SoWC:BoB Multisquad Campaign Starting

[5./JG27.Farber]

I ordered my Staffel into Rotten (pairs), Trying to keep Schwarm formation with the slow bombers was to awkward. As it was september we stuck with the bombers. So essentially the bombers were a moving rally point.

I heard someone parachuted into Hyde park?

[phoenix1963]

Sorry I couldn't make the last two, but thanks to Farber and team.

One of the most interesting things I think was that on the Red side throughout the campaign we suffered from lacking an overall mission commander who could decide when to finally commit our forces.

When left to COs, including me (I tend to be a bit cautious), no one person had the overall picture or the authority to act in a strategic way.

Educational for me at least.

56RAF_phoenix

[klem]

Originally Posted by phoenix1963

Sorry I couldn't make the last two, but thanks to Farber and team.

One of the most interesting things I think was that on the Red side throughout the campaign we suffered from lacking an overall mission commander who could decide when to finally commit our forces.

When left to COs, including me (I tend to be a bit cautious), no one person had the overall picture or the authority to act in a strategic way.

Educational for me at least.

56RAF_phoenix

I think the lack of Radar made it impossible to make fluid decisions whether by AOC or by CO discussion.

I would be interested to hear from the Blues how they organised themselves and made their tactical decisions.

[5./JG27.Farber]

Originally Posted by klem

I would be interested to hear from the Blues how they organised themselves and made their tactical decisions.

Basically I put up the brief, a map of where the bombers where going and the target and a blank map. If no one put up any plans I put up the historical plan - which was generally a Frei-jagd fighter sweep slightly ahead of the bombers.

[AbortedMan]

Had fun on most missions. All I can say is...when is the next campaign?

[Osprey]

Perhaps it wasn't Sept 7th but it was the same approach. That day was quiet, the calm before the storm, and when the plots appeared in the very late afternoon FC thought it would be more of the same airfield attacks - the RAF was nearly on her knees, but no, they were relieved to see the heading go toward London. Isle of Dogs and the eastern docklands were struck in this raid.

On my second pass on the group just before I fired I saw the bombs drop out of the bellies of the Hun dogs, then I let rip. I received fire from behind during and after my pass, at first thinking it was air gunnery. New graphics from the patch were a pleasant surprise - smashed gauges, gunsight and canopy, and a beautiful rendering of shattered armoured glass in the front. Time to get out, I bailed and parachuted into Islington.

No.501 certainly mauled the main group and although we had 2 shot up I lived and the other landed damaged into Gravesend. All of our chaps got home after spending their ammunition. I think No.401 hit the bombers before us, No.56 afterwards, and No.64 and No.41 did a great job by intercepting fighters ahead of that. No.71 got stuck in but took a bit of a hammering being the first in line.

Well done all round.

Originally Posted by 5./JG27.Farber

I heard someone parachuted into Hyde park?

My mistake, one of our chaps just reported that as his position. It's really cool looking down on those features in London

A bit stuttery but playable, hopefully that will improve further anyway.