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Announcing October 2022 Scenario: Operation Husky
« on: July 17, 2022, 01:18:40 PM »
Announcing October's Scenario:  Operation Husky

Oct 1, 8, 15, 22

Spitfire IX, Spitfire VIII, P-40F fighter-bombers, B-26 vs. Bf 109G-6, FW 190A-5, C.205

More details to be announced as we finalize writeup.


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Re: Announcing October 2022 Scenario: Operation Husky
« Reply #1 on: July 17, 2022, 01:39:43 PM »
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Re: Announcing October 2022 Scenario: Operation Husky
« Reply #2 on: July 17, 2022, 02:07:40 PM »
Excellent!  Yes!  :aok

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Re: Announcing October 2022 Scenario: Operation Husky
« Reply #3 on: July 17, 2022, 02:09:45 PM »
By the way, here are my references in the design so far:

Thomas, Andrew. Spitfire Aces of North Africa and Italy: 98 (Aircraft of the Aces). Bloomsbury Publishing. Kindle Edition.
Johannes Steinhoff. Messerschmitts Over Sicily: Diary of a Luftwaffe Fighter Commander (Stackpole Military History Series). Kindle Edition.
Molesworth, Carl. P-40 Warhawk Aces of the MTO (Aircraft of the Aces) . Bloomsbury Publishing. Kindle Edition.
Wikipedia, Operation Husky order of battle:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Husky_order_of_battle#Allied_Air_Forces
309th FS:
http://www.wwiiaircraftperformance.org/31st/309th.html
C.205 groups:
https://www.asisbiz.com/MC-205.html

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Re: Announcing October 2022 Scenario: Operation Husky
« Reply #4 on: July 20, 2022, 03:01:00 PM »

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Re: Announcing October 2022 Scenario: Operation Husky
« Reply #5 on: July 22, 2022, 09:24:20 PM »
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Re: Announcing October 2022 Scenario: Operation Husky
« Reply #6 on: July 23, 2022, 03:14:07 PM »
Hmmmm, may motivate me to find some time to play AH  in prep for this appealing event......        :cheers:

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Re: Announcing October 2022 Scenario: Operation Husky
« Reply #7 on: July 23, 2022, 03:38:52 PM »
I think it will be a very active and fun scenario.

Lot's of fighter combat around tactical bombing and fighter-bombing.

Here's what it's looking like so far (though not finalized yet), boxes being targets, ovals being take-off bases:

Frames 1 and 2:


Frames 3 and 4:
« Last Edit: July 23, 2022, 03:40:43 PM by Brooke »

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Re: Announcing October 2022 Scenario: Operation Husky
« Reply #8 on: July 23, 2022, 04:04:55 PM »
sounds great

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Re: Announcing October 2022 Scenario: Operation Husky
« Reply #9 on: July 23, 2022, 06:36:58 PM »
Looking forward to this one. June FSO had a similar planeset, Spit IX, Spit VIII, P-47D-11, P-47D-25 vs 190A-5, 190F-8, 109G-6. I felt it was a really even match up. Each side won a frame and the deciding 3rd frame was only a 3 point difference. There were some really good fights too.

Any word on what time the frames will be running?
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Re: Announcing October 2022 Scenario: Operation Husky
« Reply #10 on: July 23, 2022, 10:08:20 PM »
We're going for 3 pm Eastern as Show-Up Time.

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Re: Announcing October 2022 Scenario: Operation Husky
« Reply #11 on: July 23, 2022, 10:11:04 PM »
We're going for 3 pm Eastern as Show-Up Time.
That may be an issue for me. I got promoted to cashier and run 3-11s so I may miss them depending on my work schedule. As they say you have to make money to play.
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Re: Announcing October 2022 Scenario: Operation Husky
« Reply #12 on: July 24, 2022, 06:57:36 PM »
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We're going for 3 pm Eastern as Show-Up Time.

Make it 5 pm and I might get keen.

Either way, it has to be a bit more playable than last time it was run. 
Allies had to take 22 bases on Sicily and had fly troops in from Africa or land them in lvts and any death meant loss of one of your 3 rides.  Volunteers not so easy to get in that one. Oh and AXIS had panzers.
I get really really tired of selective realism disguised as a desire to make bombers easier to kill.

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Re: Announcing October 2022 Scenario: Operation Husky
« Reply #13 on: July 25, 2022, 12:23:47 AM »
Totally different design.
https://ahevents.net/index.php/events/scenarios/current-or-next-scenario

I'm very much looking forward to this one.

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Re: Announcing October 2022 Scenario: Operation Husky
« Reply #14 on: July 26, 2022, 08:53:09 AM »
Make it 5 pm and I might get keen.

Either way, it has to be a bit more playable than last time it was run. 
Allies had to take 22 bases on Sicily and had fly troops in from Africa or land them in lvts and any death meant loss of one of your 3 rides.  Volunteers not so easy to get in that one. Oh and AXIS had panzers.

I sat that one out because it looked awful all those years ago. This one is completely different and only really borrows some of the planeset and the area of operations.
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