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- Written by: Spikes
- Category: Pacific Theatre
- Hits: 17
                                                           
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The handful of American mercenaries who scorched earth and sky in defense of China were officially known as the American Volunteer Group (AVG), but, of course, are best remembered as the 'Flying Tigers'-the English translation of Fei Hou. The nickname was bestowed by the grateful Chinese after the American pilots attacked a large number of Japanese fighters over Kunming on December 20, 1941. In just seven months of intense aerial combat, the AVG earned a lasting niche in aviation history, reportedly destroying nearly 300 Japanese aircraft for the loss of only 69 planes.
Equally famous is their brilliant and controversial commander, Claire L. Chennault, whose genius for leadership in the face of overwhelming odds made him a hero in the United States as well as in China. Chennault was a unique individual who could inspire great accomplishments from all those who served under him. In creating his legendary group of airmen-composed of former U.S. Navy, Marine and Army Air Corps pilots who quietly entered China posing as artists and missionaries-Chennault established his own version of an ideal mercenary band. To him it was clear that paid soldiers could play a vital role in aerial combat, and in his attempts to sell his sometimes radical ideas to military officials he frequently quoted lines from 'Epitaph on an Army of Mercenaries,' his favorite A.E. Houseman poem:
These, in the day when heaven was falling, The hour when earth's foundations fled,
Followed their mercenary calling,
Took their wages and are dead.
Their shoulders held the sky suspended:
They stood and earth's foundations stay.
What God abandoned these defended
And saved the sum of things for pay.
40/60 side split(allies/axis)
Allied: Bishop
B-25C Â 15 min(no straffer)
P-40C
HURRICANE MKII w/8 .303 guns package  MIN 20
HURRICANE MKII w/12 .303 guns package max 20
*P-40’S May carry bombs. Allied bombers will have a 18,000 alt cap.
*Allied fighters will have 23k alt cap. Allied fighters may strafe or otherwise damage/destroy ground targets.
IJAAF/IJNAF: Knight
Equally famous is their brilliant and controversial commander, Claire L. Chennault, whose genius for leadership in the face of overwhelming odds made him a hero in the United States as well as in China. Chennault was a unique individual who could inspire great accomplishments from all those who served under him. In creating his legendary group of airmen-composed of former U.S. Navy, Marine and Army Air Corps pilots who quietly entered China posing as artists and missionaries-Chennault established his own version of an ideal mercenary band. To him it was clear that paid soldiers could play a vital role in aerial combat, and in his attempts to sell his sometimes radical ideas to military officials he frequently quoted lines from 'Epitaph on an Army of Mercenaries,' his favorite A.E. Houseman poem:
These, in the day when heaven was falling, The hour when earth's foundations fled,
Followed their mercenary calling,
Took their wages and are dead.
Their shoulders held the sky suspended:
They stood and earth's foundations stay.
What God abandoned these defended
And saved the sum of things for pay.
40/60 side split(allies/axis)
Allied: Bishop
B-25C Â 15 min(no straffer)
P-40C
HURRICANE MKII w/8 .303 guns package  MIN 20
HURRICANE MKII w/12 .303 guns package max 20
*P-40’S May carry bombs. Allied bombers will have a 18,000 alt cap.
*Allied fighters will have 23k alt cap. Allied fighters may strafe or otherwise damage/destroy ground targets.
IJAAF/IJNAF: Knight
A6M2(SUB FOR Â KI-43)
D3A1(SUB FOR KI-27)MIN 25
G4M1 MODEL11(SUB FOR KI-21) MIN 15(Either of the GP bomb options only)
D3A1(SUB FOR KI-27)MIN 25
G4M1 MODEL11(SUB FOR KI-21) MIN 15(Either of the GP bomb options only)
*A6M2 may carry bombs. IJAAF/IJNAF fighters will have 23,000 alt cap.
*IJNAF/IJAAFÂ bombers will have 18k alt cap. Â IJN/IJAAF fighters may strafe or otherwise damage/destroy ground targets
*IJNAF/IJAAFÂ bombers will have 18k alt cap. Â IJN/IJAAF fighters may strafe or otherwise damage/destroy ground targets
SPECIAL NOTES:
*Both sides must launch from a minimum of 4 separate bases
*Fighters will operate out of v-bases only. This is to simulate the unimproved airfields that were in use in this area. Bombers will use rear airbases only.
*Fighters may carry ordinance. Fighters may hunt/kill enemy aircraft, once released by their bomber groups.
*Fighters may strafe/attack targets of opportunity once released by their bomber groups.
*Fighters may refuel/rearm at any active base.
*Both sides must launch from a minimum of 4 separate bases
*Fighters will operate out of v-bases only. This is to simulate the unimproved airfields that were in use in this area. Bombers will use rear airbases only.
*Fighters may carry ordinance. Fighters may hunt/kill enemy aircraft, once released by their bomber groups.
*Fighters may strafe/attack targets of opportunity once released by their bomber groups.
*Fighters may refuel/rearm at any active base.
*B-25C may use only bombsighted versio.
*G4M1 may use only GP bomb options.
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Initial Bombing attacks must occur NLT-T-60
All fighter aircraft = 10 pts
Bombers = 20 pts  for each destroyed
Vehicle Hangar = 25 pts
Fighter Hangar = 25 pts
Bomber Hangar = 25 pts
All other base structures gun positions and strat building score as 5 pts each
All fighter aircraft = 10 pts
Bombers = 20 pts  for each destroyed
Vehicle Hangar = 25 pts
Fighter Hangar = 25 pts
Bomber Hangar = 25 pts
All other base structures gun positions and strat building score as 5 pts each
**Special note:All ground structures score the same, regardless of how they were destroyed.
**Special note on altitude limitations.If an infraction of altitude ceilings is witnessed, please contact myself or another CM with a film clip showing only the infractions. Please also understand a few hundred feet is not necessarily a deliberate infraction, so please just focus on having fun.
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Safe landing bonus 5 points per pilot.
*Any aircraft airborne at T-120 Â will score as a loss, and its points awarded to the other side as a kill.*
Arena Settings:
- Rangoon Terrain
- Fuel burn 1.0
- Icons (3k)
- 0.3 Ack
- Fighter and Bomber warning range 105,600 (20 miles)
- Tower range set to 105,600
- Haze/fog /full visibility (17 Miles) with scattered clouds
- Radar ALLIED Only, 3 minute delay. AC will be off radar below 200'.
- Enemy Collisions On - Friendly Collisions OFF
- Killshooter off - Time: 10:00 AM
--All Bombers 18K Max Altitude
--All Fighters 23KÂ Max Altitude
- Bomber Calibration: Manual
- Winds: Down Draft at 24K
--Winds: 0 to 2k no wind. 10kts from the west 2k up to 18k alt. 15kts 18k up to 25k
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- Written by: Spikes
- Category: Pacific Theatre
- Hits: 17
DRAGONSLAYERS: Superfortresses over Japan 1945
The B-29 was the ultimate piston-engined bomber of Word War Two. It was also the most costly weapons program undertaken by the USA at that time costing even more than the Manhatten Project did to create the first atomic bomb. Initially based in India in the summer of 1944, by 1945 the B-29 units were based in the Mariana Islands chain where they could be sortied and supplied more efficiantly. Flying from Guam, Tinian and Saipan the 20th Air Force B-29s had several challenges to overcome during the campaign against the Japanese Home Islands. The high winds of the Pacific Jetstream were little understood prior to 1945 and early raids were severely hampered by the effects on high altitude bombing. The missions themselves were also of a very long duration, some 14 hours round trip from the Marianas. Initial B-29 operations were also flown without fighter escort as no land bases were close enough to Japan to fly escorts from.
Maj General Curtis E. LeMay took command of XXI Bomber Command in January of 1945. After examining the problems that plagued earlier missions LeMay sent the B-29 force over Japan at low altitude for the first time in March of 1945. In conjunction with using incindiery firebomb loads these changes paved the way for US bombing strategy against Japan for the remainder of the war. By the Spring of 1945 after the invasions of Okinawa and Iwo Jima USAAF fighter units were able to provide escort to the B-29s. In addition to the increasingly formidable USAAF bomber raids the Allied carrier task forces sortied ever larger numbers of fighters over Japan by the summer of 1945, further straining the defenders.
Japans fighter defences were hampered by the short range of the home defence radars and the vulnerability of their picket ships. As a result Japanese fighters usually had no more than an hours warning to scramble to meet incoming B-29 raids. Cooperation between the IJN and IJAAF was also poor. Aircraft serviceability and quality pilot replacements were also an ongoing problem. Even with such excellent fighters as the Ki-84 and N1K2 the Japanese were never equipped with an interceptor that could entirely meet the needs posed by the Superfortress formations. Despite these obstacles the IJN and IJAAF interceptor pilots battled on as best they could engaging the huge Boeings as they streamed in over their homeland. Tackling a B-29 raid remained the most difficult and dangerous assignment the surviving fighter pilots faced.
By wars end the B-29 had played as great a part as any weapon in ending the conflict with the Japanese. The final contribution of the B-29 would be the atomic bombing missions undertaken against Hiroshima and Nagasaki which ultimately led to Imperial Japans capitulation in August of 1945.
This FSO recreates the B-29 offensive against Japan in the summer of 1945 as the Second World War enters its final stage.
Country Percentages:
Axis 50%
Allied 50%
Allied 50%
Field Assignments:
Axis Bishop
Allied Knight
CM Rook
OOB:
Axis (IJN/IJAAF):
Allied Knight
CM Rook
OOB:
Axis (IJN/IJAAF):
Ki-84 (max 36)
N1K2 (max 36)
Ki-61
N1K2 (max 36)
Ki-61
Allied (USAAF/USN/USMC):
P-51D (max 36)
P-47N
F4U-1D
F6F
P-47N
F4U-1D
F6F
B-29 (min 30 - max 40 *players*)
Special Rules and Ordnance Restrictions:
* All aircraft types must be used by a minimum of 12 *players*.
* The Axis have no attack objectives.
* Bombers are limited to 20k max altitude.
* All Allied aircraft will use air starts at A122.
* Allied fighters have all air-ground ordnance and drop tanks disabled.
* The B-29 is limited to the *500 rpg ammo loadout* and *20 x 500 lb bombs* only.
* The P-47N is limited to the 267 rpg loadout options.
* The B-29, P-51, and P-47 units must RTB to a LAND BASE by frame end. They may NOT recover at a Carrier Task Group. F6F and F4U fighters may RTB to a Carrier Task Group.
* The Axis have no attack objectives.
* Bombers are limited to 20k max altitude.
* All Allied aircraft will use air starts at A122.
* Allied fighters have all air-ground ordnance and drop tanks disabled.
* The B-29 is limited to the *500 rpg ammo loadout* and *20 x 500 lb bombs* only.
* The P-47N is limited to the 267 rpg loadout options.
* The B-29, P-51, and P-47 units must RTB to a LAND BASE by frame end. They may NOT recover at a Carrier Task Group. F6F and F4U fighters may RTB to a Carrier Task Group.
* 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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B-29 = 25 pts
Allied Fighter = 5 pts
Axis Fighter = 3 pts
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B-29 = 25 pts
Allied Fighter = 5 pts
Axis Fighter = 3 pts
Landing Bonus = 2 pts
Target Pts
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Gun = 0.5 pts
Hangar = 10 pts
All Other = 2 pts
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Gun = 0.5 pts
Hangar = 10 pts
All Other = 2 pts
Arena Settings:
- Japan 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: Manual
- Wind: 0K-2K NO WIND
2K-10K W TO E - Speed 10
10K-28k W TO E - Speed 15
28K+ SW TO NE Speed 125
- 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: Manual
- Wind: 0K-2K NO WIND
2K-10K W TO E - Speed 10
10K-28k W TO E - Speed 15
28K+ SW TO NE Speed 125
Designer's Notes:
* Allied fighters flying VLR (Very Long Range) missions to Japan in 1945 could not carry bombs. Drop tanks are assumed to have been jettisoned at the start of the frame.
Design by Warloc
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- Written by: Spikes
- Category: Pacific Theatre
- Hits: 19
Southwest Pacific 1943Â Â
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 In 1942 the United States Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy fought four great carrier battles. With both carrier fleets spent and rebuilding the USN and IJN carriers would not face each other again until June of 1944. As 1943 progresses the air battles in the Southwest Pacific consisting of New Guinea and the Solomon Islands are left to the land based air units of both sides to conduct. Land based squadrons of the Japanese Naval Air Force originally performed all of the Empires air operations over New Guinea. Once the Allies started moving up the Solomon Islands chain it became evident the Japanese Naval Air Forces were spread too thin. The Japanese high command sensing the disaster about to befall the Empire starts introducing Japanese Army Air Force Units to the theater in December 1942 with the arrival of the 11th Sentai and their Ki-43 Hayabusas soon to be followed by more Ki-43 units consisting of the 13th 24th and 33rd Sentais .On 3 January 1943, another Japanese Army-Japanese Navy Central Agreement was signed which designated the areas of responsibility of the Army and Navy's air units. The Army air forces were given the mission of supporting the ground forces on New Guinea and providing their air defence, and supporting the transport of supplies to New Guinea. The Navy air forces would be responsible for air operations in the Solomons, and for air operations in New Guinea other than those assigned to the Army.Â
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New aircraft for both sides are beginning to replace the war weary P-39s, P-40s, F4Fs, and A6M2s. In early 1943 the USAAF's P-38 and USMC's F4U-1 are starting to give the Japanese a mere glimpse of the ordeal by air they will be facing the remainder of the war. In an effort to stem the tide of the Allied advance through the Solomons and New Guinea the Imperial Japanese Navy has managed to replace many of their ageing A6M2 Model 21 Zekes with the A6M3 Model 22. The arrival of the IJAAF's 68th and 78th Sentais in the spring of 1943 brings real hope of countering the ever growing Allied aerial might with the new Ki-61.1942 is over and a changing of the guard has taken place. Legendary names like Sakai and Foss will soon be replaced by new warriors with names like Bong, Boyington, Sugita, and Takeuchi who will leave their own mark in the skies over the Southwest Pacific.
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New aircraft for both sides are beginning to replace the war weary P-39s, P-40s, F4Fs, and A6M2s. In early 1943 the USAAF's P-38 and USMC's F4U-1 are starting to give the Japanese a mere glimpse of the ordeal by air they will be facing the remainder of the war. In an effort to stem the tide of the Allied advance through the Solomons and New Guinea the Imperial Japanese Navy has managed to replace many of their ageing A6M2 Model 21 Zekes with the A6M3 Model 22. The arrival of the IJAAF's 68th and 78th Sentais in the spring of 1943 brings real hope of countering the ever growing Allied aerial might with the new Ki-61.1942 is over and a changing of the guard has taken place. Legendary names like Sakai and Foss will soon be replaced by new warriors with names like Bong, Boyington, Sugita, and Takeuchi who will leave their own mark in the skies over the Southwest Pacific.
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Setup
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 B-25C |
 F4U-1 |
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 P-38G |
 SBD |
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 P-39D |
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 Ki-43 |
A6M3 |
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B5N |
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 Ki-61 |
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 Ki-67** Ki-49 Sub |
G4M |
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Map: New Britain
Bases:
IJN: A3 A61 A63 A65 A66 A67 A68 A69 A70 A71 A73 A75 A98 A99 A100 A101 P54
IJAAF: A36 A37 A38 A39 A40 A41 A42 A43 A44 A45 A46 A47 A48 A49 A50 A51 A52 A53 A58 A59 A60 A62 A64
USAAF: A1 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 A9 A12 A16 A32 A33 A34 P10
USMC: A107 A108 A109 A110
RAAF: A17 A18 A24 A26 A27* A28* A29 A30 P19 **Spit MKVs at A27 or A28 Only
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ROOK Bases will be neutral and represent Coast Watchers for both sides.
A13 A14 A15 A35 A100 A101 A102 A103 A104 A105
Allied Pilot Allocation:
RAAF must make up at least 25% of Allied pilots. The USAAF and USMC will be split 50/50 with the remainder of Allied units not assigned as RAAF.
Allied Aircraft Allocation:
USMC: F4U1s are allowed to make up to 40% of USMC Fighter Forces the remainder 60% will be F4Fs.
USAAF: P-38s will make up no more than 50% of USAAF Fighter Forces the remainder will be P-40Es and P-39Ds.
RAAF: No More than 24 Spitfire MKVs may be used and only from A27 and A28. The remainder of RAAF Fighter Forces will fly the P-40E.
Japanese Pilot Allocation:
IJAAF and IJN will split 50/50
Japanese Aircraft Allocation:
Attack Rules:
Each side will be assigned attack targets for each frame. The attacks must be carried out by Bomber/Attack aircraft not fighters.
USAAF Bombers must be evenly split between the A-20 and B-25. The IJAAF can use a max of 24 KI-67s and the IJN a max of 30 G4Ms. TBMs will have rockets disabled for this setup.***
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Scoring:
All fighter aircraft and single engined bombers = 5 pts
All twin engined bombers=15 pts
Vehicle Hangar = 25 pts
Fighter Hangar = 25 pts
Bomber Hangar = 25 pts
All other base structures gun positions and strat buildings 2 pts each
Destroyers= 30 pts
Cruisers= 50 pts
Safe landing bonus 5 points per plane.
Arena Settings:
- New Britain Map
- Fuel burn 1.0
- Icons (3k)
- 0.3 Ack
- Fighter and Bomber warning range 105,600 (20 miles)
- Tower range set to 105,600
- Haze/fog /full visibility (17 Miles)
- No Dot Dar
- Enemy Collisions On - Friendly Collisions Off
- Killshooter off - Time: 11:00 AM
- Bomber Calibration: Manual
- Winds: Calm
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Designer's Notes:Â
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This setup attempts to give players and CICs the feel and the challenges of what was a dynamic campaign during WWII. By giving the five different Air Forces distinct operational areas, missions and aircraft it is also an attempt to give a sense of the abilities and limitations of each seperate service in the Southwest Pacific during 1943. The USAAF and IJAAFs primary responsibility of conducting the airwar in New Guinea is an historical nod to the actual conflict. The basing of RAAF Spit Vs at Goodenough Island A27 and Kiriwina Island A-28 is the historical operating bases of 79 Squadron RAAF the only Spitfire unit to deploy North out of Australia during this period.
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CICs will be required to conduct thier operations according to geographical and service branch limitations faced by the actual commanders in 1943. In the spirit of the setup I ask CICs take special care when assigning large FSO squads to seperate aircraft. Remember each Allied squad in this setup can be USAAF RAAF or USMC as each Axis squad can be IJAAF or IJN. Squadrons can mix plane types of one service as in a USAAF squad mixing P-40s or P-39s or an IJAAF squad mixing Ki-61s or A6M2s acting as Ki-43s. However Navy planes and Army planes cannot be mixed in the same squadron for either side. Just as RAAF fighter squadrons may mix P-40Es and Spit Mk Vs but no other combinations of fighters may be mixed with the Spitfire.Â
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This applies to individual squads only. Naval and Army aircraft operating in different squadrons can attack targets in the same strike. Just as seperate Naval or Army squads can CAP the same bases or areas as long as they operate from their designated service  airfields.
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- Details
- Written by: Spikes
- Category: Pacific Theatre
- Hits: 21
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"Scratch One Flattop!" (version 1.1)
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The Battle of the Coral Sea - May 04-08, 1942
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For nearly half a year after the attack at Pearl Harbor, Japan had enjoyed victories, one after the other: Guam, Wake, Hong Kong, Singapore, and more. To isolate Australia from her American allies, Japanese military planners decided to seize Port Moresby in New Guinea and Tulagi in the Solomon Islands. Two fleet carriers, Shokaku and Zuikaku, plus a light carrier, Shoho, were to provide air cover for the invasion fleets and surface forces.
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US Navy signals intelligence ferreted out the details of this plan. The American carriers Lexington and Yorktown were positioned in the Coral Sea to counter the Japanese.
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For the first time in the history of naval warfare, opposing fleets would fight an entire battle without either side’s ships ever sighting or firing at each other. Carrier-based aircraft would take the fight to the enemy.
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During the first day of the carrier battle, American search planes found the Japanese force guarding the Port Moresby invasion fleet. A large airstrike was launched. After inflicting mortal damage on the Japanese carrier Shoho, Lt. Cmdr. Robert E. Dixon radioed to the Lexington, “Scratch one flattop!”
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AIRCRAFT TYPES AND NUMBERS:
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Axis: 55%
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 A6M2 "Zero" - 60 MAXIMUM
 B5N2 "Kate" - 30 minimum
 D3A1 "Val" - 30 minimum
 G4M1 "Betty" - 4 MAXIMUM
 - All 3 of the carrier-based aircraft types must be used in each frame.
 - Use of land-based planes is optional.
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 F4F-4 "Wildcat" - 60 MAXIMUM
 TBM-3 "Avenger" - 30 minimum
 SBD-5 "Dauntless" - 30 minimum
 B-25C "Mitchell" - 4 MAXIMUM
 - All 3 of the carrier-based aircraft types must be used in each frame.
 - Use of land-based planes is optional.
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RULES:
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 1.) no more than 70 aircraft may be based on an aircraft carrier
 2.) at least 10 aircraft must be assigned to defend each fleet
 3.) all fleets must be attacked within the first 60 minutes of the frame
 4.) all fleets must be assigned to be attacked by at least 20 aircraft (strike, sweep and/or escort)
 5.) this is a one life event
 6.) bomber formations are not enabled
 7.) fighters (A6M and F4F) may not carry bombs or rockets (drop tanks are optional)
 8.) the USN F4F-4 is a stand-in for the correct F4F-3 and so must use the 4-gun armament
 9.) carrier-based torpedo planes (B5N and TBM) may not carry bombs or rockets
 10.) land-based search planes (G4M and B-25) may not carry ordinance (stand-ins for reconnaissance flying boats)
 11.) B-25C "Mitchell" is the glass-nosed variant, not the strafer
 12.) players may not man guns at airfields or on ships
 13.) players who have lost their aircraft may join as gunners to any dive-bomber, torpedo plane, or search plane
 14.) fleets must stay in their assigned zones on the map
 2.) at least 10 aircraft must be assigned to defend each fleet
 3.) all fleets must be attacked within the first 60 minutes of the frame
 4.) all fleets must be assigned to be attacked by at least 20 aircraft (strike, sweep and/or escort)
 5.) this is a one life event
 6.) bomber formations are not enabled
 7.) fighters (A6M and F4F) may not carry bombs or rockets (drop tanks are optional)
 8.) the USN F4F-4 is a stand-in for the correct F4F-3 and so must use the 4-gun armament
 9.) carrier-based torpedo planes (B5N and TBM) may not carry bombs or rockets
 10.) land-based search planes (G4M and B-25) may not carry ordinance (stand-ins for reconnaissance flying boats)
 11.) B-25C "Mitchell" is the glass-nosed variant, not the strafer
 12.) players may not man guns at airfields or on ships
 13.) players who have lost their aircraft may join as gunners to any dive-bomber, torpedo plane, or search plane
 14.) fleets must stay in their assigned zones on the map
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SCORING:
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 Fighter Aircraft: 1 point
 Single-engined Bomber: 3 points
 Multi-engined Patrol Plane: 5 points
 Destroyer: 5 points
 Cruiser: 5 points
 Aircraft Carrier: 25 points
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 Survival Bonus:
 2 points for each pilot that lands on any friendly CV or base at the conclusion of her last sortie
 2 points for each pilot that lands on any friendly CV or base at the conclusion of her last sortie
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AXIS FLEETS:
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 Shoho  - Carrier Fleet C95 - in area bounded by 7-9, 9-9, 9-7, 7-7
 Junyo - Carrier Fleet C88 - in area bounded by 11-8, 13-8, 13-6, 11-6
 Zuikaku - Carrier Fleet C97 - in area bounded by 15-8, 17-8, 17-6, 15-6
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ALLIED FLEETS:
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 Hornet   - Carrier Fleet C11 - in area bounded by 6-4, 8-4, 8-2, 6-2
 Lexington - Carrier Fleet C22 - in area bounded by 10-3, 12-3, 12-1, 10-1
 Yorktown - Carrier Fleet C23 - in area bounded by 14-3, 16-3, 16-1, 14-1
 Lexington - Carrier Fleet C22 - in area bounded by 10-3, 12-3, 12-1, 10-1
 Yorktown - Carrier Fleet C23 - in area bounded by 14-3, 16-3, 16-1, 14-1
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AXIS ACTIVE BASE:
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AXIS BASES: (friendly bases, planes may land but no planes enabled)
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 A66
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ALLIED ACTIVE BASE:
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ALLIED ACTIVE BASE:
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 A5 (in sector 3-6-7)
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ALLIED BASES: (friendly bases, planes may land but no planes enabled)
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 A1
 A4
 A4
 A6
 A7
 A8
 P10 (port)
 A17
 A17
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ARENA SETTINGS:
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- New Britain map
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 - Axis country Knight
 - Allied country Bishop
 - Neutral country Rook
 - Allied country Bishop
 - Neutral country Rook
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 - fuel burn rate 1.0
 - ack strength 0.3
 - icons range 9000 feet (or 3.0k yards)
 - icons range 9000 feet (or 3.0k yards)
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 - fighter and bomber warning range 63,360 feet (12 miles)
 - tower range set to 63,360 feet (for display only, to match warning range)
 - haze/fog full visability (15 miles)
 - tower range set to 63,360 feet (for display only, to match warning range)
 - haze/fog full visability (15 miles)
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 - radar: OFF
 - enemy collisions: ON
 - friendly collisions: OFF
 - killshooter: OFF
 - time: 07:00 ( 7 AM ) Game Clock
 - formations: OFF
 - enemy collisions: ON
 - friendly collisions: OFF
 - killshooter: OFF
 - time: 07:00 ( 7 AM ) Game Clock
 - formations: OFF
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 - wind
    00 to 02k   SE to NW at 00
    00 to 02k   SE to NW at 00
    04 to 08k   SE to NW at 05
   08 to 14k   SE to NW at 10
    14 to 30k   SE to NW at 15
   over 30k   SE to NW at 20
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- Details
- Written by: Spikes
- Category: Pacific Theatre
- Hits: 16
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The airwar in Burma in 1943 was something of a forgotten one. With both the Allies and the Japanese focused elsewhere in the Pacific and the Mediterranean There was little movement on the ground in Burma. Having driven the British back into India, the Japanese seemed content to consolidate their positions and harass the Allies from the air. The British, while determined to hit back, had most of their resources tied up in Europe and the Med. From bases in China the USAAF also made tentative raids into Burma.  With their limited and somewhat outdated aircraft, the Allies seemed content to bomb Rangoon, one of the most heavily defended targets in Southeast Asia to interrupt Japanese shipping while attacking Japanese outposts throughout Burma from the air tying up Japanese resources that were desperately needed in the Pacific
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Nowhere else would you find the Hurricane IIc still the front line fighter for the RAF outside of Burma. Even more surprisingly the other frontline RAF fighter right up to 1944 was the Curtiss Hawk 75 or Mohawk as it was called by the RAF. Towards the end of 1943 the first Spitfire Vc arrived in theater already obsolete in the ETO and MTO but a great improvement over the current RAF fighters. Opposing it were the Ki-43 Oscars of the Japanese Army Air Force along with a small number of pre-production Ki-44 Tojo fighters.
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Japanese Army twin engine and single engined bombers escorted by fighters attacked British air bases and targets of opportunity. Blenheim twin engined bombers and Vultee Vengeance dive bombers did most of the bombing work for the RAF along with a few B-24 Liberators and B25C Mitchell's of the USAAF flying out of China.
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Allied Aircraft- Five of six aircraft types must be flown
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Hurricane IICÂ (RAF)
P-40EÂ Warhawk (USAAF)
Seafire IICÂ Max. 45 (Sub for Spitfire Vc Trop)
B-25 Mitchell Min. 30 – 15 for RAF and 15 for USAAF (Formations enabled)
B-24 Liberator Max. 20 (Formations enabled)
Dauntless (Sub for RAF Vultee Vengeance)       Â
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Axis Aircraft- Four of five aircraft types must be flown
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A6M3 Zero (Sub for Ki-43)
KI-84 Frank Max. 45 (Sub for Ki-44)
G4M1 Betty Min. 20
B5N Kate (Bombs only)Â
KI-61Â Tony
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Airfields
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Allied
A1, A4, A7, A12
Plane Restrictions: P-40E, B-24 and B-25 (USAAF) are only allowed to use A12 and only these planes may use A12. Allied planes may land and rearm at all friendly fields.
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Axis
A11, A36, A37, A38, A39
Axis planes may land and rearm at all friendly fields.
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Scoring Points
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Fighters – 1 point
Allied Twin Engined Bombers – 2 points
Allied Four Engined Bombers – 5 points
Axis Bombers – 5 points
Strategic Factory Buildings – 1 point
Fighter Hangar – 20 points
Bomber Hangar – 20 points
Vehicle Hangar – 20 points
Guns – 1 point
Fuel – 2 points
Ord. – 2 points
Barracks – 2 points
Radar – 10 points
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