"Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this island or lose the war. If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be free and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sunlit uplands. But if we fail, the whole world, including the Unites States, including all that we have known and cared for, will sink into the abyss of a new Dark Age, made more sinister, and perhaps more protracted, by the lights of perverted science. Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will say, 'This was their finest hour.'"
Winston Churchill, June 18, 1940.
Now in the Axis v. Allies arena. Fly with us for the next month, as the war progresses from the fights over the Channel convoys to the final 8th Air Force missions over Berlin.
- oldman
ROLLING PLANE SET
EUROPE - 1940 - 1945
This is the big one.
Settings are listed at the end of
this MOTD.
Rear fields for the Allies are: 1,2,4,5,12,21,22,
30,31,53,54,56,57.
Rear fields for the Axis are: 33,34,35,41,42,43,
49,50,62,63,64,65,66,74,75,76,77,78.
Day 1: June/July 1940 - Monday, April 17.
Allies - Bishops
Hurricane Mk I
Spitfire Mk I
*Blenheim (TBM3 - it can be used as a level bomber,
and has a similar speed and only a slightly increased
bomb load and defensive armament)
Axis - Knights
Bf109E
Bf110C
Ju87
Ju88
Day 4: Dec/Jan 1941 - Thursday, April 20.
Allies - unchanged
Axis - Remove Bf110C (all zerstorer units had departed
for other fronts)
Remove Ju87
Day 6: April/May 1941 - Saturday, April 22.
Allies - add Spit Vb (only available at rear bases to
reflect limited availability)
add Hurricane IIC (rear bases only)
add Boston III
remove Blenheim/TBM
Axis - add Bf109F (rear bases only - added prior to
it's actual release because earlier 109F varients
were in action)
Day 7: June/July 1941 - Sunday, April 23.
Allies - remove Hurricane I
Spit V now available at all bases
Hurri IIC now available at all bases
Axis - remove Bf109E
Bf109F now available at all bases
Day 9: Oct/Nov 1941 - Tuesday, April 25.
Allies - remove Spit I
Axis - add Fw190A5 (rear bases only)
Day 11: Feb/Mar 1942 - Thursday, April 27.
Allies - unchanged
Axis - Fw190A5 now available at all bases
Day 13: June/July 1942 - Saturday, April 29.
Allies - add Spit IX (rear bases only)
Axis - Bf109F now available at rear bases only
(was being phased out)
Day 14: Aug/Sept 1942 - Sunday, April 30.
Allies - add B-17 (rear bases only)
remove Hurri IIC
Axis - add Bf109G2 (rear fields only - only used
to re-equip a few units at first)
remove Bf109F
Day 16: Dec/Jan 1943 - Tuesday, May 2.
Allies - Spit IX now available at all bases
B-17 now available at all bases
Axis - unchanged
Day 18: Aprl/May 1943 - Thursday, May 4.
Allies - add Spit VIII (rear fields only)
add P-47D11 (rear fields only)
add B-26 (rear fields only)
add B-24 (rear fields only)
add Mosquito (rear fields only)
Axis - add Bf109G6
Bf109G2 now available at all bases
Day 19: June/July 1943 - Friday, May 5.
Allies - add Typhoon (rear fields only)
Axis - unchanged
Day 20: August/Sept 1943 - Saturday, May 6.
Allies - P-47D-11 now available at all fields
Axis - add Bf110G (rear fields only - was used in
limited numbers as a bomber destroyer over germany
- not as a jabo attacking england)
Day 21: Oct/Nov 1943 - Sunday, May 7.
Allies - add P-38G (rear fields only)
Axis - remove Bf109G2
Day 22: Dec/Jan 1944 - Monday, May 8.
Allies - add P-38J (rear fields only)
add P-51B (rear fields only)
Spit VIII now available at all fields
remove Spit V
Axis - unchanged
Day 23: Feb/Mar 1944 - Tuesday, May 9
Allies - remove P-38G
Axis - add Fw190A8
Day 24: April/May 1944 - Wednesday, May 10.
Allies - add P-47D25 (rear fields only)
add P-51D (rear fields only)
add Spit XIV (rear fields only)
add Lancaster (all fields - Lancs start daylight
operations now)
P-38J now available at all fields
P-51B now available at all fields
Mosquito now available at all fields
Axis - unchanged
Day 25: June/July 1944 - Thursday, May 11.
Allies - add P-38L (rear fields only)
add Spit XVI
P-47D25 now available at all fields
P-51D now available at all fields
Typhoon now available at all fields
Axis - add Bf109G14
Day 26: August/Sept 1944 - Friday, May 12.
Allies - add Tempest V (rear fields only)
P-38L now available at all fields except A37 and A68
Spit 16 at A37.
P51B/D, P47D11/25, P38J at A44-48.
Axis - add Me163 (HQ field only)
remove Fw190A5
Day 27: Oct/Nov 1944 - Saturday, May 13.
Allies - unchanged
Axis - add Bf109K
add Fw190D (yes, the early ones didn't quite
have the performance of ours for another month
or so, but in light of all the allied rides
available, I think this is ok)
add Me262 (HQ field only)
Day 28: Dec/Jan 1945 - Sunday, May 14.
Allies - Spit XIV now available at all fields
Tempest V now available at all fields
add P-47D40
Axis - add Ta152H (HQ field only - extremely rare,
subject to same level of restriction as the jets)
add Ar234 (HQ field only)
Day 29: Feb/Mar 1945 - Monday, May 15.
Allies - add P-47N (rear fields only - sub for 47M)
Axis - unchanged
Other settings:
Killshooter is on.
Friendly collisions are off.
Fuel burn is 1.0.
Visibility is 12.5.
Full friendly and enemy radar.
Strat is enabled.
Object down time is 60 minutes for all important
field objects (including AAA)
Base capture: 25 troops
Puffy ack is .1, other ack is .25.
