Operation Torch: Algiers 1942

During Operation Torch on November 8, 1942, Allied forces landed around Algiers to seize the city from the authorities of Vichy France and secure a major port for the Allied advance across North Africa. In the early hours before the landings, local resistance members staged a coup that temporarily seized key government buildings and disrupted the Vichy command structure under Alphonse Juin, helping limit organized resistance when U.S. and British troops arrived. As the invasion began, Allied carrier aircraft and land-based planes clashed with Vichy French fighters and attacked nearby airfields, quickly gaining air superiority and destroying or damaging numerous aircraft on the ground and in the air, which prevented effective French air resistance to the landings.

This FSO intends to represent the furthest east landings of Operation Torch at Algiers, and a plausible situation if the Vichy French were able to put up a stiffer resistance.

Allies: 50% / Axis 50%

Order of Battle | Frame 1:

Order of Battle | Frame 2:

Order of Battle | Frame 3:

Notes:

Bomber Alt Cap is 10K

Fighter Alt Cap is 16K

Halifax (Lancaster) limited to 6x 1000lb bombs, 4x .303 tail turret (Frame 3)

Halifax (Lancaster) airspawn altitude is 4K

DB-7 (Boston) drones disabled after initial sortie (Frame 2)

Scoring:

Fighters - 1

Bombers - 1

Hangars - 5

Bunkers - 1

Arena Settings:

- Terrain: tunisia

- Clouds: light5k

- Fuel Burn: 1.0

- Icons: 3K Friendly/Enemy

- Ack: .3

- Fighter and Bomber warning range: 63360 (about 12 miles)

- Tower range set to 63360 (for display only to match the above setting)

- Haze/Fog: 15 miles

- Radar: Off

- Enemy collisions: on

- Friendly collisions: off

- Killshooter: off

- Time: 0700 (7AM) Game Clock

- Formations: On

- Formation Autopilot: On

- Bomber calibration: Automatic

- Wind: 0K-2K NO WIND

2K-8K: E TO W - Speed 2

8K-16K: SE to NW - Speed 5

16K+: 45MPH Downdraft

Area of Operations: