Mike Solli
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Joined: 10/18/2000 From: the flight deck of the Zuikaku Status: offline
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ORIGINAL: Mike Solli About 18-20 Apr 42 I decided only to cull pilots from training units twice a month, 15th & last day of month. Out of curiosity, I tracked who I culled. Here are the numbers (keep in mind that this is slightly less than 1/2 a month: IJN: Air - 29 ASW - 11 NavT - 35 NavB - 16 NavS - 4 IJA: Air - 51 GrdB - 60 ASW - 7 Recn - 5 The criteria is a minimum of 50 exp and 70 in the stat being trained. The only thing that sticks out is the shortage of IJN NavB. I'm going to convert 1-2 Nell units from NavT to NavB. Basically, the NavB is only for KB DBs. Do you cross train? For instance, it would probably be useful to cross train torpedo bomber pilots on NavB. That way when their carrier runs out of torps, even though they are still flying sorties, they can still, hopefully, hit something with their bombs. Also, I have seen torpedo bombers flying from ships that still have torps available chose to use bombs instead. In such a case, it definitely pays to have trained on NavB. (It also pays to set your torpedo bombers to 6k feet so they have a chance of hitting something when using bombs rather than torps.) I don't cross train, but I should. Now that I think about it, the pilot of every plane that carries a torpedo should be able to bomb as well. I have some Bettys in SE Fleet area that have been bombing Allied remnants in New Guinea for months. Their bombing is probably higher than their NavT skills. I ought to start culling out of there a bit to form a reserve for KB.
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