Feinder
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Joined: 9/4/2002 From: Land o' Lakes, FL Status: offline
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1. Use crappier fighters as escort. Escorts will take higher losses, compared to defending CAP. You should be able to use P-40s or whatever to escort your bombers (even Buffalos). The Hurris, Spits, and Mohawks won't have the range. But again, I don't put my best fighters on escort, because CAP will get a defensive bonus and your escorts are just going to get chewed up anyway. Escort your bombers yes, but not with the P-38s. 2. Put your P-38s on sweep at about 30k. With your bombers flying 20 - 25k, his fighters -should- be between 20k and 30k. If his CAP is lower, it won't intercept your bombers very well. Higher than 30k, and they also won't be as effective at intercpeting your bombers. That being the case (presuming he's following best course of action, and his CAP is at about 30k), go ahead and set your P-38s to sweep at 30k to 32k. If he's at altitude to effectively engage your bombers, your sweep will be at an effective altitude to maul his CAP. Sweep in front of bombers is fairly effective 1..2 punch. Presuming your sweep doesn't suck, you get a round vs. his fighters. You kill planes/pilots in the sweep round. This weakens the CAP, and then the bombers come thru, and damage the AF. -F-
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