vonOben
July 8th, 2012, 05:15
Hi
Today I flew a ETO Attack in the West campaign mission at June 16, 1940 where we were assigned to intercept a flight of Boston 107 protected by KittyHawkIW fighters.
I quit the mission since I thought those aircraft were not appropriate for the Attack in the West campaign.
ETO_Boston_107
From the a20_107.xdp
EnteredService="02/01/1940"
Country="Britain"
Acording to Wikipedia:
British Commonwealth
The remainder of the order which was to have been delivered to France was instead taken up by the UK. In the course of the war, 24 squadrons would operate the Boston. It first entered service with RAF Bomber Command in 1941 equipping No. 88 Squadron. Their first operational use was not until February 1942 against enemy shipping.
KittyHawk MkIV
From the ETO_KittyhK112.xdp
EnteredService="05/24/1940"
Country="Britain"
Acording to Wikipedia:
The P-40's lack of a two-stage supercharger made it inferior to Luftwaffe fighters such as the Messerschmitt Bf 109 or the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 in high-altitude combat and it was rarely used in operations in Northwest Europe. Between 1941 and 1944, however, the P-40 played a critical role with Allied air forces in three major theaters: North Africa, the Southwest Pacific and China.
For the Boston I changed EnteredService to "02/01/1942" and for the KittyHawk I changed to AllowSpawn="n".
I reflew the mission and instead we encountered a Fairey Battle flight protected by Lysander SOE aircraft.
But Lysander SOE was used for Special Operations, so that doesn't seem historically accurate either....
What is your opinion?
Cheers
Today I flew a ETO Attack in the West campaign mission at June 16, 1940 where we were assigned to intercept a flight of Boston 107 protected by KittyHawkIW fighters.
I quit the mission since I thought those aircraft were not appropriate for the Attack in the West campaign.
ETO_Boston_107
From the a20_107.xdp
EnteredService="02/01/1940"
Country="Britain"
Acording to Wikipedia:
British Commonwealth
The remainder of the order which was to have been delivered to France was instead taken up by the UK. In the course of the war, 24 squadrons would operate the Boston. It first entered service with RAF Bomber Command in 1941 equipping No. 88 Squadron. Their first operational use was not until February 1942 against enemy shipping.
KittyHawk MkIV
From the ETO_KittyhK112.xdp
EnteredService="05/24/1940"
Country="Britain"
Acording to Wikipedia:
The P-40's lack of a two-stage supercharger made it inferior to Luftwaffe fighters such as the Messerschmitt Bf 109 or the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 in high-altitude combat and it was rarely used in operations in Northwest Europe. Between 1941 and 1944, however, the P-40 played a critical role with Allied air forces in three major theaters: North Africa, the Southwest Pacific and China.
For the Boston I changed EnteredService to "02/01/1942" and for the KittyHawk I changed to AllowSpawn="n".
I reflew the mission and instead we encountered a Fairey Battle flight protected by Lysander SOE aircraft.
But Lysander SOE was used for Special Operations, so that doesn't seem historically accurate either....
What is your opinion?
Cheers