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Ok guys......
Some new intelligence was received from some of our "coast watchers" that there is a brand new IJA Squadron by the name of the "47th Sentai" that are now flying actively in the Okinawa 1945 server. This new squad is currently a Flight Size unit of (4) pilots and they are flying in support of the 200th Sentai (Sakagawa & Company)
Typical aircraft flown by the 47th Sentai: Ki-841a
Aircraft markings: Blue lightening bolts on the Rudder assembly with Red and White insignia laid over the topside of each wing for easy Identification.
Observations: This flight is more aggressive than the 200th Sentai and tends to fly looser formations than what we see of the 200th overall.
CO: 47th_Koyama
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They do fly as a group, they tend to fly high. Usually one plane as a perch, and the others as attackers. The Perch waits for the other planes tp get into trouble, swoops in, and clears the six.
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One tactic to handle the High perch pilot is to either go to that height or simply extend away and return to their general location at a much higher altitude or to vector in a high friendly to target the high perch as we engage the two lower aircraft. This is why I wish we had atleast a (3) ship fighter formation to address the 47th Sentai when we find them. In any event, we are doing pretty well as a Group when we do encounter their fighters in general.
The main idea is to drag away any fighters from our bombers so our main effort doesn't get engaged needlessly.
One tactic to handle the High perch pilot is to either go to that height or simply extend away and return to their general location at a much higher altitude or to vector in a high friendly to target the high perch as we engage the two lower aircraft. This is why I wish we had atleast a (3) ship fighter formation to address the 47th Sentai when we find them. In any event, we are doing pretty well as a Group when we do encounter their fighters in general.
The main idea is to drag away any fighters from our bombers so our main effort doesn't get engaged needlessly.
Rgr that-
One Idea is upon detection-we fly Parallel until we have the height advantage. A third or fourth would def help, but Two man tactics worked well against them.
One Idea is upon detection-we fly Parallel until we have the height advantage. A third or fourth would def help, but Two man tactics worked well against them.
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FYI.....
Here is a link to their new web site.
http://the47sentai.tripod.com/
This site is still in the building phase from what I understand.
NOTE: Can anyone identify the picture on their front page ?
FYI.....
Here is a link to their new web site.
http://the47sentai.tripod.com/
This site is still in the building phase from what I understand.
NOTE: Can anyone identify the picture on their front page ?
Looks like a damaged Avenger in close above a Frank. Cool website!
Uh huh......but can you ID when this "action" took place. Hint, remember the East side of Okinawa up near grid square Q-10 from a couple weeks ago ?Looks like a damaged Avenger in close above a Frank. Cool website!
Oh, yeah! When that guy from the 47th ran into your tail?
What-they don't post the great kill shots we get on them?
Exactly........What-they don't post the great kill shots we get on them?
You see no pics of us bagging "them" repeatedly when they outnumber us 2 or 3 to 1. But to answer your question Hitcher, yeah this image is from that particular sortie South East of grid "Q-10" where Koyama ran into my plane where I lost my wing.
