Kanalkampf to Adlertag: Battle of Britain 1940

Kanalkampf to Adlertag: Battle of Britain 1940

The Battle of Britain spanned nearly 4 months, from July 1940 until October 1940. It pitted the Luftwaffe against the Royal Air Force and her Commonwealth allies in one of the first major battles of the war.

This FSO aims to recreate multiple phases of the Battle of Britain. The focus will start with the precursor to the main bombing raids, the “Channel Battles” where the Luftwaffe attacked British shipping on the English Channel. One particular mission was against the convoy “CW9: Peewit” on Thursday, August 8th, which was hauling coal from Medway as it was attacked. This marked one of the first days of sustained engagements of the Battle of Britain.

On Sunday, August 11^th, the Luftwaffe sent a decoy raid to the port of Dover to shroud a massive 170 aircraft raid to the Portsmouth and Portland area north of the Isle of Wight. This raid was tracked on radar as well, and many squadrons of Spitfires and Hurricanes were scrambled to intercept.

On Tuesday, August 13^th, Adlertag (“Eagle Day”) began as the Luftwaffe again launched massive raids on key airfields and installations both on the coast of England as well as inland. While the Luftwaffe dealt quite a blow to the RAF in these raids, it ultimately did not reach the goal of crippling the RAF. The Luftwaffe would continue strategic bombing raids in to September, but the RAF was never crippled enough for the Battle of Britain to be considered an Axis victory.

Allies: 45% / Axis 55%

Order of Battle:

Frame 1:

Frame 2:

Frame 3:

Loadout Restrictions:

Fighters have bombs disabled.

Ju 87 has 1800kg and wing pylon bombs disabled.

He 111 will have the 2x 20mm option disabled. He 111 may carry 32x 50kg bombs or 8x 250kg bombs.

Notes:

Bomber altitude cap is 14K.

Fighter altitude cap is 18K.

Scoring:

Fighters - 1

Ju 87 - 1

He 111 - 2

Ships - 4

Hangars - 8

Arena Settings:

- Terrain: bob40

- Clouds: light5k

- Fuel Burn: 1.0

- Icons: 3K Friendly/Enemy

- Ack: .3

- Fighter and Bomber warning range: 52800 (about 10 miles)

- Tower range set to 52800 (for display only to match the above setting)

- Haze/Fog: 15 miles

- Radar: Off

- Enemy collisions: on

- Friendly collisions: off

- Killshooter: off

- Time: 1000 (10AM) Game Clock

- Formations: On

- Formation Autopilot: On

- Bomber calibration: Automatic

- Wind:

0K-6K NO WIND

6K-12K: S TO N - Speed 5

12K-18K: SE to NW - Speed 10

18K+: 30MPH Downdraft

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