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B-29 Advice - 11/24/2014 1:42:54 PM

zulurider

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Ok, excited to get my first shipment of B-29s at Aden ---- any advice on the best initial deployment for these beasts??

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RE: B-29 Advice - 11/24/2014 2:46:55 PM

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Use them from level 5 airfields at night to bomb manpower at bases that include oil refineries.

Once you have a critical mass of them you can switch to targeted daylight bombing, but this will preserve your planes and pilots until you build up a core.

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RE: B-29 Advice - 11/24/2014 5:13:54 PM

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You need a bigger airfield than level 5 to fly them properly. I believe it needs to be size 7 to suffer no penalties. The penalty for not having a proper airfield to fly them is not being able to fly at extended range, and only flying with the reduced load.

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RE: B-29 Advice - 11/25/2014 3:28:37 AM

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You need a bigger airfield than level 5 to fly them properly. I believe it needs to be size 7 to suffer no penalties. The penalty for not having a proper airfield to fly them is not being able to fly at extended range, and only flying with the reduced load.

And, I believe higher OP losses.

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RE: B-29 Advice - 11/28/2014 1:17:18 AM

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How about a follow on question- how do you STOP B-29's as the Japanese?

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RE: B-29 Advice - 11/28/2014 1:32:32 AM

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How about a follow on question- how do you STOP B-29's as the Japanese?

By winning the war in 1942.

Snide comments aside, the best you can hope for is to keep the B-29 out of range of anything important - a very tall order. In terms of actually "stopping" the B-29, the most you can hope for is to keep the attrition rate of B-29's high enough to prevent them being used too often...

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RE: B-29 Advice - 12/3/2014 2:12:53 PM

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B-29s are a 'big gun', they can bring hurt to a target. But they're a bit 'fragile', w/ their servcice-rating of 5.

1st thing is, to transfer your best bomber pilots into this sqd, guys w/ 60+ ratings in Exp & GrdB. Give them the best commander that you can afford.

2nd is, only run offensive strikes from high-lvl airbase w/ adequate air-support.

3rd is, don't go crazy or over-extend. Go slow, put that arriving sqd on Training, build its morale to 99, let the slow production of replaceemnt airframes build up to support future sqd arrivals.

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RE: B-29 Advice - 12/3/2014 3:17:32 PM

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How about a follow on question- how do you STOP B-29's as the Japanese?

Read Jocmiester's AAR of his game against Obvert.

It apparently isn't difficult at all for the Japanese to shoot them down in droves.

Remember it's a game, not a simulation of historical accuracy.

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