* This package was updated on April 23rd, 2016 to include missing gauges for aircraft.
Note: I updated the readme instructions for this mission package on the afternoon of 20 October, 2015 to include the missing links for the TR_B25vc as well as AI bombs for the B-24 and B-25.
Welcome to the Operation Tidal Wave and Juggler mission pack! This pack contains two missions flown by the 15th Air Force during the first two weeks of August, 1943. These were the longest US bombing missions of any unit in Europe or the Mediterranean. The bombing of the Romanian oil fields at Ploesti on 1 August, 1943 was about 2,000 miles round trip, while the attack on Wiener Neustadt, Austria was some 2,250 miles round-trip.
These distances were necessitated by the fact that the airfields surrounding Benghazi represented the closest point from where these vital targets could be attacked. Both were included in "Operation Pointblank," the effort by the USAAF to attack major industries of Germany that facilitated aircraft production; these included aircraft factories at Regensburg, Germany and Wiener Neustadt, Austria, as well as ball bearing plants at Schweinfurt, Germany and oil refineries at Ploesti, Romania. These two initial efforts by the 15th Air Force were mixed; the first mission, Operation Tidal Wave, was close to a disaster; the formation did not hold together due to both bad luck and navigational errors, and the required execution at low-level meant that casualties were extraordinarily high, and the overall cost to the target was minimal. The raid on Wiener Neustadt, however, was a success; the damage on the plant was quite substantial, and due to the German belief that the plant was out of range of Allied aircraft, defenses were minimal.
By October of 1943, the Foggia airfield complex in Southeastern Italy had been liberated by the British, & was soon being used by the 15th Air Force to raid targets in Italy, the Balkans, Southern France, Southern Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Austria; areas that were out of reach of 8th Air Force bombers stationed in East England.
In this package, you will find all of the aircraft, weapons, scenery objects, airfields, new GSL scenery (Wiener Neustadt) by me, and other materials from the original packs required to fly these missions. Those whose work is included in this package include Ajax, Jaxon, Wolfi, Blackbird686, Gary20, Davmag. Dbolt, Achim27619, Pen32Win, Stiz, Bismarck13, Andrew Wai, MaskRider, Canion, Xavierb, Captain Kurt, Krystof Malinowski, Lawdog2360, Nanni, Nibbio, Robert John, Rockster, Team Daedalus, The B24 Guy, Paul Rebuffat, Wozza, Mike Sandell, Jackfolla, Kelticheart, Moparmike, Sleeper 2.5, Serge Tremblay, and the Ploesti EuroTarget by Ettico. Due to this, it is imperative that you get permission from all parties involved before uploading this file package to any location other than www.sim-outhouse.com. Please be respectful of the rights of all those whose work is found here.
"Rami"
Submitted by Rami
Note: I updated the readme instructions for this mission package on the afternoon of 20 October, 2015 to include the missing links for the TR_B25vc as well as AI bombs for the B-24 and B-25.
Welcome to the Operation Tidal Wave and Juggler mission pack! This pack contains two missions flown by the 15th Air Force during the first two weeks of August, 1943. These were the longest US bombing missions of any unit in Europe or the Mediterranean. The bombing of the Romanian oil fields at Ploesti on 1 August, 1943 was about 2,000 miles round trip, while the attack on Wiener Neustadt, Austria was some 2,250 miles round-trip.
These distances were necessitated by the fact that the airfields surrounding Benghazi represented the closest point from where these vital targets could be attacked. Both were included in "Operation Pointblank," the effort by the USAAF to attack major industries of Germany that facilitated aircraft production; these included aircraft factories at Regensburg, Germany and Wiener Neustadt, Austria, as well as ball bearing plants at Schweinfurt, Germany and oil refineries at Ploesti, Romania. These two initial efforts by the 15th Air Force were mixed; the first mission, Operation Tidal Wave, was close to a disaster; the formation did not hold together due to both bad luck and navigational errors, and the required execution at low-level meant that casualties were extraordinarily high, and the overall cost to the target was minimal. The raid on Wiener Neustadt, however, was a success; the damage on the plant was quite substantial, and due to the German belief that the plant was out of range of Allied aircraft, defenses were minimal.
By October of 1943, the Foggia airfield complex in Southeastern Italy had been liberated by the British, & was soon being used by the 15th Air Force to raid targets in Italy, the Balkans, Southern France, Southern Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Austria; areas that were out of reach of 8th Air Force bombers stationed in East England.
In this package, you will find all of the aircraft, weapons, scenery objects, airfields, new GSL scenery (Wiener Neustadt) by me, and other materials from the original packs required to fly these missions. Those whose work is included in this package include Ajax, Jaxon, Wolfi, Blackbird686, Gary20, Davmag. Dbolt, Achim27619, Pen32Win, Stiz, Bismarck13, Andrew Wai, MaskRider, Canion, Xavierb, Captain Kurt, Krystof Malinowski, Lawdog2360, Nanni, Nibbio, Robert John, Rockster, Team Daedalus, The B24 Guy, Paul Rebuffat, Wozza, Mike Sandell, Jackfolla, Kelticheart, Moparmike, Sleeper 2.5, Serge Tremblay, and the Ploesti EuroTarget by Ettico. Due to this, it is imperative that you get permission from all parties involved before uploading this file package to any location other than www.sim-outhouse.com. Please be respectful of the rights of all those whose work is found here.
"Rami"
Submitted by Rami
