oh Luthier, about topography
 

I just read a passage from Alexander McKee's "Strike from the Sky" in which a bomber pilot is flying at 0.ft into an inlet where the white cliffs are above him on both sides, and he pulls up, then dives down again over the terrain on a low level strike. My question is about the accuracy of the topography modeled in SoW_BoB. No one expects it to spot on, but what can we expect?
thanks!
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...and will we be masked from radar by terain like that?

Cheers!

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On the Bonus 1946 DVD, around 9'30", remember, Oleg Rozhentsov working on his tablet to insert the isolines around St Georges Montcocq near Saint Lô. ;)


Just worried about the use of a modern map.



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Bof!

If it was just about the iso-lines, I would not worry...documentation about real aspect of towns in 1940 (or close enough) is becoming largely available now...for free!
JV

The elevations will be accurate according to Oleg in past discussions.

thanks all. once it's released SoW_BoB should be a hoot! Imagine bombers trying to stay under the radar all the way to their target. ought to make for some exciting COOPs at least.
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You'll probably need to fly really close to the waves to avoid detection. It seems there was a second sysetem called Chain Home LOW that was used to detect aircraft as low as 500 ft (150m):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain_Home


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain_Home_Low

Note (later in the war):
"Later in World War II, centimetric Chain Home Extra Low (CHEL) radar were often co-sited with CHL sites. As the name implies, these sets provided radar coverage at even lower altitudes than was possible with Chain Home Low."


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Nothing like a challenge, eh? ;)
Flyby out