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。) H: H" b5 C% Z) P* D
Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 , n. Q; \: u. ] q
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. d+ T; l k/ j* U( \# V) ^Raid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.! A D/ \, v8 K. h9 i
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
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Japanese aircraft1 o' M/ P! W5 D" z) m$ ^* G
A6M2 Zero x 15
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) I& Y) o1 h; S, i6 d& U' J! q Kittyhawk IA x 304 g+ B# o* K0 Q, c( x% e
P-39D Airacobra x 58% Y( x2 L9 J' a h# w* T8 N1 u; d
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9 d2 Z1 j& ], v- Z. d% {5 dJapanese aircraft losses! r; b4 {4 s1 j7 q8 n) L
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed0 s6 ]/ ^; L0 f
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Allied aircraft losses
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& v5 N V( I$ l8 n0 s7 MMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Raid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.. k% I0 @. D' J
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes5 O3 v( V) t" a, F9 k. K
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Japanese aircraft
}" m7 b3 D2 A* c0 R( Q# ~ A6M3 Zero x 10
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- x6 x* e, w8 Z, u/ vAllied aircraft( D! v( _; O/ q1 ^
Kittyhawk IA x 27. G% B9 _( A |4 B5 A9 d
P-39D Airacobra x 500 G9 v: O" { V7 D) \
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A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed+ L/ i" K( O* `% `/ _6 p/ T0 }
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged
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Allied aircraft losses: L$ Y, O1 o/ a* B, m
P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed
) s5 `4 k* J" \: q6 d* v1 ?3 u A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground Z3 u# n) P* l! H' h
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2 q/ b6 T/ `: b- i1 h) X7 dAirbase hits 32& h" ]/ |' Z4 [ w# e0 o
Airbase supply hits 128 M6 g; A% ?0 `$ w
Runway hits 66" Q. |. C# N4 K8 z) D
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 \* r4 N6 }# E9 l5 n. R8 F$ X
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
3 {+ A8 }4 ~7 g4 b, l+ TEstimated time to target is 55 minutes I3 Y& {% _! Q
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A6M2 Zero x 2
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8 K# ?( A- }+ p1 q4 w Kittyhawk IA x 26
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1 G! [& H/ n/ `& q9 e, w A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses
2 Q$ ]% }0 V& n2 j/ Q! N; s+ n P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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9 @1 ]' L- G2 P) e: {Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.
: x; A2 }. Q- Q! YEstimated time to target is 1 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
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Allied aircraft
4 [! q0 f N1 I y/ p Kittyhawk IA x 24+ \2 |8 S. Z1 o" F$ c( a( b
P-39D Airacobra x 272 }9 V5 e9 e; V
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No Japanese losses
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0 ?2 w! L: L: L0 B' `. [0 VAllied aircraft losses
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