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Special Events Forums => Friday Squad Operations => Topic started by: bikekil on September 15, 2002, 05:32:26 PM
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In World War II, the Ruhr area was one of primary targets of the Allied air forces. This industrial region was the “Armory of the Third Reich” with no question as at the beginning of the 20th century Westphalia region played an important role in the manufactoring of arms. That is why already in World War I Britain and French planned air attacks on individual industrial cities there, like Essen, Duisburg, Oberhausen and Hagen. When in September 1939 World War II broke out, the Rhine-Ruhr-area topped the list of targets for attacks of British plans for the strategic air war against Germany.
During the first two years of the war, the numerous railroad installations and synthetic oil plants in particular were important targets for attacks by the Bomber Command of the Royal Air Force. In the fall of 1941 the opinion gained acceptance in the British target-planning committees that the precision attacks on individual instustrial plants since May 1940 had had no results. Following the German air attacks on British cities in the fall of 1940 and the spring of 1941, which in London alone had caused about 20,000 deaths, the British Air Ministry and the War Cabinet developped plans for area attacks on German industrial cities such as Cologne, Dusseldorf, Duisburg, Essen and Hamburg. By dropping incendiary bombs on a massive scale the residential and business quarters in the cities were to destroyed as well as the war- morale of the civil population to be hit. By a “1000-bomber-raid” on Cologne in the night of May 29/30, 1942, major material damage and a great number of casualties were for the first time caused in a big German city. Running parallel to their air raids, the Allies conducted an exensive psychological warfare.
In addition, since 1942 units of the American 8th USAAF were stationed in Britain. At the conference of Churchill and Roosevelt held in Casablanca in January 1943, a combined bombing offensive by the British and U.S. air forces had been agreed upon. The Americans were to attack important industrial plants and cities in Germany mainly during the day.
Avaliable planes are different for every frame of the this TOD. Here you have them listed:
Axis
Fw 190A-5
Fw 190A-8
Fw 190D-9
Bf 109G-2
Bf 109G-6
Bf 109G-10
Bf 110C-4b
Me 262 (limited)
Ta 152H (limited)
Allies
Lancaster III
B-17G
P-51B
P51D
P-47D-11
P-47D-30
P-38L
Spitfire Mk IX
There will be one NIGHT frame and we are going to fly on two terrains - Eurpoe and Big Week.
Flossy will set up the whole thing :-)
Squad CO's, please pick a side you want to fly for and announce it pretty soon here!
Thank you.
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forgot to add - Squad CO's please provide me here expected numbers for your units (or registered numbers if you want).
It will be greatly appreciated :)
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Put AirMageddon down for Allied B17's if at all possible....
registoed fliers will be 7-10
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Bike,
MAG-33 4 - 7. Prefer Allied as usual but will fly anything.
(http://image1ex.villagephotos.com/extern/640697.jpg)
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bike,
56th would like allied Jug duty.
Thx!
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Looks like a good one.
4-6 for 880 Sqn FAA
Preference Allied in P-38L or P-47D
Ughh, why no Mosquito VI? Just curious.
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308th Polish squadron prefer allied side /last time we was LW/
P51B-D or spits, numbers 7-9
pls NO BUFFS
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WOD will be have approximately 6 pilots.
I'm not sure who will be our CO for this TOD yet, but I will let you know.
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so only 6 squads are going to fly it? :confused:
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Vikings are in;), is it this sunday?
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Quaint Brit Squad that we are, we rotate CO. Seems I am to be CO for Wings of Death this TOD. Look forward to receiving orders. Allies preferred but will help the ole Axis if needed (some of us were never quite sure of loyalties in those days...)
DStar
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i was too late getting on this TOD. if anyone has room in their squad i would love to get in.
snocone, 106th air group
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Originally posted by GA
Vikings are in;), is it this sunday?
yup, this sunday it is :)
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Originally posted by snocone
i was too late getting on this TOD. if anyone has room in their squad i would love to get in.
snocone, 106th air group
sure you can join as a guest.
Please pick a side and e-mail desired squad CO with your request. If not, please show up 30 mins ahead and report on desired side country chl or contact me directly :)
see you there
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All non Squad pilot who dont fly with there squadron, or dont have one!!
who attend on CAP 21/9 for the Allieds shall tune to txt 145 and report to "Selector" who then wil be the CO for that flight/wing;).
This wing wil be called "Pink flight", ladyes:D
Rest of the squadron wil get Order by me on Thuersday. SO Squadron CO`s who havent yet mailed me to registrate your squadron to the Allied side, do it so i can get order out to you;).
GA@332viking.com
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9 GIAP are happy to fly for Axis. Clearly slick fighters might be useful the way the numbers are lining up.
Speaking of numbers - it seems likely that we may be somewhat lower than usual for at least the first frame. Normally we field 10+ but this time we seem to be struggling for starters. Expecting maybe half a dozen. Hoping for more, fearing less.
Dantoo.
david_moore@hotkey.net.au
Trikky is currently Squad XO
rickferguk@yahoo.co.uk
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Sorry to be late in replying.
There should be as usual 5 to 7 of the 418 there. We would prefer spitsfires if possible.
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Kronos is AWOL somewhere in darkest Africa so as, TOD XO I'm in command of No. 272 Sq. "Whispering Death".
We should be able to field 4 guys, but it could be as few as 2 or as much as 6 :(. Sorry I can't be more specific - several of us are away this weekend.
Provisionally, we'd like to fly Me-262s. More on this soon. :)
Thanks,
Koba
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Axis ;)
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Jugs.... WOOHOO, finally :D
where do I sign and fill out the insurance info for my family :D
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Busher, pleas mail me so i get your mailadress.
Then I wil mail you the Allieds Orders to you tonight;).
And thats goes for all other CO`s who would like to fly for allieds and that take there Squad into CAP action;).
Pilots who just showing up and not flying with there squadron and would like to fly for the Allieds, shall tune to txt 145 and report to Selector who wil lead that wing/flight ;).
GA@332viking.com
CO. Allieds CAP 21/9 Saturday.
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Ok out on thin ice again:o , Sorry gents that I have mixed CAP and TOD in this Post :D, just look aways for the above posts;).
But Vikings Are for sure in on TOD this Sunday;), But it is not on Event Calender or I havent got the Orders for Axis yet?
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Hiya,,im sure its too late for this TOD,,however
May i ask how a squad gets invited to participate in future events?
Our squad is migrating here from another sim,,,we would love to get involved in events here
Peace
Cooley24
367th FG "Dynamite Gang"
cool42@msn.com
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Originally posted by Cooley
May i ask how a squad gets invited to participate in future events?
Go here (http://events.simladder.com/tod_register.php) for the Friday TOD, or here (http://events.simladder.com/tod_register_sat.php) for the Sunday TOD and register your squad. Sling will then be in touch within a few days to follow up your application. :)
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You get signed up yet Cooley?
We are darn near neighbors. I live about 3 hours east of you. :)
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Just what year DID the Mossie come out???