Quetion on Engineers and Night Fighters

[MBF]

These have probably been answered before but my google fu is down today ...

(1) Do Engineers in Reserve mode assist in building ?

(2) Can I sweep or use airfield attack for the multi-role night fighters that the Allies get ? (or better yet bomb with them ?)

Much appreciated for any responses !

[Admiral DadMan]

ORIGINAL: MBF

These have probably been answered before but my google fu is down today ...

(1) Do Engineers in Reserve mode assist in building ?

(2) Can I sweep or use airfield attack for the multi-role night fighters that the Allies get ? (or better yet bomb with them ?)

Much appreciated for any responses !

(1) No, must be in Combat mode.

(2) Yes to all three.

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: Admiral DadMan

ORIGINAL: MBF

These have probably been answered before but my google fu is down today ...

(1) Do Engineers in Reserve mode assist in building ?

(2) Can I sweep or use airfield attack for the multi-role night fighters that the Allies get ? (or better yet bomb with them ?)

Much appreciated for any responses !

(1) No, must be in Combat mode.

(2) Yes to all three.

Caveat: you cannot sweep at night.

[Admiral DadMan]

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

ORIGINAL: Admiral DadMan

ORIGINAL: MBF

These have probably been answered before but my google fu is down today ...

(1) Do Engineers in Reserve mode assist in building ?

(2) Can I sweep or use airfield attack for the multi-role night fighters that the Allies get ? (or better yet bomb with them ?)

Much appreciated for any responses !

(1) No, must be in Combat mode.

(2) Yes to all three.

Caveat: you cannot sweep at night.

Yes, you actually can sweep at night

[BBfanboy]

You can set the sweep but does it actually conduct a sweep and produce a combat report?

[MBF]

Let me give it a try - so far I haven't seen them sweep or even attack airfields at night - but it may be weather or something else going on

Thanks for the replies !

[Admiral DadMan]

Which aircraft specifically are you trying to do this with? If the aircraft doesn't carry bombs, then they won't attack the airfield or port.

[MBF]

I'm at work now so will have to check later this afternoon - I did check to make sure the planes carried bombs in conjunction with the drop tank settings (a lesson I learned trying to use fighter-bombers earlier in the game)

fwiw = playing vs the AI in January of 45 (a game I started in 2012)

[MBF]

For those interested nf with bombs do indeed attack !:

Night Air attack on Nagasaki/Sasebo , at 102,58

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 43 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 13
P1Y2-S Frances x 9

Allied aircraft
P-61A Black Widow x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
J1N1-Sa Irving: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-61A Black Widow: 1 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x P-61A Black Widow bombing from 11000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
302 Ku S-2 with J1N1-Sa Irving (3 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling)
13 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 14000.
Raid is overhead
302 Ku S-3 with P1Y2-S Frances (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 11000 , scrambling fighters to 13000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes

Some CAP have air radar