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Battle for Salerno 1943

Details
Written by: Larry G
Category: Mediterranean Theatre
Hits: 20
 
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As the North African campaign struggled through the winter of 42'-'43, more planning was conducted for the next step.  At the Casablanca conference in January 1943, Churchill and Roosevelt, with their military staffs, met again to discuss the subsequent operations following victory in Tunisia.  Again, U.S. military leaders pressed Roosevelt to turn all attention towards France, and again, Roosevelt agreed with Churchill's Mediterranean strategy.  The plan that was adopted included an invasion of Sicily, followed closely by a direct invasion of Italy itself.  Sicily was captured in August 1943 and the stage was set for the invasion of the Italian peninsula.
The plan called for a series of three landings: Operations Baytown, Slapstick, and Avalanche.  Baytown would see portions of Montgomeries 8th Army landing in Calabria, directly across from Sicily.  The remainder of 8th Army, mostly British Paratroopers, would land by ship at the port of Taranto during Operation Slapstick.  Finally Avalanche, a few days after Slapstick, would see the main Allied landing force attack just south of Naples, along a small coastal plain in Salerno.  Montgomery's army, moving north from both the "toe" and "heel" of the "Boot", would link up with the main force along the Salerno beachhead.  The combined forces would then move North to take Naples, and then, ultimately, Rome.  After Italy surrendered, Baytown and Slapstick were basically unopposed by the Germans, as General Kesselring withdrew his forces north.  On September 9th, 1943, Allied forces went ashore at Salerno, and immediately found themselves literally fighting for the beachhead. After just over a week of extremely hard fighting, the Germans began withdrawing north again.  The Allied forces reconstituted, linked up with Montgomery, and began working their way north, capturing Naples on 1 October.  As the Allies reached the Volturno River, north of Naples, they slammed directly into the first of Kesselring's famous Italian defensive positions, the Volturno Line.  From fall of 1943 until the summer of 1944, the Allies would face a series of stubborn defensive lines, and ultimately, stalemate.

USAAF/RAF Knights 
P-39D 
P-38G 
P40F   
B-17   
B-26
Spit IX    42 Max Entire Month

Luftwaffe/Italian Bishops   
C205     
Bf-109G2   
Bf-109G6   
Bf-110G     
Fw-190A5  42 Max  Entire Month
Ju 88         

Special Rules and Ordinance Restrictions
All aircraft must be used by a minimum of 12 *players*.
* The B-17's and B-26's are limited to 25k max alt.
* Formations are available for all bombers.
* Bombs are disabled for all Allied fighters.
*Rockets will be Disabled on the BF110
*Planes Listed as Limited for the months will be Lost if Crashed,Killed or ditched
*Fighters Limited to 30k ALT MAX
*Wind Extreme Downdraft  to Keep Fighters blow Alt CAP

* ALL AIRCRAFT ARE TO BE LANDED AND THE PLAYERS TOWERED OUT BY FRAME END OR WILL BE CONSIDERED SHOT DOWN AND THE CREWS KIA.
 

Scoring

Aircraft Pts
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Bomber = 10 pts
Fighter = 5 pts
Landing ships= 30pts

Landing Bonus = 5 pts
 
Target Pts
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Gun = 1pts
Hangar = 25 pts
All Other = 3 pts


Arena Settings:

   --Italy Map
   --Fuel Burn 1.0
   --Icons Short
   --.4 Ack
   --Fighter and Bomber Warning Range 48,000 (8 miles)
   --Tower Range 48,000 (8 miles, To Match Warning Range)
   --Haze/Fog Visibility 10 Miles
   --Wind speed Extreme Down draft at 30k   
   --Radar Off
   --Enemy Collisions On
   --Friendly Collisions Off
   --Killshooter Off
   -- Bomber Calibration Auto
   --Frame 1   05:15hrs
      Frame 2  05:30hrs
      Frame 3  11:30 hrs
 
 
design by Molsman 2015
 

Merlins to Malta

Details
Written by: Will Hyman
Category: Mediterranean Theatre
Hits: 18
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Image by Nefarious
 
At the end of 1940 the RAF forces at the besieged island of Malta were breathing a sigh of relief. The Italian Regia Aeronautica had begun their attack on Malta in June of 1940 and it continued nearly daily until the Italian army's Invasion of Egypt floundered that September. With the Italians stretched thin the Eastern Desert, the British began offensive operations which culminated in a successful surprise attack on the Italian fleet at Taranto.
 
The respite was brief for the defenders of Malta. The failure of the Italians in Egypt and Malta forced the Germans to bring in reinforcements along the lines of Fleigerkorps X. One of their main goals was find and sink the HMS Illustrious which had been a major factor in that surprise attack that claimed an Italian Battleship and damaged two others at Taranto. Stukas based in Sicily found Illustrious on January 10 1941 and managed to deliver 6 hits into her but failed to sink her. Illustrious limped to Malta, well within reach of the Luftwaffe bombers. Despite constant attack from the air and several near misses, Illustrious escaped Grand Harbor for Egypt on January 23.
 
The Luftwaffe picked up the strikes on Malta where the Regia Aeronautica had stopped and began attacking the RAF airfields and the civilian population. In four months the Luftwaffe dropped more bombs on Malta than the Italians had since June of 1940. But the Luftwaffe would be pulled out of Sicily and into the Balkans and Greece and later into the Invasion of the Soviet Union.
 
Since August of 1940 the British Royal Navy had been ferrying Hurricanes into Malta to keep the islands defenses reinforced and in mid-1941, the first cannon armed Hurricane II’s began to arrive. At the end of 1941 the Luftwaffe returned and renewed its offensive on Malta. This came with several U-boat victories including the sinking of the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal and the battleship HMS Barnham. The Hurricanes could not compete against the much faster 109F and C.202. What the island needed was Spitfires.
 
Finally in March of 1942 the first Spitfires would arrive to Malta but those would quickly be destroyed in combat. On April 20, Operation Calendar would see 48 Spitfires launch from USS Wasp, but the Luftwaffe had anticipated their arrival and with 48 hours all of Calendars Spitfires were destroyed. With the fate of the island hanging in the balance the losses from Calendar made the next operation codenamed Bowery even more critical. On May 9 1942, 64 Spitfires launched from the USS Wasp and HMS Eagle in the largest Spitfire "Club Run" of the siege. HMS Eagle would launch another 76 Spitfires from May 18 to June 9 in three separate operations.
 
The siege would last until late into 1942 and the HMS Eagle, which carried so many of those Merlins to Malta would be sunk in August during Operation Pedestal. In October a renewed offensive was launched against Malta but it was met with stiff resistance and the offensive was cancelled after heavy losses. The Germans were facing defeat after defeat in North Africa and now were faced with another crisis on the Eastern Front.
 
There was no doubt the Spitfire changed the course of the siege of Malta. In this FSO we set the stage for the Club Runs to Malta to resupply the besieged island with Spitfires in 1942.
 
 
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SCORING: All aircraft 3 points.
  
- Bf 109F-4 and Spitfire Mk V have max 48 in Frame 1.
- Spitfire Mk Vs and Bf 109F-4s will be replenished with 48 aircraft every frame.
- Landed or Unused Spitfire Mk Vs and Bf 109F-4s will carry over to the next frame.
- All Spitfire Reinforcements must launch from designated CV's.
- Spitfire Mk Vs must land at Malta to be carried over to the following frame.
- Only aircraft with minimums must be flown.
- Requirements Indicate # of Pilots.
 - Formations are enabled but not required. 
- Certain Aircraft will only be active from certain fields. Please refer to the Objectives and Orders.
 
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- Objects (Guns, Radar) destroyed at Ships will score points.
- Ships sunk with torpedo double point total.
 
ACE MISSIONS: 
 
Each side will have one mandatory Ace mission per frame. These frames will represent notable pilots of the time and theater. One pilot from each side will designated an "Ace" Pilot. They must fly the Aces listed aircraft. The Aces must be relayed to the Admin CM before launch. They will be scored as follows.
 
Ace Pilot = 20 Points 
Ace Pilot Kills = 5 Points  
 
So for example if an Ace Pilot is shot down they are worth 20 points to the other side. Likewise, every victory an Ace Pilot lands they will be rewarded 5 points.
 
ALLIED ACES 
 
FRAME 1 - Spitfire Mk V - George Beurling - Beurling, a Canadian joined the RAF in 1940 and saw some service and his first kill on the Channel front in 1941. He then volunteered for service outside of Britain and was sent to Malta. Beurling arrived at Malta on June 9 1942 from the HMS Eagle during Operation Salient and would go onto shoot down 27 aircraft there, the most successful Allied pilot at Malta. He would end the war with 31 kills, but was killed ferrying aircraft to Israel in 1948.
  
FRAME 2 - Hurricane Mk II - Oliver Sonny Omrod - Omrod arrived in Malta in November of 1941 from HMS Argus. He claimed his first shared kill against a Ju 88 on February 12 1942 and another “solo” kill on February 25. Omrod would become an Ace shooting down a Bf 110 that was attacking Takali in early March. On the 22 of April Omrod was killed after he bailed from his Hurricane after attacking a Ju 88. He was the last Hurricane ace to be killed over Malta. His final score stood at 6 kills.
 
FRAME 3 - Spitfire Mk V - Ioannis Agorastos "Johnny" Plagis - Plagis was the son of Greek Immigrants, born in Southern Rhodesia. He served in England for a half a year before being sent to Malta on HMS Eagle in March of 1942 during operation Spotter. Plagis shot down his first enemy aircraft on March 25 1942 and 4 more on April 1 becoming the first Malta Spitfire Ace. Scoring 11 victories over Malta he claimed 3 more in Western Europe to bring his total to 15. Plagis reportedly took his own life in 1974. 
 
AXIS ACES 
 
FRAME 1 - Bf 109F-4 - Gerhard Michalski - Michalskis first victory was a French fighter on March 31st 1940. He would score 8 victories in the Battle of Britain before the Invasion of Russia where he brought his total number of kills to 22. Michalski would move to Sicily where he would become the most successful Luftwaffe pilot over Malta adding 26 victories to his total. Michalski also saw action over Austria. Michalski would survive the war with 73 victories. He was killed in a car crash in 1946. 
 
FRAME 2 - C.202 - Furio Niclot Doglio - Niclot was already a well accomplished test pilot before Italy declared war. Capitano Niclot saw service in Belgium and the Channel front but never really had a chance to engage the enemy and his unit was shipped to North Africa in early 1941. Niclot would claim one enemy Hurricane here before returning to Italy. He would claim Spitfires 6 over Malta before being shot down by ace George Beurling. Niclot would claim 7 victories before his death July 27th 1942. 
 
FRAME 3 - Bf 109F-4 - Seigfried Freytag - Freytag began his aerial scoring on October 31 1940, shooting down a Coastal Command Lockheed Hudson. By June of 1942 Freytag had 57 kills and the Knights Cross. Freytag claimed 21 victories over Malta bringing his total to 78 total kills. Freytag would see action on every German front in WW2. Freytag would survive the war with 102 aerial victories. He also served in the French Foreign Legion. He passed away in 2003.
 
 
SUGGESTED OR HISTORICAL AIRCRAFT SKINS - This is a list of suggested or historical skins, while some might not be historical to the time or theater, they were also considered to be the most appropriate.
 
HURRICANE II -
73 Squadron by Greebo
135 Squadron by Greebo
 
SPITFIRE MK V -
185 Squadron by BH3841
249 Squadron by Croduh
603 Squadron by Kev367th
 
F4F-4 -
VMF-211 by Greebo
VF-41 by Greebo
 
SEA HURRICANE -
Default
 
SEAFIRE -
807 Squadron FAA by Greebo (default)
809 Squadron FAA by Kev367th
880 Squadron FAA by Kev367th
 
BF 109F-4 -
2./Jg 77 by Devil 505
7./Jg 53 by Devil 505
6./Jg 53 by Devil 505
 
C.202 -
All Skins available
 
JU87 -
207S/RA by Greebo
3./St.G. 3 by Greebo
6./St.G. 2 by Greebo
 
JU88 -
2/LG1 by Greebo
3/KG54 by Greebo
 
 
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SETTINGS:


- Italy Terrain

- Icon Range - Friendly 3k, Enemy 3k.
- No Radar
- Fighter and Bomber Warning Range - 63360 (12 miles)
- Tower Range - 63,360 (for display to match the above Fighter and Bomber Warning)
- External view for bombers (F3) - On
- Friendly Collisions - Off
- Enemy Collisions - On
- Kill Shooter - Off
- Fuel - 1.0
- Ack - 0.3
- Formations - Enabled 
- Bombsite calibration - Main Arena Standard 
- Stall Limiter - Enabled 
- Visibility - 17 miles
- Object Downtime - full (200)
- Winds - None
- Game Clock:

Frame 1: 08:00
Frame 2: 12:00
Frame 3: 16:00

 
Design by Will "Nefarious" Hyman

Tunisia - December 1942

Details
Written by: Spikes
Category: Mediterranean Theatre
Hits: 18
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Tunisia – December 1942
 
In the East, Montgomery’s 8th Army pushed through Libya until brought to a halt by Rommel at the "Mareth Line." As often happened to both sides in North Africa, the 8th Army was at the end a long supply chain, and this stalled its advance.
 
In the West, the Allied 1st Army had landed in Morocco and Algeria and had rolled through both countries, facing only light Vichy and German resistance.
 
But Hitler, recalling his own experience in WWI, threatened to turn Tunisia into the Verdun of the Mediterranean.  During the last two months of 1942 the Axis landed nearly a quarter-million additional troops in Tunisia.  Over 400 combat aircraft support those troops. 
 
At the same time, the Allies built up their forces on both sides of the Axis redoubt.  Troops with aerial support were moved forward from Algeria into Tunisia.  The 8th Army was able to rest and refit its air units in western Libya.
 
Reinforcements have arrived.  The stalemate is about to end.
 
Version 1.02 - 02-Feb-2014
 
SIDE BALANCE:
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Axis:            50%
Allies:          50%

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AIRCRAFT
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U.S. (Allied) -------------------------------------

A-20G ...........................  min 10 - max 20
B-25C ...........................  min 10 - max 20

P-38G ...........................  min 10 - max 20
P-39D ...........................  min 10 - no max
P-40F ...........................  min 10 - no max

BRITISH (Allied) ---------------------------------

Boston Mk.III ................  min 10 - max 20
B-25C ...........................  min 10 - max 20

Spitfire Mk.V .................  min 10 - max 20
Hurricane Mk.IIC ...........  min 10 - max 20
P-40E ...........................  min 10 - no max

GERMAN (Axis) ----------------------------------

JU-87D-3 "Stuka" .........  min 10 - max 20
JU-88A-4 ......................  min 10 - max 20
HE-111H .......................  min 10 - max 20

Bf-109G-2 ....................  min 10 - max 20
FW-190A-5 ...................  min 10 - max 20
Bf-109F-4 .....................  min 10 - no max

ITALIAN (Axis) ----------------------------------

C.202 ...........................  min 10 – max 20

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SPECIAL RULES
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1.) This is a one-life event.
2.) Bomber formations are NOT enabled.
3.) Bombsight calibration is AUTOMATIC (MA standard).
4.) Bombers (A-20, B-25, Boston, JU-87, JU-88, HE-111) may never fly at an altitude over 25,000 feet.
5.) Planes may strafe ground targets, but will only score points for strafing down guns.
6.) Any plane may attack any ground target with bombs, and will score full points for target destruction.
7.) All planes in flight at T+120 will be counted as lost to enemy action.

SCORING
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Ground Target Points
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Vehicle Hangar ..........................................  25 points
Fighter Hangar ..........................................  25 points
Bomber Hangar ..........................................  25 points
Ammo Bunker ............................................  3 points
Fuel Dump .................................................  3 points
Barracks ....................................................  3 points
Radar ........................................................  3 points
Gun ...........................................................  1 point

NO POINTS are awarded for:
  1.) civilian buildings in towns and cities
  2.) structures at bases which are not assigned as targets

Aircraft Points
---------------

Single engine fighter plane ........................  2 points
Ju-87, P-38 ...............................................  4 points
A-20, Boston, B-25, JU-88, HE-111 ...........  10 points

Friendly Fire Penalty
----------------------
Shooting down a fellow countryman incurs a penalty equal to double the normal aircraft value.

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ARENA SETTINGS
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Terrain Map: "Tunisia"
Fuel Burn: 1.33 (AH to RL map scale is 1:1.33)
Icon Ranges:  9,000 feet (3.0K yards)
Auto-Ack Strenth: 0.4
Fighter and Bomber Warning Range: 79,200 feet (15 miles)
Tower Range: set to 79,200 feet (for display to match the above setting)
Haze/Fog Visability: 15 miles
Radar: OFF
Enemy Collisions: ON
Friendly Collisions: OFF
Killshooter: OFF
Formations: OFF
Bomber Calibration: AUTOMATIC
Stall Limiter: OFF

Game Clock
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Frame 1 ..............  09:00 ................  9:00 AM (morning)
Frame 2 ..............  12:00 ................  12:00 PM (noon)
Frame 3 ..............  15:00 ................  3:00 PM (afternoon)

Wind
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00 - 02K .............  NO WIND ...........  speed zero
02 - 10K .............  SW -> NE ...........  speed 10
10 - 20K .............  SW -> NE ...........  speed 20
20 - 30K .............  SW -> NE ...........  speed 30
30+ ....................  SW -> NE ...........  speed 40

 

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Bases in Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica, Italy, and France do not figure in this FSO, and may be set to neutral (CM) for all frames.

No sea-going fleets are used in this FSO.

US bases -------------------------------------------------------------
North-West part of the map

A14
A15
A16
A17
A18

P19
P55

V58
V73
V74
V75
V76
V77
V78
V79
V80
V81
V82
V84
V85

German / Italian bases ---------------------------------------------------
Center of the map

A1
A5
A6
A7
A8
A9    INACTIVE  (no planes may base here, but planes may rearm)
A10  INACTIVE                                    “
A11  INACTIVE                                    “
A12
A13
A65
A66
A67
A68
A69
A70
A71
A72  INACTIVE  (no planes may base here, but planes may rearm)

P4

V45
V86
V87
V88
V89
V90
V91
V92
V93
V94
V95
V96
V97
V98
V99
V100
V101
V102
V103
V104
V105
V106
V107
V108
V109

British bases -----------------------------------------------------
South-East part of the map

A2
A21
A22

P20

V23
V25
V110
V111
V112
V113
V114
V115
V116
V117
V118
V119
V120
V121

NOTES:

·Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â The P-40E is a stand-in for the RAF’s Kittyhawk Mk.I
 ·Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â The FW-190A-5 is a stand-in for earlier variants
 ·Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Original design in October 2008 by GhostDancer, adapted January 2014 by Bino


Breaking the Gustav Line - Shingle to Diadem

Details
Written by: Spikes
Category: Mediterranean Theatre
Hits: 17
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The situation in Italy after Christmas of 1943 was one of frustration and deadlock. On the West coast of Italy the US 5th Army was in a deadly slog attacking through the Bernhardt line positions. On the Adriatic coast the British 8th Army had just fought a bloody street fight for the small town of Ortona. Both Allied Armies were now facing another enemy now in the form of snow and rain which were making muddy mountain roads impassable.

By January 15th, after heavy casualties over the last six weeks of fighting, the US 5th Army had reached the Gustav line and were now facing the formidable defenses of Monte Cassino. The town of Cassino and its monastery formed natural defensive positions at a key area in the Gustav line and could not be avoided. The attacks on the Western side of the Gustav line and Cassino started on January 17th. The first few days saw heavy fighting in all areas of the US 5th Armies advance.

On January 22nd US VI Corps landed at Anzio and secured a beach head, but under the command of Major General John Lucas they failed to attempt an immediate strike out of the landing area and became surrounded. By the time Lucas attempted an offensive operation on January 30th, his forces met heavy resistance. February saw the Germans launch a massive counterattack and the situation in the encircled beach head was becoming very serious. The Allies held the beach head and on February 22nd Major General Lucas was replaced by General Lucian Truscott.

While the situation at Anzio was becoming critical and the weather worsened, the Allies at Monte Cassino prepared for more attacks on the town and the monastery which was destroyed by air attack on February 15th. The fighting for the monastery would last three more months until it was captured by Polish troops on May 18th after the launch of Operation Diadem. Five days later the US VI Corps broke out of the Anzio beach head and was poised to cut-off the retreating German forces from Cassino but instead was diverted for Rome. Rome would fall to Allied forces on June 4th, two days before the Allied Invasion of Normandy.

The role of Allied air power was instrumental in the Allied victory at Cassino and Anzio. Operation Strangle, the interdiction of German troops and supplies like fuel, ammunition, and food began in March 1943 and severely affected the German logistics of supplying their defenses. During the Cassino and Anzio operations the Mediterranean Allied Air Forces provided vital air support missions that turned the tide of many of the critical ground battles. This FSO depicts the air battles in central Italy, early 1944.
 
SHINGLESET2 
 
 
- Fighter ALT CAP - 24K
- Bomber ALT CAP - 18K
- Flight re-opens at T+60 for unlimited lives.
- Only aircraft with minimums must be flown.
- Requirements Indicate # of Pilots.
- Formations are enabled but not required.
- Certain Aircraft will only be active from certain fields. Please refer to the Objectives and Orders.
- Pilots may refuel and rearm at ANY FRIENDLY FIELD.
- All Aircraft must land successfully at ANY FRIENDLY FIELD before T+120 or you will be counted as lost.

 
AIRCRAFT SCORING:
 
SHINGLESCORE1

OBJECT SCORING:
 
OBJECTS14
 
SHIP SCORING:
 
SHIPSCORES3
 
ACE MISSIONS:
Each side will have one mandatory Ace mission per frame. These frames will represent notable pilots of the time and theater. One pilot from each side will designated an "Ace" Pilot. They must fly the Aces listed aircraft. They will be scored as follows.

Ace Pilot = 20 Points
Ace Pilot Kills = 5 Points

So for example if an Ace Pilot is shot down they are worth 20 points to the other side. Like wise, every victory an Ace Pilot lands they will be rewarded 5 points.
 
Allied Aces 

Frame 1 (SPIT VIII) Lt. Col Charles "Sandy" McCorkle took part in the Aleutians campaign before taking command of the 31st FG in Sicily flying Spitfires. He would take part in the Salerno and Anzio landings. Shooting down 5 enemy aircraft in Spitfire, he was one of the few American Spitfire Aces. He would go onto shoot down 6 more when the 31st transitioned to P-51s in April of 1944. McCorkle passed away in 2009.

Frame 2  - (SPIT Mk IX) Brian Kingcome - Wing Commander Kingcome joined the RAF in 1936 and fought in the Battle of France and Britain. In 1942 he took part in the mission to sink the Axis Cruisers attempting to escape through the English Channel to Germany. In 1943 Kingcome was sent to North Africa to lead 244 Wing. By the end of his stay with the wing, he had brought his total personal tally to 8 destroyed, three shared, five probable and 13 damaged enemy aircraft. Kingcome passed away in 1994 at 76.

Frame 3 (SPIT VIII) Squadron Leader Albert "Bert" Houle flew with the RAF in 213 squadron flying Hurricanes in North Africa. He would start to accumulate victories when he was transferred to 417 Squadron RCAF. On February 29th, 1944 near Anzio, Houle would shoot down two Fw 190s to bring his total to 13 confirmed kills. This was to be Houles last combat mission as he was wounded in the neck. Houle passed away in Canada in 2008.

Axis Aces

Frame 1 - (BF109G-6) Hauptmann Herbert "Puschi" Puschmann flew with JG51 in Russia scoring his first kills during Barbarossa. He would claim 37 victories from July 1941 to August 1942. He would be then be transferred to North Africa and later Italy where he claim 20 more enemy destroyed. Puschmann was killed February 3rd 1944 while engaging B-25 bombers in the Rome area. He was posthumously awarded the Knight's Cross.

Frame 2 (C.205) Major Adriano Visconti started out in the Regia Aeronautica but after the Italian surrender joined the Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana. He was given command of the 1st squadron of the 1st Gruppo Caccia. Visconti got his first kill with the ANR on January 3rd, 1944. He flew the C.205 and Bf109 until the ANR disbanded in 1945. Visconti was killed by communist partisans after surrendering on April 29th 1945.

Frame 3 (Fw 190A-5) Hauptmann Siegfried Wumm Lemke was a veteran of the Channel Front, where he shot down his first enemy aircraft, a Spitfire in 1943. In late January 1944 he was transferred to Southern France. In February he was transferred to Italy to counter the Anzio landings. He would shoot down 16 aircraft in March of 1944. Lemke would go onto claim 70 victories. He survived the war and passed away in 1995.
 
SHINGLEMAPWEB
 
- Italy terrain
- Icon Range Friendly 3k, Enemy 3k.
- No Radar
- Fighter and Bomber Warning Range - 63360 (12 miles)
- Tower Range 63360 (for display to match the above Fighter and Bomber Warning)
- External view for bombers (F3) - On
- Friendly Collisions - Off
- Enemy Collisions - On
- Kill Shooter - Off
- Fuel - 1.0
- Ack - 0.3
- Formations - Enabled
- Bombsite calibration - Main Arena Standard
- Visibility - 17 miles
- Object Downtime - full (200)
- Winds - None
- Game Clock:
 
Frame 1: 09:00 
Frame 2: 12:00 
Frame 3: 15:00 

Designed by Nefarious 2013

OUT OF THE SUN: Egypt 1942

Details
Written by: Spikes
Category: Mediterranean Theatre
Hits: 20

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                                                 OUT OF THE SUN: Egypt 1942
 
On 1st of July 1942 General Erwin Rommel's Deutschland Arfrika Korp(DAK) launched a major offensive in Egypt. The aim was to drive theBritish 8th Army back and to capture the port city of Alexandria,Cairo and the strategically important Suez Canal. Over the next monththe DAK and the British 8th Army would clash in what would be knownas the First Battle Of El Alemain. After heavy fighting The battleended in another stalemate. Panzer Armee Afrika was exhausted and theBritish 8th Army positioned itself in a defensive posture. Both sidesbided their time.

Rommel again attacked in August towards the Alam al-Halfa ridge but akey supply convoy had been compromised by an Ultra intelligenceintercept and coupled with the depleted strength of the DAK nofurther advances were possible. Rommel's forces had reached the endof their tether in Egypt and were oblidged to withdraw to their startlines. This represented the last real opportunity for the Axis toreach the Suez.  

As with other key battles in the Mediterranean campaign the Luftwaffeand the Desert Air Force were heavily committed to aiding their respective armies. Known as "The Blue" by DAF pilots the North Africatheater in many respects mirrored the type of air fighting found inthe First World War. Fighter and bomber units were highly mobile withpersonnel living in tents under primitive conditions. Both sidesfought each other over a "no mans land" of unforgiving terrain withthe lines changing as the ground war unfolded.

This FSO recreates the fighting between the Axis air forces and the Desert Air Force in the July-August 1942 battles for Egypt.

Country Percentages:

Axis 50%
Allied 50%

Field Assignments:
Axis Bishop
Allied Knight
CM Rook

OOB:

Axis (Luftwaffe/Regia Aeronautica):

Bf 109F-4
C. 202 (min 24)
Bf 110C-4b
Ju 87D-3
Ju 88A-4

Allied (Desert Air Force):

P-40E
P-40C
Spitfire V (max 24)
Hurricane II (min 24)
Boston III

Special Rules and Ordnance Restrictions:

* All aircraft must be used by a minimum of 12 *players*.
* Formations are enabled for all bombers.
ALL AIRCRAFT ARE TO BE LANDED AND THE PLAYERS TOWERED OUT BY FRAME

END OR WILL BE CONSIDERED SHOT DOWN AND THE CREWS KIA.

Scoring:

Aircraft Pts
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Bomber = 10 pts
Fighter = 5 pts
Landing Bonus = 2 pts
Pilot Survival Bonus = 1 pt
Target Pts
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Gun = 0.5 pts
Hangar = 25 pts
Destroyer = 50 pts
Crusier = 100 pts
All Other = 3 pts

Arena Settings:
- Tunisia terrain
- Fuel burn 1.0
- Icons friendly 3k/enemy 3k
- 0.5 Ack
- Fighter and Bomber warning range 42,000 (about 8 miles)
- Tower range set to 42,000 (for display only to match the above

setting)
- Haze/fog full visibility (17 miles)
- Radar off
- Enemy collisions on
- Friendly collisions off
- Killshooter off
- Time: 15:00 ( 3PM ) Game Clock
- Formations: On
- Bomber calibration: Automatic (MA Standard)
- Wind: 0-2K NONE
             2K-18K NE TO SW - Speed 5
            18K-24K E TO W - Speed 10
             24K+ E TO W - Speed 15
         
Designer's Notes:

Design by Warloc

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  1. Adler Krieg-1943
  2. BAYTOWN
  3. Adventure in the Dodecenes
  4. Sicilian Stranglehold

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