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。9 [ E& d9 b% E; N6 p
Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 0 ~9 t$ A, z' P! I, \ h
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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h7 D- ~2 ]- Z* n5 {Raid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.0 q' Z6 J! P3 N' H' ^. R
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes) }: g( }9 N( g& P: h
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Japanese aircraft
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* v; [# a7 f1 |9 o4 F1 u- H6 j$ Y Kittyhawk IA x 307 i' L' `% U4 v
P-39D Airacobra x 58
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Japanese aircraft losses
! _# [* }$ } o7 V A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed3 Z9 F; T5 O: \& R$ O. n1 V
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Allied aircraft losses* O- [% N6 g( O- i/ ^( Y; I
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed0 d- ?# r0 ^: b0 N8 ]. t
P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged9 W; h( k% _- Z; Y( e6 ~4 S
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: V' K$ ]4 v+ M, y7 a% O2 x' S; b$ tMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 & M6 `# u4 X, c. d X
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud7 S4 A( u0 t; T
) |2 c e: D: k- ARaid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
h9 r$ o" ^- ~; V- h7 |Estimated time to target is 23 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
; N& ?, ]6 e! M' y A6M3 Zero x 10. v2 e9 A2 t# H5 j' o
G4M1 Betty x 55
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Allied aircraft1 F0 R6 K7 R: c. H3 c
Kittyhawk IA x 273 Z Y9 N3 }3 U6 b9 p
P-39D Airacobra x 50; h2 I+ N$ [: f7 {
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Japanese aircraft losses) T, g9 b& |7 p1 m1 v) `; q! M
A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses' M @6 q' _" o0 g7 y
P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed
3 [' b! Y& H8 w7 |2 e, }2 C A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground: X$ a, E3 o- P" x2 y
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0 [/ [) `; H4 E9 W+ _Airbase hits 32
- v* V; V; I1 b2 WAirbase supply hits 12
" h w2 `5 C8 [% D _; g$ bRunway hits 66
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 $ h5 A2 u3 J- v( h3 M' d* o& D8 @
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2 |; ?4 x: j* IRaid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet." J- {" o |7 S* r0 _& E6 k* v3 h
Estimated time to target is 55 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
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Kittyhawk IA x 26
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Japanese aircraft losses
$ @ S" \. t5 s* P A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses
8 V, V+ H; P x% b P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed9 x, T& }; m1 H6 _1 K9 C0 ^' D
$ ]2 S; t, E0 A, _' O0 y* pMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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; \& |; {' i4 g3 J9 uRaid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.
7 r& A' b0 p: bEstimated time to target is 1 minutes' i$ A w5 D$ F! I d* X
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A6M2 Zero x 52 J) M& D/ p2 O
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Kittyhawk IA x 240 ^% a4 w/ f! P
P-39D Airacobra x 27+ r1 b. {' ?; G1 c4 k3 e* N9 X
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P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed |