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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: hornet36 on January 14, 2009, 05:06:50 AM
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The event starts at 10pm EST in the SEAII...to many aircraft in this one not to have fun...has i little bit for everyone... :rock
December 1944 Germany
11:00AM
Air Chief Marshal of Bomber Command from February 1942 till the end of the war in 1945 stated that he had no faith in the Oil Plan but added that, even so, he had ordered his Command to carry out the various Directives sent to him on this subject and make attacks on oil targets. This is true, but only up to a point. In December 1944 over 30 per cent of Bomber Command’s attacks were on cities and fewer than 8 percent on oil.
“We were returning from a daylight raid over France, relaxing was we neared the Channel and listening to Glen Miller on the radio when a Fw190 appeared alongside. The pilots was apparently out of ammo, for he flew along just out of range, grinning at us, giving us the thumbs-up, and pointing at the nude stradding a bomb that Colin Clark had painted on the nose…” - Bill Borrows
“We take off at 0500 hrs and head in over Denmark and then south-eset to the target. . the first squadron in does not get too much flak, but we catch hell! It seems like the sun is blotted out, and it is also accurate. They told us 85 guns would be turned on us and there were all that. The Germans also tried to cover the target using smoke pots, but the strong westerly winds blew it away.” – Albert Jones
Excerpts from: The Bomber War by Robin Neillands
This event will focus on a daylight mission with multiple drops over several city targets.
Arena
SEA
Country Percentages
USAAF 60% (Rook)
LW 40% (Knight)
Allies Units:
P-51D
P-38L
P-47D-40
B-17G
Orders:
Allies launch with the air starts at:
A70
A72
A73
A70 (green path) attacks in the following order
City in 12.9
Capitol in 14.11
City in 12.12
A72 (yellow path) attacks in the following order
City in 12.9
Capitol in 14.11
City in 12.12
A73 (blue path) attacks in the following order
City in 12.12
Capitol in 14.11
City in 12.9
Each Allied air start will have available:
B-17s
P-51’s
P-38L
P-47D40
Restrictions:
Escorts are to take 100% fuel with drop tanks.
Bombers are to take 100% fuel with 500lb bombs
Axis Units:
Fw190D
Bf-109K
Ta-152
Bf-109G14
Bf-110G2 (suggest 110G2 use the airstart at A28)
Orders:
Axis will have an air start at A28 with all aircraft enabled. And regular fields with all aircraft enabled at:
A2
A4
A5
Restrictions:
Pilots may not pursue Allied aircraft west of the 9 line. No vulching allowed.
Fuel and gun package optional for all pilots.
Victory Conditions
Will be judged by the cities assigned as targets and what percent of those cities are destroyed and the percent of the bombers lost.
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The above post is for last weeks snapshot...somehow got a link crossed up...soooo...this is the correct on..
Skeeter Season
Skeeter Season
Artist Credit: Dux screen shot
May, 1944, North Sea. Many coastal command and Fleet Air Arm squadrons were tasked with intercepting shipments of ore from Norway to Germany, largely to interrupt the supply of essential metals for armaments. Tungsten was one such critical metal and was important to the development of high-temperature resistant turbine blades for Jumo jet engines. Due to continuing shortages of tungsten the Germans had to make do with nickel alloys that would not hold up to the heat of a Jumo jet engine. The engines of the Me-262 were not reliable in large part to the actions of the RAF and RCAF Mosquito squadrons over the North Sea. This Snap Shot features flights of Mosquito attack aircraft of 404 'Buffalo' Squadron RCAF armed with machine guns, cannons, 500 lb bombs and 'rocket projectiles' escorted by Corsair IIs of 1834 Squadron Fleet Air Arm. German Bf-109-G6 interceptors of IV./JG 5 'Eismeer' are scrambled to intercept.
Arena
SEA
Country Percentages
60%-Allied
40%-Axis
Units:
Allies:
Mosquito Mk VI – 60%
F4U-1 (Corsair II) – 40%
Orders:
Corsairs and Mosquitos will take off from A24. Find and destroy the ship convoy last sited 16,15,5 heading South along the coast, before the Luftwaffe can intercept your strike force.
Restrictions:
Mosquito’s must take 2x500 lb bombs and rockets. Mosquito’s will be escorted by Corsairs within visual range
Units:
Axis:
Bf 109G-6 – 100%
Orders:
Bf-109s will take off from A69. Intercept and destroy the Allied strike force before it can find and destroy the ship convoy
Restrictions:
None
Victory Conditions
Mosquito-15
Corsair-15
Bf-109-15
Destroyer-25
Aircraft Carrier-100
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Just checking since the first post was a copy of last weeks- same time, 10p EST? SEAII?
If I'm not already busy with the buff run in the AvA, I'll check it out, sounds fun. :aok
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same time...same place :aok
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i can make it this time around hornet
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Sounds fun, I should be able to make it if things work out.
LW on Knight side again, RAF on Rook?
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May make it there
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Sounds fun, I should be able to make it if things work out.
LW on Knight side again, RAF on Rook?
Bish...
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Weak.