CAP attacking on return trips?

[MasterChief]

Ok, this could be a dumb question but I couldn't find a reference any where. Does UV take into account CAP hitting air groups as they return from a bombing run or break off?

[siRkid]

ORIGINAL: MasterChief

Ok, this could be a dumb question but I couldn't find a reference any where. Does UV take into account CAP hitting air groups as they return from a bombing run or break off?

If I understand your question correctly, the answer is no.

[AmiralLaurent]

No, fighters in UV don't pursue fleeing planes (early returns or after bombings). The sequence of air combat is:
_ all CAP try to intercept and fight escort (and maybe escort try to engage CAP too)
_ remaining CAP planes (still with ammo, fuel and no damage, and not engaged by escort) try to intercept and fight bombers
_ bombers bomb, strafe and so on

[Rainerle]

I would be cautious about that 'still with ammo' stuff. I've seen pilots doening like 7 planes in a single attack. I don't think that happened ever in WW2.

[AmiralLaurent]

Major Erich Rudorffer; Nov. 13, 1943, 13 victories in a single sortie

On 15 September, 1942, Marseille of JG 27 destroyed 7 Australian fighter aircraft within an eleven minute period.

During the Marianas Turkey Shoot, on June 19, 1944, US Navy pilot David McCambell shot down 7 Japanese aircraft on a single sortie, and another 9 on 24 October, 1944.

Major William Shomo was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for downing 7 Japanese aircraft in a single sortie on 11 January, 1945.

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I'm notr sure either planes use ammo in UV but I hope so, anyway some excellent pilots may score very multiples kills in UV as in real life.

[MasterChief]

Thanks for the info. Figured that was the case. Interesting though, it was not included in the code. Aircraft lose statistics for WWII indicates that a large portion of claimed kills were made on aircraft returning from missions. Especially vulnerable were the damaged aircraft and stragglers separated from the group.