[5./JG27.Farber]

Originally Posted by Robo.

S! mate. I am very much aware of that and it's really really appreciated. I can imagine how much effort it takes to keep things running etc. I am also aware that you can't please everyone and I am the last one to complain - as I said perhaps slightly bigger scale than last time, e.g. some medium bombers raids. (I take it it was just quieter day with fighters on Free Hunt and some Stukas the other day.) I know this is due to performance issues and there is no way around. We're at Mission 4 only and I just wait and enjoy. With few more missions, we'll know more and I will certainly give you some more specific feedback. So far just thanks for your work chaps, see you on Sunday

Gotcha ok! Yes It really is a shame we have to use these small formations.

Originally Posted by klem

Thanks for considering our requests Farber and giving us the SpitIIa...

NP

Originally Posted by klem

...I am sure there were more than the 9 E4s listed in your a/c allocation table so perhaps you could look at logs etc to see and if so have a word with the unit commanders....

9 E4's is the table for July - Mission 1. Im not sure if the tables in the OP contain the +10% to account for spawn deaths etc. I will look into it though.

Originally Posted by klem

With 24 stukas breaking up into several groups plus Do17s and attacking 4 targets we have to accept that we cannot intercept every raid....

What Do17's? Not every raid was intercepted...

Originally Posted by klem

...We have the unfortunate problem of trying to deal with 24 Stukas plus ? Do17s that went to Gravesend ...

We (5./JG27) were flying 109's not Do17's. As far as I am aware we went deepest into enemy terrortry lloking for the spits, which we pressumed, would be getting altitude and comming back to the coast.

Originally Posted by klem

One question regarding "being like the BoB". Would the 109s have stayed around to feed off the empty Hurris and Spits or would many of them have withdrawn to cover the retiring bombers? Also, how are you guys finding the fuel issue, as I alway understood the endurance of the 109 to be a little over an hour with about 20 minutes over England? I think we were in the air for over an hour and 109s were still over our coast knocking down our aircraft.

Yes they would have stayed around to "feed". It was not until toward the later part of August and into September that the fighters become true escorts. Before this time a Frei-Jagd screen was thrown up just as we are doing.

Originally Posted by klem

EDIT: I meant to say that you are destroying Radar easily but in fact it was very hard to destroy even when undefended. It was bady damaged on 12th August when the radar stations were a main priority but as they came back on air again on the 13th I understand that the major anti-radar operation of 12 August was not repeated. A few days later, Göring is said to have stated,
“It is doubtful whether there is any point in continuing the attacks on radar sites, in view of the fact that not one of those attacked has so far been put out of action.”
Any further radar attacks failed to make significant damage to the radar system. I wonder if your future radar attacks should be severely restricted or perhaps even stopped as in RL they were ineffective whilst in CoD they are too easy to destroy.

Thats a very cunning way of trying to find the date out Klem I'll give you that!

I can tell you the dates and time of every mission after the campaign and you can confirm it. How is that?





About the number of aircraft, Bliss is Correct. Once you get 40 players + large AI formations are not an option unless you want to play the game by postcard.

Originally Posted by Osprey

I said I wouldn't post but since it is campaign I will. I just wanted to make the point that although I helped with the radar, and Farber quotes correctly, I did protest about having it destroyed because that is just complete balls...

No its not and I remeber at the time showing you sources to this effect. It was the towers that were hard to destroy! Generators, power lines, telephone lines etc were disabled and the CH stations where out at some points, it IS A FACT! They were quickly repared or mobile units where rushed in to "plug the gap". I will gladly present my sources at the end of the campaign.

Originally Posted by Osprey

Regarding the number of E4's and Spitfires. Do you have the actual figures Farber? Only I saw about 90% E4's - it's not as if they even need then given the advantage the 109 has atm.
I don't buy the 'availability' argument I'm afraid, squadrons should have a percentage or you tell squadrons what to take. It's poor form to just take it and say that so and so isn't here so I will take his better plane. The RAF work this out as a group and aim for a 2/3rds Hurricane split, we can't be entirely accurate because we aren't mixing types in a single flight though.

I will repeat myself... No I have not looked at the actually figures, I am too busy responding to posts on 1c. I have already presented the reasons why. If you are not buying it thats convient because Im not selling it mate. As far as I am aware the squadrons on that list should not excede the values given on it and the whole team cannot excede the values in the script limiting aircraft.

As I said, if you can work it out where everyone knows what they are flying before hand and get the percentile mix right please do share. I can see you not happy but your not providing a solution.

Originally Posted by Osprey

Also, you mentioned altitude, well Stuka's dive from 3km+ and that's not very high, they are our targets, and then they get low. I would recommend 4km+ level bombers coming in at a target in waves, we're all more likely to get a shot then, and we should be at a better operating alt (probably not though with this junk FM!).

Altitudes have taken from the history books of those specific raids. Dont blame me, blame the LW.

Originally Posted by Osprey

Positively I enjoyed our flight out as a group and we learned some lessons from it as a group...

Great!