And the next scenario should be....

[LCADolby]

Invasion of Normandy - D Day

[puller]

Invasion of Normandy - D Day

Need to get with the program and vote for the 12Hr BOB...

[Chris79]

You know, I have always wondered how those nice fat blue navy birds would fare against the luftwaffe.

[Frodo]

I remember Fdski running one that was carrier based a/c against LW birds. Was quite fun and different.

or

3

5

[Tracerfi]

2

6

10
 

[Devil 505]

1
2
3
17

[wil3ur]

It would take a new map... but a fun one could be Operation High Jump:

It's 1946 -- The world believes the war is over and the 3rd Reich has been crushed.  Meanwhile, sightings of advanced aircraft and uboats in the southern oceans is getting too hard to ignore.  The US Navy dispatches a carrier group to the south pole for 'research' purposes.  The real goal is to destroy the last of the german bases in New Swabia.

Plane Sets:

Axis:

262, AR234, 109K4, T152

Tiger 1, Tiger II



Allies:

P51D, F4U4, Tempest, B26

Sherman Firefly, T34/85


 

[StokesAk]

2
4
1
7

[Sloehand]

There's a good book with a lot of info on B-29 bombing (Whirlwind: the Air War Against Japan, 1942-1945, by Barrett Tillman).

Interestingly, in the earlier usages of B-29's out of China, there were bombing missions of B-29's that weren't super high alt, where the B-29's met substantial Japanese fighter resistance, and suffered substantial losses.

This got me to thinking that scenarios with B-29's might not be lopsided after all.

The last frame of "The Pacific War" scenario had B-29's, P-51D's, P-38L's, and P-47N's vs. N1K2's, Ki-84's, Ki-61's, A6M5b's, and Bf 110G's (as Ki-45's) -- and it turned out to be OK in terms of balance.  The B-29's were limited to 20k alt, and the numbers were equal between the sides, giving the Japanese 1/3 more fighters than the US (as 25% of the US force were B-29's).

I flew on the Japanese side on that one.  It was fun and worked out OK.  The B-29 isn't as tough as I thought it would be.  I ended up shooting down a couple of B-29's in my Ki-61.

My father flew in the B29 as the Central Fire Control Engineer over the Hump and from Tinian, his stores would indicate that both were very busy theatres for the buffs.  Ramming by suicide pilots took a heavy toll of the B29's. Policy was shoot anything that came too close.  Ergo, as a rear gunner my father was credited as an ace with 5 Japanese kills and 1 British Hurricane (long story, was the Brits fault, he came too close.  LOL).

[Sloehand]

4
3
5
10

[Brooke]

The results (choice: number of votes):

1: 14
2: 6
3: 6
4: 12
5: 6
6: 2
7: 4
8: 2
9: 1
10: 9
11: 2
12: 1
13: 2
14: 1
15: 4
16: 3
17: 6

Top four choices:

1
4
10
and a tie among 2, 3, 5, and 17.

I will pick choice 3 to move ahead as it is the most unusual from among the tied choices.

On to the final round of voting.

[Brooke]

Please cast your final-round votes not in this topic, but in this one:

http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,380208.msg5063366.html#msg5063366

[Easyscor]

I stumbled upon this and thought you might like to make your list more complete...

Battle of Britain (Aug. 2002)
Midway (Nov. 2002)
Niemen (Feb. 2003)
Guadacanal   (Apr. 2003)
Iceberg (Aug. 2003)
Kadesh (Nov. 2003)
Ruhr (Feb. 2004)
Kurland (May 2004)
Battle of Britain (Aug. 2004)
Rangoon 42 

The list of scenarios run, going back to 2004, is:

    The Battle of the Dnieper (June, 2016
    Southern Conquest (February, 2016
    Target for Today (May, 2015
    Battle Over the Winter Line (January, 2015
    The Pacific War (June, 2014
    Battle of Britain 2013 (September, 2013
    Mediterranean Maelstrom (March, 2013
    Der Grosse Schlag II (October, 2012
    Winter Sky - Death Ground (April, 2012
    Enemy Coast Ahead (October, 2011
    Road to Rangoon (May, 2011
    Battle Over Germany (February, 2011
    Philippine Phandango (August, 2010
    The Final Battle (March, 2010
    Red Storm / Krupp Steel (October, 2009
    Coral Sea 2009 (July, 2009
    Tunisia: Dawn of Battle (April, 2009
    Battle of Britain 2008 (November, 2008
    Rangoon, '42 (2008) (August, 2008
    Der Grosse Schlag (October, 2007
    Operation Husky (June, 2007
    Battle of Britain 2006 (September, 2006
    Operation Downfall (July, 2006
    Stalin's Fourth (April, 2006
    Fire Over Malta (November, 2005
    Coral Sea (April, 2005
    Rangoon, '42 (October, 2004
    Battle of Britain 2004 (August, 2004

Page with links to writeups and pictorials:

http://electraforge.com/brooke/flightsims/scenarios/scenarios.html