P38's off the carrier was a last minute change in my orders. I didn't like it either, but felt it necessary. I was told, and reminded that P38's would be allowed off the carriers. I was very concerned that we would not have enough assets to take Henderson field, so I used one squad. The worst case scenario in my mind was that the Axis launch superior numbers from A1 and A41, and the attack never gets through. Thus the big fighter sweep, and the intent to rearm and finish the job. The assets were there, I took down one hanger with the ship guns, took off 2nd life in a P38, killed a 2nd hanger, shot down a N1K2, then a second N1K killed me. Most of the rest of our squad died to Ack or low enemy fighters. The biggest problem was that I am not aware of a single other plane that managed to rearm and drop eggs on A1. Plane after plane landed, crashlanded, or were otherwise unable to take off again because of dammage. There were a few that I know of that tried to rearm at a field, but they never made it back to A1. Thank you for trying. I have to say that everyone did their best. The flow, control and direction on rearming was not very good, and I appologize for that. Better luck next frame. Falcon and Axis.
