EVENT RULES AND WRITE-UP
Date and Time: August 29, 2020, Noon - Midnight ET
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Please register for the event here:
https://ahevents.net/index.php/events/target-for-today/current-or-next
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All may participate, but it is suggested that you register. You may participate in the battle at any point or points of your choosing during the 12 hours it runs.
It runs on August 29, 2020, from Noon Eastern to Midnight Eastern in Special Events 2 arena.
Setup
Operation Jubilee brought about some of the fiercest aerial combat since the Battle of Britain raged over the shores, towns and countrysides of England back in 1940.
The RAF employed 72 squadrons of aircraft; 48 squadrons of Spitfires, 8 squadrons of Hurricanes, 4 squadrons of Mustang Is, 3 squadrons of Typhoons, 6 squadrons of Bostons, 1 Blenheim squadron, and 2 squadrons of USAAF B-17s in addition to several other types of aircraft in support of operations.
The RAF was opposed by two wings of Luftwaffe fighters from JG 2 and JG 26 comprising 190 aircraft. Attack support was provided from KG 2 and elements of anti-shipping support from KG 53, KG 40 and KG 77.
The RAF paid a heavy price for their foray into France that day, August 19, 1942. The Luftwaffe held the keys to the clouds with its heavy deployments of the FW190A fighters and Jabos, which wrestled air superiority from the Allies over the beaches. The aerial combat was so heavy and continuous that the invasion fleet remained in peril from the beginning of the attack until the end even with the RAF aerial umbrella overhead.
Main Rules
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General:
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Everyone including CO's, please follow instructions from game-day CM's, or you may be ejected from the arena.
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Please follow instructions from your CO’s, or you may get reassigned or ejected from the arena.
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Bombers (unless otherwise noted) must take off whenever possible with formations and not intentionally lose drones.
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Take offs:
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Take off only as directed by your CO or Group Leader.
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Lives:
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Unlimited lives.
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Logs will be ended at Midnight ET and any combat that occurs after will not be scored. A Ceasefire will be called and pilots will be asked to land.
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Fields are open throughout the event (not just on hour boundaries).
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Victory Conditions
The event will consist of four 3-hour Phases. Each Phase will be scored, and the winner of the most Phases wins the event.
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If sides fail to do this, they lose the Phase regardless of any other scoring:
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1. Each bomb group must Attempt at least two Bombing Missions to Targets in sector 12.8 per Phase, and must Attempt at least one more Bombing Mission to any Targets.
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2. Each FW 190 and Spitfire fighter group must Attempt one Attack Mission to Targets in sector 12.8 in the first half of the Phase, and must Attempt a second in the 2nd half of the Phase."
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Point
+2 per kill of a fighter aircraft
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+0.5 per kill of a bomber aircraft
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+1.5 per Successful Drop (see maximum in definition)
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+2 per Successful Strafe (see maximum in definition)
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Definitions
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-- "Attempt" means to accomplish the mission or die trying.
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-- One “Bombing Mission” is to travel toward a Target, bomb it if still alive, and land back at a base if still alive.
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-- One “Attack Mission” is traveling toward a Target in sector 12.8, strafe it if still alive, and land back at base if still alive.
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-- A "Successful Drop" is when a bomber pilot destroys any one or more bunker, hangar, ship, ship gun, or ship object at a Target during a Bombing Mission. Each bomber pilot can get at maximum one Successful Drop per Bombing Mission.
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-- A "Successful Strafe" is when a FW 190 or Spitfire IX pilot destroys any one or more gun, bunker, ship, ship gun, or ship object at a Target in sector 12.8 during an Attack Mission. Each 190/Spitfire IX pilot can get at maximum one Successful Strafe in the first half of the Phase and one in the second half.
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-- "Target" for the RAF is any of p195, a116, and a117; and for the Luftwaffe, any ships in 12.8 and 12.9.
Country Percentage
Axis 46%
Allies 54%
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Special Event Rules
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Lives are unlimited in this event.
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"Pilots may takeoff, land, and rearm only at the specified takeoff/landing fields."
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Ordnance for each aircraft will be set by the setup CM in the hangar.
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"There is a downwind at 24k. You can fly into it if you want, but it will sap your airspeed."
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"All twin engine level bombers are restricted to an altitude of 16K or less."
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Twin engine level bombers may not dive bomb targets.
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Both Allies and Axis teams may man available defensive weapons aboard ships and airfields.
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The Fleet 40mm, 5” and 8” gun positions will be removed.
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All destroyed ground objects will stay down for a 7 minute maximum time length.
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All ships and hangars will be set for a destruction bomb weight of 1,000 Ib.
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"Allied Bostons will have spawn points at 1000 ft above the allied launch bases."
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Bf109 G-2s, Spitfire Vs, and Typhoon IBs will not ground strafe in this event.
CM Items
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MOTD
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Welcome to the Aces High event Target for Today “DIEPPE 1942!”
Play is from 12:01 pm (noon) Eastern time on Saturday until 12:01 am (midnight) Eastern time. Play any time you want. Pilots get unlimited lives.
If you are not registered, you are welcome to play, but please do these two things:
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-- Type on text channel 200 that you are waiting to
be assigned to a side; and
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-- Wait in Rook country until you are assigned to
a side.
Arena Settings
Terrain map: BOF44 (2020)
ArenaFlags = 275502
BomberWarningRange = 21,120 (4 miles)
CommunicationFlags = 3
CountryChangeTime = (no changing of countries once started)
ExitWhileMoving = 508
FighterWarningRange = 21,120 (4 miles)
FlightModeFlags = 5248
FogLoFarMiles = 12.0
FogLoNearMiles = 1.0
FuelBurnRateMult = 1.0
GroundAutoLethality[Armored] = 0.15
GroundAutoLethality[Hard] = 0.15
GroundAutoLethality[Soft] = 0.15
RadarMode = 384 (counters above radar, range-based counters)
RadarUpdateRate = 120
SectorCounterAlt = 1000
SectorCounterRange = 174,240 (33 miles)
TowerBasedRadarRange = 174,240 (33 miles)
StratFlags = 1
Arm auto gun, down time = 900, hardness = 0.02 (gna, ship 5” autoack, flak tower puffy ack)
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Auto gun, down time = 0.1 (gng, ground autoack 30 mm, ship autoack 20 mm)
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Bmbr hgr, down time = 5, hardness = 1.0
Bunk ammo, down time = 5
Bunk barracks, down time = 5
Bunk fuel, down time = 5
Bunk radar, down time = 5
Ftr hgr, down time = 5, hardness = 1.0
Gun bat, down time = 900 (bat)
Gun bat armor, down time = 900 (baa)
Gun bat soft, down time = 90 (bas, manned ack ground and ship)
Hard auto gun, down time = 0.1 (gnh, autoack ship, flak tower normal ack)
Veh hgr, downtime = 5, hardness = 1.0
Arena Clock:
Frame 1 06:00Z
Historical Combat Skins:
Luftwaffe
BF109G-2
Stab II./JG 26 by Devil505
FW190A-5
9./JG 2 by Devil505 (Jabo)
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III./JG 2 by Kweassa
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III./JG 26 by Devil505
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III./JG 26 by Kweassa
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4./JG 2 by Devil505
JU88A-4
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5./KG 77 by Greebo
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9./KG 54 by Greebo
RAF
Spitfire V
31FG/308th FS by Player1
Spitfire IX
611/RAF by Greebo
Typhoon IB
609S by Greebo
Boston III
88FS by BH3841 (Default)
References
AIR UMBRELLA - DIEPPE
http://samilitaryhistory.org/vol015ms.html
Focke-Wulf 190s Over Dieppe
http://fw190.hobbyvista.com/dieppe.htm
Air Operations at Dieppe: An After-Action Report
Battle over Dieppe on August 19, 1942
http://www.luftwaffe.cz/dieppe.html
Book: The Greatest Air Battle, Dieppe, 19th AUGUST 1942 50th Anniversary Edition by Norman Franks
Credits
Initial design: swareiam
Allied CO:
Axis CO:
Change Log
6/8/2020
- Added listing of active bases for both sides.
- (Rule) All fighters must attack at an interval of 1 squadron or staffel per hour. The side CO is responsible for coordinating the attacks.
- (Rule) All fighters restricted to an altitude of 24K.
- Set the allocation of ordnance to the aircraft that were capable of carrying ordnance.
- Added a point value for guns for both sides.
6/9/2020
- Updated Planeset ordnance table to include all aircraft that can carry ordnance.
- Amended the bombing/Attacking language statute, so that pilots fully understand bombing and strafing rules and the scoring process.
- Updated the list of available targets in the event scoring table.
6/11/2020
- Modified Laftwaffe units names to reflex squadrons instead of groups.
- Modified RAF squadron names to historical squadrons of the time that flew Spitfire IXs in battle.
- Set a rule that all aircraft may use airspawns or fly from open fields.
- Updated arena settings to settings suggested by Brooke with the exception of field ACK lethality.
- Modified successful sortie value to 1.5 points.
6/12/2020
- Updated event map.
- Addressed the positioning of spawn points moving several further away from the target area.
- Added A117 (Abbeville) as a target for the RAF.
- Added an additional section of shipping targets for the Luftwaffe.
- Added flight restriction and no fly zones for both sides.
6/21/2020
- Added new campaign map to document; feature new bases and targets.
- Added updated “Victory Conditions” section with new event scoring plot.
- Shifted the country percentage to reflect the addition of (6) Spitfire Vs to the Allied side.
- Adjusted all of the Spitfire IX squadrons to historical units.
- Noted in the rules that the BF109G-2, Spitfire V, and Typhoons will not strafe in the event.
- Noted that the 40mm anti-aircraft guns will be removed from the British fleet ships.
- Noted that a destroyed target will only stay down for seven minutes.
- Noted that RAF fighters may not ground strafe at A117.
- Noted the spawning altitude and location of the “Allied” spawn points.
- Update the location of the event “Active Bases” for both sides.
- Set autoack lethality to .2.
- Set arena clock time to 0600z
- Adjusted scoring table to reflect changes in the “Victory Conditions”.
- Adjust to correctness the historical skins section to reflect available historical skins.
- Incremented the document version to version 4.
- Amended language on several rules.
6/22/2020
- Grammatical and language edits to the “Victory Conditions” section.
6/24/2020
- Modified environment settings and object hardness settings.
