November FSO- Too Little, Too Late- Philippienes December 1941

[jay]

i hope my squad is american and atleast flies bombers once   

[Reschke]

Honestly call me a glutton for punishment but flying for a side that is hampered due to history sounds really good to me. The fighter side is the great equalizer and I think that given the penchant for all of us cartoon plane drivers spending inordinate amounts of time doing "training" I think that we are at least 5 times more qualified combat pilots than any WW2 pilot in the various types of aircraft represented. Therefore it would not be an utterly defenseless American response that would be mounted against inbound Japanese aircraft; like the ones that happened on December 8, 1941. Rather one that is immensely prepared to beat the Japanese with the resources at hand.

[FiLtH]

Woohoo hope we are allies!

[FBJester]

Looks like a good one, great set-up, we really look forward to friday nights 

[daddog]

http://ahevents.org/fso/view_assignments.html

[Baumer]

Side assignments and objectives have been sent.

[FBJester]

<S> We still dont have a ride sir, just wondering what we do next as we are new to FSO.

thanks

[Anaxogoras]

Wait for your orders, that's when your aircraft is specified.

[Baumer]

Sorry FBJester I guess the email is sent didn't work. You will receive your specific orders from your CiC later this week, you should have them Wedneday night or Thursday at the latest.

[daddog]

^
What they said.

Objectives are sent out by the CM's the weekend before the frame. The CiC's then work on the orders based on the objectives that were sent out. So for example this week the orders are created by TracerX and Ruger44. They will tell what squads to fly, what to hit or defend, routes, ordnance/fuel to carry, target altitudes, escorting assignments, etc. You get the idea. Once you get the orders from the CiC look them over for any errors or something you don't understand. CiC's are good about getting back right away to answer questions.  After that you are all set for Friday night.

Allied CiC's
FRAME 1 on 2009-11-06 - TracerX - USMC / 71sqn
FRAME 2 on 2009-11-13 - Dantoo -- 9GIAP VVS RKKA
FRAME 3 on 2009-11-20 - Ponyace - Hellcat Fighter Group

Axis CiC's
FRAME 1 on 2009-11-06 - Ruger44 - VFA-169 Excaliburs
FRAME 2 on 2009-11-13 - tuk151 -- WD40
FRAME 3 on 2009-11-20 - Stage2 -- 77th FS Gamblers

[FBJester]

got it thanks   

[Boxboy]

well first frame is done and I lasted about 2 minutes after the P40's showed up and pigpiled us with faster planes,  when the odds are 10 v 1 manuvering is a joke and when the bombers are 100 mph faster than your fighter well................. makes for a short day in the sandbox

As predicted this will be a "turkey shoot" for the allies.  I will look forward to my next 2 minutes in the next 2 frames and then we can move on .

[Stampf]

 

Slaughtered here too.

[Saxman]

Most important points I drilled into my squad leading up to tonight: Stay together and drag and bag. The fighter sweep over C83 ended up as a melee so our wingman assignments largely broke down, but every time one of us picked up a bandit we had a friend there watching for it to clear him off. I rarely even picked my own target after the initial merge. Instead my target was the bandit latched on to my nearest buddy's Six. And our local fight was largely equal numbers at that (9GIAP was supporting us as top cover, but our two squads were eventually separated once the fight heated up).

I don't think it would have mattered if the Allies had F4Fs instead of the faster P-40s if you combine the airframe durability and better guns with solid communication and teamwork.

[Plazus]

Us 82nd werent quite slaughtered in our A6Ms, but we had one helluva good fight at A5. <S> to those P40s that fought against us defenders. Despite the fun times tonight, Ill be honest to say that Im looking forward to the next FSO scenario.