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Title: The "slot" map
Post by: Ike 2K# on September 03, 2003, 09:59:40 PM

what year is that scenario?

Title: The "slot" map
Post by: Arlo on September 03, 2003, 10:46:28 PM

Specifically designed for Guadalcanal ... 1942.

Title: The "slot" map
Post by: Ike 2K# on September 03, 2003, 11:09:35 PM

did F4U-1A and TBM-3 saw action at that time?

Title: The "slot" map
Post by: Arlo on September 03, 2003, 11:29:41 PM

The F4U-1 started rolling off the assembly lines in September 1942 and didn't really see action in the area until February, 1943 when 12 planes of VMF-124 based on Guadalcanal escorted a PB2Y Dumbo to Vella Lavella to pick up downed pilots.

 The TBM-3 wasn't produced until 1944 but it's predecessor, the TBF-1, played a major role during the campaign for Guadalcanal in the Solomons in 1942.