Night time flying bug

[Redroach]

Originally Posted by Blackdog_kt

I think the tools exist already. If memory serves me right, Desastersoft is working on a He111 campaign for night bombing with radio navigation.

The problem would be server population. If there was a bit of moonlight to help navigating, i would have no problem whatsoever flying Blenheims or 111/88 at night and trying to bomb targets in a shorter mission (let's say, only 2 targets and a reduced mission duration, between the other server missions). It sounds like a real challenge and i would have a blast trying to fly with stopwatch and compass, then try to deduce the target location from the positioning of the searchlights and AA around it (my flight simming dream is to fly a Pathfinder mosquito in a sim that features the night bombing campaign at some point )

However, the majority of people fly fighters almost exclusively and a night scenario where flying bombers is almost mandatory (since you can't really intercept bombers why burn fuel flying in circles? get in a bomber as well) would result in an empty server very quickly.

wow, although I prefer flying with the RAF, I'm looking forward to that Desastersoft campaign!

And pathfinder Mosquitoes... yeah, that would be very awesome!
Deeply penetrating German airspace in your fast twin-engine plane and dropping "christmas trees" in order to mark the bomber targets sounds like major fun

Oh, and about the need to hop into a bomber when night is approaching: I suppose the RAF didn't have a "Wilde Sau" concept in 1940, did they?

[Blackdog_kt]

We could always jump in some Hurricanes

Most people are familiar with the Defiant in the NF role, but i have a faint memory of reading about Hurricanes being used for the same thing.

Since fighters usually didn't have the navigation equipment to be of much use at night, the defending side could put up some flights of their own and guide them through ground control while the attacked couldn't (friendly radars and radios work best over your own territory).

This creates a situation where the defender is the only one who can reliably send up fighters, so it's ok to not use your best aircraft. You don't risk losing Spitfires through accidents at night but you can risk some Hurricanes and Defiants, especially since there won't be any 109s around to give them trouble.

I think the same thing also happened when the RAF started their night attacks and before radar-equipped night fighters became widespread, the LW could vector 110s with GCI and not have to worry about enemy fighters chasing them down.

Would be interesting for sure to fly something like this