BAYTOWN

 

With the overthrow of Mussolini on the 24^th of July and his replacement as head of government by Marshal Ugo Cavallero in place, secret talks were started with the Allies for an armistice for Italy. Hitler was ignorant of this, but was naturally suspicious. He started to send reinforcements into northern Italy to safeguard German communications.

Field -Marshal Albert Kesselring, the German supreme commander in the south reckoned that the Allied conquest of Sicily would soon be followed by a landing in Italy, just south of Naples. On September 3^rd BAYTOWN was launched and the British Eighth Army made a landing on the toe of Italy, at Reggio di Calabria. This was a diversionary attack designed to draw German reinforcements down from the Salerno area which Kesselring had correctly suspected the main invasion would be.

Aircraft

Allied:

B17G (if used a min of 10 formations or 30 aircraft)

B24J (if used a min of 10 formations or 30 aircraft)

A20G
B-25C
P47D-11
P38G
Spit V
Spit IX
P-40E
P-39Q

Allies have 10 aircraft types and must use at least 8 of the 10 types listed.

One of the 8 aircraft must be the B-24 or the B-17

 

Active Fields:

A152

A155
A157
A162
A163
A172  

 

Axis:

Ju-88

Ju-87

110G2
109G2
109G6
190A5 (limited to 40)
C202
C205 (limited to 40)

Axis have 8 aircraft types listed and must use at least 5 of the 8 listed.

 

Active Fields:

A115

A130

A132

A137

A140

A143

 

Special Rules:

None

 

Scoring:

Single engine fighters 5 points

Twin engine fighter bombers 10 points
Twin engine bombers 15 points
Heavy bomber 20 points
Hangers 20 points each
Escorting Destroyers 60 points each
Town buildings 1 point each

 

Arena Settings:

-Fuel Burn 1.0

-Icons friendly/enemy 3k

-Ack .4
-Fighter and Bomber warning range 52,800 (10 miles)
-Tower range set to 52,800 (for display to match the above setting)
-Visibility full 17 miles
-Radar on (tower only)
-Enemy collisions on
-Friendly collisions off
-Killshooter off
-Time 1100 (11 AM) Game clock
-Bomber calibration manual
-Winds none

 

Designer's Notes:

This new terrain has convoy ships, but due to a bug they will not be targets. Only the destroyer escorts will be targets in the convoys. I will again make use of the 'tower only' option for radar. Downed pilots may vector friendly aircraft toward or away from combat as desired.