The trouble with carrying a DB is the load of planes you put on your CV. Many games you will loose all your DBs to a good fighter defence, being left with 2 TB pilots to load your bombers onto (I trust you have normally more Fighters than bombers on board)
Why run only TB or DB? Because having all TB means that all your offensive pilots can use all your bombers until they are gone. Splitting between TB and DB means you will run out of one or the other sooner and be down from 3 pilots to load on to 2, etc.
With 3 TB pilots you can load 2/2/2 for a quick attack between waves of fighters, or even 3/3/3.
When you have a DB that number of planes is down to 2/2 or 3/3 and with TB you need the extra planes to break the bulge. First attack on a BB5 will be 90% bulge, second can be a killer. But have a DB pilot and you need three runs at a BB5 to get anywhere with your TB, and that means a BB5 has recovered SD and you have been fighter camped, etc. And RN TB are by far the best feature of RN CVs.
So nothing wrong with choosing a DB for RN, but it will reduce your overall effectiveness, especially as RN DB are relatively weak. And, yes, I have a RN DB that I have tried this with.
Panther
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