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。8 t+ ^( N4 _) G6 @ |5 c* E; V
Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud9 E: \! J8 W* ]7 @% y
; ] |6 o3 D! ^1 A+ Y& e6 |Raid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. N' f5 {2 b3 ]+ o: C. I: A
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes; R( }9 ?6 O& V) s7 d( {( L
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Allied aircraft
% [, k6 C& Y3 E Kittyhawk IA x 30! L6 R, o" u. @) k/ s! n
P-39D Airacobra x 58
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Japanese aircraft losses
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Allied aircraft losses
9 _8 f+ E% g8 Z+ ~0 D% ^: q; q/ a Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed& Z+ F, Y, v" _! q$ a. z! }1 h
P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged/ v3 \- K9 l+ p4 v
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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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. L0 v2 w( }. }+ k: a9 [" M1 O# |Raid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.3 r+ f3 ^; w( } l k1 @! _" ~
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes0 f; p6 r3 L, k. s6 g- K
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Japanese aircraft
1 p$ [2 \1 X6 g( S% | A6M3 Zero x 10
2 e/ ^# e* n' T Q- D* c- b% ]+ J' { G4M1 Betty x 55
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Kittyhawk IA x 27
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) v3 H# y: j9 d8 E+ y6 h4 TJapanese aircraft losses
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8 @+ ?; u/ q2 _ k1 b) ^ P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed
. R" X0 ^2 `- G9 {4 {, f A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground4 S+ M j9 s1 B) V2 j
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Airbase hits 32
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Runway hits 66* D9 Y0 T$ z+ z1 X
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Raid detected at 168 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
0 M3 I5 ~5 t3 s2 c7 vEstimated time to target is 55 minutes6 Q7 K% i9 S# ~( q3 \
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A6M2 Zero x 2
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7 N7 v& X* h ?" c; U Kittyhawk IA x 262 x: P% E$ W7 h
P-39D Airacobra x 31
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Japanese aircraft losses
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Allied aircraft losses6 M; J. E) S$ O ]$ T$ ]) j. g
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed! m1 d+ G( S4 D3 X) G. c% Y
# t' \1 ~+ O" |( n$ q" c1 [Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130
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Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 37,810 feet.
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Kittyhawk IA x 24* e, ~" o b# c; q
P-39D Airacobra x 271 a0 u, Q7 E, _9 X) T# r+ \
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No Japanese losses3 a8 E; I5 i8 P# f- y
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P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed |