This will be a two frame event running Sunday 3 and 10 Nov 2024.
Frame start 2030hrs
EST.
Blitz terrain (aka BoB)
Team Green flying RAF in the Spit Mk Vc, available at all RAF airfields.
Team Gold flying LW in the Bf 109F-4, available at all LW airfields.
Loosely based on fighter operations surrounding Operation Cerebus, the move of the battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau from Brest to Germany through the English Channel.
AND MORE DETAILS!Link to
inflight map. Replaces bob.dds file in your Warbirds folder.
Link to
bob.fld file. Improved visibility of map icons. Replaces file in your Warbirds folder.
Allied fighter objective - protect strike aircraft from attack by LW fighters
LW fighter objective - prevent Allied strike aircraft from sinking the battleships
German fleet is composed of three DEST1 (Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, Prinz Eugen), six DEST2 (DD escort) and numerous Vic56 boats (minesweepers).
At frame start, the German fleet is somewhere off the mouth of the Somme sailing northerly towards Cap Griz Nez.
Allied AI strike aircraft include RN Swordfish and Blenheim bombers. Wellington reconnaissance aircraft may also be airborne.
LW AI aircraft includes a Do217 (Do17 sub) radar jamming aircraft.
Game length: 180 mins. All players to disengage NLT T+160. Players not in the tower by T+180 will be considered lost.
Weather: clear (not even close to historical)
Radar: Tower only. 60 mile range, min alt 100ft.
Flak: 20,000 ft
Icons: Friendly ID/Click Range D24, Enemy ID D12, Range D6
Min fuel: 100% (forced)
Fuel Multiplier: 1
Killshooter: off, don't frag a buddy.
Bufftough: 1
Three lives per frame (PK, crash, bail, ditch, DISCO with damage count as a life)
Voice comms on Warbirds TotalSims DISCORD server.
RAF on Allied S3 Channel
LW on Axis S3 Channel
Side assignments (decided by die roll):
RAF: 352nd FG, okdoc-, lone wolves
LW: RCAF, 23rd FG, 4th FG
Other players/Squads are more than welcome to participate!Side balancing as necessary on direction of CM.
Questions or comments?
Good Luck!
Muzz
