General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: Flossy on April 18, 2016, 01:07:41 PM
Title: This Day in WW2: The Doolittle Raid!
Post by: Flossy on April 18, 2016, 01:07:41 PM
Join us to commemorate the Doolittle Raid, which occurred on April 18, 1942.
Starting with the devastating attack at Pearl Harbor, Japan went on to rout US forces wherever they were engaged. To show that mainland Japan was not invincible and to help US morale at a time when progress in the war was bleak, Col. James Doolittle formulated a stealthy raid on Tokyo and other targets in Honshu using B-25's launched from the USS Hornet.
Welcome to This Day in WWII: the Doolittle Raid! All are welcome to play. Runs on April 18 in Special Events II arena at two times: -- at 3 pm Eastern US time -- at 10 pm Eastern US time -----------------------------------------------------------
Objective: Kill enemies and destroy enemy ground objects.
Event duration: 2 hours, but show up anytime during that and play as much or as little as you want.
Unlimited lives.
Allies (Bishops): -- B-25C (glass nose only). -- Planes enabled at carriers (in sectors 19.11 and 19.10). -- Formations not enabled. -- No radar, no sector counters. -- a16 and a17 are bishop owned and represent China for landing. -- Auto ack set to 25% of Main Arena.
Axis (Knights): -- Ki-43 (at a2 and a105, no bombs). -- Sector counters for planes above 500 ft. -- No dot radar.
Points: -- 1 point per kill of an enemy. -- 0.1 point per ground object destroyed.
Many more pictures here: http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery/cv/cv-08/350-kk/kk-index.html (http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery/cv/cv-08/350-kk/kk-index.html) Definitely worth a look.
Title: Re: This Day in WW2: The Doolittle Raid!
Post by: Nefarious on April 19, 2016, 06:40:07 AM
Many more pictures here: http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery/cv/cv-08/350-kk/kk-index.html (http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery/cv/cv-08/350-kk/kk-index.html) Definitely worth a look.
Wow! Awesome!
Title: Re: This Day in WW2: The Doolittle Raid!
Post by: 715 on April 19, 2016, 12:47:45 PM
Was the deck really that full of B25s? How did the ones at the front have enough runway to get airborne?
Yeah, that jumped out at me, too. Looks like they have all 16 b25s crammed on that carrier and I had always thought they had them split between Hornet and Enterprise.
However, according to www.historynet.com article (Jimmy Doolittle and the Tokyo Raiders Strike Japan During World War II):
"Late in March, 22 B-25s and their crews flew from Eglin to McClellen Field near Sacramento, California. After final maintenance, they continued on to Alameda Naval Air Station near Oakland, California. There, cranes hoisted 16 of the planes aboard the carrier Hornet."
Title: Re: This Day in WW2: The Doolittle Raid!
Post by: BaldEagl on April 19, 2016, 08:25:01 PM
Was the deck really that full of B25s? How did the ones at the front have enough runway to get airborne?
First of all the B-25's were stripped of any excess weight and carried just enough fuel to get to mainland China. Then they turned the Hornet into the wind and timed their launches to leave the deck one by one as the bow reached it's high point going over swells.
The model depicts the in transit deck arrangement. Here's a real life photo showing the pre-launch deck arrangement. This arrangement would have precluded certain maintenance in transit:
Note: When this photo was taken there were five survivors; Hite, who's name I placed in upper right corner in blue, was unable to attend the reunion due to poor health. No there are only two remaining: Cole and Thatcher. Cole is 100 y.o.
Title: Re: This Day in WW2: The Doolittle Raid!
Post by: Brooke on April 22, 2016, 12:53:19 PM