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Offline shppr01

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This wee kin AvA April 4
« on: April 04, 2014, 09:37:21 PM »
This week in Ava we have a great one For all bomber squads and those who want to blow stuff up!

2nd Raid on Schweinfurt- Black Thursday


 This is the first operation to be
nicknamed Black Thursday by the US Air
Force, and looking at the numbers killed,
It’s not hard to see why.
 
  In 1943, the Allied Bomber Command had
decided to hit the ball bearing factories
at Schweinfurt. Flying largely without
escorts, an attacking force of 291 B-17
Flying Fortresses quickly lived up to their
names as they were forced to fight off
attacks from all sides by  swarms of German
fighters. Heavy 88mm cannon flak only
contributed  to the USAAF’s misery:
a pilot later described it as “thick
enough to walk on.”

 In total, 77 B-17s were destroyed, 121
were severely damaged, and almost 600
crewmembers were killed in action.The
heaviest in terms of losses of any USAAF
mission. Despite many of the bombers hitting
their targets successfully, the bloodiness of
the battle forced Allied Bomber Command to
call off large daylight raids into Germany
until February 1944.


Allies
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B-17G
C-47
F4U-1
FI-156
P-38J
P-39D
P-51B
 
Jeep
M3
M8
M16
M4-A3(75)


Axis
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BF-109 G-2
BF 109 G-6
BF 110 G-2
C-47
FI-156
FW 190 A-5
JU 87D3
JU 88

Jeep
Panzer-F
Tiger-I
SDKFZ


Map-AvAeto
Common vox --123
« Last Edit: April 04, 2014, 09:47:43 PM by shppr01 »
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Offline BaldEagl

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Re: This wee kin AvA April 4
« Reply #1 on: April 04, 2014, 11:50:53 PM »
I agree, the AVA is the wee kin of the AH MA.   ;)
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Offline Easyscor

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Re: This wee kin AvA April 4
« Reply #2 on: April 05, 2014, 12:00:58 AM »
I agree, the AVA is the wee kin of the AH MA.   ;)

Yep, the AvA is the MA's little sister but she's way sexier.

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Offline Volron

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Re: This wee kin AvA April 4
« Reply #3 on: April 05, 2014, 03:00:22 AM »
GIGGITY!
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Wow I find it hard to believe it has been almost 38 days since our last path. We should have release another 38 versions by now  :bhead
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Offline Big Rat

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Re: This wee kin AvA April 4
« Reply #4 on: April 05, 2014, 07:17:40 PM »
My history must be rusty but I don't remember F4U-1 escorts in this theatre :lol

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Offline shppr01

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Re: This wee kin AvA April 4
« Reply #5 on: April 05, 2014, 10:06:59 PM »
They weren't BigRat !  In the actual campaign , there was not much in the way of escorts during this . I could not set this up with only a plane or two so I added some. Strictly to build a planeset. The years of the A/C are correct though as well as the theater .  :salute
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