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Artist Credit: daddog screen shot
 
Marseille created a unique self-training program for himself, both physical and tactical, which resulted not just in outstanding situational awareness, marksmanship, and control of the aircraft, but also in a unique attack tactic that preferred a high angle deflection shooting attack and shooting at the target's front from the side, instead of the common method of chasing an aircraft and shooting at it from behind.
His innovative and unique attack method, which was perfected by him to a method for attacking aircraft formations, resulted in his fantastic lethality ratio, and in rapid rate multiple victories per attack, and it is what made him one of the greatest and most innovative fighter aces in history.
On June 6, 1942 Marseille attacked alone a formation of 16 P-40 fighters and shot down 6 P-40s of No. 5 Squadron South African Air Force, five of them in six minutes, including the aces Capt Pare (6 claims), Lt. Goulding (6.5 claims), and Capt. Botha (5 claims).
Marseille died on September 30th 1942 at the age of twenty two when he bailed out of his 109. The smoke filling his cockpit caused him to bail badly and strike the tail of his Messerschmitt.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans-Joachim_Marseille
 
Arena
SEA II
 
Country Percentages
Allied - 60%
Axis - 40% 
 
Allies:  
Units:
P-40E - 70%
Spit V - 30% 
 
Orders:
Allied units are to roll from A68 and attack V106. Optional target is the truck convoy that supplies V106 from the south.
 
Restrictions:
P-40E must carry 1-500lb bomb. Spit Vs are to act as an escort.  
 
Axis:  
Units:
Bf-109F - 100%  
 
Orders:
Units are to roll from A12 and CAP V106 and the truck convoy that supplies V106 from the south.
 
Restrictions:
Must carry 100% fuel.    
 
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Victory Conditions:
Fighters - 10 points each
P-40 - 10 points
Bf-109 - 10
Spit V - 10
Objects on field:
Vehicle Hangers - 15 points
Fuel tanks - 4 points 
Radar - 10 points 
Ammo Bunkers - 4 points 
Barracks - 4 points 
Each truck - 3 points 
Ack - 2 points
 
Arena Settings
1. Terrain - Tunisia
2. Icon Range - Short
3. Radar - Off 
4. Fighter and Bomber Warning Range - 52,800 about 10 miles
5. Tower Range - 52,800 (for display to aid players, set to match the above setting)
6. Visibility - 17 miles
7. Wind - South West 2000 to 6000 10 knots
8. External view for bombers (F3) - On
9. Friendly Collisions - Off
10. Enemy Collisions - On
11. Kill Shooter - Off
12. Fuel - 1.5
13. Ack - .4
14. Time - 0900 X2 

Designer Notes
None  
 
CM Notes
CM "may" select one LW pilot as Marseille, who must shoot down at least one aircraft and return to base. If successful 20 bonus points for the Axis. If Marseille is shot down 20 bonus points for the Allied. conditions. 
 
Design By
James 'daddog' Glazier 
 

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