Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: Fencer51 on February 10, 2011, 07:25:23 PM
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Saturday Night, 2/12/2011, is the Coordination Frame for the next Scenario.
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Details on the event can be found here ---> http://www.ahevents.org/scenario-current-or-next.html
The design document is located here ---> http://www.ahevents.org/images/stories/scenarios_images/201101_BOG/rules.html
This is the first of SIX frames for this event.
Arena closes to walkons at 9:30pm Eastern Time. Launch is at 10:00pm Eastern time with a total event time of 3 hours.
Walkons are always welcome, please come to the arena no later than 9:30pm Eastern and you will get assigned to one side or the other as openings are available.
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looks like fun fencer...couldn't commit to more than maybe 2 frames so I'll try a walk on when I can make it.
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125th plans to be there Fencer, looking forward to the event.
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Rokit
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February 20, 1944 - Big Week
The pattern of attacks for January and the first half of February continued pretty much as it had for the last weeks of 1943. Most missions were attacks on ports and some industrial targets in Germany through mainly pathfinder bombing due to the bad weather. Interspersed were attacks on targets in France which offered better visual bombing. The Americans were waiting until a stretch of good bombing weather to launch Operation Argument. Operation Argument was part of the ongoing Operation Pointblank campaign against the Germany aircraft industry. February 20, 1944 was the first of six days of clear weather over Germany, and the Americans were to take full advantage of the opportunity. An attack against Rostock a targets in central were in the cities of Leipzig, Brunswick, Gotha, Rostock and Dessau.
Leipzig was the largest concentration of aircraft assembly and component factories with Ju-88/52 assembly, Erla Me-109 assembly, Erla Me-109 fuselage, Jumo engine and other component manufactories. Brunswick was the site of Messerschmitt Me-110 component and assembly factories. Gotha was the site of the Gothaer Me-110 and Go-242 assembly plant. Dessau was the location of a Ju-88 and Ju-52 assembly factory. 1003 heavy bombers were dispatched by the Eighth Air Force against these targets.
The Luftwaffe was ready for the attack. In January, Luftflotte Reich was created which centralized the defense combining the Flak commands, the day and night fighter forces, and the tracking services under a single headquarters. A northern bomber force sent to attack Rostock and points further east in Prussia, by passing outside the range of radars in northwestern Germany. This attack was completely missed when the main attack came across the low countries apparently heading for Berlin. I Jagdkorps, responsible for the direction of the Jagdivisions, bungled and the northern force got in almost without opposition. However, the main attack into central Germany was to face aggressive resistance.
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:rock
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The 357th is ready to roll! :banana: :banana: :banana:
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:airplane: :old:
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Let the killing begin!
Amaze Airborne, 357th FG Oah :salute
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The German High Command is waiting for you.....
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Has to be propaganda as that's an RAF type C helmet and mask on Churchill's dog! I think he was dropped behind German lines to stir things up :)