q- z5 t( B# l! c& J( V6 A Kittyhawk IA x 27( M2 R: L. k' J+ X6 H" ]6 N" z
P-39D Airacobra x 50
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8 K, m' j/ V3 j5 ?; [ G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged- \; w4 X" b$ [; W; O0 O* z/ x3 \% l% l
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Allied aircraft losses
. P- k0 h, y! t e P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed
0 Q {. |. A/ \' @0 M: n9 X A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground5 ^3 D1 z: J1 h0 @3 @; o
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( z& p/ c6 k9 e1 `2 @Airbase hits 321 D# ], Q$ t: l8 j' D! F
Airbase supply hits 125 ~/ B: L+ l- m/ ?& I" v
Runway hits 66
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 ' s- s7 B/ j2 l% \9 L7 `* }
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Raid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
& z n9 S# h2 w- H7 u* Z0 H8 FEstimated time to target is 55 minutes. e+ `* g9 O1 R2 U3 o% l
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Japanese aircraft
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Allied aircraft
! {7 w4 z$ r* C4 q8 j) N Kittyhawk IA x 26$ M+ a) {& \; Y' Z) C. I& Q
P-39D Airacobra x 31
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A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
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P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
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3 u$ K9 a" r- [. f7 m# aRaid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.* j5 J7 } k1 b" O1 s' ^
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes
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A6M2 Zero x 54 b9 E, H5 d- d V1 c" @
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P-39D Airacobra x 27
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No Japanese losses
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Allied aircraft losses
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