Welcome to "SnapShot", an Aces High event!
Snapshot events are open for everyone, welcome!
This event starts 10pm Eastrn
Hosted by: BansheCH
Design By:
Skyfoxx-880 FAA, edited by 68Falcon/daddog
READ THE ARENA MESSAGE CAREFULLY
AND PICK YOUR SIDE.
BOTH SIDES SHOULD PICK CO(leader)
TO COMMAND THEIR FORCES.
***Hellcats Over Mindanao***
Background
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American grand strategy in the Pacific was
decided at a conference
in the summer of 1944. Gen Douglas MacArthur,
Adm Chester Nimitz and the
members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff chose to
reoccupy the Philippine islands
rather than strike toward the Chinese mainland.
Sixteen fast-carriers departed
at the end of August with some 520 Hellcats.
The ever increasing requirement
for fleet defense had resulted in big-deck
carriers embarking up to
54 fighters (with fewer dive- and torpedo bombers)
- a significant increase over the
previous standard of 36 fighters. The resulting
surface action was second only in size to
that employed in the 1916 Battle of Jutland,
though for variety and concentrations of forces
engaged - air, surface and submarine- no other
action could match it. From the initial
sweeps over Mindanao in September 1944 to
the withdrawal of Task Force 38 in January
1945m the twenty-two squadrons of Hellcats
that saw action over the Philippines
claimed an astonishing (and devastating or
the Japanese) tally of 1300 air-to-air kills. Mission
Briefing: This Snapshot represents initial
fighter sweeps and strikes of Imperial Japanese
forces on Mindanao by USN F6F Hellcats
operating from Task Force 38.
Country Percentages
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Allied (Bishops) = 60%
F6F-100% of Allied Forces, Task Force 38 (C15)
Axis (Knights) = 40%
Based at A30
A6M5-50% of Axis Forces
KI-61-40% of Axis Forces
N1K2-10% of Axis Forces
OBJECTIVES
The US objective is to attack P34 (and or)
A29 only! and destroy enemy fighters.
Active bases will be determined by the
hosting CM using number of players
present.
Japanese objective is to defend airfields/ports
P34, A29, and destroy US attackers.
Active bases will be determined by the hosting
CM using number of players
resent
Restrictions:
Minimum 30% of F6Fs to carry bombs and/or rockets.
For each twenty Hellcats
launched the USN is required to strike and
additional Japanese target.
Zekes, Ki61s and N1K2s may not carry bombs.
Victory Conditions
All Planes -10 pts
Hangers-20 pts
Ammo- 15 pts
Barracks- 15 pts
Fuel-15 pts
Field Gun-5 pts
Arena Settings
1.Terrain - Mindanao
2.Icons - short
3.Radar - off
4.Fighter and bomber warning range - 52,800 feet
5.Tower warning range - 52,800 feet
6.Visibility - 10 miles
7.Wind - none
8.External view for bombers (F3) - on
9.Friendly collisions - off
10.Enemy collisions - on
11.Kill shooter - off
12.Fuel burn rate - 1.5
13.Time - 6 AM
14.Ack .4
Notes on Targets:
Only listed targets will be scored.
