the effect of air power against ww2 era ships and armour has always been hugely overstated. rocket attacks against armour had something like a 3% success rate against stationary targets painted white or something like that.
Look at the sources that the Military History Visualized and Military Aviation History YouTube channels use. Particularly their episodes on the Stuka have good information on this topic.
If you look at data from WW II, it looks like CAS never worked well.
the effect of air power against ww2 era ships and armour has always been hugely overstated. rocket attacks against armour had something like a 3% success rate against stationary targets painted white or something like that.
Where can I look at the data? Genuinely curious what sort of data we have WWII tactics.
Look at the sources that the Military History Visualized and Military Aviation History YouTube channels use. Particularly their episodes on the Stuka have good information on this topic.