I tried b24s, but since we couldn't get above 25k, we had to fight off many planes besides 163s. B24's also climbed slower.
I managed to finally get a succesful HQ raid. 6 Formations managed to hit hq at 32k. We had 1 escort that helped fight all 3 planes during climb out and calibration. We only ran into 2 163s, but we were able to defend ourselves due to all of us being with 50m or less from each other in the formation. We all hit HQ. Some were a little short so maybe a few of the drop bombs hit. We only salvo'ed 3 bombs. 2 Formations did not salvo 3 and had salvo'd 6 against my advise. Most of their bombs missed the HQ. Even at a delay of 0.05, salvo 6 is way too much. Max salvo should be 4.
On the 2nd hq pass, only 3 formations were left with bombs at 32k. We all hit perfectly. The first 2 formation hit and the HQ was still up. A few seconds later, the last b17 formation hit hq and got the kill message.
3 formations rtb'd together in formation even while in descent. All within 50m from each other. During our turns and during final. We all had the same engine settings, climb rate, we drops flaps together and reduce manifold pressure 1 inch at a time together. We all touched down at about 100mph and stopped short of our drones on the runway. It was a perfect instrument landing
It only took 3 hours to complete and 4 formations made it back.
Very fun time.
P.S. 1 formation of bombers did not hit hq, instead he hit vehicle base near hq to prevent a resupply. But he did not hit target due to him being too busy shooting at enemy planes. We also had about 2 gunners with us.
