FSO Squads welcome, SEA Bomber mission test this Saturday Night

[Nefarious]

In advance of the February 1st Fortress Europe, we are hosting a test of the event in SEA 1 this Saturday at 10:00PM EST.

All players are welcome, Allied Bombers and Escort as well as German Interceptors.

The purpose of the test is to Special Events AI bomber formations created by CaptTrips. The bomber formation is 36 Bombers with gunner medium gunner lethality setting (7). They will travel on a predetermined course at 150mph IAS/216mph TAS @ 22K FEET. They will drop on the Cologne Fuel Refinery in 10.8.8. Please refer to the map for info. Fighter spawns will close at T+90. If Allied bomber pilots are killed they may launch fighters while flight is open.

Players will not populate the mission, instead they will take their own 3-ship formation and join on the AI formation.

The mission for most will last about 2 hours. The AI bombers strike the target about T+57 and are close, but not quite Feet Dry back to England at T+120.

BOMBERS - B-17G - 50% FUEL - Launch from A4 EAST AIRSPAWN - Form up on AI B-17 Combat Box and follow to Cologne to attack fuel Refinery. (10.8.8)

ESCORT - P-38J, P-47D-25 - P-51D - 75% + DT - Launch from A4 EAST AIRSPAWN -OR- A6 EAST AIRSPAWN - Escort or Sweep for Bombers to Cologne.

LUFTWAFFE - Bf 109K-4, Fw 190A-8, Fw 190D-9, Me 410 - Launch from A61 AIRSPAWNS - Destroy American Bombers.

[Devil 505]

I'll help.

Maybe it will be better to have earlier Luft fighters, so that we can better gauge the benefits and pitfalls of the bombers being limited to 150 IAS.

[Nefarious]

I'll help.

Maybe it will be better to have earlier Luft fighters, so that we can better gauge the benefits and pitfalls of the bombers being limited to 150 IAS.

Not a bad idea, I think what I'll do is start with late war stuff and disable it after a certain time. Maybe T+30. Then only mid-war stuff will be enabled till the end.