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Tomorrow (Friday) is the anniversary of Adlertag (Eagle Day) in the Battle of Britain.

Join us to commemorate the Battle of Britain, specifically Adlertag or "Eagle Day", which took place on August 13, 1940 and which was the start of the Luftwaffe's attacks against the RAF over British soil.

All are welcome to play.
Runs on August 13 in Special Events II Arena at:
-- 2 pm Eastern Time (7 pm UK time)
-- and at 8:30 pm Eastern Time

"What General Weygand called the Battle of France is over. I expect that the Battle of Britain is about to begin. Upon this battle depends the survival of Christian civilization. Upon it depends our own British life, and the long continuity of our institutions and our Empire. The whole fury and might of the enemy must very soon be turned on us. Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this Island or lose the war. If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be free and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sunlit uplands. But if we fail, then the whole world, including the United States, including all that we have known and cared for, will sink into the abyss of a new Dark Age made more sinister, and perhaps more protracted, by the lights of perverted science. Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, 'This was their finest hour.'" -- Winston Churchill, June 18, 1940.



More details are here:

http://ahevents.org/events/this-day-in-wwii/604.html?task=view


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Re: Tomorrow is anniversary of Battle of Britain (Eagle Day) -- join us
« Reply #2 on: August 13, 2010, 12:03:10 PM »
Thanks for posting that link, Pipz!  :aok

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Re: Tomorrow is anniversary of Battle of Britain (Eagle Day) -- join us
« Reply #3 on: August 13, 2010, 03:23:03 PM »
For the first running (and there is another at 8:30 pm Eastern Time), the logs are posted here (in the TDI section):

http://www.ahevents.org/event-logs.html

The results of this first running are:

Allies
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kills = 88
total = 88 points

Axis
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kills = 66 = 66 points
objects destroyed = 199 = 20 points
total = 86 points

Ye gods, that is close!  The allies win by a mere 2 points!

Well done, everyone, and thanks for flying.

There is another running of it at 8:30 PM Eastern Time today.

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Re: Tomorrow is anniversary of Battle of Britain (Eagle Day) -- join us
« Reply #4 on: August 13, 2010, 05:54:44 PM »
That was a lot of fun today! Some really interesting fights. Thanks for setting that up! I am off to watch the movie now <BG>


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Re: Tomorrow is anniversary of Battle of Britain (Eagle Day) -- join us
« Reply #5 on: August 13, 2010, 06:14:31 PM »
lol i got 1/2 the objects.
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Re: Tomorrow is anniversary of Battle of Britain (Eagle Day) -- join us
« Reply #6 on: August 13, 2010, 06:21:40 PM »
lol i got 1/2 the objects.

Those Ju 88's are monsters, monsters, I tell you!  (From a guy who flew Hurricanes.)

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Re: Tomorrow is anniversary of Battle of Britain (Eagle Day) -- join us
« Reply #7 on: August 13, 2010, 09:28:04 PM »
Actually it was a lot of fun playing Radar Officer for the first hour.  It made me realize the importance of those guys.  I spent a lot of time listening to radio chatter, getting contact reports from pilots and matching them up with what I was seeing.  With Spits and Hurris on different channels, I had to type a lot of info out to make sure we had proper intercept in the early stages. I think in the future I might want to do more of this kind of thing for events. Very strategic.

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Re: Tomorrow is anniversary of Battle of Britain (Eagle Day) -- join us
« Reply #8 on: August 13, 2010, 09:49:21 PM »
Muzzy, you were awesome!  :aok

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Re: Tomorrow is anniversary of Battle of Britain (Eagle Day) -- join us
« Reply #9 on: August 13, 2010, 09:51:41 PM »
The logs are up for the second running of Battle of Britain.

And the results are . . .

Allies
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62 kills = 62 points

Axis
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49 kills = 49 points
182 objects destroyed = 18 points
total = 67 points

Wow -- another very, very close one.  This one, the axis wins by 5 points.

Way to go, folks; and thank you very much for flying!  :salute  :aok

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Re: Tomorrow is anniversary of Battle of Britain (Eagle Day) -- join us
« Reply #10 on: August 13, 2010, 09:56:46 PM »
Muzzy, you were awesome!  :aok

Thanks Brooke, and thanks for setting this one up.  I'd love to do it again sometime.


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Re: Tomorrow is anniversary of Battle of Britain (Eagle Day) -- join us
« Reply #11 on: August 14, 2010, 12:56:12 AM »
You are most welcome.

Next month's This Day in WWII is the Battle of Milne Bay:

http://www.ahevents.org/events/this-day-in-wwii/605.html?task=view


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Re: Tomorrow is anniversary of Battle of Britain (Eagle Day) -- join us
« Reply #12 on: August 14, 2010, 02:13:01 AM »
Fun stuff! :aok





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Re: Tomorrow is anniversary of Battle of Britain (Eagle Day) -- join us
« Reply #13 on: August 14, 2010, 02:16:35 AM »
Awesome pics!  Many thanks for posting those!  :aok

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Re: Tomorrow is anniversary of Battle of Britain (Eagle Day) -- join us
« Reply #14 on: August 14, 2010, 07:28:32 AM »




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