Mick,
Thanks for your comments, very good review, and I fully agree with you. I most probably missed the civilians, because I thought there were shooting at the Naval HQ. The attack on Pearl Harbor was at least more realistic than in the movie Pearl Harbor
. Flying at mast height with an aircraft which is more manoeuvrable than an aircraft in slew mode in FS9, is typical computer graphics in combination with Hollywood movies. They simply want to pack too much action in one shot. The majority of the the Kates flew indeed with bombs and all Vals had bombs as well.
You are correct that the Battle of the Coral sea, should have been in the movie. It would have made more a logical connection between Pearl and Midway. However one of the stronger points in my opinion was that the unavoidable drama in this kind of movie, was not really interfering with the historical events.
Cheers,
Huub
@jymp: The PBY is a update by shessi of the Alphasim Catalina, which became freeware. Its available in the library here.
The screenshots in the first post of this thread shows the marking by the time of Midway (After 15 May 1942). However they depict an aircraft from the Saratoga, which was under repair during the Battle for Midway, when my memory is still correct.
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