Britain Will Fall - August to Sept 1940

Luftwaffe Hidden Rules

Map - showing historical formations and a/c steps at each location.

Airstarts - 10,000 ft airstarts are for those units based at F24, F28 and F50.

Gruppen - each gruppen of historical aircraft represents 1 step of squad strength. Larger units may be broken up to different bases and different a/c. There are more than enough 109 steps but if losses mount some Bf110s may have to be used.

Unit Aircraft Location Status
JG 3 - I/II/II Bf109E(x3) F8 12 MIA
JG 26 - I/II/III Bf109E(x3) F55 22 MIA
JG 51 - I/II/III Bf109E(x2)109 gruppen withdrawn(24 MIA) due to losses F9 11 MIA
JG 52 - I/II/III Bf109E(x2) 109 gruppen withdrawn(24 MIA) due to losses F54 2 MIA
JG 54 - I/II/III Bf109E(x3) F52 20 MIA
I/LG 2 Bf109E F52 8 MIA
ZG 26 - I/II/III Bf110C(x3) F22  
ZG 76 - I/II Bf110C(x2) F24  
EprGr 210 Bf109E1/B, Bf110C/B - jabo unit F51 12 MIA
II/LG 2 Bf109E1/B - jabo unit F21 13 MIA
II/StG 1 Ju87D F9 3 MIA
IV(St(LG 1 Ju87D F21 3 MIA
KG 1 - I/II/III He111(x3) F24 12 He111 MIA
KG 2 - I/II/III Do17(x3) - may conduct NOE ops F23  
KG 3 - I/II/III Do 17(x3) F50  
KG 4 - I/II/III He111(x1)/Ju88(x1) - He111 gruppen withdrawn due to losses(24 MIA) F50 2 Ju88 MIA
KG 53 - I/II/III He111(x3) F85 11 He 111 MIA
KG 76 - I/II/III Do17(x2)/Ju88(x1) F28 3 Ju88 MIA

Bomber/Strike use - Frame CO may use any combination of bombers/strike a/c but must be aware of their historical location and step values. As the series goes on less bombers will be available of a particular type as losses mount.

Bf109Es - Pilots may fly either type of the 109Es. There may be some issues of the 109E4 not performing as well as the 109E1, while the Bf109E1 vs Spit MkI M03 is an excellent matchup.

Raids - the actual bomber/strike attacks must be pre-planned and set out as numbered raids. Do not send your raids all together as this will cause the RAF to be freed up and all their units scrambled early. Stagger the targets and distance between raids to keep more RAF on the ground longer. Make them climb up to you. Make use of the fact the bomber/strike squads can switch a/c types and fields and have 2 lives.

Target Limitations - London and Portsmouth areas cannot be attacked unless notified. Higher priority targets are the airfields with the sector airfields leading the list. Ports and factories are also targets. Dover area targets are limited in value due to their constant attacks over the weeks. RDF masts may be attacked and their loss will effect the RAF during the frame but they have proven difficult to keep off the air over a longer period of time. 10 Group airfields are out of range and cannot be attacked. Tangmere can be attacked near Portsmouth but no other airfields in that area.

Damage - damage will carry over from frame to frame so if you pound a target enough it will be made unusable and also after a certain point have no effect on the war. It will be difficult to tell if any additional attacks are useful. There are little structural targets at airfields so the landing ground itself is often the target. AI aircraft will be positioned near the fields to represent the all important aircraft as targets. They will respawn and can be hit several times during a staggered attack.

S3 Clarifications - the S3 staff reserves the right to make a ruling on questions or game situations not answered completely or missed by the rules. For further clarification please post on the S3 forum or email Jabo.

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