HPS Midway questions

[Compass Rose]

Gary McClellan who was one of the Scenario Designers for Midway asked me to relay this information to you.

To assign aircraft from multiple groups to a single strike

1) Choose your first attack group (Dive or torpedo bombers generally)
2) Be sure to name that Strike something unique (it's under the "Package Name")
3) When you assign missions for groups from other squadrons, that mission name should be there in the dropdown. Choose it, it will cause all the assigned aircraft to be attached.

For fighter escorts, give them a Patrol Mission, and assign them to the same Package Name.

The tendency of Escort Fighters to break off from their escort duties and try to "bounce" an outbound enemy strike is known and historical (it happened several times in the war, especially for the Japanese).

I'm not sure why the Scouts wouldn't have attacked. I'd want to see a file on that one.

If your CAP is manually controlled and starts scattering, the way to regather them is to form a New Patrol Mission (having selected them on the map), and give them orders. That or simply give them RTB orders, if they're ready to go to the barn (low ammo or whatever).