Air Battles in the Western Desert

Artist Credits: Redtail7

 

Operation Crusader was the British Armored advance to relieve the siege at Tobruk. RAF pilots were thrown into the battle with orders to destroy the retreating Afrika Corp ground units. The low altitude air battles of the Western Desert represented the beginning of the end for German Forces in Africa.

 

Arena 

SEAII

 

Country Percentage

Allies 70%

Axis 30%

 

Allies:

Boston III 25%

Hurricane IID 25%

P-40C 50%

 

Orders:

 

Boston’s will launch from A2 with orders to attack and destroy enemy resupply convoys at V113, V114 and V115.

Hurricane IIDs will launch from A22 with orders to attack and destroy enemy resupply convoys at V113, V114 and V115.

P-40Cs will launch from A22 with orders to provide air cover for the ground attack element.

 

Axis:

 

BF110C-4b 50%

C202 50%

 

Orders:

All Axis aircraft will launch from A9 to find and destroy the inbound RAF aircraft attacking ground targets in the western desert.

 

Restrictions:

None

Victory Conditions:

 

The Allies must destroy 40 convoy trucks to claim the victory in this frame.

 

Arena Settings:

 

1. Terrain – Tunisia

2. Icon Range - Mid-Range

3. Wind – 0 kts

4. Time – Start time 0930

5. Fighter and Bomber Warning Range - 26,400 about 5 miles

6. Enemy Collisions - On

7. External view for bombers (F3) - On

8. Visibility – 15  miles

9. Friendly Collisions - Off

10. Fuel – 1.0

11. Ack - .5

12. Kill Shooter - off

13. Tower Range – 26,400 for display to match the above setting.

14. Radar – Off

 

Designer Notes:

 

The flight distances are very long for this event. There will not be enough time to plan a second frame. 

 

The P-40C Tomahawk was a standard RAF fighter in North Africa during 1941. There should be no replacement of this aircraft in the planeset to any later version of Curtis fighters.

 

Event Designer:

 

Redtail7 July 2014