PBEM issue - CTD

[Sensei.Tokugawa]

I bought the game about a month ago and was willing to give it a go in the PBEM mode, but the game keeps crashing to desktop on a few consecutive trials including another two fresh ones after the unlucky first didn't work. We're attempting to play Guadalcanal 1 - or A, cannot recall now - and once I load the file and launch it in the game after Japan has moved, it either crashes after a few minutes as it seems or CTD when I try to fly a recon mission over the island off one of my task forces. Moreover I assume that once a PBEM game is loaded, the interface should enable to save the progress and then get back to it to carry on when possible - otherwise I cannot see the way one could dare to play any of the campaign games - but if I do so and then try to load it - there's my CTD issue back to wreck it for good once again. As far as I know I am using the latest version available.