קמפיין MARIANAS 1944-משימה #8 - 12/3/2012 21:30

FINAL BRIEFING

Commanders and Gentlemen

This is THE CRUCIAL MISSION of the campaign
The transports will reach Guam on this mission, their ETA to the Beachhead Landing Zone is 17:43 local Marianas time. We need to be focused on protecting the transports with all the effort we can afford on this mission.

The days of cat and mouse games with the Japanese recons are over. The enemy now knows exactly the location of our Southern transport group and is throwing everything they have against us, including the kitchen sink. Expect many enemy ships to make slashing attacks at our convoy's last stretch of travel. I imagine they will make their best efforts to plan their ships to collide with ours, Kamikaze style. At the moment we have two immediate threats to the East of the transports: a Battleship and a Kuma class Cruiser.

This mission will be very complicated, we will be fending off both aircraft attacks and ship attacks! and probably all at the same time!

The IAF & 102nd Hellcats, the 102nd TBMs and 242 Sqn TBFs all launching from the Saratoga will immediately head out to attack these two ships and sink with their bombs.
The DangerDogz Squadron will hold with their bombs over our transport group as bomb taxis, and will be directed by the FAC for targets.
EAF will be responsible for taking out the two critical shore batteries on Guam (see planning notices on the MP).
EAF TBMs with bombs will also be on standby for further developments, or as directed by Classic.
64th Sentai P-47s will also launch with bombs and will bring them to Guam area. FAC may allow you to release them if you spot enemy bombers.
LLv34 will be pure dogfighters in FM-2 Wildcats.

Hellcats with bombs: be careful not to overstress the structure with bombs and drop tank! make your bombing attack maneuver subtle and careful!

I will be flying in an F6F and will try to operate as an FAC for directing ordnance on any more enemy ships they will throw against the path of our transports.
Except for the EAF bombers which are also tasked with clearing the landing beach and CP, All other bombers that expended their ordnance on ships will check out with the FAC and move to hold CAP over the transport ships for as long as their fuel permits.

Tinian Ground Operations will receive some attention from EAF squadron. Apart from the single enemy tank nearing North Tinian field, we need those AA guns taken out at the Southern Tinian airfield (near the Tinian CP), and take a look if the enemy may attempt to reinforce the South airfield from the main Tinian field.

Squadron and Aircraft Allocation

64th Sentai
1x P-47D-22 Thunderbolt,19th Fighter Squadron, 318th FG Flt 1, El. 2, Saipan, Saipan
3x P-47D-22 Thunderbolt,19th Fighter Squadron, 318th FG Flt 2, El. 2, Saipan, Saipan
1x F6F5 Hellcat, VF-1 "High Hatters", USS Yorktown CV-10 Flt 1, El. 1, Saipan, Saipan

102nd
4x TBM-3 Avenger, Marine Torpedo Bomber Squadron 231, USMC Flt 1, El. 3, Saratoga, Saratoga
2x F6F5 Hellcat, VF-1 "High Hatters", USS Yorktown CV-10 Flt 1, El. 2, Saratoga, Saratoga
4x F6F3 Hellcat, VF-31 "Meataxers", USS Cabot CVL-28 Flt 1, El. 1, Lexington, Lexington

EAF
2x F4U-1A Corsair, Marine Fighter Squadron 212 - Cactus Airforce, USMC Flt 1, El. 2, Aslito, Intrepid
3x F6F3 Hellcat, VF-13 "Black Cats", USS Franklin CV-13 Flt 1, El. 2, Tinian1, Aslito
2x TBM-3 Avenger, Marine Torpedo Bomber Squadron 231, USMC Flt 1, El. 1, Saratoga, Saratoga
3x F6F3 Hellcat, VF-31 "Meataxers", USS Cabot CVL-28 Flt 1, El. 2, Lexington, Lexington
2x TBF-1C Avenger, VT-2, USS Lexington CV-2 Flt 1, El. 2, Intrepid, Intrepid

242 Sqn
4x TBF-1C Avenger, VT-10, USS Intrepid CV-11 Flt 1, El. 1, Saratoga, Saratoga

LLv34
3x FM2 Wildcat, VF-15 "Fighting Aces", USS Essex CV-9 Flt 1, El. 3, Saratoga, Saratoga

DangerDogz
4x SBD-5, VB-4, USS Essex CV-9 Flt 2, El. 2, Essex, Intrepid

IAF
4x F6F5 Hellcat, VF-27 Flt 1, El. 1, Essex, Intrepid

=VARP=
On Standby


Carrier Take Off / Airfield Deconfliction:
Saratoga CV: 102nd / EAF / 242 Sqn / LLv34
Essex CV: IAF / DangerDogz
Lexington CV: 102nd / EAF


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