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A Maltese Miracle

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January 10th, 1941
 
After the amazing success of its Torpedo bombers at Taranto November 1940, The HMS Illustrious sailed victoriously through the dangerous waters of the Mediterranean. For two months it would act as escort for many Malta bound convoys, making sure the desperatley needed food, fuel and fighters reached thier destination.
 
In late December 1940, The first detachments of Fliegerkorps X started to arrive in Sicily. Operations formally began on Janurary 10th, when Ju87s of StG 2 found the Illustrious steaming near Malta. HMS Illustrious was heavily damaged when the armoured flight deck was penetrated by an 1100lb (500kg) bomb. That and six other bomb hits forced her to limp to Malta, while the remains of her fleet sailed to Alexandria. The next day StG 2 would find that fleet and send the cruiser
HMS Southhampton to the sea floor.
 
From the 10th to the 23rd of Janurary the Illustrious would seek what little shelter she could find in Grand Harbor, Malta. Miraculously after 13 days of intense bombardement by Luftwaffe and Regia Aeronautica aircraft, the Illustrious remained untouched. She would then sail for Alexandria, Egypt and then for Norfolk, Virginia. She would return to the fight in May of 1942, and return to the Mediterranean in August of 1943.
 
Malta's long siege would last another two years. The 13 days the RAF defended the Illustrious would blend into the three year long siege of Malta, but it would not be forgotten.
 

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Scoring:
 
AIRCRAFT

02 pts - Single Engine Aircraft
05 pts - Twin Engine Aircraft

BASES
 
Destroyer - 18
Cruiser   - 72
Carrier   - 144
200 - Town
288 - Small Airfield
396 - Medium Airfield
572 - Large Airfield
219 - Vehicle Base
 
NOTE: When a target is attacked the attacker gets the points for objects destroyed at the target while the defender gets the points for all objects not destroyed at the base.
 

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- 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 - 0.4
- Formations - Enabled
- Bombsite calibration - Main Arena Standard
- Time 11:00AM
- Visibility - 17 miles
- Object Downtime – full (200)
- Winds - None
 
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