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。
& t& t$ J& Y* T. ?0 \, QMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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, F5 s4 l; a" j# ^, hWeather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
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7 Y/ R" k- ~( ]9 p& g9 y9 j A6M2 Zero x 15- k7 X' e5 \9 E6 A" p
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2 T3 i. g( \6 @% n5 s Kittyhawk IA x 30/ ]# P+ e; E" O6 S2 Y; c, C7 T7 g
P-39D Airacobra x 583 L7 C7 w! D, x; k6 E, D! O
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A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses
" m2 P c2 ^4 B$ R6 r% c% R Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed
C o8 f2 K& F) N& c! W P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged
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; ~4 [8 g+ a: }. qMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Raid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.$ C( X8 \, B) N; G8 B; D! v3 P
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes
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A6M3 Zero x 10! j9 w' z; e. E3 m+ `
G4M1 Betty x 55: ]/ ^ t% `. G6 x
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' n) i, y* O3 {7 OAllied aircraft
6 k! E O2 g% C) a Kittyhawk IA x 27
, t+ M" w7 d* j6 S' v& _ P-39D Airacobra x 50& \, S: f5 n& ^+ Y1 V# ~
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Japanese aircraft losses
4 w! v, h) V& Z7 z6 P A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed5 d- c6 E% U- n' ]6 X6 G
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged
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Allied aircraft losses
0 R- ?3 h% q3 \ P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed
$ v+ J8 |. R9 u& h' F A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground
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) x9 f" r8 ?( U2 dAirbase hits 328 \+ r$ W; @7 {8 P
Airbase supply hits 12
- @& h9 a9 J; RRunway hits 66& L5 d* ]4 I. m" ~4 M/ q! n
' ?/ i) u/ V9 S/ B; l( kMorning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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Raid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.' d/ F, T3 q8 R% U# e0 |+ `% ]9 U
Estimated time to target is 55 minutes
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A6M2 Zero x 2
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Kittyhawk IA x 26) ]7 j* c9 a. Q% e1 y3 t% o& n+ a
P-39D Airacobra x 315 E' k t J! C$ q0 a0 c
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; Q' G# ]) {. x& n6 a- g0 @8 A3 a A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses
* y8 Q9 f3 `4 Y, p7 O/ a 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 cloud9 M+ ]7 v0 I2 N$ Q+ u2 }& o- V2 w4 s9 u' \
+ X! l8 d$ H2 C) GRaid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.
7 q! }; d) M5 `+ F- A& lEstimated time to target is 1 minutes' n7 J1 s q; k& h' n9 I% w/ ~! Y
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Japanese aircraft
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Allied aircraft
/ x, \, P6 n* { [' Y Kittyhawk IA x 24
9 T3 V$ _9 k' T) v' |6 D P-39D Airacobra x 27) k2 A) p8 X8 `% @
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No Japanese losses# n$ H9 W7 l; `1 I( v8 _3 H1 _( w
$ g* l8 P M* s* L2 JAllied aircraft losses
; g! C3 X" J3 _ P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed |