Week of July 8th

[captain1ma]

Japan - KNIGHTS
Bases
C-52 = CV Shoho and Invasion Group I-16 (A5M Sub) and B5N
C-53 = CV Shokaku A6M2 D3A B5N
C-54 = CV Zuikaku A6M2 D3A B5N
A5 and A9 = Rabual 25th Air Flotilla A6M2  (Ju88 )
A10 = Lae I-16 A6M2
A6 and A16 I-16 B5N 25th Air Flotilla
A11 and V31 vehicles only

Axis Armament Restrictions:
I-16 Type 29 Loadout Only no Rockets or Droptanks
JU88 Torpedo or 4X 250 KLG Bombs only
GVs
LVT/A2 NOTE AT C52 ONLY *
M3
M8
PT Boats all bases

Axis Historical Skins for this battle
A6M2
Default= Tainan Air Group
Tainan NFG by busa01
Tainan CAG by Busa01
Zuikaku FG by busa01
Zuikaku FG/1AF busa01


Allied- Rooks
US Navy
C-45 USS Lexington F4F SBD TBM (TBD SUB)
C-46 USS Yorktown F4F SBD TBM

A3 P13 A14= Port Morseby and Seven Mile Strip Complex
USAAF 35th and 36th Fighter Squadrons P-39D/P-400 **
8th Light Bomber Squadron A-24 Banshee (USAAF version of SBD)
13th and 90th Bomber Squadrons B-25C
Royal Australian Air Force
P-40E 75 Squadron RAAF P-13 Only ***
V30 A63 and A12 GVs and PT Boats only

Armament restrictions:
TBMs Torpedo's only ****
B-25C Glass nose only
GVs
M3
M8 PT Boat

Allied Historical Skins For This Battle
P-39D
8FG/35FS by Larry
8FG/36FS by Fencer

P-40E
75 Sqn RAAF by FTJR

B-25C
39BG/90BS by Cactus

F4F
VF-41 is correct USN paint scheme for this battle.

Arena Settings:
Coral Sea Map
Only bases mentioned and on map above will be used all others neutral.
Killshooter is on.
Visibility is 12.0 miles
Fuel burn rate is 1.0
Ack settings are .25
Base capture: 10 troops
Radar (1943)
Sector 316,800
Tower 132,000
Icons Enemy Off Friendly 2K

Designer Notes

*CVL Shoho provided air protection for the IJN Port Morseby invasion TF. No other naval units on either side was able to conduct amphibious operations. To recreate this C52 will be the only TF with LVTs.

** The 35th and 36th Fighter squadrons Operated a mix of P-39Ds and P-400s Pilots wishing to simulate the P-400 should arm with the 37mm gun package. Pilots wishing to simulate the P-39D should arm with the 20mm gun package.

*** The 35th and 36th Fighter squadrons were sent to Port Moresby to relieve RAAF 75 Sqn which only had three operational Kittyhawks during this battle. To simulate the rarity of P-40E operations for this week in time they available only a P13 and it will take some effort to get them airborne from there.

**** The TBM being limited to torpedo's only is to better reflect the limitations of the TBD Devastator.

[captain1ma]

special thanks to shifty for the setup!

[Shifty]

Jaeger if you would reverse the info under ** on the P-400 and P-39D gun packages. I typed them backwards. It should read 20mm for P-400 and 37mm for P-39D. Thanks.

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[captain1ma]

when i put it in the setup, ill change it. no problem! i didnt see this post soon enough to change it in here

[cactuskooler]

B-25C
39BG/90BS by Cactus

Hey, hey I'm famous! Except it's 3BG not 39BG. 

[Shifty]

Hey, hey I'm famous! Except it's 3BG not 39BG.  

Sorry bout that Cactus. I was in a rush to get this out and got heavy fingered on the keyboard. A couple of typos are haunting the write up.
<S>

[fudgums]

Atleast now you can blame it all on jaeger, thats what I do. 

[Shifty]

Atleast now you can blame it all on jaeger, thats what I do. 

Nah I was glad to do it for him. I should have had done a better job of proof reading.

[captain1ma]

im easy, ill take what i can get! that includes sheep! 

[Spikes]

What a great Birthday present!

[Oldman731]

We've had an issue with the Coral Sea map.  The issue occurred quite late at night.  The temporary fix is that all of the planes listed in Shifty's and Jaeger's setup are enabled at all carrier and air bases, but on the Slot map.  We'll adjust this to more accurately reflect the actual battle very soon.  Very soon.  In the meantime, enjoy, this has some very fun plane matches.

- oldman

[gldnbb]

A fun  Saturday,

Logged online to find quite a few guys,  20+   up to 30.    Led a raid on 1  V base to close/capture,    brought CVs  for a blockage from enemy field to protect friendly field (and possible close enemy airfield).    Then led  another raid to another V base,  and responded to  enemy cv threats  by sinking their boats.

3 LCA pilots and other allied fighters <S>

Way to go.