Background: USAAF B-17s of the XII Bomber Command flying from Algiers, escorted by long range P-38s, struck Axis airfields, ports, supply dumps and troop concentrations in the Bizerte-Tunis area. While the attacks were usually successful, Axis aircraft could sometimes create a nasty surprise for the inexperienced bombers and their escorts.
Maximize damage to targets (airfields and seaports) in hexes 10 and 12.
Mission Aircraft: |
18x B-17E Flying Fortress 8x P-38F-15 Lightning |
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Interceptors: |
4x Focke-Wulf FW-190A-3 |
Friendly border: | 6 | Enemy border: | 7 |
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Friendly bases: | OMT circle 2, 5 | Interceptor bases: | 10,12 |
Allied Mdm AA: | 2, 5, 16 (Brit 8th Army) | Axis Mdm AA: | 7 |
Allied Hvy AA: | 2 | Axis Hvy AA: | 10,12 |
Targets: | 10 - Bizerte 12 - Tunis |
Axis EW Radar: | 10, 12 |
Luftwaffe RAF |
Good |
USAAF Regia Aeronautica |
Average. |
You cannot ecounter fighters with the top of the box " enroute " of the OMT; ignore this result.
D10 | Allied | Axis |
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1,2,3 | Spitfire Vb | Bf109G-2 |
4,5 | P-38F-15 Lightning | FW190A-3 |
6,7 | P-39D Airacobra | MC.202B |
8,9 | P-40F | MC.200CB |
10 | RAF Beaufighter VIF | Me210A-1 |
default | P-38F-15 | Bf109G-2 |
No Axis fighter encounters are allowed beyond (lower than) square 8 and no US fighter encounters beyond (higher than) square 9 (unless if P-38s are rolled).
D10 | Allied | D10 | Axis |
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1,2 | 9 loaded B-26B in MH band | 1,2 | 9 loaded Ju-87D-1 in LO band |
3,4 | 9 loaded RAF Baltimore III in ML band | 3,4 | 3 unloaded Ju-87D-1 returning from a mission in VL band |
5 | 1 unloaded B-26B straggler in LO band | 5 | 2 loaded Hs-129B-2 in VL band |
6,7,8 | 3 unloaded B-17F in HI band | 6,7 | 9 loaded Ju-88A bombers in ML band |
9 | 1 F-4 recon in VH band | 8,9 | 1 unarmed Ju-88A in HI band on reconnaissance |
10 | 1 F-4 recon in VL band | 10 | 1 unarmed Me-210B-1in VL band on reconnaissance |
default | USAAF B-17E | default | Ju-88A bomber |