Ladies and Gents,
Another enjoyable frame. Ground objectives resulted in an even tie with the Allies getting much better results from air to ground action than in the first two frames. Additionally, some very crafty air to air work proved to be the difference, with the Allies pulling ahead. Unfortunately, there were a handful of penalties. The Germans went over the maximum for both 109G6s and Bf110s. The Allies had 73 different players rearm at inactive bases. While some allied players went to an active field and rearmed again, many of the allied players chose not to.
So:
Air To Air
Allied: 36.1
Axis: 28.1
Air To Ground
Allied: 23
Axis: 23
Subtotals:
Allied 59.1
Axis 51.1
Allies are penalized 5 points for the rearming violation
Axis is penalized 2 points for exceeding the aircraft maximums
Grand Totals:
Allies 54.1
Axis 49.1
On a side note: Over the three frames, there was a significant amount of fratricide, with the Axis having the majority of it in the first two frames, and the Allies having almost all of it in the last frame--to the tune of almost 10 incidents per side per respective frame. I typically do not count fratricide deaths towards either side's total A2A kills; however, if this trend continues I will begin penalizing for fratricide, and recommend to the other CMs that we do so for the duration of the event. Most of the fratricide appears to have been bombers getting shot down by their own escorts, probably chasing bandits into the formation. I recommend unit leaders come up with better escort procedures going forward.
[EDIT] After reconsidering the penalties, I have decided to enforce the rearm penalty as it was defined in the objectives. So, in lieu of an Allied victory, the Axis win the frame:
Allied 0
Axis 49.1
