Close Escorts’ Lancaster Night Mission - Sunday May 14th

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Close Escorts’ Lancaster Night Mission

Sunday 3:00 pm EDT

Those of you who know what we've been missing with the loss of night can reclaim the emersion of a Bomber Command night mission this Sunday in the Special Events Arena and you guys who've never seen the cockpit or landing lighting in Aces High, come along for something new.  It is no longer necessary to turn your gamma up to see the instruments in the cockpit.

In addition, this is a preview of the work the CE team is putting together for future runs of these weekly walk-on events in the Special Events Arena.

Frame 1: Operation Goodwood
For nearly a month, the Allies had been bogged down in Normandy. General Bradley devised a plan called Operation Cobra to break out from the war of the hedgerows and revealed it to high command.   As they proceeded, however, Montgomery and Dempsey planned an alternate breakout of British and Canadian forces two days before the Americans' planned Cobra, it was Operation Goodwood.


Preparatory fire support was provided by almost 1,000 heavy and medium bombers dumping over 15,000 pounds of bombs on the German positions east of Caen.  Many of the villages were reduced to rubble disrupting the German defenses and providing high shock value against the German troops. Our target due to the terrain restrictions will be A35, Abbeville Airfield.
Frame 1 Target Abbeville - A35. All field objects including strat and guns.  Town is secondary target required if 8 or more Lancaster formations launch.


Frame 1 Units- Axis 50% / Allies 50%

Allies
P51B and D
P38J
P47D-25 and 40
Spit IX and XIV
Typhoon
Mosquito
Boston III
Lancaster
Fields: A1 and A12 only

Targets: All field objects including strat and guns.  Town is secondary target required if 8 or more Lancaster formations launch.
Recomendation: Drop the 4k bomb on the runway.  Additional unloading is up to the Allied CO.

Axis
109G-6, G2 and G-14
190A-5 A8 and F8
110G-2
Fields: A33 and A35
Restrictions in Frame 1: Axis must stay over land.

Note: A12 and A36 will be closed except for a brief window to allow late comers to participate.

Setup:
Deaths: 1
Terrain: bob04
Time - Frame 1: 01:00 x1
Icons: Short
Fuel burn: 1
Ack: 0.5
Fighter and Bomber warning: 53,000 (about 10 miles)
Radar: Off
Tower radar set to 53,000 for display only to match base warning
Fog / Visibility: 12 miles

Standard CE scoring