The Coral Sea (Scenario 3): Grotius vs. Maikarant

[Grotius]

The bottom portion of the "ships sunk" screen, showing the Japanese coral reefs:

[Grotius]

The top part of the "ships sunk" screen. I only sank five of his ships, but two were big ones.

[Grotius]

Finally, the air losses screen. Note that Maikarant had many more sorties than I did. Does the US player usually have more? Does it just stem from the greater number of planes in the US arsenal? Or was I more conservative with my aviators? I do rest frequently, stand down for bad weather or poor morale, etc.