I have tried this level at least two dozen times.......have tried taking out the planes on the ground first, but more still manage to get off the ground.....have tried to take out all the AA guns first, but again disaster......and have tried to take out as many planes as I can as they are taking off, but get shot down by all the AA..........please help.......

rabaul its such a hard mission but lots of us have beat it after lots of goes
as soon as the cut scene ends command youre wing men to attack
what i done was fired 2 rockets at the first aa at the left side and the rest at the spawn planes then takeing the aa out at the end of the runway at the left side

by now the spawn planes are back i would take as much of of them out as i can and go after the fighters heading towards the bombers attack them
but remember to swing back as more planes will spawn and trying to take out more aa
once you get past this bit the rest is easy
check about 5 pages back there a thread called rabaul video clip tips i made might give u an idea
but everyone has their own style you will pass it