It is one thing to get them gathered up for an attack (course at this point it be a bit on the useless side due to numbers), it is another just hiding them in the back. Don't know how many times I've had to fly Lancs at 100% fuel to hunt CV's in the back of that one REALLY big map, one I've long since forgotten the name too.
I know that the map had bases in the middle, and potato-esc islands between the bigger landmasses.