{"id":68,"date":"2018-10-29T19:49:26","date_gmt":"2018-10-30T02:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/saguisag.com\/d6aar\/?p=68"},"modified":"2018-10-29T20:06:45","modified_gmt":"2018-10-30T03:06:45","slug":"corsair-leader-battle-of-the-coral-sea-1942","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saguisag.com\/d6aar\/2018\/10\/29\/corsair-leader-battle-of-the-coral-sea-1942\/","title":{"rendered":"Corsair Leader: Battle of the Coral Sea, 1942"},"content":{"rendered":"
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USS Yorktown<\/em> CV-5<\/p><\/div>\n

I decided to try a more difficult campaign in Corsair Leader, so I picked the Battle of the Coral Sea (short campaign, 2 days), which allowed me to use my personal pilot card.<\/p>\n

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I actually used the ‘skilled’ version of this card, making him the squadron leader.<\/p>\n

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After assigning skills (gave Gung Ho to 4 pilots who had none, and Attack Run to the Devastator and Dauntless pilots), I drew two targets:<\/p>\n

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I sent 6 planes after the carrier (Sh\u014dkaku<\/i>, which was damaged in the actual battle), 3 Wildcats (VF-42), 2 Devastators (VT-2), and 1 Dauntless (VB-2).\u00a0 I armed the Devastators and Dauntless with 500lb bombs, when i should have (historically) armed the torpedo bombers (Devastators) with (duh) torpedoes.<\/p>\n

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They made short work of the carrier and sunk her.\u00a0 The campaign awarded an additional 2 Victory Points for sinking the carrier.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Saguisag escorted a single Dauntless on a bombing run against the small freighter, which had an additional VP attached to it.\u00a0 Again, they sank the target, with no losses.<\/p>\n

The combined Victory Point total for the day was 10 VPs, which gave me a great result, and I decided to give the squadron the 2nd day off.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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