This week in the AvA: The Channel battles

[soda72]

Battle Of Britain: The Channel battles



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10 July–11 August: Kanalkampf, ("the Channel battles").
 
The Kanalkampf comprised a series of running fights over convoys in the English Channel and occasional attacks on the convoys by Stuka dive-bombers. It was launched partly because Kesselring and Sperrle were not sure about what else to do, and partly because it gave German aircrews some training and a chance to probe the British defences. In general, these battles off the coast tended to favour the Germans, whose bomber escorts massively outnumbered the convoy patrols. The need for constant patrols over the convoys put a severe strain on RAF pilots and machines, wasting fuel, engine hours and exhausting the pilots, but eventually the number of ship sinkings became so great the British Admiralty cancelled all further convoys through the Channel. However, these early combat encounters provided both sides with experience. They also gave the first indications some of the aircraft, such as the Defiant and Bf 110, were not up to the intense dog-fighting that would characterise the battle.



Map:
bob04

AXIS---comms 123-----knights

fields---------
a-46
a-48

planes----------
109E-4
110C
Ju87



Allies---comms 123-----bishops

fields---------
a-11
a-15
a-16


planes---------
Hurri I
Spit I

[Shifty]

Hurris, Spits, and Emils... Oh my! 

[Nr_RaVeN]

For this..I my break out the hot water bottel and try to do some flying this weekend

[1azbaer]

Really there are now perk points in the AVA?   Man you guys are really trying to kill the AVA  arena.   Never cared about perks  now i cant fly my beloved FW190.

[TheBug]

Drama Queen Alert!!!!!

[1azbaer]

Whatever!   Setup is either porked or it wasn't finished, since i cnat fix it!  Yes  I %&*$(#) about it.

[Shifty]

 Never cared about perks  now i cant fly my beloved FW190.

az, I believe this setup is summer 1940, pre FW-190.
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[Karnak]

Really there are now perk points in the AVA?   Man you guys are really trying to kill the AVA  arena.   Never cared about perks  now i cant fly my beloved FW190.

What do you mean "now"?  The AvA, and its predecessor the CT, periodically had setups in which perk points were used to control access to certain units.

[branch37]

Either way its a 1940 setup, no perk rides are even semi relevant..

[soda72]

There are no perked rides, the fw190 is disabled and does not belong in the setup.  The planes enabled are listed above.

This is the 'first' phase of the Battle of Britain some times known as 'The Channel Battle'.

The Battle of Britain can be divided into four parts:
 10 July–11 August: Kanalkampf, ("the Channel battles").
 12 August–23 August: Adlerangriff ("Eagle Attack"), the early assault against the coastal airfields.
 24 August–6 September: the Luftwaffe targets the airfields. The critical phase of the battle.
 7 September onwards: the day attacks switch to British towns and cities.

[jimson]

Really there are now perk points in the AVA?   Man you guys are really trying to kill the AVA  arena.   Never cared about perks  now i cant fly my beloved FW190.

Iv'e never seen perk rides enabled in AvA, that would really only work if we could set our own perk prices as many setups are time period specific like this one which features early spits and Hurricanes vs early 109's, 110's and Ju88's.

[captain1ma]

for you people that missed it, AZ was right. it was a matter of fixing settings and removing aircraft. the spit5's, tbm's, F4f's, 109f4's,190a5's,and  ju88s were all still in the setup. its all set now, i fixed it last night. all he was doing was trying to get a CM's attention. apparently he got more then he bargained for. its all set now. perkies are off, planes have been removed and the correct setup is in place........Carry ON!

[soda72]

AvA Tour 112 Statistics for all planes/vehicles/boats
Plane Name	Kills	Deaths	Kill/Death Ratio
Bf 109E-4	21	37	0.55
Bf 110C-4b	10	12	0.77
Hurricane Mk I	22	10	2.00
Ju 87D-3	0	10	0.00
Spitfire Mk I	24	11	2.00
Totals	77	77	0.99

[soda72]

AvA Tour 112 Statistics for all planes/vehicles/boats
Plane Name	Kills	Deaths	Kill/Death Ratio
Bf 109E-4	22	40	0.54
Bf 110C-4b	10	12	0.77
Chute	2	0	2.00
Hurricane Mk I	22	10	2.00
Ju 87D-3	0	10	0.00
Spitfire Mk I	27	12	2.08
Totals	83	83	0.99

[TheBug]

for you people that missed it, AZ was right.

You are trying to kill the AvA?