The Battle Over Stalingrad 1942
The Battle Over Stalingrad 1942
Introduction
Prior to the German Sixth Army capturing Stalingrad the Soviet Air Armies and Luftwaffe fought along a wide frontal area. Many air battles yielded many victories for skilled pilots and death for other. Many skilled aces compiled an enormous number of victories like Nowotny, Schack and Baronov as each side fought for air supremacy in the skies over Soviet Russia. This 1942 Luftwaffe vs VVS FSO series will place the fighter and bomber aircraft of the time in close combat. Victory can be swift and so can defeat, join us for the FSO team as we present the Eastern Front scenario in "The Battle Over Stalingrad 1942".
Country Split
Axis 50%
Allies 50%
Event Planeset
Luftwaffe
BF109G-2 (10) Max
BF110C-4B (8) Max
BF109F-4 (Unlimited)
JU87D (12) Min
HE111H (12) Min
VVS
Yak -7B (Unlimited)
P-40E (24) Min
P-39D (12) Max
IL-2 (12) Min
B-25C (12) min
Ordnance Distribution (Loadouts)
If the aircraft is not listed with ordnance here, it may not carry any ordnance.
Luftwaffe
JU87D-3 = [1] 250Kg Bomb [4] 50 Kg Bombs
HE111H = [8] 250Kg Bombs - [2] 20mm MG FF Disabled
VVS
IL-2 Type 3 = [4] 100 Kg Bombs
B-25C = [6] 500 lb. Bombs - Glass nose only
Terrain
Special Event Rules and Ordnance Restrictions
- This is a one life event. Pilots may not re-plane at their home airfields.
- Ordnance for each aircraft will be set by the setup CM in the hangar.
- Aircraft may rearm and refuel at any friendly base. Aircraft should be landed before frame’s end at any friendly base.
- All twin engine level bomber are restricted to an altitude below 18K.
- Twin engine level bombers may not dive bomb targets.
- All assaults must be made by no less than 12 attacking aircraft.
- Concerning an attack on a town target. There are no points awarded for less than a "White Flag" condition. Town will post "White Flag" at 0.7500 or 75% down.
- All destroyed objects stay down for the entire frame.
- Ground Strafing(Vulching) is permitted.
Scoring
Single Engine Fighter - 1 pt.
Single Engine Attack - 1.5 pts.
Twin Engine Bomber - 2 pts.
Hangars = 5 pts.
Barracks = 2 pts.
Ammo = 1 pt.
Fuel = 1 pt.
City objects - .5 pts.
Arena Settings
•Terrainmap: Blksea
•Fuel burn rate: 1.0
•Anti-aircraft gun strength: 0.5
•Bombsight calibration: AUTOMATIC (MA standard)
•Icons: 3.0K yards (9,000 feet)
•Sector Radar ("bar dar"): OFF
•Dot Radar: OFF
•Fighter and Bomber warning range: 52,800 feet (10 miles)
•Tower range set to 52,800 feet (for display only, to match the above setting)
•Haze range: 10 miles
•Friendlycollisions: OFF
•Enemy collisions: ON
•Kill shooter: OFF
•Stall Limiter: Set ON (Players may disable)
Wind:
Altitude Speed Direction
00 - 02K 0 NO WIND
02 - 10K 05 W -> E
10 - 18K 13 W -> E
18 - 26K 27 W -> E
26 - 30K 38 W -> E
30K+ -199 DOWNDRAFT
Arena Clock:
Frame 1 06:00 (6:00 AM, Morning)
Frame 2 11:00 (11:00 AM, Morning)
Frame 3 15:00 (3:00 PM, Afternoon)
ACE MISSIONS
Each side will have one mandatory Ace mission per frame. These frames will represent notable pilots of the time and theater. One pilot from each side will be designated an "Ace" Pilot. They must fly the Aces listed aircraft. The Aces must be relayed to the Admin CM before launch. They will be scored as follows.
Ace Pilot = 20 Points (Opponent Score)
Ace Pilot Kills = 20 Points
So for example if an Ace Pilot is shot down they are worth 20 points to the other side. Likewise, every victory an Ace Pilot lands they will be rewarded 20 points.
Luftwaffe
Frame 1 - BF110C-4b Leutnant Eduard Meyer, who received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 20 December 1941 for 18 aerial victories and 48 aircraft destroyed on the ground, as well as two tank kills.
Frame 2 - BF109F-4 Herman Graf - By January 24, 1942, Graf had scored his 41st victory and earned the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross. Four months later, on May 17, the Oak Leaves to the Knight’s Cross were bestowed on him when he achieved his 104th victory. The Swords to his Cross came two days later.
That fall, Graf dominated the air over Stalingrad in his Messerschmitt Me-109. In 30 days, he shot down 62 Soviet aircraft. After his tally reached 172, Graf was awarded the Diamonds to the Knight’s Cross on September 16, 1942. One of only nine pilots to receive this enviable decoration, Graf was reportedly proud that every one of his kills, in the course of more than 830 missions, was in air-to-air combat.
Frame 3 - BF109G-2 Alfred Franke was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. On 9 September 1942, Alfred Franke was killed north of Stalingrad after dog-fighting with a Soviet Il-2 Shturmovik flown by Kapitan Pavel S. Vinogradov.[1] He was posthumously awarded the Knight's Cross on 29 October 1942 and was also promoted to Leutnant. During his career he was credited with 60 aerial victories. 4 on the Western Front and 56 on the Eastern Front.
VVS
Frame 1 - Yak-7B - Mikhail Baranov not only was a prominent ace, but also a capable leader: inspiring the men of 183 IAP's to score some 35 victories 1 July to 8 August 1942, more the remaining four regiments of the 269 IAD (6, 148, 254 and 864 IAPs) scored in total; 32. The 183 IAP however lost 12 Yak-1s (the whole division lost 47 Yaks and LaGGs).
Frame 2 - P-40E - Lt D.I. Koval of the 45th IAP gained ace status on the North-Caucasian front, shooting down six German aircraft flying a P-40.
Frame 3 - P-39D - Polkovnik Aleksey Semyonovich Smirnov - On 30 June 1942, the regiment was as one of the first regiments to be re-equipped with P-39D Airacobras. He was to fly this fighter with notable success during subsequent assignments on Voronezh, Northwest, Kalinin, 1st and 2nd Baltic and 3rd Byelorussian Fronts to come out of World War II as the regiment’s top ace. Smirnov ended the war with 4 biplane victories and a total of 34. These were claimed on 72 encounters on 457 sorties of which 100 were ground attacks. The last sortie and combat took place over East Prussia.
Designer Notes:
Designed by – AKWarhwk May 2017