regula50 Posted May 28, 2017 Posted May 28, 2017 View File USMC VMF-312 F4U-4B Korean War CVL-29 Bataan(Apr 1951) USMC VMF-312 F4U-4B Korean War CVL-29 Bataan(Apr 1951) For Strike Fighters 2 NA with Korea Terrain(Korea3). This campaign with some 28 missions cover the operations of the VMF-312 aboard of CVL-29 Bataan in the periode Apr 9 to Apr 16, 1951 in the Korean War.Naval Campaign mode. On Apr 8, 1951, CVL-29 Bataan with VMF-312 embarked(23 F4U-4B Corsair)depart Sasebo for the Korean Theater of Operations in the Sea of Japan.Task Force 77 was engaged in the Strait of Formosa and CVL-29 Bataan formed with the HMS Theseus the Task Force 95.11, operating temporaly the only two carriers in Korean Waters.The escort was provided by the destroyers DD-696 English, DD-704 Sperry, Royal Navy destroyer HMS Consort, Royal Australian Navy destroyer HMAS Bataan and the Royal Canadian Navy destroyers HMCS Athabaksan and HMCS Huron.Air operations began at the early morning 9 April and continued through 15 April consisting of interdiction strikes, armed reconnaissance, air observation for naval gun-fire and CAP.Main target was the truck traffic Wonsan, Hamhung and Songjin. On Apr 10, 1951 VMF-312 encountered ID problems and Corsairs attack and damaged two RN Sea Fury(despite the black and white id markings).One "La-9" was claimed as shot down.In the Task Force 95.11 periode of deployment, one pilot and five aircraft(3 Sea Fury, 1 Firefly and 1 Corsair)were lost to enemy action.CVL-29 Bataan launched 224 sorties, of which 26 were CAP.On Apr 15, 1951 at 16.30, CVL-29 Bataan was detached of the Task Force and depart operative area for Sasebo, Japan. Historical accurate with the main units and bases deployment by Apr 9 to Apr 15, 1951.Campaign need Expansion Packs 1 and 2 for some aircrafts, weapons, tanks, textures, etc.Included textures and decals for the VMF-312.See readme for other details. Thanks and credits Wrench for Korea3 terrain and Cavalier destroyerDo335 for Pack 1 and Pack "Wings over Korea"ErikGen for the base model for the RF-80A Update Jul 1, 2017 Revised ground units deployment Submitter regula50 Submitted 05/28/2017 Category User Made Campaigns
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