Skeeter Season

Skeeter Season

Artist Credit: Dux screen shot

May, 1944, North Sea. Many coastal command and Fleet Air Arm squadrons were tasked with intercepting shipments of ore from Norway to Germany, largely to interrupt the supply of essential metals for armaments. Tungsten was one such critical metal and was important to the development of high-temperature resistant turbine blades for Jumo jet engines. Due to continuing shortages of tungsten the Germans had to make do with nickel alloys that would not hold up to the heat of a Jumo jet engine. The engines of the Me-262 were not reliable in large part to the actions of the RAF and RCAF Mosquito squadrons over the North Sea. This Snap Shot features flights of Mosquito attack aircraft of 404 'Buffalo' Squadron RCAF armed with machine guns, cannons, 500 lb bombs and 'rocket projectiles' escorted by Corsair IIs of 1834 Squadron Fleet Air Arm. German Bf-109-G6 interceptors of IV./JG 5 'Eismeer' are scrambled to intercept.
 
Arena
SEA

Country Percentages
60%-Allied
40%-Axis

Units:
Allies:
Mosquito Mk VI - 60%
F4U-1 (Corsair II) - 40%

Orders:
Corsairs and Mosquitos will take off from A24. Find and destroy the ship convoy last sited 16,15,5 heading South along the coast, before the Luftwaffe can intercept your strike force.

Restrictions:
Mosquito's must take 2x500 lb bombs and rockets. Mosquito's will be escorted by Corsairs within visual range

Units:
Axis:
Bf 109G-6 - 100%

Orders:
Bf-109s will take off from A69. Intercept and destroy the Allied strike force before it can find and destroy the ship convoy

Restrictions:
None

Victory Conditions
Mosquito-15
Corsair-15
Bf-109-15
Destroyer-25
Aircraft Carrier-100

Arena Settings
1. Terrain - BoB09
2. Icon Range - Short
3. Wind - East @ 10kts 8k - 20k
4. Time -12:00 x1
5. Fighter & Bomber Warning Range - 36,960 (about 7 Miles)
6. Enemy Collisions - On
7. External view for bombers (F3) - on
8. Visibility - 10 miles
9. Friendly Collisions - off
10. Fuel - 1.5
11. Ack - 0.3
12. Kill shooter - off
13. Tower Range - 36,960 (for display to aid players, set to match above setting)
14. Radar - off
15. Ship hardness set to 0.750 (750 lbs)

Designer Notes
The Mosquito's in AH don't have a 60 lb RP, so we will use 500lb bombs and rockets.

CM Notes
Set AutoGroundLethality to 0.3 to reduce effectiveness of the AA. Jump the convoy to its first waypoint at start. Set ship hardness to 0.750 (750 lbs). Make C94 Axis and move to area

Design By
Holder, 880 Fleet Air Arm
Updated 05/13 by 68Raptor