Welcome to the Operation Pedestal and Mezzagosto campaign package 2.0! Its overhaul and re-release is a gesture of gratitude and an homage to Stuart277, whose shipbuilding work has allowed for much more naval realism in CFS2, in terms of correctly representing naval forces of numerous nations. The missions themselves have also been modified to correct wayward AI behavior, and a new mission has been included, along with dynamic elements to the campaign file on both the British and Italian sides.
This package chronicles the effort by the British to get badly needed supplies loaded on merchant ships in the "Pedestal" convoy through the Western Mediterranean to relieve the besieged strategic island of Malta, whose citizens and defenses were on the brink of starvation. Also chronicled are the equally determined German and Italian efforts to prevent the convoy from reaching Malta intact. This dramatic battle took place between August 11th and 15th, 1942.
In the end, five merchant vessels were able to reach Malta, including the oiler Ohio, whose fuel allowed Malta to continue resisting the Axis forces in the Mediterranean. Nine of the merchant vessels were crippled and sunk, along with one destroyer, two light cruisers, and the carrier HMS Eagle. The result was a tactical victory for the Axis, whose bombers, fighters, torpedo boats, and U-boats inflicted horrific losses on the British. However, the result was also a strategic victory for the Royal Navy, who were able to keep Malta supplied enough to prevent its surrender to Axis forces, and continue its operations that severely affected the progress of the Afrika Korps during 1941 and 1942, especially in the crucial period during the battles of El Alamein.
This campaign is not designed to be immersive, or have you fly the same type of aircraft throughout. Instead, this campaign has you fly multiple types of aircraft to help give you a taste of the different types of attacks the Pedestal convoy withstood, and the valiant defense that her defenders put up in an effort to push through to Malta despite often overwhelming resistance. This campaign features the efforts that the German and Italian fighters and bombers undertook to try and prevent the Pedestal convoy from ever reaching Malta.
To preserve the legacy of those brave sailors involved in this effort, all the ship names have been researched and used accordingly. Stuart277’s magnificent work, as well as others such as Collin, Usio, and UncleTgt, have also allowed for the ship types to be matched as closely as possible.
In this first package, you will find all of the aircraft, gauges, sounds, weapons, voice packs, & nationality screens required for this campaign. All of the required aircraft have been included, as well as any historical repaints that would have been used during or near the time that Operation Pedestal worked its way through the Western Mediterranean. TThose whose work has been included in this first package include the Alphasim freeware team, Dbolt, Graham, (VB planes) Oldwheat, the Groundcrew team, Bismarck13, Martin Wright, Brunosk, Thicko, Paul Rebuffat, Captain Kurt, Morton, the Donationware team, UncleTgt, Lawdog2360, Buddha13, Krystof Malinowski, Baldy, Kelticheart, Gius, Franz von Baron, Alain Breton, Peperez, Mission, Edrufle, the old IS4G team, Virtual Wings, and Wolfi.
All of the aircraft in this package have been modified, when necessary, to include the appropriate repaints, when possible, for the aircraft. I've also included modified .dp files for each aircraft which correct information in the [MISC.DATA] section that I found to be in error. To lessen issues with frame rates with many waves of aircraft in the sky, all exhaust effects have been removed, if they were included in the original models.
This campaign overhaul package and all contents within are exclusively released as freeware. This must not be used for any commercial gain or purpose, nor be uploaded to any site that requires payment for download access.
Any modifications or partial uploads must have the permission of Andrew Talbot, ("Rami"), Jean Bomber, Brunosk, and Achim27619, as well as all other parties whose work is being used. Make sure to check the "permissions and readme" folder for further details on author work.
This installation package has been scanned by BitDefender 2021, and is virus, payware. adware, and malware-free. However, I take no responsibility for and am not liable for any harm done to your computer as a result of this installation.
"Rami"
Submitted by Rami
This package chronicles the effort by the British to get badly needed supplies loaded on merchant ships in the "Pedestal" convoy through the Western Mediterranean to relieve the besieged strategic island of Malta, whose citizens and defenses were on the brink of starvation. Also chronicled are the equally determined German and Italian efforts to prevent the convoy from reaching Malta intact. This dramatic battle took place between August 11th and 15th, 1942.
In the end, five merchant vessels were able to reach Malta, including the oiler Ohio, whose fuel allowed Malta to continue resisting the Axis forces in the Mediterranean. Nine of the merchant vessels were crippled and sunk, along with one destroyer, two light cruisers, and the carrier HMS Eagle. The result was a tactical victory for the Axis, whose bombers, fighters, torpedo boats, and U-boats inflicted horrific losses on the British. However, the result was also a strategic victory for the Royal Navy, who were able to keep Malta supplied enough to prevent its surrender to Axis forces, and continue its operations that severely affected the progress of the Afrika Korps during 1941 and 1942, especially in the crucial period during the battles of El Alamein.
This campaign is not designed to be immersive, or have you fly the same type of aircraft throughout. Instead, this campaign has you fly multiple types of aircraft to help give you a taste of the different types of attacks the Pedestal convoy withstood, and the valiant defense that her defenders put up in an effort to push through to Malta despite often overwhelming resistance. This campaign features the efforts that the German and Italian fighters and bombers undertook to try and prevent the Pedestal convoy from ever reaching Malta.
To preserve the legacy of those brave sailors involved in this effort, all the ship names have been researched and used accordingly. Stuart277’s magnificent work, as well as others such as Collin, Usio, and UncleTgt, have also allowed for the ship types to be matched as closely as possible.
In this first package, you will find all of the aircraft, gauges, sounds, weapons, voice packs, & nationality screens required for this campaign. All of the required aircraft have been included, as well as any historical repaints that would have been used during or near the time that Operation Pedestal worked its way through the Western Mediterranean. TThose whose work has been included in this first package include the Alphasim freeware team, Dbolt, Graham, (VB planes) Oldwheat, the Groundcrew team, Bismarck13, Martin Wright, Brunosk, Thicko, Paul Rebuffat, Captain Kurt, Morton, the Donationware team, UncleTgt, Lawdog2360, Buddha13, Krystof Malinowski, Baldy, Kelticheart, Gius, Franz von Baron, Alain Breton, Peperez, Mission, Edrufle, the old IS4G team, Virtual Wings, and Wolfi.
All of the aircraft in this package have been modified, when necessary, to include the appropriate repaints, when possible, for the aircraft. I've also included modified .dp files for each aircraft which correct information in the [MISC.DATA] section that I found to be in error. To lessen issues with frame rates with many waves of aircraft in the sky, all exhaust effects have been removed, if they were included in the original models.
This campaign overhaul package and all contents within are exclusively released as freeware. This must not be used for any commercial gain or purpose, nor be uploaded to any site that requires payment for download access.
Any modifications or partial uploads must have the permission of Andrew Talbot, ("Rami"), Jean Bomber, Brunosk, and Achim27619, as well as all other parties whose work is being used. Make sure to check the "permissions and readme" folder for further details on author work.
This installation package has been scanned by BitDefender 2021, and is virus, payware. adware, and malware-free. However, I take no responsibility for and am not liable for any harm done to your computer as a result of this installation.
"Rami"
Submitted by Rami
