Author Topic: Seafire Hurri F4F TBM SBD vs. P-40, 109E, C.202, Ju 88? Operation Torch!  (Read 689 times)

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This one has it all:  fighter combat, bombers, ground attack, amphibious invasion, tanks, ship-to-ship combat, anti shipping.

Seafires, F4F's, Hurri I's, SBD's, TBM's vs. P-40C's (as Hawks), Bf 109E's, C.202's (as D.520's), Ju 88's.
LVT's, M4A3(75)'s, M3's, M8's, M16's vs. Panzer IV, SdKfz, M8, Ostwind.
Task groups in proximity for ship-to-ship combat.

Please join us, spread the word, and bring your friends!

It runs November 7 twice, at 3 pm Eastern US time (for Europeans) andat 10 pm Eastern US time (for prime-time US).

Operation Torch was the first allied amphibious invasion of WWII and the first step in operations that culminated in British-American footholds on continental Europe.  For American forces, it was the first fight in the European theater.  In the initial stages, 110,000 British and American troops, hundreds of ships, and about 160 carrier-based aircraft squared off against Vichy French forces of 120,000 troops, fortified coastal positions, various warships, and about 160 aircraft, as well as German U-boats and Luftwaffe bombers.



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Re: Seafire Hurri F4F TBM SBD vs. P-40, 109E, C.202, Ju 88? Operation Torch!
« Reply #1 on: October 29, 2011, 05:18:53 PM »
This is a "This Day in WWII" event.

Full details are here:

http://ahevents.org/events/this-day-in-wwii/607.html?task=view

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Re: Seafire Hurri F4F TBM SBD vs. P-40, 109E, C.202, Ju 88? Operation Torch!
« Reply #2 on: October 30, 2011, 01:04:35 AM »
No IT-skinned I-16s filling in for C.200s?

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Re: Seafire Hurri F4F TBM SBD vs. P-40, 109E, C.202, Ju 88? Operation Torch!
« Reply #3 on: October 30, 2011, 01:39:41 AM »
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Re: Seafire Hurri F4F TBM SBD vs. P-40, 109E, C.202, Ju 88? Operation Torch!
« Reply #4 on: October 30, 2011, 04:12:35 PM »
No IT-skinned I-16s filling in for C.200s?

I put in only what seemed to be the most-used aircraft.  Were there many of those used compared to Hawks and D.520's?

This is for the invasion portion of Operation Torch (as far as I know, the allies vs. Vichy and some German forces), not the overall fighting in North Africa.
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Re: Seafire Hurri F4F TBM SBD vs. P-40, 109E, C.202, Ju 88? Operation Torch!
« Reply #5 on: October 30, 2011, 11:16:33 PM »
I couldn't say for sure. A valid question to raise. When mentioning Torch, though, the mind immediately leaps to the desert warfare. I don't know how many G.50/C.200 fought, when, or where. I haven't looked any of it up.

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Re: Seafire Hurri F4F TBM SBD vs. P-40, 109E, C.202, Ju 88? Operation Torch!
« Reply #6 on: November 01, 2011, 05:14:04 PM »
Operation Torch pics:


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Re: Seafire Hurri F4F TBM SBD vs. P-40, 109E, C.202, Ju 88? Operation Torch!
« Reply #7 on: November 07, 2011, 02:57:06 AM »
Today is the day!  I hope lots of you out there can join us.

3 pm Eastern time (for Europeans) and 10 pm Eastern time (for US folks).