Setup this Friday, May 16th, 2003

[Slash27]

P-38 is perked

[Telstar]

Should take the spark plugs off one of the motors too

[Eagler]

these setups may not produce the best times in CT but they do produce the longest threads in the CT forum

[-Concho-]

Originally posted by Telstar
Should take the spark plugs off one of the motors too

you could have all the spark plugs, I'd prolly live longer.

[Telstar]

Um... Why is the P47 available from VH's ... ain't there enough airfields for them or something ?

[CurtissP-6EHawk]

Had to wait til I got my new Nomex suit in from FedEx. Darn thing is itchy!

 I have three and hate them, They are very hot when flying at 800 feet agl and 95 deg cockpit temp :-(

Anyway, my observations tonight for some 6 hours!!

I saw as many N1K2Js as Ki-61s. A6M5s when CVs in area. One or two A6M2s.

Endless Ki-67s, a few Jap TBMs, absolutely not the first Kate or Val.

Basicly same on allied fighters. Equal F4Us, P-47s and P-38s.
Not the first A-20, TBM or SBD. F6Fs when operating from CVs, which ended about 8pm eastern.

Most fight was at allied A-40. Once the allies where kept low, the IJN/A ruled. No chance to get airborne with the slow P-38, F4U and P-47s.

IJN was kept just off the coast. Act is deadly so IJN was able to depart and grab alt under this protection while allies departed in thier slow climbing, less defended bases.

IJN/A did most of the attacking, thus thier losses. Allied losses mostly due to low, slow fighting as well as Ki-67s and fleet act.

Just my observations!

[Sakai]

Oh, is there a reason the Allies have no formation bombers available?  No Bostons or B-26s?  I can understand limiting 17s, they are so much in terms of Bombload, but surely twin engine formations would be OK?  It forces all allied Bomb runs into DB attacks.  Usually in CT we can expect once a night or so a massive Allied Buff raid.  I always look forward to warding of "The Raid".  

Sakai

[brady]

I think eddick was thinking that the allies had a prety big ordance advantage as it was, and dident want to further add  to it. TBM's have bomb sight's.

[eddiek]

By 1944 a sizeable portion of the USAAF bombers had switched to low level raids.
In lieu of having a solid nose B-25, such as the 345th "Air Apaches" used, I decided to use the A-20G.  They were used in the Pacific, and I thought they would round out the US planeset pretty nicely.

Plus...........the US side DOES have a lot of ordnance capability.  Adding the B-26 or even the Boston would tilt that part of the equation too far, and I did want to play it "safe".

[Sakai]

Originally posted by eddiek
Plus...........the US side DOES have a lot of ordnance capability.  Adding the B-26 or even the Boston would tilt that part of the equation too far, and I did want to play it "safe".

Too true, the Jabos the US used had such a massive advantage.

Sakai