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I believe it depends as always for the singular highest damage dealt (dunno if the total dmg is the highest among all the attackers or a sums of all the base damages)

But it still depends on who deals more dmg for sure, when I was levelling carriers, most of the time when all the enemies were wiped out by opening salvo it was the Flagship (who carried Murata and tomonaga squadron) that got MVP compared to the other ships (with Fighter/bombers)