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。6 t, S$ N% Y2 E' C" k
Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130 + G/ Z* Z" n& `2 e5 n; X u- E
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Raid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.7 }: U# w8 H4 T6 n$ M
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes- I& N" H! w+ |9 L9 Z; c6 X, |
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Japanese aircraft
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Kittyhawk IA x 30
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Japanese aircraft losses4 K% U6 z" f4 a' k8 v
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed$ c$ {* E$ q" x0 z' G f# i' R
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Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed
9 \$ K$ ^" [( C0 f) ^9 O1 E P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged; O& Q" Y3 g C* {, x
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0 r% Z. i# U2 D) y+ ]. xMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Raid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.! [4 D! t+ Z8 x0 T% j; c7 j
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes: y7 o, q5 |% Z
8 k5 z3 G9 E& j e0 sJapanese aircraft: E6 Q1 H# l6 e$ w0 T
A6M3 Zero x 102 a& _. A& {% x; _* Y* E
G4M1 Betty x 55
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Allied aircraft
0 ?' D: j* {6 [ Kittyhawk IA x 27
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2 d& n3 ^& A+ X+ f0 j0 J A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed
; R1 f2 E0 U7 D$ ? G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged0 C! P; K- Q4 b S/ v
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Allied aircraft losses7 a" U; n) L. O, V; y" {' o
P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed
Y- N9 ^/ ?& c1 I A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground
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Airbase hits 32
. B* T7 w- N/ j. D, d' G5 tAirbase supply hits 12% d" [9 M' }- U8 B) d+ _" @% }8 j
Runway hits 66
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1 W# K. O( K. |2 B( bMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Raid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
5 G! |+ e7 h7 f# C5 f* WEstimated time to target is 55 minutes$ _% a. d& ~; R8 t. Y2 k
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Japanese aircraft* ]! V/ E( f3 u% _
A6M2 Zero x 2
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Allied aircraft; e# ? H! O( J+ w$ _9 o9 u7 D
Kittyhawk IA x 26
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Japanese aircraft losses- U- y, {2 d4 s( v4 A- y/ X
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed5 m) p" {/ C) H" p \
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P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud4 M( y/ ^ Q7 Z" Q, v, P
; a) p% \, P& c( _1 q6 ~Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.
; k4 J- c! F$ _* V- ^& S" b$ oEstimated time to target is 1 minutes
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Japanese aircraft, t! n1 M* t( `' l4 t
A6M2 Zero x 5
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Allied aircraft
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P-39D Airacobra x 27
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No Japanese losses$ u: z) p- f4 M$ q6 r' i, q4 X" Q
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P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed |