That makes it Axis 307.5 to Allies 356.
Just out of curiosity, how was the convoy set up?
I mean, how many vehicles were there, and how long did they drive back and forth? Who was driving them for that matter?
From my (grunt) perspective, the decision to abort was based in part on the fact that we weren't sure there was a target to be hit. It takes at most half an hour to drive a panzer between the two fields, and it took longer than that for us to get there. According to the writeup, for all we knew Rommel could be cooling his heels at the base.
There other part, was, of course, the overwhelming air superiority in the area.
The penalty's fine by me: given the extreme hostile conditions over the target, the uncertainty not merely concerning the target's location, but also concerning its existence, aborting the attack was the sensible move; indeed had we attacked, the Axis would have won the frame hands down.
Naturally, such penalties should be part of the writeup. I'd recommend something you can enforce, such as "failure to cause any damage to the target will result in n. points being deducted."
Otherwise, we could have sent one low-fuel mossie on a suicide run over the target and not been deducted the points.
As is clear here, saying a "mission must be flown" can be interpreted ambiguously. We were tasked that mission. We flew it.
Actually, as it was, we did have a bomber patrol 20 and 21 late in the frame. He didn't hit anything.