Campaign Command Style

[Osprey]

I don't understand Farber, that's plenty of room. You don't have to remain over the red patch. On RAF we are always having to fly inland and circle whilst climbing - is the 109 turning circle that bad?!? There are also a ton of airfields in this territory so you don't need custom ones. Besides, you need a smaller area because you have no radar and you would need to be able to have a chance of spotting the incoming raid.

Would you like us to make this map? We had already planned something similar for our own campaign, it would mean German ground forces being supplied and a British raid on a bridge behind the lines, or a raid on your advancing troops, which the RAF would escort.

[5./JG27.Farber]

You can build it if you want and I will look at it. However Im confident there is not enough room.

We would be better off doing just slightly after Dunkirk... We can still do the bombing of the barges - in fact Im sure we could do it at least twice!

[Osprey]

It's your campaign, and I'm not trying to be a pain but not enough room for what though? We know that the map is 1:1 scale, we know that the Luftwaffe was based on airfields on the map and so were the RAF. I don't see what the difference is between the 30 miles between the coastal bases either side of the channel and those in mainland France tbh.

FMB is a lot of work, I wouldn't build anything unless it's a goer. I could get a screenie though and show you a pic which demonstrates things instead if you like. I reckon it would be a slaughter for the RAF anyway, 2 pitch prop Hurricanes vs E-1's, the entertainment would be on your side imho.

[csThor]

Actually at that time the most forward LW bases were somewhere along the line Namur - Dinant (fighters and Stukas). Most bomber units remained in Germany until the conclusion of "Case Yellow".

[5./JG27.Farber]

Yes the historical accurateness will be lost - thats my point.

However, make your scetch and I will consider it.

[csThor]

I've recently purchased Osprey's "Dunkirk 1940" and I am beginning to think this would be a possible campaign theme. Beginning on May 22 it would encompass Guderian's advance on Boulogne and Calais, the investment of said towns (with plenty of mission potential) and of course the actual attacks on the Dunkirk perimeter (anti-shipping ops, anti-artillery ops, attacks on german supply lines by Blenheims, fighter escort and sweeps etc). Problem is the german planeset would be limited to the Bf 109 E-1, E-3, Bf 110 C-4 and the Ju 87 - no fighter-bombers whatsoever and all tactical bombers would have airstarts. Would that be feasible?

[5./JG27.Farber]

There is no where for the Germans to realistically take off from. I think it might make a good Red single player campaign but apart from that, the map just lets it down.