Leaning into France, Summer 1941
April FSO 2017
Leaning into France, Summer 1941
Designer: BFOOT1
Introduction:
The Circus Operations that occurred during 1941 are considered by some to be the most brutal air operations of the war. No sooner had the defensive victory of the Battle of Britain been won, the ardent spirits in Fighter Command began looking for new laurels. Lord Trenchard had said it was time for Fighter Command to go on the offensive. He advocated for a system of sweeps across the channel over into France. The muse behind this was to gain air superiority over France by destroying the Luftwaffe on the ground, and in the air, and by having the Luftwaffe concentrate their forces in the Pas de Calais area. The RAF also hoped to destroy valuable military targets, as well as eventually be able to sneak into Germany.
Left guarding France from the RAF was the veteran units of JG2 and JG26. These two units alone did not make it easy for the RAF, and were distinguishable by their bright yellow noses. JG2 & JG26 were being led by some of the top guns in the Luftwaffe, Whilhelm Balthasar, Adolf Galland, Egon Mayer, &GerhadSchÖpfel, just to name a few. The RAF on the other hand was being led by veteran pilots such as Douglas Bader, Howard Frizelle Burton, andRobert Stanford Tuck.
Side Split:
Allies: 52% Knight
Axis: 48 % Bishop
Planeset:
Allies: Min/Max Available Airfields
Boston Mk.3 Min 12 A41, A40, A32
Hurricane MK.IIC Min of 12 A37, A43, A44
Spitfire MK. V Max of 60 A44, A41, A37
Axis: Min/Max Available Airfields
Bf-109 E-4 Min of 12 A112, A102, A104
Bf-109 F-4 Max 60 A113, A111, A119
Bomber Ordnance: Max Load Formations
Boston Mk. 3 4x500Lb’s Enabled
Hurricane Mk.IIc 2x500lb’s N/A
Event Objective:
The purpose of this FSO is to focus on escort, and interception, just like the RAF and Luftwaffe did during this period. The RAF is tasked with escorting their bombers and protecting them, as well as destroying the Luftwaffe. The RAF will be given a list of three targets prior to each frame. Two of the three targets must have an attempt made to attack them by a credible force, before T+60. The targets will cover the following area:
The targets will start toward the coast, and by Frame 3 the RAF will be attacking targets further inland.
Scoring: Points
Single Engine Fighter 2 points
Twin-engine Fighter 5 points
Bomber 10 points
All Hangars 30 points
All other field objectives 3 points
Guns 1 point
Arena Settings:
- BoB40 terrain
- Fuel burn 1.0
- Icons friendly 3k/enemy 3k
- 0.3 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)
- Dot Radar: OFF
- Sector Radar (Bar Dar): None.
- Enemy collisions on
- Friendly collisions off
- Killshooter off
- Time:
07:00
13:00 ( 1PM ) Game Clock
05:00
- Formations: On
- Formation Autopilot: On
- Bomber calibration: Automatic
- Wind: 0K-2K NO WIND
2K-15K W TO E - Speed 5
15K-20K NW TO SE - Speed 10
20K Downdraft
-Revision 1.3