Welcome to Close Escort
A Tour of World War II
Event starts Sunday 3pm Eastern
Tour 8 "The 8th Air Force" Frame 3
Mid-way through the war, the United States
Army Air Force arrived to begin its strategic
bombing campaign, which was conducted in daylight.
In Europe, the American Eigth Air Force heavy
bombers carried smaller payloads than British
aircraft (because of the need for defensive armament)
but were generally able to deliver them somewhat
more accurately. USAAF leaders firmly held to the
claim that they were conducting "precision" bombing
of military targets for much of the war, and
energetically refuted claims that they were simply
bombing cities. In reality, the day bombing was
"precision bombing" only in the sense that most
bombs fell somewhere near a specific designated
target such as a railway yard, whereas the night
bombing campaign targeted cities with area bombardment.
Nevertheless, the sheer tonnage of explosive delivered
by day and by night was eventually sufficient to
cause widespread damage, and, more importantly from a
military point of view, force Germany to divert
resources to counter it. This was to be the real
significance of the Allied strategic bombing
campaign—resource allocation. This tour of
Close Escort will try to recreate these battles
over the skys of Europe, ending with an attack
on the French coast in preperation for the
Invasion that was to come.
Design by: Dace
Host :BansheCH
PLEASE NOTE: There is a 2nd mission if time allows
so if you die or disco stick around.
Allied (knights)
Based at A21
B17G
P47D-25
P38J
Axis (rooks)
Based at A39
Bf-109G-2
Bf-109G-6
Fw-190A5
PLEASE JOIN THE MISSIONS!
All flights should launch
from CM posted missions
Due to the 2 minute life of missions,
flight will remain enabled for 15 minutes.
Players who miss the initial mission launch
should request that it be reposted by
the host CM during the 15 minute launch window.
OBJECTIVES
Allies:
Attack the Vehicle Bases at
V98 and V99.
Axis:
Defend the Vehicle Bases at
V98 and V99.
RESTRICTIONS
-Allies Escorts must stay within visual
range of the bombers until enemy
is in icon range.
Bombers must operate between
12-20K altitude.
-Axis The Luftwaffe must stay South of
the 8 line.
THE SECOND MISSION: SPECIAL
The second set of missions (both sides)
will launch approx. T+45
(8:45 on the tower clock)
These flights are fighters only and there
sole purpose is to attain air superiority
over the target area.
Notes on Targets:
Only listed targets will be scored.
