Rhubarb: operations when sections of fighters or fighter-bombers, taking full advantage of low cloud and poor visibility, would cross the English Channel and then drop below cloud level to search for opportunity targets such as railway locomotives and rolling stock, aircraft on the ground, enemy troops and vehicles on roads. - Wikipedia
Target for Today: Abbeville. Low level escorted fighter-bomber strike against the airfield made famous by the Abbeville Boys of JG26. Seized by the Luftwaffe in 1940 and used extensively up until shortly before its liberation by Polish forces in September of 1944, Abbeville Aerodrome was used by the LW to provide fighter support for the defense against Allied strikes.
Aircraft & Fields
Axis:
A36 - Bf109G2
A50 - Bf109G2
A35 - Fw190A-5
Allies:
A8 - Typhoon (must carry Rockets or bombs)
A12 - Spitfire Mk IX
A14 - Spitfire Mk IX
Objectives:
Allies: Typhoons to Destroy 3 of the 4 Fighter Hangars and Radar at Abbeville Aerodrome (A35).
Spitfires to provide escort Typhoons & Fighter Sweep
Axis: Defend Abbeville and destroy the incoming RAF raiders.
Scoring(enemy gains points from each aircraft not landed):
Axis Fighter Hangar 8pts
Axis fighter 2p
Allied fighter 1p
Allied bomber 4p
Victory: Highest Score (in the event logs)
Setup:
Terrain: BoB09
Event start, game time: 07:00
Icons: Icons short, 1k
Fuel Multiplier: 1.0
Radar:
Friendly -Unlimited
Enemy - Tower Based 25miles.
SectorCounterAlt: 500
SectorCounterRange: 132000
TowerBasedRadarRange: 132000
Killshooter: Off.
Friendly collisions: Off.
Kill messages: Off.
Fuel Burn Rate: 1.0
Both sides may rearm/refuel on any available hotpads.
