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。
# m; s3 z0 q/ IMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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8 I4 y8 N. G ]Raid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
* ^/ r+ l% H% aEstimated time to target is 3 minutes& Z9 l$ E# k' v
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Japanese aircraft
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Kittyhawk IA x 30
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9 m/ r/ y1 O9 j9 ^3 w" tJapanese aircraft losses: m! Q: X, O6 _' ?! t
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed- e* K0 g$ @2 U& P
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Allied aircraft losses" ^6 @. R: Y0 x. m7 p2 z* N/ y- g
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed
4 x0 h/ z- Z T P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged
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1 I$ D. I$ K0 lMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud5 ?. N7 p" ^0 f/ k
) |; l$ ?( F6 X; [! p1 p* Y2 W. @Raid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
2 J# q4 E8 p& P7 ~& @( aEstimated time to target is 23 minutes& d# [, |- l+ \* |: b
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9 [) G! V' f% c( e8 u A6M3 Zero x 107 z- w: d6 K5 P1 I4 q2 w
G4M1 Betty x 55
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Kittyhawk IA x 277 ?# H' j4 g; n; o+ s+ N& y1 O
P-39D Airacobra x 50
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Japanese aircraft losses
$ I, X. [2 r% j! n4 J' N A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed& ~$ @- u( ~ f t: g) H; |
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged
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P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed
5 w9 P0 R) r# L8 B8 P, r2 W8 A A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground4 E1 c: ]9 y% i: e. R4 m
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Airbase hits 32
" |: v# l4 l* H1 ^3 f" bAirbase supply hits 12
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& E7 P* P) P! K6 e/ P! [( LMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 5 E+ C, I, t# P, x: `+ A
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud% l, H" j5 A4 \! Z6 \
' @0 m5 {3 d. i0 g6 ^Raid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
8 ?& C$ ^7 `3 Y2 L% U* JEstimated time to target is 55 minutes
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A6M2 Zero x 2
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Kittyhawk IA x 26
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Japanese aircraft losses9 ?+ J! P- x4 d
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
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, ~2 H6 O2 F, |" |! y! DMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.5 B8 A5 }/ W% B' [
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes
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A6M2 Zero x 55 b' n1 D' C# P0 e1 Y
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% K, G1 Y, `1 s Kittyhawk IA x 24+ `$ ^) V0 G* Z
P-39D Airacobra x 274 Q( i, W7 r4 X: {) b) T4 Q. l
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5 q s- Z. h% a$ W7 I, p* T1 g2 Y P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed |