1942 USA & GB vs. GERMANY
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USAAF 8th AF, September 1942 |
SORTIES |
VICTORIES TYPES |
Losses | Loss % per Sortie | Aircrew | |||
| Bf-109F | Fw-190A | KIA | POW | MIA | ||||
| P-38F (Lightning) | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 25.0% | 0 | 2 | 0 |
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B-17E (Flying Fortress) |
3 |
0 | 0 | 3 | 100.0% |
30 |
0 | 0 |
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B-17F (Flying Fortress) |
6 |
0 | 0 | 1 | 16.7% |
0 |
10 | 0 |
| B-24D (Liberator) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 100.0% | 10 | 20 | 0 |
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RAF, September 1942 |
SORTIES |
VICTORIES TYPES |
Losses |
Loss % per Sortie |
Aircrew |
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Bf-109F |
Fw-190A |
KIA |
POW |
MIA |
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Spitfire Mk. VB |
8 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0.0% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Spitfire Mk. IX |
8 |
1 |
0 |
2* |
25.0% |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| *Two Spitfire IXs were lost during fuel disengagement. | ||||||||
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Luftwaffe, September 1942 |
SORTIES |
VICTORIES TYPES |
Losses |
Loss % per Sortie |
Aircrew |
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Sp-V |
Sp-IX |
P-38F |
B-17E |
B-17F |
B-24D |
KIA |
WIA |
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Bf-109F (Friedrich) |
8 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3* |
37.5% |
1 |
2 |
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Fw-190A (Wuerger) |
8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
4* |
50.0% |
0 |
2 |
| Area Flak |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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| 1 Bf-109F crashed landed returning to base. Two Fw-190As were destroyed during fuel disengagement. | |||||||||||
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SPECIAL DIF BOMBER MISSION, Friday night: "The Luftwaffe Defends Lille" |
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| Allied Players Highlights | German Players Highlights | ||||||
| J. Beckman | P. Bradley | N. Markevich | R. Shaw | M. Lam | L. Mull | R. Mull | M. Scott |
| His P-38 Ldr shot down a Fw-190 on Turn 3. | Lost Both his Spitfire IXs from disengagement on Turn 2. | Had both of his P-38Fs shot down. | His Spitfire V Wm shot down a Bf-190 on Turn 3. His Spitfire V element responsible for 2 Fw-190s lost during disengagement on Turn 8. | His Bf-109 Ldr shot down a P-38 on Turn 6 & a B-17F that was a straggler on Turn 7. Bf-109 Ldr later crash landed. | His Bf-109 Wm blew up a B-17 on Turn 3. His Fw-190 Wm shot down B-24 on turn 7 and blew up a B-17E on turn 8. | Lost his Bf-109 Wm to defensive fire from B-24 on Turn 3. His Fw-190 Ldr shot down a B-24 on Turn 7. | His Fw-190 Ldr blew up a B-24 on Turn 4 and shot down a P-38 on Turn 5. |
| This was a Special Bomber mission representing the USAAF attack on Lille, France with 4 Bomber Groups (92nd, 93rd, 97th & 301st) that lasted for 8 turns. The Allied forces destroyed 7 fighters (35 pts) & damaged 1 (2 pts), while 7 of 12 bombers that managed to reach the target returned home (35 pts) & hit and destroyed the Production Center (Steel) target for 49 hits (80 pts). The Luftwaffe destroyed 4 fighters (20 pts) & damaged 9 more (18 pts), and shot down 7 bombers (140 pts). The point ratio was less than 1.5 to 1 resulting in a DRAW. General Carl Spaatz is unperturbed with the US Daylight Bomber campaign, while Reich marshal Hermann Goering is still fat as ever. The Allied players were: Jack Beckman, Phil Bradley, Nick Markevich and Rory Shaw. The Luftwaffe players were: Mike Lam, Larry Mull, Rob Mull and Martin Scott. The GM & Mission Designer was Chris Janiec. | |||||||