The 'Transportation Plan' was a strategic plan envisioned by Air Marshall Arthur Tedder of SHAEF and designed by Professor Solly Zuckermann, an advisor to the British Air Ministry during World War II. It targeted the German armed forces ability to move men and materiel by rail. It was adopted to suppport the invasion of Occupied France in June 1944 and carried out primarily by the bombers of the USAAF and RAF Bomber Command. The premise of the plan being that if the Allies destroyed the means of transport in Occupied France, then Germany would be unable to respond effectively to an invasion. The Allies hoped to hinder the movement of the German 15th Army into Normandy, and to suggest to the Germans that they were attempting to isolate the Pas De Calais region from an attack by General Patton's fictitious army group based in England which was part of the overall 'Fortitude' deception plan to shift German attention away from the Normandy area. The strategy required the destruction of the French rail centres, including marshalling yards, repair shops and other related transport facilities.
There was much opposition to the plan from various sources. Air Chief Marshall Arthur Harris considered it another sideshow to the Combined Bomber Offensive against Germany, and General Carl Spaatz was convinced his 'Oil Plan' was a better idea, and Spaatz even had support from some members of the Air Ministry, including Group Captain Sidney Osborne Bufton in the Directorate of Bomber Operations. The plan was, however, approved, and in March 1944 the order was issued to the Allied bomber chiefs to carry out the new strategy.
The Allied Supreme Commander, General Eisenhower wrote to General Marshall and president Roosevelt "I consider the Transport Plan as indispensable to the preparations to Overlord. There is no other way this tremendous Air Force can help us, during the preparatory period, to get ashore and stay there". By June 6th only two bridges across the Seine river remained intact, and three quarters of the railway system within 150 miles from the assault beaches had been rendered unserviceable. Consequently, the Germans lost the race to build up forces in the Normandy area after the invasion.
This FSO will recreate the daylight efforts made by the USAAF's 8th Air Force and RAF Bomber Command against the rail and transportation targets in France prior to 'Overlord'. Opposing them will be the Luftwaffe's western based JagdGruppen.
Country Percentages:
Axis 48%
Allied 52%
Field Assignments:
Axis Bishop
Allied Knight
CM Rook
OOB:
Allied (USAAF/RAF/RCAF):
P-51B/Mustang III (max 48)
P-47D-11
P-47D-25 (max 48)
P-38J
Spitfire IX (max 24)
Spitfire VIII (max 24)
B-26 (min 12 players)
B-25C/Mitchell II (min 12 players)
B-24J (min 20 players)
B-17G (min 20 players)
Axis (Luftwaffe):
Bf 109G-14(max 48)
Bf 109G-6
Bf 109G-2
Fw 190A-8 (max 48)
Fw 190A-5
Bf 110G-2 *optional* to a max of 36
Special Rules and Ordnance Restrictions:
All aircraft types must be used in all three frames with a minimum of *12 players* per type except the Bf 110G-2 which is optionally available. Formations are enabled. No Axis a/c may go "feet dry" over England AT ANY TIME in the event. The Axis have no attack objectives in this setup.
Scoring:
Aircraft Pts
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Four engined bombers: 20 pts
Twin engined bombers: 10 pts
All fighters: 2 pts
Ground Target Pts
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0.1 pts= Gun
3 pts = Ammo Bunker
3 pts = Barracks
3 pts = Radar
25 pts = Vehicle Hangar
25 pts = Fighter Hangar
25 pts = Bomber Hangar
3 pts = Town Building
3 pts = Factory at strategic target
1 pt = Truck in convoy
2 pts = Train
Arena Settings:
- BoB04 Map
- Fuel burn 1.0
- Icons short (3k)
- 0.5 Ack
- Fighter and Bomber warning range 42,000 (about 8 miles)
- Tower range set to 42,000 (for display only to match the above setting)
- Haze/fog full visability (17 miles)
- Radar off
- Enemy Collisions On
- Friendly collisions off
- Killshooter off
- Time: 15:00 ( 3PM ) Game Clock
- Formations: On
- Bomber calibration: Auto ( MA style )
- Task Group Hardness 2.0
- Wind: 0-2K NO WIND
2K-18K NE TO SW - Speed 5
18K-25K N TO S - Speed 10
25k+ N TO S - Speed 15
Designer's Notes: The Spitfire VIII is a stand in for the Spitfire VII which is almost identical. The proper skin is "131S/RAF by Kev367th" available for download in the AH skins download link as "Spit8_4". The Bf 109G-14 represents "late model" Bf 109G varients of 1944.
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