Join us to commemorate the Doolittle Raid, which occurred on April 18, 1942.
Starting with the devastating attack at Pearl Harbor, Japan went on to rout US forces wherever they were engaged. To show that mainland Japan was not invincible and to help US morale at a time when progress in the war was bleak, Col. James Doolittle formulated a stealthy raid on Tokyo and other targets in Honshu using B-25's launched from the USS Hornet.
Welcome to This Day in WWII: the Doolittle Raid!
All are welcome to play.
Runs on April 18 in Special Events II arena at two times:
-- at 3 pm Eastern US time
-- at 10 pm Eastern US time
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Objective: Kill enemies and destroy enemy ground objects.
Event duration: 2 hours, but show up anytime during that and play as much or as little as you want.
Unlimited lives.
Allies (Bishops):
-- B-25C (glass nose only).
-- Planes enabled at carriers (in sectors 19.11 and 19.10).
-- Formations not enabled.
-- No radar, no sector counters.
-- a16 and a17 are bishop owned and represent China for landing.
-- Auto ack set to 25% of Main Arena.
Axis (Knights):
-- Ki-43 (at a2 and a105, no bombs).
-- Sector counters for planes above 500 ft.
-- No dot radar.
Points:
-- 1 point per kill of an enemy.
-- 0.1 point per ground object destroyed.
Side split = 2:1 allies:axis.
Arena Settings:
Terrain = japan
ArenaFlags = 13358
ChangeCountryTime = 0
ColorFog[Day] = 169/169/172
ColorSky[Day] = 211/211/214
ExitWhileMoving = 508
FlightModeFlags = 5120 (auto calibrate -- no formations)
FuelBurnRateMult = 2.0
GroundAutoLethality[Armored] = 0.25
GroundAutoLethality[Hard] = 0.25
GroundAutoLethality[Soft] = 0.25
RadarMode[Bishops] = 48 (disable friendly counters, disable enemy counters)
RadarMode[Knights] = 144 (counters above radar, disable friendly counters)
RadarMode[Rooks] = 48
ResetAirfieldCnt = 1
ResetTotalFieldCnt = 1
SectorCounterAlt = 500
StratFlags = 1
Object Settings:
Bomb Hgr, Down Time = 1
Ftr Hgr, Down Time = 1
Disable bombs on fighters and have glass nose only on B-25C.