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[Daiwilletti]

Pat's BoB Version 1

On a campaign mission to nip a German invasion in the bud. Found the convoy 9NM off the coast from Dover. Luckily Pat had put a lot of invasion defenses above the White Cliffs. Good job with the Global Layer.csv, Clive!!

It helped that I had set MissionFriendlyGroundSkill to 100 in the Campaign section of the Uisel.xml. That being said, the coastal artillery fire was the best I've seen - before my wingmen managed to drop their bomb loads, two ships had already been sunk and the mission goals accomplished.

Oh, and making sure the "noise" parameter (which deals with accuracy, not sound) on the large calibre harborguns was set very low in the guns' xdp files must have helped too.....

Unfortunately I strayed in the path of an intercepting flight of 110s so was not in too good a shape to participate although my trusty Hurri got me back to land (screenies from two nearly identical campaign missions).

 

[Cuttles]

Wow.....didn't know about the guns , David..thanks..

 

[Cuttles]

For Owen: fanatastic storyyou've written up there...amazing how how P51 could do that to a twin-jet; not to be taken lightly! Good on ya!

 

[Pat Pattle]

Good job with the Global Layer.csv, Clive

The Global Layer is Gordon 'Flashgordon' Townsends fine work, the ETO eras are also based upon it. If you read through the .csv file it's packed full of information about 1940's Britain, worth a look. ​

 

[HouseHobbit]

Thanks Ian,
Been building for ETO Historical missions, yea even sometimes a hobbit has to do Historical..

Capt.Don Gentile January 14, 1944 - On a free lance mission to Magny-Soissons, France, the group encountered 15 FW-190s east of the formation, 3,000 feet below. The 336th made the bounce, engaging the enemy from 18,000 feet down to the deck. Don Gentile made a head-on run with two of them. They broke, which allowed Gentile to chase and shoot them both down, making him an ace. With two 190s still on his tail, he heard numerous strikes all over his aircraft. He turned into them and ran out of ammunition. One of the Focke Wulfs stuck right with him, obviously flown by an old pro. Fifty feet over the forest of Compiegne Gentile radioed "Help! Help! I'm being clobbered!" Other 4th pilots radioed back but he was too rattled to answer. All he could do was keep turning into the other aircraft. After 15 minutes of reversing turns and head-on attacks, the German ran out of ammunition and both fighters turned for home. Gentile remembered the encounter as his most critical, since he felt he could honestly beat anyone from that point on, having met and survived the best.


On Nov. 21 1944 Capt.William Whisner led a flight of P-51s on an escort mission to Merseburg, Germany. As the bombers left their target, a large formation of enemy fighters struck. Meyer (now a lieutenant colonel) told Whisner to take a straggler in one of the enemy's three six-ship cover flights. In a linked series of attacks, Whisner shot down four FW-190s in the cover flight and probably got another.
With no more than two Fw190s left in the cover flight he had attacked, Whisner turned his attention to the main enemy formation, exploding a FW190 that had not dropped its belly tank. Evading three FW190s on his tail, he shot down another that was closing on one of his pilots. Then, low on ammunition, he joined up with Meyer and returned to Bodney.

On January 24, 1944, the 20th Fighter Group P-38s flew escort support for an 8th AF assault on Frankfurt. The weather over the target sector was completely overcast, and these bombers were forced to abort once they reached Limburg, some thirty-five miles northwest of the city. The formation separated to confuse the German defenses, and fifteen fighter groups were launched to get all the bombers home. Near Brussels, some fighter groups including the 20th P-38s encountered about sixty Luftwaffe fighters but engaged and scattered them before they could attack the retreating bombers.

Yea getting the real thing..
From Allied and Axis perspectives
Much rejoicing!

 

[Led Zeppelin]

Nice screen shots.

 

[HouseHobbit]

Thanks Master Led,
Got to love the old B-17 takes a beating keeps on ticking..
Nasty little Bf 109's..

Was minding my own business, and was attacked!! just dropping bombs was all..

 

[MajorMagee]

MAW Hurricane with and without the self-shading mod.

 

[Threedp]

359th Bomb Squadron B-17G ready to release its bombs . . .

 

[HouseHobbit]

This CFS3 monster thingy hates hobbits!!
Flew a Great mission Good Guys win!
Much rejoicing!
BUT NO!! never lets a hobbit Land!!
Not Fair, Not happy!
Burnt hobbit bits everywhere!!


Andy like the Shader On, looks great..

Nice B-17, just shot one down, OOPPS!
Nasty Bf 110 got loose..

 

[HouseHobbit]

Don't get between a Hobbit and His prey!
But once ya learn to fly Hobbit style, and do some, Immelmann, or split -s , and a nice Scissors, no problem..
A Me 262 can be deadly too..
Such a pretty Bf 109g Thanks Guys!!
Much Rejoicing!!

 

[Cuttles]

Thanks Ian,
Been building for ETO Historical missions, yea even sometimes a hobbit has to do Historical..

Capt.Don Gentile January 14, 1944 - On a free lance mission to Magny-Soissons, France, the group encountered 15 FW-190s east of the formation, 3,000 feet below. The 336th made the bounce, engaging the enemy from 18,000 feet down to the deck. Don Gentile made a head-on run with two of them. They broke, which allowed Gentile to chase and shoot them both down, making him an ace. With two 190s still on his tail, he heard numerous strikes all over his aircraft. He turned into them and ran out of ammunition. One of the Focke Wulfs stuck right with him, obviously flown by an old pro. Fifty feet over the forest of Compiegne Gentile radioed "Help! Help! I'm being clobbered!" Other 4th pilots radioed back but he was too rattled to answer. All he could do was keep turning into the other aircraft. After 15 minutes of reversing turns and head-on attacks, the German ran out of ammunition and both fighters turned for home. Gentile remembered the encounter as his most critical, since he felt he could honestly beat anyone from that point on, having met and survived the best.


On Nov. 21 1944 Capt.William Whisner led a flight of P-51s on an escort mission to Merseburg, Germany. As the bombers left their target, a large formation of enemy fighters struck. Meyer (now a lieutenant colonel) told Whisner to take a straggler in one of the enemy's three six-ship cover flights. In a linked series of attacks, Whisner shot down four FW-190s in the cover flight and probably got another.
With no more than two Fw190s left in the cover flight he had attacked, Whisner turned his attention to the main enemy formation, exploding a FW190 that had not dropped its belly tank. Evading three FW190s on his tail, he shot down another that was closing on one of his pilots. Then, low on ammunition, he joined up with Meyer and returned to Bodney.

On January 24, 1944, the 20th Fighter Group P-38s flew escort support for an 8th AF assault on Frankfurt. The weather over the target sector was completely overcast, and these bombers were forced to abort once they reached Limburg, some thirty-five miles northwest of the city. The formation separated to confuse the German defenses, and fifteen fighter groups were launched to get all the bombers home. Near Brussels, some fighter groups including the 20th P-38s encountered about sixty Luftwaffe fighters but engaged and scattered them before they could attack the retreating bombers.

Yea getting the real thing..
From Allied and Axis perspectives
Much rejoicing!

Wouldn't be much furn turning with no ammo.....what an effort!

 

[ndicki]

Been thinking of this for a while - officially, I'm doing the French version for W40/ETO. These are the spin-offs...

Vichy, late 1940:



Vichy, late 1942:



And Finnish, spring 1942:

 

[gecko]

Very nice! This is one of my favorite early war aircraft.

 

[Led Zeppelin]

Vichy, late 1942:

This one will be a major addition for the Operation Torch on which Talon is working on.

 

[rocketred]

Don't get between a Hobbit and His prey!
But once ya learn to fly Hobbit style, and do some, Immelmann, or split -s , and a nice Scissors, no problem..
A Me 262 can be deadly too..
Such a pretty Bf 109g Thanks Guys!!
Much Rejoicing!!

got yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa a hobbit special breakaway

 

[HouseHobbit]

Been thinking of this for a while - officially, I'm doing the French version for W40/ETO. These are the spin-offs...

Vichy, late 1940:



Vichy, late 1942:



And Finnish, spring 1942:

Beautiful!

Would look even better with a purple and pink polka dotted hobbit style camo..
Oh yea!
Thanks Nigel..

 

[HouseHobbit]

Yea this SIM hates hobbits!!
Flew a beautiful bombing run, made it home.
BUT NO!! hobbits are never allowed to land!!
As least the Tuskegee men were there to keep My B-24 safe..

 

[HouseHobbit]

Yea, I like the way in the ETO Bf 110 when you take off, with the Flaps set at 20% the wing slots open..
I read this was needed to take off in the later models of these..Too Cool!!
Never give a Hobbit a Bf 110 or a Fw 190 and tell hime to go Hunting..Oh yea!

 

[Capt. Winters]

359th Bomb Squadron B-17G ready to release its bombs . . .

Nice B-17, where would one find that particular texture? I've checked all the the files I have, and I have missed this one along the way.

regards Rob.