Your point about it only being one week is well taken, Oldman, and I appreciate it. As I said, I know there are those who just want to fly. I've made a statement about the MA that I think applies here as well, though. It is the basis of my strong feeling that, in general, the CT set ups should have some strategic goals to remain viable. Specifically, I'm of the opinion most air to air fights occur because someone tries to take a base or otherwise accomplish some military objective. The strat guys may not be the majority (not proven, but let's assume), but they are the catalysts the generate the fights and furballs. Someone loads up bombs with an eye to taking a base, someone else see the incoming raid and responds. Others note a fight, and it's rock and roll time:). Beyond that, one of the most oft-voiced reasons people claimed they didn't fly in the CT before the CT Team was formed was the lack of a goal beyond flying, fighting, and dying.
Having said all that both you and Hortlund make good points. Perhaps rather than the BoB, we could set up a "Battle for France" set up. This isn't all that difference tactically than the "Battle for Sicily" we just ran, but with the roles reversed. Take away C-47's from both sides, with M-8's, M-3's, and M-16's to represent the somewhat less formidable AV's of the period. The German objective would simply be to drive the British and French forces off the Continent. The British Isles would be the unassailable redoubt for the British to fall back to, with the Royal Navy providing the means to return to the continent in force.
LVT(2)'s could be enabled for Germany from French ports (perhaps with spawn points a mile off the British coast), and for the British from their naval battle groups. The only reset condition would be the complete capture of all Allied bases (or all but one, as the case may be). Otherwise we let it run the full week and simply declare a winner Friday night at 12 PM EST, based on whether the Germans hold all of the bases on the Continent at that time. An early reset could occur if it is clear that one side or the other has no fight left in it, of course;).
How does this sound? The only problem would be the lack of any 1939-40 carrier planes for the RN. My thought here would be to use the TBM as a Swordfish replacement (no more out of place in this time period than the Ju88 model we have) and use Hurricane-I's for the carrier-based fighters. While the Hurr-I doesn't have a tail hook, pilots can either attempt a landing without it, or simply ditch along side the TG. After all, in AH there's no rule that says number of takeoffs have to equal number of landings:D.
Sabre
CT Team
P.S. I like the idea of shore batteries but for one problem: the Atlantic Wall didn't exist in 1939-40, and neither did the massive gun implacements protecting the French Coasts on D-day.