Queen Elizabeth Carrier Strike Group 2021 to December 10th 1941

  Well that would add another useful ship and a contact point with the DEI.  Welcome aboard. 

  Good point the captain will probably feel obliged to link up with the downtime Dutch.  Which does mean the crew can pass on a lot of information that might help but they will be more vulnerable on their own as would the task force without them.

  I think part of it was differences in doctrine and training and with the Dutch of course in language but different equipment would definitely be an issue.  This would be greatly compounded by differences between 1941 and 2020 equipment. 

  That was why I said in one of my 1st comments the importance of how long it takes for the two forces [QEII and Force Z] to actually be able to communicate between each other and you might end up with some officers being exchanged by boat.  Of course then, being the military there might be an issue of seniority but hopefully Philips would accept that the up-time commander knows a lot he doesn't so should at least be listened too, once he and his staff accept their friends from the future.

  The question would be could they come to that agreement before the attack.  Once the QEII realises where [and more importantly when] it is a/c will be sent aloft in as much numbers as can be managed but it could take a bit of time to do this.  Phillips and Force Z were already heading south but not sure whether this was before or after the fatal diversion to Kuantan although checking en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinking_of_Prince_of_Wales_and_Repulse#Return_to_Singapore that appears to have occurred earlier so the force is definitely still going to be in range of enemy a/c.