<t>I am not sure if it is the same mechanism, but I have had similar experiences. <br/>
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When a carrier is put out of action, the a/c in the air divert, often to land bases. If you elect to repair the carrier at your local body shop, it certainly makes sense to keep the air groups in the fight ...

<t>I also have set level bomber altitude to 1000 feet for Navel Attack since day 1. However I set my P39s to 100 feet when barges are about in order to strafe. When transports wander into the area unexpectedly, the P39s will strafe them instead of skip bombing or dive bombing them. However I have ...

I have observed the same thing. I played with different combinations of mission and retire/patrol and also observed that cargo missions don't retire after unloading their cargo at the destination. Like the Bombardment Mission, they just sit in the hex with the Destination field unchanged.

Appendix A, page 120

Drop your level bombers to 1000 ft to dramatically increase accuracy (and casualties). If you drop them to 100 feet they will strafe as well, but if the experience is less than about 75 they will also miss (see the manual for details).

<t>When the 18th Aus Bgd attempted to hike from Buna to Dobadura, half of the Brigade ended up in Finschaven and the remainder of the Brigade returned to Buna. <br/>
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This is 150 air miles (much further if you avoid walking on water) , but the trip took only five days. The Japanese garrison in ...

In my case the Auto routine decided that the 1St Marine Div on Guadalcanal needed help (they were getting a bit worn around the edges) and loaded up an RCT of the Americal and headed for the island.