Hey guys,
I finally decided on what I should do for this Sunday's event. This time around it would be better to call it Allies vs. LW...
This is going to be a late war scenario. To be more presice, I'll try to recreate operation Bodenplatte. For those who's not aware of what it means, in short, it was one of the last attemts of LW to regain control of the European skies. On January 1, 1945 approximately 1000 LW pilots took their planes in the air in an attack on Allied air fields. Some few hours later, operation Bodenplatte will become one of the major disasters of LW in WW2. 250 LW pilots would go down (including great number of remaining LW Experten) for a price of of around 500 Allied airplanes (of those only 80 due to air combat victories). It would be a blow from which LW would never recover...
Enough of history and now on what will be included in mission. Aliied / LW ratio 1:1. LW to use FW190A8 (or mix of A8 and A5, if latter will be available) and Bf109G10 (50% 190s, 50% 109s). 75% of all LW planes are to carry bombs. Allies will have P38L, P51D and SpitIX (equal number of each type of the plane) Each Allied plane type will be put on a different field. LW's task is to completely destoy one of the fields (tower, fuel tanks and whatever else is destroyable there (sorry never really cared on what is destroyable on the field). Note: taking out acks is not mendetory. Allies are to protect fields at all cost and destroy as many LW planes as possible.
Depending on the radar status, Allies will or will not have planes in air. If HTC guys will show up and disable radar for Allies and Axies, each of the fields will be able to put in the air a pair of planes which will circle around field's square. These pairs of planes are to seek out incoming LW planes and notify Allied commanders. As soon as contact made, Allied planes are free to take off. LW's alt is limited to 2.5k on ingress, with the exception of a pop up before the Allied airfield to gain alt for bombing. If radars are on, LW is to fly NOE on ingress, with only one exception of a pop up before the attack to gain enough alt for bombing. Allies are free to take off as soon as radar shows LW planes. LW's limit of alt can be disregarded as soon as contact with Allied planes are made (icon identification).
Replanes are available for all who LAND/DITCH their planes on their STARTING airfields. Landing on any of the friendly field will let one to fly search and rescue mission in C47 to pick up pilots who bailed out (Axis can use C47 due to the lack of Axies equvalent).
More details will be arranged with flight commanders. I assume LW main force will be of JG2 pilots, so BaneX has an overall command of LW (If I'm not gonna be able to find him, I'll name LW commander before the mission). I'll lead SpitIX's flight (though I might/will give up this position). P51/P38 flight leaders positions are still open.
Please post your questions, comments or changes here, so we can decide on what needs to be changed/added.
mx22
