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New Cactus Base Henderson Field Guadalcanal Aug. 1942
- Thread starter bobhegf
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Blood_Hawk23
Charter Member
bob when was the last time you did a defrag
DvlHownd
Charter Member
Handwarmers???
HAHAHAHAHA! It must have been cold that day.
Semper Fi!
bobhegf,
Somebody has let the US Army infect Henderson!
Marines don't stand around with their hands in their pockets. Not even wing wiper Marines......
HAHAHAHAHA! It must have been cold that day.
Semper Fi!
Talon
Members +
Is this the scenerio?
At 12:20 August 24,1942 Ryujo launched 6 Kates and 15 Zeros to attack Henderson Field.They were to be joined by 24 Betty Bombers and 14 Zeros from Rabaul. The bombers and fighters from Rabaul turned back because of bad weather so the Ryujo strike was on its own.All Kates were destroyed and 2 Zeros,the Marines losts 3 Wildcats.
There were 10 Wildcats and 8 Airacobras attacking this force.
At 12:20 August 24,1942 Ryujo launched 6 Kates and 15 Zeros to attack Henderson Field.They were to be joined by 24 Betty Bombers and 14 Zeros from Rabaul. The bombers and fighters from Rabaul turned back because of bad weather so the Ryujo strike was on its own.All Kates were destroyed and 2 Zeros,the Marines losts 3 Wildcats.
There were 10 Wildcats and 8 Airacobras attacking this force.
The B24 Guy
SOH-CM-2022
Hi Bob,
Looks Great.
I think you should take the leap and release your scenery.
Regards,
B24Guy
Looks Great.
I think you should take the leap and release your scenery.
Regards,
B24Guy
B 24 Guy, I am thinking the same thing.
The Attack: At 12:20 local time, 6 type 97 level bombers takeoff from the carrier followed by 6 escorting zeros and then 9 more zeros that will make low level runs out in front of the attacking bombers. By 12:48 all IJN Aircraft are heading south. At 14:15 as the enemy aircraft were going into there attack formation, with the 6 zero escort 500 meters off to the right and the 9 attacking zeros dropping down to make low level runs on Henderson Field, Capt. Carl leading the 4 plane F4F CAP protecting Henderson Field took his men and made a high side pass on what he thought were bombers but turned out to be the escort fighters getting one of them, it was a running battle from then on until they got close to Henderson Field he then broke off the fight and set up to attack the bombers again as they left the area. As the bombers let go of there bombs near a gun inplacement the attacking zeros made there runs from 3 different directions. The only damage during the attack was the loss of a small amo dump. This dump got its revenge because when it blew it damaged one of the ground attack zeros. Another zero was damaged by flak and had to crash land on the beach near Henderson Field, the pilot was picked up by IJN ground units and later returned to his unit. During this time the bombers had finished there attack and along with the 5 remaining escorts made a wide 180degree turn and headed back toward the carrier. As enemy neared Tulagi Capt. Carl and his CAP of F4Fs attacked for a second time. This time Capt. Carl blew one of the enemy bombers out of the sky for his second kill of the day. Just after this attacked on the enemy and while setting up for there next run the 10 F4F and 2 P-400 showed up and attacked knocking down another enemy bomber and damaging a third. At this point in time what remained of the ground attack zeros came on the scene and got 2 F4Fs. One U.S. pilot went down with his plane while the other bailed out but was never found. At 14:50 the two sides broke off there attacks and headed home. On the way back to the carrier the damaged bomber ditched the crew being picked up the next day.
Maj. Smith had landed with 19 F4Fs but by the end of the 24th of Aug he had lost 3 planes shot down 2 planes crashed and 3 in need of repair. Before Aug 30th things were going to get worse.
The Attack: At 12:20 local time, 6 type 97 level bombers takeoff from the carrier followed by 6 escorting zeros and then 9 more zeros that will make low level runs out in front of the attacking bombers. By 12:48 all IJN Aircraft are heading south. At 14:15 as the enemy aircraft were going into there attack formation, with the 6 zero escort 500 meters off to the right and the 9 attacking zeros dropping down to make low level runs on Henderson Field, Capt. Carl leading the 4 plane F4F CAP protecting Henderson Field took his men and made a high side pass on what he thought were bombers but turned out to be the escort fighters getting one of them, it was a running battle from then on until they got close to Henderson Field he then broke off the fight and set up to attack the bombers again as they left the area. As the bombers let go of there bombs near a gun inplacement the attacking zeros made there runs from 3 different directions. The only damage during the attack was the loss of a small amo dump. This dump got its revenge because when it blew it damaged one of the ground attack zeros. Another zero was damaged by flak and had to crash land on the beach near Henderson Field, the pilot was picked up by IJN ground units and later returned to his unit. During this time the bombers had finished there attack and along with the 5 remaining escorts made a wide 180degree turn and headed back toward the carrier. As enemy neared Tulagi Capt. Carl and his CAP of F4Fs attacked for a second time. This time Capt. Carl blew one of the enemy bombers out of the sky for his second kill of the day. Just after this attacked on the enemy and while setting up for there next run the 10 F4F and 2 P-400 showed up and attacked knocking down another enemy bomber and damaging a third. At this point in time what remained of the ground attack zeros came on the scene and got 2 F4Fs. One U.S. pilot went down with his plane while the other bailed out but was never found. At 14:50 the two sides broke off there attacks and headed home. On the way back to the carrier the damaged bomber ditched the crew being picked up the next day.
Maj. Smith had landed with 19 F4Fs but by the end of the 24th of Aug he had lost 3 planes shot down 2 planes crashed and 3 in need of repair. Before Aug 30th things were going to get worse.
UP DATE: I have been working on some missions for Guadalcanal. I had problems with my PC and just got it back. The people that worked on it were able to save all the programs as well as scenery and the few missions I had started. There are a few things that you will need to do in order to get this missions to work. You will need to remove the stock runway and infrastructure. You will also need to use my airbase dat. file. My airbase. dat file allows you to put 16 AI A/C in the air at the same time. It also allows the same AI to land in the same direction they to takeoff in, SEE the pic below, the problem is where the AI stop. It can be fun watching the AI/AC land. I figure there will be about 23 airbase dat enteries when I am through. The reason is the set up for fighter 1 and 2.
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miamieagle
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Thank you for your effort. The scenery looks great. I cannot wait for its release.
Fellows, I have had machine problems again but was able to save all the scenery and as of now redoing the missions to make them a little more exciting. The missions are based on fact but due to CFS2 limitations and an old machine I can`t go into detail the way I would like to but I feal the missions will give you some idea of what our pilots went through. I hope you like flying formation because there is alot of it. For the most part the missions were the same day after day after day. The enemy bombers would arrive about noon local time along with there escort and we would great them by making one pass at the bombers and if the escorts were not there to cover them we would do it again. Most of the time we only got one chance and then we would dive for a cloud and return to base. Yes we did run into zeros but not as often as you might think. Well, fellows that is about it for now but will keep you posted.