More trouble with CVE squadrons

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Nope, the sqdn's arn't fragmented and there is plenty of aircraft in the pool. I have no clue why they wouldnt be replacing their aircraft <<shrug>>

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Neither does anyone else. The VR system is broken...
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They are, but I currently have over 100 planes on that tiny jeep carrier, pretty much a physical impossibility I think. Will the carrier still fullfill its replenishment role being so over capacity?

I've read of an example where a CVE carried as many as 90 replacement aircraft, though it was obviously incapable of launching them, and they were unloaded at a forward base for transfer. However, I found a source about the USS Copahee, quoting her as having loaded nearly 70 aircraft during the Marianas campaign, and launching them herself, for replacement transfer.
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