I dont have to look at the film. what you dont know is that I sink a lot of cv's. and I have watched films of other people sinking cv's. now I can sink a cv from 5k altitude, drop and kill it easily, just years of doing it. have even sank a couple by flying noe and from from 800, pass thru all the ships and appear to be undamaged. but that is not really what happened. I get hit all the time but not enough to show damage.
there could be a thousand reasons for it. roach has been around for a while, he knows how to sink the cv. the fact that fighters caused damaged as you stated is a good sign. cv ack on the other hand is not 100% accurate. like i said I can drop bombs on a cv pass the full length and not show any damage. doesnt mean I didnt get hit.
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