Capt. Winters
Charter Member
Hi All,
Just a heads up, that we have uploaded an addon pack for the Spitfire MkVIII series.
Available from CFS aircraft - Other Aircraft
http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/local_links.php?catid=86
Once the admins approve.
Nigal, your going to like this one.
regards Rob.
readme details.
CFS3 SAAF Spitfire MkVIII Aircraft Set.
This is an addon pack for the previously released Spitfire MkVII and MkVIII aircraft set.
You will need to download the original pack and install for this set to work correctly.
Designed for MAW installs. Aircraft show under the South African country slot.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MkVIII-F
MkVIII-HF un-presurised high altitude fighter (extended wingtips)
This pack contains 3 South African Air Force aircraft:
MTO - 1 x MkVIII SAAF, 2 x MkVIII-HF SAAF.
The individual aircraft names start with SJM_ (MAW) just to help identify which theatre of operations they belong too.
*************************************************************************************************************************************
The following people are responsible for the package:
External fs9 model original by Paul Rebuffat then converted and upgraded by Stephen (Sdsbolt) Seybolt.
cfs3 vc by Pat Didier then upgraded by Clive (Pat Pattle) Moorely then converted to later marks by Stephen (Sdsbolt) Seybolt.
All Textures by John (Bravo/4) Whelan.
Mos File by Daniel (Gecko) Holtz. (includes new oil stains)
XDP compilation, historical content, plane set construction by Rob (Capt. Winters) Stevenson.
Flight Model By Daniel (Gecko) Holtz. Based off AvH Spitfire MkIXc-61 FM2.85.09 with extensive tweaking for each new model.
Effects (weapons, and damage) by Daniel (Gecko) Holtz. This set has blood splatter and bullet holes for virtual cockpit views and introduces progressive oil leaks over the windscreen and fuselage as damage increases.
Weapons and pylons by AvHistory, Stephen (Sdsbolt) Seybolt, Rob (Capt. Winters) Stevenson, Daniel (Gecko) Holtz, with new textures by John (Bravo/4) Whelan.
new weapons include 45 Gallon torpedo drop tank, standalone AvH slipper tanks with new textures. revised sounds for 200m Hispano MkII and .303 mg's for standalone weapons for spitfire 8 model set.
New Engine sounds by Daniel (Gecko) Holtz. (Gary Jones did the original Merlin sound package which was then built-on and CFS3-ified). This set introduces various sounds for compressors and super charges as well as low rpm rough running sounds.
Testing: Capt. Winters.
Freeware items not to be loaded onto any web site without the written permission of Steve Seybolt.
**************************************************************************************************************************************
Note: if installed into stock CFS3 or ETO, PTO, Rising Sun. Then all planes will show under Britain in the aircraft directoy in quick combat.
*Avhistory Weapons Set.
**************INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS.***********************
!!!!READ ALL OF THIS CAREFULLY BEFORE INSTALLING ANYTHING!!!!!!
Unzip to a temporary folder:
You will see the following folder:
3_MAW_SAAF_Spitfire_MkVIII_addon
inside this folder you will see:
Aircraft
Place the 3 included aircraft folders from this folder into your MAW main aircraft folder.
In all cases where you are asked to overwrite say yes as included are the latest files from the AvHistory weapons and sounds set.
Thats it, provided you have installed the original Spitfire MkVII and MkVIII set first you should now see 3 aircraft in your South African country slot in game.
..............In game player views............................................................
Pilot Views- using F6 to cycle through:
Default view - Pilot view.
2nd view - Instrument view.
3rd view - wide pilot view.
Radiator flaps: open = Shift+E
close = Ctl+E
Freeware Item not to be loaded onto any web site without the written permission of Steve Seybolt.
copyright 2016.
...............................AIRCRAFT HISTORIES...............................................
The Spitfire Mk VIII is often overlooked in favour of its more numerous sibling the Spitfire Mk IX, but it was in fact a very significant aircraft. During World War II technology was advancing rapidly on both sides and reports were coming back from pilots of a new Luftwaffe radial engined fighter - the Fw190. Development of the Supermarine Spitfire had been continuous and it was decided to produce an unpressurised version of the Spitfire Mk VII to meet this new threat. The Spitfire Mk VIII retained many aspects of the Mk VII; the enlarged rudder, retractable tail wheel, and two stage supercharged Merlin engine. With the more conventional elliptical wing fitted with short span elevators the Spitfire Mk VIII could take on the Fw190. Improvement to the Mk VIII was continuous, modifications and lessons learnt were carried on to the production of the highly successful Spitfire Mk IX.
1,658 Spitfire Mk VIIIs were produced and served with thirty squadrons, mainly in the Middle and Far East theatres.
Supermarine Spitfire MkVIII-HF
=====================================
Unit: 1 Sqn SAAF. (Billy Boys)
258 Wing RAF.
Pilot: Lt. Dave Hastie.
Code: AX-B JF322
Goubrine,
Tunisia,
April 1943.
Just below the windshield on the left is written 'Billy Boy II' in cursive writing. Apparently the OC used to call his pilots 'Jou biellie' (Which means - You're a stalwart, in Afrikaans) over the radio if they had done something exceptional. The RAF pilots started calling them 'Billy Boys'. However the SAAF pilots were kind of proud of this and Billy Boy appeared on many of the squadron aircraft.
The Squadron arrived on the Western desert front in April 1941 and scored its first kill on 16 May when Lt. Talbot shot down a Ju 87. The first large scale deployment was in support of Operation Brevity and later in support of Operation Battleaxe when Lt. Talbot - the squadrons highest scoring ace with 10 kills at that stage, was shot down and killed. By this stage, the squadron was only flying Hurricanes. During Operation Crusader the squadron forced down a German Bf109F, capturing it intact - for which they were congratulated by Air Chief Marshal Tedder for capturing the first of this type of aircraft. By the time of Operation Crusader the squadron was part of No. 258 Wing RAF, under the direct command of Air Headquarters Western Desert.
On 3 July 1942, the squadron was intercepting a German raid on the Alamein area while No. 272 Squadron RAF was providing them with top cover. The formation came across 15 Junkers Ju-87s escorted by 7 Bf109s. 274 Sqn attacked the Bf109s whilst 1 Sqn went after the Ju87s. In what was later to become known as the '1 Squadron Stuka Party' the squadron destroyed 14 Ju87s, damaged two and shot down one of the Bf109s for no loss of own aircraft in a 45 minute engagement.
During the second Battle of El Alamein, the Squadron was tasked with protecting the allied armour in their advance across the start line during the break out phase, where Squadron Hurricanes destroyed a number of Ju87 Stukas during this phase of the battle. After the Battle of Alamein, the squadron received Spitfires as replacements for their Hawker Hurricanes.
During April 1943, German transport aircraft were freighting supplies to the beleaguered Africa Korps in Tunisia after Allied air and sea interdiction had stopped most of their ship borne supplies coming from Italy. On the 22nd, the Squadron Spitfires joined by Kittyhawks from SAAF 2, 4 and 5 Squadrons intercepted 21 huge Me323's attempting to bring in fuel to Tunisia. They destroyed 16 Me323's and two of their Italian fighter escorts. After this successful intercept, Goering forbade all transport flights to Africa. The decision was overturned two days later after protests from Kesselring, on condition that all future flights were made by night.
By July 1943, 1 Sqn had ceased operations in North Africa and were then tasked with patrolling the beaches where the landings for the invasion of Sicily were to take place.
Supermarine Spitfire MkVIII
=====================================
Unit: 1 Sqn SAAF. (Billy Boys)
258 Wing RAF.
Pilot: Mjr. Henry Gaynor
Code: AX-W JF626
Gioa del Colle,
Italy,
December 1943.
By July 1943, 1 Sqn had ceased operations in North Africa and were then tasked with patrolling the beaches where the landings for the invasion of Sicily were to take place. After the successful landings of Operation Husky and the subsequent exploitation, the Squadron moved to Sicily on 14 July.
After 38 days in Sicily, the squadron again provided cover for the British landings in Italy on 3 September 1943 to be followed by them providing fighter cover at the Anzio landings on 22 January 1944. The Squadron then moved to Italy and supported the assault on Rome, claiming 16 enemy aircraft destroyed during this battle.
1 Squadron remained in Italy for the rest of the war operating as a fighter squadron but also flying ground attack sorties towards the end of the Italian campaign. In June 1945 the squadron began to convert to the North American Mustangs, but by July 1945, when the squadron's personnel started to return to South Africa, only a few Mustangs had been delivered.
Supermarine Spitfire MkVIII-HF
=====================================
Unit: 1 Sqn SAAF. (Billy Boys)
258 Wing RAF.
Pilot: Lt. Harry 'Butch' Freeman
Code: AX-A JF406
Palata,
Italy,
February 1944.
Harry went 'up North' in March 1943. He did training at the 71 OTU and a number of other units on Harvards, Tomahawks, Kittihawks, Hurricanes and Spitfires.
Eventually in November 1943 Butch joined the 'Billy Boys' of 1 SAAF squadron stationed at Palata in Italy. Here he flew the Spitfire Mk VIII and Mk IX.
The squadron was then led by major Hannes Faure and later major Johnny Seccombe. Operational missions were mainly bomber escorts, bomb line patrols, top cover for bombing missions and recce patrols. Later the squadron changed to dive bombing and ground strafing missions.
On 2nd of April 1944 whilst carrying out an bomber escort he was attacked by friendly P38 aircraft from the USAAF formation. With bullet wounds on his leg, arm and shoulder and a damaged Spitfire he managed to return the aircraft safely but was hospitalised.
16 August 1944, Harry was on a dive bombing mission where they successfully destroyed a bridge. With subsequent ground strafing his Spitfire was hit by 40mm flak and Harry was severely injured. He returned with the aircraft safely to base, made a crash landing and became unconscious due to blood loss. Again hospitalised, this time for nearly 3 months. On his return to the squadron in November 1944 he was sent back to the Union.
During this tour Harry flew 165 operational hours with 116 combat sorties.
Just a heads up, that we have uploaded an addon pack for the Spitfire MkVIII series.
Available from CFS aircraft - Other Aircraft
http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/local_links.php?catid=86
Once the admins approve.
Nigal, your going to like this one.
regards Rob.
readme details.
CFS3 SAAF Spitfire MkVIII Aircraft Set.
This is an addon pack for the previously released Spitfire MkVII and MkVIII aircraft set.
You will need to download the original pack and install for this set to work correctly.
Designed for MAW installs. Aircraft show under the South African country slot.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MkVIII-F
MkVIII-HF un-presurised high altitude fighter (extended wingtips)
This pack contains 3 South African Air Force aircraft:
MTO - 1 x MkVIII SAAF, 2 x MkVIII-HF SAAF.
The individual aircraft names start with SJM_ (MAW) just to help identify which theatre of operations they belong too.
*************************************************************************************************************************************
The following people are responsible for the package:
External fs9 model original by Paul Rebuffat then converted and upgraded by Stephen (Sdsbolt) Seybolt.
cfs3 vc by Pat Didier then upgraded by Clive (Pat Pattle) Moorely then converted to later marks by Stephen (Sdsbolt) Seybolt.
All Textures by John (Bravo/4) Whelan.
Mos File by Daniel (Gecko) Holtz. (includes new oil stains)
XDP compilation, historical content, plane set construction by Rob (Capt. Winters) Stevenson.
Flight Model By Daniel (Gecko) Holtz. Based off AvH Spitfire MkIXc-61 FM2.85.09 with extensive tweaking for each new model.
Effects (weapons, and damage) by Daniel (Gecko) Holtz. This set has blood splatter and bullet holes for virtual cockpit views and introduces progressive oil leaks over the windscreen and fuselage as damage increases.
Weapons and pylons by AvHistory, Stephen (Sdsbolt) Seybolt, Rob (Capt. Winters) Stevenson, Daniel (Gecko) Holtz, with new textures by John (Bravo/4) Whelan.
new weapons include 45 Gallon torpedo drop tank, standalone AvH slipper tanks with new textures. revised sounds for 200m Hispano MkII and .303 mg's for standalone weapons for spitfire 8 model set.
New Engine sounds by Daniel (Gecko) Holtz. (Gary Jones did the original Merlin sound package which was then built-on and CFS3-ified). This set introduces various sounds for compressors and super charges as well as low rpm rough running sounds.
Testing: Capt. Winters.
Freeware items not to be loaded onto any web site without the written permission of Steve Seybolt.
**************************************************************************************************************************************
Note: if installed into stock CFS3 or ETO, PTO, Rising Sun. Then all planes will show under Britain in the aircraft directoy in quick combat.
*Avhistory Weapons Set.
**************INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS.***********************
!!!!READ ALL OF THIS CAREFULLY BEFORE INSTALLING ANYTHING!!!!!!
Unzip to a temporary folder:
You will see the following folder:
3_MAW_SAAF_Spitfire_MkVIII_addon
inside this folder you will see:
Aircraft
Place the 3 included aircraft folders from this folder into your MAW main aircraft folder.
In all cases where you are asked to overwrite say yes as included are the latest files from the AvHistory weapons and sounds set.
Thats it, provided you have installed the original Spitfire MkVII and MkVIII set first you should now see 3 aircraft in your South African country slot in game.
..............In game player views............................................................
Pilot Views- using F6 to cycle through:
Default view - Pilot view.
2nd view - Instrument view.
3rd view - wide pilot view.
Radiator flaps: open = Shift+E
close = Ctl+E
Freeware Item not to be loaded onto any web site without the written permission of Steve Seybolt.
copyright 2016.
...............................AIRCRAFT HISTORIES...............................................
The Spitfire Mk VIII is often overlooked in favour of its more numerous sibling the Spitfire Mk IX, but it was in fact a very significant aircraft. During World War II technology was advancing rapidly on both sides and reports were coming back from pilots of a new Luftwaffe radial engined fighter - the Fw190. Development of the Supermarine Spitfire had been continuous and it was decided to produce an unpressurised version of the Spitfire Mk VII to meet this new threat. The Spitfire Mk VIII retained many aspects of the Mk VII; the enlarged rudder, retractable tail wheel, and two stage supercharged Merlin engine. With the more conventional elliptical wing fitted with short span elevators the Spitfire Mk VIII could take on the Fw190. Improvement to the Mk VIII was continuous, modifications and lessons learnt were carried on to the production of the highly successful Spitfire Mk IX.
1,658 Spitfire Mk VIIIs were produced and served with thirty squadrons, mainly in the Middle and Far East theatres.
Supermarine Spitfire MkVIII-HF
=====================================
Unit: 1 Sqn SAAF. (Billy Boys)
258 Wing RAF.
Pilot: Lt. Dave Hastie.
Code: AX-B JF322
Goubrine,
Tunisia,
April 1943.
Just below the windshield on the left is written 'Billy Boy II' in cursive writing. Apparently the OC used to call his pilots 'Jou biellie' (Which means - You're a stalwart, in Afrikaans) over the radio if they had done something exceptional. The RAF pilots started calling them 'Billy Boys'. However the SAAF pilots were kind of proud of this and Billy Boy appeared on many of the squadron aircraft.
The Squadron arrived on the Western desert front in April 1941 and scored its first kill on 16 May when Lt. Talbot shot down a Ju 87. The first large scale deployment was in support of Operation Brevity and later in support of Operation Battleaxe when Lt. Talbot - the squadrons highest scoring ace with 10 kills at that stage, was shot down and killed. By this stage, the squadron was only flying Hurricanes. During Operation Crusader the squadron forced down a German Bf109F, capturing it intact - for which they were congratulated by Air Chief Marshal Tedder for capturing the first of this type of aircraft. By the time of Operation Crusader the squadron was part of No. 258 Wing RAF, under the direct command of Air Headquarters Western Desert.
On 3 July 1942, the squadron was intercepting a German raid on the Alamein area while No. 272 Squadron RAF was providing them with top cover. The formation came across 15 Junkers Ju-87s escorted by 7 Bf109s. 274 Sqn attacked the Bf109s whilst 1 Sqn went after the Ju87s. In what was later to become known as the '1 Squadron Stuka Party' the squadron destroyed 14 Ju87s, damaged two and shot down one of the Bf109s for no loss of own aircraft in a 45 minute engagement.
During the second Battle of El Alamein, the Squadron was tasked with protecting the allied armour in their advance across the start line during the break out phase, where Squadron Hurricanes destroyed a number of Ju87 Stukas during this phase of the battle. After the Battle of Alamein, the squadron received Spitfires as replacements for their Hawker Hurricanes.
During April 1943, German transport aircraft were freighting supplies to the beleaguered Africa Korps in Tunisia after Allied air and sea interdiction had stopped most of their ship borne supplies coming from Italy. On the 22nd, the Squadron Spitfires joined by Kittyhawks from SAAF 2, 4 and 5 Squadrons intercepted 21 huge Me323's attempting to bring in fuel to Tunisia. They destroyed 16 Me323's and two of their Italian fighter escorts. After this successful intercept, Goering forbade all transport flights to Africa. The decision was overturned two days later after protests from Kesselring, on condition that all future flights were made by night.
By July 1943, 1 Sqn had ceased operations in North Africa and were then tasked with patrolling the beaches where the landings for the invasion of Sicily were to take place.
Supermarine Spitfire MkVIII
=====================================
Unit: 1 Sqn SAAF. (Billy Boys)
258 Wing RAF.
Pilot: Mjr. Henry Gaynor
Code: AX-W JF626
Gioa del Colle,
Italy,
December 1943.
By July 1943, 1 Sqn had ceased operations in North Africa and were then tasked with patrolling the beaches where the landings for the invasion of Sicily were to take place. After the successful landings of Operation Husky and the subsequent exploitation, the Squadron moved to Sicily on 14 July.
After 38 days in Sicily, the squadron again provided cover for the British landings in Italy on 3 September 1943 to be followed by them providing fighter cover at the Anzio landings on 22 January 1944. The Squadron then moved to Italy and supported the assault on Rome, claiming 16 enemy aircraft destroyed during this battle.
1 Squadron remained in Italy for the rest of the war operating as a fighter squadron but also flying ground attack sorties towards the end of the Italian campaign. In June 1945 the squadron began to convert to the North American Mustangs, but by July 1945, when the squadron's personnel started to return to South Africa, only a few Mustangs had been delivered.
Supermarine Spitfire MkVIII-HF
=====================================
Unit: 1 Sqn SAAF. (Billy Boys)
258 Wing RAF.
Pilot: Lt. Harry 'Butch' Freeman
Code: AX-A JF406
Palata,
Italy,
February 1944.
Harry went 'up North' in March 1943. He did training at the 71 OTU and a number of other units on Harvards, Tomahawks, Kittihawks, Hurricanes and Spitfires.
Eventually in November 1943 Butch joined the 'Billy Boys' of 1 SAAF squadron stationed at Palata in Italy. Here he flew the Spitfire Mk VIII and Mk IX.
The squadron was then led by major Hannes Faure and later major Johnny Seccombe. Operational missions were mainly bomber escorts, bomb line patrols, top cover for bombing missions and recce patrols. Later the squadron changed to dive bombing and ground strafing missions.
On 2nd of April 1944 whilst carrying out an bomber escort he was attacked by friendly P38 aircraft from the USAAF formation. With bullet wounds on his leg, arm and shoulder and a damaged Spitfire he managed to return the aircraft safely but was hospitalised.
16 August 1944, Harry was on a dive bombing mission where they successfully destroyed a bridge. With subsequent ground strafing his Spitfire was hit by 40mm flak and Harry was severely injured. He returned with the aircraft safely to base, made a crash landing and became unconscious due to blood loss. Again hospitalised, this time for nearly 3 months. On his return to the squadron in November 1944 he was sent back to the Union.
During this tour Harry flew 165 operational hours with 116 combat sorties.
