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Re: Tangmere pilots are recruiting
« Reply #12 on: December 08, 2010, 07:05:12 AM »

Salute,

here is just one example of a mission we have flown in our current campaign.



Badger Battle's on!!!

This week see's our hero taking to the air in outdated Battles!!



































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Re: Tangmere pilots are recruiting
« Reply #13 on: December 10, 2010, 03:12:35 AM »

very cool, badger!
i've also been doing a similar Il2 comic-strip style thing, it's actually a lot of fun!  8) :D
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Re: Tangmere pilots are recruiting
« Reply #14 on: December 11, 2010, 02:38:33 AM »


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Re: Tangmere pilots are recruiting
« Reply #15 on: December 13, 2010, 10:42:42 AM »

S!

Last nights mission was an absolute classic.There was 28 Tangmere Pilots in this mission in HyperLobby last night.I flew as No4 in A Flt flying a Battle with my trusty wingman(Flt Sgt Kluge) as my Air Gunner(who managed to bag a hun from there rear seat).
We knew it was going to be a tough mission,and our escorts had the work cut out to cover the slow Battles.
The Hurricanes did a fantastic job and not one of the 7 Battles where destroyed by enemy a/c.
Alas the battles did not destroy there primary tgt but had many hits and taking out quite a few enemy transport had a long flight home,harried by enemy 109s,that is until our escort came and clobbered the buggers!!!

A Fantastic mission,made by our Wing C/O Mothyp.
More details...............................

For those that weren’t sure, Mothy’s mission last night recreated one of the most iconic & heroic missions undertaken by the RAF during WW2. In real life the Battles had to travel much further than us from their base at Amifontaine. They also had to brave some 300 flak guns of all calibers around the target bridges. The Germans were amazed that it had taken the British command from the Friday – when these vital bridges were captured, to the Sunday, to launch an attack.

Here is an extract from Valiant Wings by Norman Franks.


…..In Battles F & G, Thomas & Davy constituted the first section & their target was the concrete bridge at Vroenhoven, while Battles K,N & J would go for the metal bridge at Veldwezelt. The two section leaders having decided upon their approach, headed for the target.

Seven No.1 squadron Hurricanes led by Bull Halahan went ahead (as was policy at the time) with the intention of clearing enemy fighters over the target, while three more flew with the low level Battles. Halahan & his pilots were promptly swamped by 109s from JG27 & were therefore helpless to protect the bombers.

When still some miles from the target, the bombers saw more 109s, & the three Hurricanes with them were quickly engaged. Then the target was ahead. The sky became black with exploding AA fire as the town came into view, while seemingly all around them flew 109s.

Gordon Patterson noticed abandoned gliders on the ground, used by German troops when they flew behind Dutch lines to capture the bridges.

Thomas’s Battle was quickly shot down & he & his crew captured. Tom Davy with his machine streaming smoke & flame, headed down, & ordered his crew to bail out. Davy managed to nurse his aircraft back to finally crash land at St Germaincourt. Mansell came down safely & got back on a bicycle, but Gordon Patterson was taken prisoner.

Meanwhile Don Garland was heading in at low level, but this didn’t fool the defenders. They knew how important the bridges were & they were ringed by anything up to 300 guns of all calibers, which could put up a wall of iron.

Ian McIntosh had his petrol tank holed & the Battle caught fire. He jettisoned his bombs, crash landed & was taken prisoner. Fred Marland dived into the flak, released his bombs but was then hit. His Battle pulled up, winged over & dived into the ground.

Garland too was down. He headed in, his Battle surrounded by exploding gunfire. He was hit repeatedly, but the bombs went down, then the Battle dived into the ground, smashed by a veritable curtain of steel.

What damage had been done was not clear at the time. Later, damage appeared to have been inflicted to the Veldwezelt bridge…….

Whatever doubts there might be about the damage done, what was not in doubt was the heroism of the attack. All five Battles had been shot down, two crews had been captured, two lost & one safe, though minus their gunner….

Garland damaged one section of the Veldwezelt bridge, but this was quickly repaired, & in the meantime pontoon bridges were placed across the canal to compensate.
Donald Garland & his observer, Tom Gray both won the VC. For reasons that still aren’t clear, his gunner LAC Lawrence Reynolds went without recognition.

Thanks Mothy for an excellent mission, & Tom for hosting us all.
Some pics of the Battles and there "Little Friends".







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Re: Tangmere pilots are recruiting
« Reply #16 on: December 15, 2010, 11:23:33 PM »



This week sees us going back to the same tgts as last week!!!!!
The Battles did a valiant job,but we have to return to finish the job,this time with NO fighter cover!!!!!
This weeks breifing..........

Mission 1 of 1

Operations Order to 67 Wing, 75 Wing, repeated to 71, 75 Wings and North Eagle. From Panther:
Operation Order 617 dated 12.5.40 timed 09:50

Confirming telephone instructions, Blenheims of 15 Squadron are to attack Bridges 190 degrees AM30, 2 miles and 180 degrees AM30, 4 miles. Time over target 1100 hours. Aim of attack is to destroy or damage bridges.

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12th May 1940 ZERO:- 10:30 hours – Nevilles

OPERATIONAL INFORMATION:-15 Squadron:
Gentlemen, following a raid earlier this morning by 12 Squadron Battles on the bridges on the Albert canal, west of Maastricht, we are to follow home the attack on the same targets. I must warn you that the Battles encountered heavy flak near the target area and stiff fighter defence by the Luftwaffe. This is a very well defended target and this will be a tough mission. Due to heavy commitments by our Hurricane Squadrons in France, there will be NO fighter escort. We believe that the bridges have been damaged but not destroyed. It is crucial that these bridges are taken out of commission.

The two bridges over the Albert canal are only four miles apart, the Veldwezelt bridge is the northerly bridge with an alignment of roughly east-west (WNE-ESE), the Vroenhoven bridge has an alignment of roughly SW-NE) both are vital to the German advance and must be destroyed. We will attack in Squadron strength using a LOW LEVEL DIVING ATTACK.

AIRCRAFT:-Bristol Blenheim Mk IV
SKIN:- TP_ skins
FUEL & WEAPON LOAD:- 100% 2x500lb bombs

METHOD:- Take off from Nevilles and climb to Angels TEN. Keep close formation at all times on transit to target area. Head to Lieges. At Lieges, descend to Angels TWO and follow the river NE. Eventually you will need to turn NW and follow the canal to the bridges. Attack BOTH bridges simultaneously using a LOW LEVEL DIVING attack. A flight will attack the Veldwezelt bridge and B flight will attack the Vroenhovem bridge. After your attack, egress the target area at TREE TOP LEVEL and head to home base or nearest friendly airfield.

INTELLIGENCE:- Expect heavy flak around the target area. Enemy fighters will now undoubtedly be patrolling the area due to the attack made earlier this morning by the Battles. Possibly in large numbers.

METEOROLOGICAL REPORT:-
4/10ths cloud at 9000ft extending to 12,000ft.
Wind 120 at 03 knots.
Visibility Good.

SIGNALS:-
No. 15 Squadron call sign - CROW
Ground Control call sign T O P H A T

MISSION POINT AWARD:- 1 Mission Point will be awarded if two or more Blenheims return to any Friendly airfield. OR 1 bridge is destroyed.

This mission is to be played 1 game per Squadron. I would like to have at least 9 players per Squadron. It might be the case that we need to "transfer" surplus pilots from a squadron to fill the gaps in other squadrons to even the numbers up. This will be done on the Sunday night.
Good Luck

Bunster
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145 Squadron B Flight Leader, Blue Section
Executive Officer 145 Squadron.

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Re: Tangmere pilots are recruiting
« Reply #17 on: December 22, 2010, 01:38:47 AM »

S!

Last sundays mission saw Tangmere Pilots of all 4 Squadrons breaking down into 3 games to fly this mission,9 pilots took part in the mission i flew.
5 A/C Lead by Wg Cmdr Mothyp took on the 1st bridge,While Blue section lead as always by F/Lt Charlie went for the 2nd bridge with 4 A/C.
Charlie went into a shallow dive to release his 2 500lb,closely followed by me,Moggy and Kluge.
Charlie missed the tgt and pulled up to avoid the intense AAA.
I dropped my bombs onto the tgt observing hits(see pic) but alas(again)the damn bridge was still standing!!!!
Moggy and Kluge also missed the main tgt but both attracted a lot of attention from the defending AAA and both picked up damage for the flight home.
Tangmere Pilots have a short break for Xmas but are back on Ops very soon.
Hope all have a very Happy Xmas and a better New Year.
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Re: Tangmere pilots are recruiting
« Reply #18 on: January 07, 2011, 11:24:19 AM »

* * * ALL PILOTS WILL FAMILIARIZE THEMSELVES WITH THE FOLLOWING OPERATIONAL INFORMATION * * * *

Mission 1 of 1

OPERATIONAL BRIEFING – Battle of France 35
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DATE:- 12th May 1940 ZERO:- 12:15 hours

501 Squadron - Cambrai airfield.

OPERATIONAL INFORMATION:-

Bloody Hell......look at that, flitting in & out of cloud at about 11 o'clock - Jerry bombers heading west. The cheeky blighters can't be much higher than 8,000 feet!

Come on chaps, don't just stand there - GET ONE UP!

SQUADRON SCRAMBLE!

Hawker Hurricane 12lb boost
Skin: TP_1940_Hurricane (markings off)
Arming: Default & 100% fuel

ROUTE :- SCRAMBLE > INTERCEPT BOMBERS > HOME FOR TEA.

HEIGHT:- As required.

INTEL: None relevant

METEOROLOGICAL REPORT:- Bright, some cloud.

SIGNALS:-
No. 1 Squadron call sign - F I L M S T A R
No. 43 Squadron call sign - I M P I
No. 145 Squadron call sign - R A B B I T
No. 601 Squadron call sign - A N G E L
Ground Control call sign – T O P H A T


MISSION SUCCESS:-

Mission point awarded if more enemy aircraft are shot down, than Hurricanes destroyed by enemy action.

This mission will be flown in squadron strength:

Hurricanes will take off from 2 parallel runways.
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Re: Tangmere pilots are recruiting
« Reply #19 on: January 09, 2011, 03:18:44 PM »

Tonights mission saw 9 pilots of No1 Squadron Scramle to intercept an incoming raid.There was roughly the same numbers in the 3 other Squadrons,flying the same mission but in the own Squadron strength.
Most of us made it back in one way or another,i hit a He111 causing damage as i went in to finish him of i "caught one"in the engine and managed to glide back to base.
9e/a where claimed with 1 friendly a/c lost(most made it back with some sort of damage!!!)

No1 MadMick doing what he does best!!






Sqdn Ldr Mothyp "finishing off another 1"




1 that wont be making it back




No1 Tufty landing at our base



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Re: Tangmere pilots are recruiting
« Reply #20 on: January 15, 2011, 12:41:17 AM »

This weeks sees each Sqdn break into 2 flights each with different comms.
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DATE:- 12th May 1940 ZERO:- 15:00 hours

No. 3 Squadron, 63 (Fighter) Wing, No. 14 Group.

Lille-Marq Airfield

OPERATIONAL INFORMATION:-

Wing has just ordered the squadron to fly two separate Flight strength patrols: one to Leuven, east of Brussels (BB15), and the other to Dinant (BC9/BC8).

Patrol the assigned area until ammunition or fuel requires the Flight to turn for home.

Hawker Hurricane 12lb boost
Skin: TP_1940_Hurricane (markings off)
Arming: Default & 100% fuel

ROUTE : At discretion of Flight Commanders

HEIGHT:- At discretion of Flight Commanders. Group advises Angels 10 or above.

INTEL: Some reports that German armour has reached as far west and south as Breda in its advance through Holland.

Our fighter squadrons remain in constant action with the enemy.

Bimelech wins the Preakness Stakes.

METEOROLOGICAL REPORT:- Fine; Patchy cloud.

SIGNALS:-
No. 1 Squadron call sign - F I L M S T A R
No. 43 Squadron call sign - I M P I
No. 145 Squadron call sign - R A B B I T
No. 601 Squadron call sign - A N G E L
Ground Control call sign – T O P H A T

MISSION NOTES:-

The mission will be flown by squadron, but at flight strength. That is, each mission will contain two flights, each on a separate comms. channel.

There will be no waypoints in this mission. Which flight proceeds to which patrol area is purely at the discretion of the Squadron Leaders.

There will be three versions of this mission:

6-7 players
8-9 players
10-12 players

Remember to SELECT FUEL.

MISSION SUCCESS:-

50% of the Squadron's aircraft land at HOME BASE (Lille) with airworthy aircraft (i.e. no bent props).
P/O Hatter


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Re: Tangmere pilots are recruiting
« Reply #21 on: January 18, 2011, 10:29:28 AM »

"The tale of two flights"
No1 Squadron consisted of 8 pilots tonight(1 of 4 Squadrons of similar strenght all flying the same mission)in 3 flights,red,blue and green.
Red Flight Led by Tangmeres Wing Co MothyP took 3 A/C,Griffin and Jacko went to Leuven, east of Brussels (BB15)
While Blue and Green fly(consisting of 5 very able pilots me included:) to Dinant (BC9/BC8).

Whilst Blue and Green Flt where looking pretty forming up in the "good old Hendon"fashion Red flight (who where quite some distance away)where bounced by Me109s  who were escorting Ju87s to there tgt.
Unable to help in any way possible we heard as 1 by 1 the pilots of red flt fell to the overwhelming numbers of 109s

Blue and Green Flt continued of there given fly path and eventually made it back to there base,unhindered by enemy opposition(which is more than can be said for Red Llt!!!!)

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Re: Tangmere pilots are recruiting
« Reply #22 on: January 23, 2011, 04:30:29 AM »

Tonights breif,Mission made by No1 MothyP(TP WgCo)
As it says this mission No37 in this great campaign and its getting better and better.



* * * ALL PILOTS WILL FAMILIARIZE THEMSELVES WITH THE FOLLOWING OPERATIONAL INFORMATION * * * *

Mission 1 of 1

OPERATIONAL BRIEFING – Battle of France 37
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DATE:- 13th May 1940 ZERO:- 06:40 hours

No. 1 Squadron, 67 (Fighter) Wing, .

Berry Au Bac (Cambrai on our map)

OPERATIONAL INFORMATION:-




Settle down chaps
The Bull's back from Belgium safe but he reports things on the ground are grim, he saw some colonial French troops heading for the front and right before his eyes a damaged one-eleven landed next to them in a field, the blighters hopped over the fence dragged the crew out and lopped of their heads!! Then carried onto the front without saying a word.

Anyway Panther have asked us to Patrol Vouziers(Hirson on our map) Angels 15 , They feel it would be a good show to put up a squadron strength,so get to it

Hawker Hurricane 12lb boost
Skin: TP_1940_Hurricane (markings off)
Arming: Default & 100% fuel

METEOROLOGICAL REPORT:- Fine; Patchy cloud.

SIGNALS:-
No. 1 Squadron call sign - F I L M S T A R
No. 43 Squadron call sign - I M P I
No. 145 Squadron call sign - R A B B I T
No. 601 Squadron call sign - A N G E L
Ground Control call sign – T O P H A T


Good Luck


Mission Point: 50% of Hurris land at home base able to be refuelled and take off again.

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« Reply #23 on: January 24, 2011, 12:11:56 PM »

Last nights mission No1 was joined by No43 squadron to fly our separate patrol routes.
No43 made contact with the enemy 1st and sent out an immediate contact report!!!!
The remainder on No1”booted it” twds the contact area.
We could see in the distance.11 o clock slightly low at least 9 He111s.
No1 Charlie(Blue Ldr) took us in for a perfect beam attack,all getting hits(unfortunately the got hits on me too).
What do I do,go home with 90% ammo left or try to have another go?
YEP I tried,I went in on the last bomber on 2 beam attacks,I pushed my luck to much and on the 3rd we collided and I had to hit the silk!!!
Here are some screenshots from the mission.
No1 Charlie going in to attack

Charlie again getting hits on another E/A

Controled chaos!!

No1Kluge(blue3) going in for attack



All in all another great mission and great fun.
Mission No37 is over,its getting better and better.
I wonderwhere this is all leading too


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