MAW aircraft and skins

[PRang]

Everyone :kilroy:

Just uploaded some stand alone aircraft and skins for P-38F from the 1st FG Tunisia 1942-43 here in SOH. They are very simple since I am not a pro at skinning. I used the skin from ETO p_38j to make my own. They were tested using CFS3, MAW, and ETO and worked fine.

MAW did not have any P-38s available for MB and I had some that I was using in QC. Here they are and you can use them, improve them and I am always open for suggestions and recommendations.

I hope you like them and use them in MB

God bless

PRang :salute:

[MajorMagee]

Oh well, I was about half way finished with doing Lt. Jack Ilfrey's P-38F for MAW. If it's one of the ones you just posted I suppose I should hold off. I've got the stand-alone flying in game, but the skin's not quite finished yet and I won't get back in town to work on it again until next weekend.

It's a pretty interesting story:
In early November, the 1st Fighter Group learned of the invasion of North Africa. On the 8th, Colonel John Stone, 1FG CO, briefed them on their next mission: a non-stop 1500 mile flight to Oran, Algeria, noting that Gibraltar would be the only possible emergency stop. Gibraltar was "only" 1200 miles away. Their planned route took them across the Bay of Biscay, near the northwest corner of Spain, down the Portuguese coast, through the Straits of Gibraltar, and then to Oran. As the airfield at Gibraltar was always over-crowded, Col. Stone emphasized that they should only stop there for critical emergencies. On November 15 at 0630, in a fully-fueled Lightning, feeling like a guinea pig, Ilfrey took off from Chivenor Airdrome in Land's End. After a half hour of low-level flight, he felt a slight jolt - one of his 150-gallon belly tanks had fallen off. Under strict radio silence, Lt. Tony Syroi edged close to Ilfrey and displayed a hand-lettered sign "ONE BELLY TANK." Ilfrey signalled his understanding and re-calculated his options. After looking at his maps, he estimated that he could reach Gibraltar. The flight of planes, led by a B-26, headed west to avoid some thunderheads. Shortly, Ilfrey realized that he had to cut loose from the flight and head toward land; he was just too low on fuel. As he turned back east, he further realized that he wasn't going to make Gibralter. He would have to choose between ditching at sea or landing in Portugal or Spain. Recalling that the Portuguese were not quite as Axis-oriented as the Spaniards (whose leader, Franco, owed his victory in the recent civil war to German and Italian aid), Ilfrey was relieved to spot an airfield near Lisbon.

As he touched down, six horsemen with plumed hats, sabres, and pistols rode out to greet him, and gestured him toward the administration building. He did so and a crowd quickly assembled. An English-speaking official greeted him and led him into the building. The nineteenth-century style cavalrymen were ordered to watch his P-38. Inside, Ilfrey noticed a number of German airline pilots. When a big car screeched up and disgorged more officials, a real interrogation began. After an hour or so, he was informed that Portugal, as a neutral country, interned all combatant airplanes and pilots. This prospect did not appeal to Jack Ilfrey at all.

A Portuguese Air Force pilot expressed interest in the P-38; he had never seen any American fighter plan, let alone the large, unique P-38. They planned to fly the P-38 to a military airbase and refueled it. The pilot asked Ilfrey to explain the controls to him. Feeling somewhat guilty, he did so. As the Portuguese aviator sat on the wing and hundreds of people milled around, another Lightning came over to land. The cavalry galloped off to receive it and the crowd headed toward the new arrival.

Suddenly Ilfrey saw his moment and threw the throttles full forward. The Portuguse aviator tried to reach in to stop him, but the Lightning picked up speed and the propwash blew him off the plane. The bystanders' hats blew all over the place; Ilfrey slammed shut the canopy and headed back down the runway. As taxied and took off, he recognized the incoming Lightning as that of Capt. Jack Harman.

Airborne again, he was relieved, but still shaken; he had no parachute, no Mae West, and no maps. In the bright sunlight, he headed for Gibraltar, ignorant of the diplomatic firestorm he had just touched off. He spotted "The Rock" wihtout any difficulty and touched down at Gibraltar's airfield, squeezed up against a border fence where German lookouts monitored all the air traffic. He told his story, to amazed squadron mates and then to an infuriated Colonel Willis, CO of American operations at Gibraltar. Col. Willis chewed him out for not destroying the plane, for not thinking, for creating an international incident, etc. etc.

Ifrey suspected that the authorities woldn't throw him back to rot in a Lisbon detention center, although that possibility was greater than the optimistic, exuberant young pilot imagined. When Col. Willis informed him that indeed was Washington's directive, Ilfrey was incredulous. But Col. Willis took care of him, cabling Washington that the pilot in question had already left for North Africa. That day, Ilfrey did so. As for Jack Harman, as soon as he landed the Portuguese grabbed him by the neck and threw him in jail, with no opportunity for him to "demonstrate" his aircaraft.

[Nonato]

Everyone :kilroy:

Just uploaded some stand alone aircraft and skins for P-38F from the 1st FG Tunisia 1942-43 here in SOH. They are very simple since I am not a pro at skinning. I used the skin from ETO p_38j to make my own. They were tested using CFS3, MAW, and ETO and worked fine.

MAW did not have any P-38s available for MB and I had some that I was using in QC. Here they are and you can use them, improve them and I am always open for suggestions and recommendations.

I hope you like them and use them in MB

God bless

PRang :salute:

Thank you, PR!!:jump:

It was just what I needed!!

Cheers

N.

[PRang]

MajorMagee :jump:

Please finish all of the P-38f skins/stand alone aircraft. Yours are much better than mine. I am not that good and since I had those p-38F floting around my HD, heard about MAW not having any P-38s and members wanting to make missions with them; I volunteered mine.

Looking forwards for those stand alone. And yes, there are quite a few stories about the P-38s on the way to North Africa.

Have a good day and God bless

PRang :salute:

[MajorMagee]

MajorMagee :jump:

Please finish all of the P-38f skins/stand alone aircraft. Yours are much better than mine. I am not that good and since I had those p-38F floting around my HD, heard about MAW not having any P-38s and members wanting to make missions with them; I volunteered mine.

Looking forwards for those stand alone. And yes, there are quite a few stories about the P-38s on the way to North Africa.

Have a good day and God bless

PRang :salute:

Okay, it's done and waiting for the Admin review for release.

[Old Tiger]

Okay, it's done and waiting for the Admin review for release.

:salute:Thanks MajorMagee, will keep an eyeout for em.

[HouseHobbit]

Bravo Major, It is a bird we needed for MAW..
I bow to your great ability.. And wonderful birds..

:salute: :salute: :salute:

Thanks very much..

[MajorMagee]

Okay it's up now.

http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/local_links.php?catid=10&linkid=2234

[Old Tiger]

Okay it's up now.

http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/local_links.php?catid=10&linkid=2234

:salute::salute:Great missions:ernae: Great P-38.
Thanks:salute:

[Nonato]

PRang and Major

Great skins!! Now we can say that we have P-38's in MAW.

For my part I had a lot of fun writing those B-24 / P-38 MAW missions!!:wiggle:

Do not forget, post some pics of your flights 'cause


MAW rules!!!

N.

[HouseHobbit]

Great Job Guys, PRang, Major Thanks for the birds..
We badly needed a P-38 in MAW..:salute: :salute:


And Nonato, Great missions Thanks..:salute: :salute:

[Nonato]

Great Job Guys, PRang, Major Thanks for the birds..
We badly needed a P-38 in MAW..:salute: :salute:


And Nonato, Great missions Thanks..:salute: :salute:


Thanks Master Hobbit!:salute: