Salute to F4F's that never say die!

[edge12674]

A salute to the tenacity of a group of F4F's that made a second attack on the Axis CV.  After the initial CV attacks pretty much all of Axis had logged off except for three or four A6M2's.  About ten minutes prior to the end of the frame 6+ F4F's came in at high alt, shot down the remaining CAP, and strafed the CV till it went down.  It was a suicide run as there was not enough time to return to their CV, but it paid off.  Just goes to show it ain't over till it's over!

[Arlo]

Strafe sinking a CV? 

[KCDitto]

The allied high command installed the new .50 caliber blasters on bgoldy's advanced F4F. This new weapon has the capability to destroy an aircraft with is single hit and penetrate the hull of a axis Air Craft Carrier

bgoldy
22:05:07 Departed from Field #12 in a F4F-4
22:50:30 Shot down a D3A1 flown by HIPSHOT1.
22:50:34 Shot down a A6M2 flown by dagger1.
23:04:04 Shot down a D3A1 flown by BarcoCH.
23:08:57 Helps Gremlin shoot down Sg.
23:09:37 Shot down a B5N2 flown by goodwood.
23:14:25 Takes on fuel/ammo/ord at field #12.
23:15:45 Helps LNG15 shoot down PopeDope.
23:53:16 Shot down a A6M2 flown by Tshark.
23:53:53 Shot down a A6M2 flown by unklkurt.
23:54:44 Destroyed a aircraft carrier at base #22


 

[Vraciu]

I can’t belive I’ve missed this whole thing.  Sounds like it was a blast.   I wanted to participate in this more than any other event.    Darn you work schedule!

[bgoldy]

         was a lot of fun I have to admit, damn ack knocked half my wing off as I was trying to run away at the end of it lol <S> to them axis fighters tho, you are squirmy little buggers.

[swareiam]

Strafe sinking a CV? 

That's right...

Only 4 of 14 SBDs got their ordnance off on the CV and we needed one more to have it go down. The IJN CAP got into us pretty good. Well done to the JAP CAP. 

Awesome battle overall.

<S> jaeger1

[puller]

Atta goldy 

[AKKuya]

The CV would also be sunk if the damage model included the high energy impact of an aircraft fuselage coupled with aviation gasoline catching fire.   

A big  to crazy pilots of Wildcats' strafing run!!!!!

[KCDitto]

We were part of the CAP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5onbDZYyFA

[Dantoo]

I had just called for the guys to turn and run home and land safe and..............somebody says "there it is...burning cv!"
After that we just had to go down there and attack.  If it had been undefended we might have made it home but was not to be.  We were about 5 mins short.   

It took a couple of strafing runs from about 5 F4Fs for the record. 


Also, from an historic note, a group of 4 B26's carrying torpedos strafed the CVs at the Battle of Midway.  Odd how the game throws up parallels.

[nooby52]

Ditto, I was one of the SBDs that got an egg on your carrier. I was promptly shot down immediately after. Watching your video, I found myself rooting for you & cheered when you touched down safe. Thanks for posting the video. 

[KCDitto]

 

Thanks

The blacking out while trying to land on a moving runway (carrier) makes for an exciting few minutes