Depends really what you plan on doing on your CV. I heard 1 Fighter, 2 Dive bombers, 1 torpedo bomber is a good way to start.

Basically:

If you want to bomb and do little more 2 FP 6 DB (dont bother with TB because IJN TB is kinda weak and Torp attack is 100% shared)

If you want to send fighters then do the opposite 6 FP 2 DB

If you want to both activaly DB AND send fighters go 5 FP 3 DB

8fp
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8tb or 8db
dont mix bombers up. either go tb or db

^^ if your serious




who ever said 1 fp 2 bomber crap don't know a thing about anything

He only plays GB2.

Torp attack is 100% personal in every other game mode.

For first time CVs, I would do 5 FPs and 3 other DB or TB. If 5 sounds like a lot, then sell of the 5th one for credits.

Assuming you want to continue on to CV5+
Get at least 4 FP.

My favorite setup is 5 FP and 3DB/TB. This way, you can launch 3-3-3 fighters, then 5-5 fighters, then 3-3-3 bombers.
Fighter heavy options include 6 FP and 2DB/TB or 8 FP.
Bomber heavy (NOT RECOMMENDED) options include 2 FP and 6DB/TB.

A balanced option (That is actually slightly bomber-heavy) is 4 FP and 4 DB/TB.

I recommend not splitting your bomber pilots (Like 2 DB and 1 TB) as that will make everything worse. If you plan on using the 4/4 setup, splitting into 2 DB 2 TB is acceptable.

OH. Since CV6 has 9 support slots, use the 9th slot for an engineer or seaman.