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Old 03-08-2011, 11:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Tree_UK View Post
Has the game moved away from the Battle of Britain?, I ask because so far we haven't seen any bombs being dropped on towns, cities or airfields. It seems the game is much more focused on channel skirmishes rather than the heart of the battle. I really hope that in the single player campaign that flying for the Axis there are low level airfield attacks etc. However after Luthier said that the airfields struggle more with FPS drop than flying over cities Im begining to think these types of missions will be avoided.

Historically I didn't happen that often.

The only significant low level attack was on 18th August 1940 when nine Do17 of 9/KG76 crossed the channel at 50 feet and successfully attacked Kenley without interception whilst another nine low level Dornier hit Biggin Hill the same morning.

http://www.battleofbritain1940.net/0028.html



The losses were heavy with the low flying planes vulnerable to fighters and a number of the Dornier lost to PAC (rockets firing cables with parachutes attached) defending the airfield. The Luftwaffe abandoned the tactic, presumably because it was impossible to synchronize the low level attacks with high level attacks and fighter defenses.