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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: Have on October 11, 2006, 02:21:41 AM
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Welcome to the thursday (12.10.) snapshot, which be the "Riders on the Storm".
In this snapshot you get the chance to fly Spitfire IXs, B-26s, Bf109G6s and Fw190A5s in, and against, an allied Ramrod mission.
The event starts at 3pm Eastern (21 CET) in the Special Events Arena. It is recommended to be there about 10 to 15 minutes before the starting time.
(http://ahevents.org/site/images/stories/snapshot_images/rider_storm.jpg)
The summer of 1943 in Europe was a waiting time. Operation Husky, the invasion of Sicily, was underway, and the Russians were slowly beating the Germans on the eastern front, but there wasn't much that could be done in Western Europe. In anticipation of future invasion possibilities and to keep pressure on the Luftwaffe in Western Europe Allied medium bombers, escorted by Spitfires, flew countless Ramrod missions. Canadian Spitfire squadrons, now mostly armed with the potent Spitfire IX, were tasked with escorting American B-26 Marauder medium bombers over France, Holland and Belgium to destroy specific targets, and, it was hoped, to entice the Luftwaffe up to battle and destroy it. If they didn't come up to fight, well the Allies still got a successful bomber raid out of it. Most Ramrods were pieces of cake as the Luftwaffe often did not try to interfere with the Ramrods, but some weren't.
The full description of the event can be found in ahevents.org (http://ahevents.org/site/content/view/80/72/)
Welcome and bring your friends too! :aok
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I'd love to go, 1PM my time is just a tad early with school and all:(
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See you all in the SEA soon!!!
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why cant it start later (for us west coasters)?
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This is the Euro-friendly Snapshot for us non-west coast players. :) Try the one on Wednesdays for a later time (10 pm EST), see the Calendar at the top of this board for Special Events schedules.
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This one will run again? If so when?