Hot Convoy!!!! Saturday, July 15, 2023 at 1900 GMT on the Team Fusion #3 Server

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Pernix has created an explosive (literally!) event for us that is hurtling us to the baking hot sands south of Tobruk. Keep an eye on this space as Marlow crafts his always-colourful introduction to these proceedings. Full briefings will follow for both Blue and Red so squads and individual players can plan their strategies.

I can guarantee there is something for everyone as Axis and Allied forces collide in, to quote Pernix, "ensuring an appointment in history".

For a little window into what's coming, here are the planesets for all to get some training hours in advance:

Regia Aeronautica Sawani el Qasn Airport (E19.6)
Available aircraft
-Br.20M/Trop
-Cr.42 Trop
-G.50 Trop
-Bf 109 F-2/trop


SRAM-Emba (J19.1)
Available aircraft
-G.50 Trop
-Cr.42 Trop


Siwi North (I2.4))
Available aircraft
-Bf 109 F-2/trop
-Bf 110 C-4/B Trop
-BR.20M/Trop
-CR.42 Trop
-G.50 Trop




RAF1 Bir el Malla North Airport (O21.7)
Available aircraft
-Tiger Moth
-GladiatorII
-Hurricane I FB
-Hurricane II B
-Beaufighter lc/Trop
-Blenheim lV/Trop
-Blenheim lV/Trop Late
-Blenheim lVF/Trop Late
-Blenheim lV-NF/Trop Late
-Wellington la/Trop


RAF2 Bir el Malla South Airport (O17.1)
Available aircraft
- Gladiator ll Trop
- Hurricane l-FB/Trop
- Hurricane llb/Trop
- Tiger Moth/Trop


Burj Alaeqarab (P2.4)
Available aircraft
- Hurricane l-FB/Trop
- Hurricane llc/Trop
- Spitfire Vb Trop
- Wellington lc/Trop


"Glory awaits!! , but only if you're on time." – Pernix

A note from Marlow:
All pilots please note:

In preparation for a Maximum Effort planned for Saturday July 15th, there is a general 'Stand Down' this weekend. No missions or sorties will take place, as we prepare.

24 Hour Passes are available from your Commanding Officer or apply to:

Colonel Snap' 'Goodtimes' Snapper,
Station Headquarters,
RAF Eastchurch

Officers are gently reminded to refrain from singing 'Rule Britannia' at the tops of their voices when outside Buckingham Palace and, no...His Majesty will not be receiving guests for tea tomorrow!
Any officer succeeding in preventing Jack Max from scaling Nelson's Column ..... 'to shake the hand of the great man'...... will receive an immediate DFC!
And finally: Lyons Tea Shops remain out of bounds to all aircrew, after last weeks's 'doughnut debacle!'
Military Police WILL be vigilant! (Heggers!)

Salute! :

All pilots to remain alert for further briefing in due course!



Briefings for Blue and Red:

In a nutshell: a British Army convoy, lead by General Hawell, is headed to the Bir-Emba area to lay waste and destruction to any and all Axis airfields and field emplacements. This they will accomplishment unless stopped by Blue Regia Aeronautica forces (aided by Luftwaffe assets). It is up to Allied air strength to 1) protect the convoy's progress at all costs, and 2) destroy the Regia Aeronatica/Luftwaffe forces in the air and on the ground.

Good luck...Savoy!!!!

The Briefings:

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Morning of November 20, 1940.
7.00
Strong wind from the east, threat of Ghibli.


During all wars, succeeding in killing the commander of the attacking enemy was one of the objectives of the commands of the fighting armies.
Even in World War II, there was a fair amount of attention, military espionage, to report the moves of the commanders of the opposing faction.


This mission, which has no real historical references, is based on the attempt of the Italian army to eliminate the English high command, present on the field at the beginning of the counter-offensive, which would later be called "Compass", and which with an extraordinary advance brought the allied army as far as Agedabia, reconquering all of Cyrenaica.


While the grand coup at Bir-Hemba was being prepared, the two air forces challenged each other in the skies, and the Italian one, still without having suffered very serious losses, and able to fight, could afford to carry out long flights over the desert, to bomb the front enemy.
In this mission, his assault planes will have to arrive on time at the English camp, to eliminate General Hawell's convoy and ensure an appointment with history.


Regia Aeronautica Sawani el Qasn Airport (E19.6) (311 Khz)
Available aircraft
-Br.20M/Trop
-Cr.42 Trop
-G.50 Trop
-Bf 109 F-2/trop


SRAM-Emba (J19.1) (322 Khz)
Available aircraft
-G.50 Trop
-Cr.42 Trop


Siwi North (I2.4)) (333 Khz)
Available aircraft
-Bf 109 F-2/trop
-Bf 110 C-4/B Trop
-BR.20M/Trop
-CR.42 Trop
-G.50 Trop






The English Air Force will have to cover with the noise of its medium bombers and the noise of the armored army that are about to hurl themselves against the "soft underbelly" of the Italian deployment, ready to attack the enemy positions and to shoot down any assailants.




RAF1 Bir el Malla North Airport (O21.7) (355 Khz)
Available aircraft
-Tiger Moth
-GladiatorII
-Hurricane I FB
-Hurricane II B
-Beaufighter lc/Trop
-Blenheim lV/Trop
-Blenheim lV/Trop Late
-Blenheim lVF/Trop Late
-Blenheim lV-NF/Trop Late
-Wellington la/Trop


RAF2 Bir el Malla South Airport (O17.1) (366 Khz)
Available aircraft
- Gladiator ll Trop
- Hurricane l-FB/Trop
- Hurricane llb/Trop
- Tiger Moth/Trop


Burj Alaeqarab (P2.4) (377 Khz)
Available aircraft
- Hurricane l-FB/Trop
- Hurricane llc/Trop
- Spitfire Vb Trop
- Wellington lc/Trop


"Glory awaits!! , but only if you're on time."


Pernix mission
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[Army Red]
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Army Red
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Morning of November 20, 1940.


30Km south - from Sidi El Barrani (301 Khz), Bir el Malla Sud camp


Pilots, your job is to support the offensive taking place in the Bir Emba area by destroying the enemy camps of Tummar West (L22.7) (315 Khz) and Nibeiwa (K20.9) (336 Khz).
From the nearby advanced field, a convoy of trucks will leave, with General Hawell, commander in chief of the army. Keep an eye out for our British convoy, to prevent the Italians from attacking it.


Pilots: The action is simple and straightforward...attack anything that moves on the ground as long as it's an enemy.


Good mission and Long live the KING!!


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[Army Blue]
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Morning of November 20, 1940.


60Km South - West of Sidi El Barrani field of Sawani el Qasn (E19.6)


The SISMI Information Service announced that a convoy carrying the commander of the troops who are leading the offensive in the Bir-Emba area will leave near Bir el Malla South airport (O17.1) today in the morning. Your task, taking off from Sawani el Qasn , will be to destroy the convoy, killing the commander, General Hawell.


Sergeant ... as usual your plane is undergoing maintenance at the 2nd S.R.A.M. (J19.1) in the Bir-Emba area but ... it has been repaired, and is ready for combat.


Take off immediately, from this makeshift runway, without breaking the plane.
Climb 2000m above the nearest smoke and join the bomber formations that will carry out the action of containment of the offensive, but if you can too destroy that damn convoy ........ DO IT!!!


Good luck ..... Savoy !!


Pernix mission