RAF - Fly into History

[PanzersEast]

RAF
Designer :: John H. Butterfield
Publisher :: West End Games
Year Published :: 1986

This is the record of the day by day operational defense of Britain.   My plan is to post overall operation reports from each day.  My Goal is to complete an entire campaign with just the basic daily operational analysis and events with some semi-narrative parts.

The Battle of Britain is about to Begin..... Tally-Ho!


PE

[PanzersEast]

The initial setup.... deep within RAF Fighter Command

[mirth]

Awesome! What a great looking game!

[PanzersEast]

Those wanting to Command a Squadron let me know.... while just for the fun of it to see how you and your mates fair during the war.... if possible, I will try and keep track of kills and losses.

Sqn                  Sector

1 Hurricane    3/11 bob48
17 Hurricane    4/11
19 Spitfire            2/12
23 Blenheim    3/12
25 Blenheim    5/11
32 Hurricane    7/11 Dammit Carl!
43 Spitfire            1/11 Banzai_Cat
54 Spitfire            6/11
56 Hurricane    5/11
64 Spitfire           2/11
65 Spitfire    6/11
66 Spitfire    1/12
74 Spitfire    6/11
85 Hurricane    4/11
87 Hurricane    3/10
111 Hurricane    2/11
141 Defiant    7/11
151 Hurricane    5/11
152 Spitfire    4/10
213 Hurricane    3/10
229 Hurricane    3/12
234 Spitfire    4/10 Staggerwing
236 Blenheim    1/10
238 Hurricane    1/10
242 Hurricane    1/12 Silent Disapproval Robot
247 Gladiator    1/10
257 Hurricane    4/11
264 Defiant    3/11
266 Spitfire    1/11
501 Hurricane    7/11   mirth
600 Blenheim    6/11
601 Hurricane    1/11
604 Blenheim/Beaufighter*    4/10 reapagan
609 Spitfire    4/10
615 Hurricane    2/11

[mirth]

I'll take a Hurricane squadron, please.

[bob48]

Me too, please.

[BanzaiCat]

Spitfires for me, old chap!

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

242 Sqn please!  (Those plucky Canucks...)

[Dammit Carl!]

Dibs on a Hurri sqdn.

Or, if no one takes one, I'll give the (Boulton Paul) Defiant a go.

Huzzah and all that rot.

[Staggerwing]

I'll take a Spitfire squadron if that's ok.

In the 60's my dad flew in the KLU's (Royal Dutch Airforce) 322 Squadron, which was originally an RAF squadron comprised of Dutch nationals flying Spitfires. After the end of WW2 it was disbanded by the RAF and then reformed as part of the KLu.

[reapagan]

604 Sqd please, night fighters I believe.

[PanzersEast]

11 AUG 1940
0600 HRS

INTELLIGENCE: POOR
DETECTION: EARLY
TARGET:
     PRIMARY: TANGMERE AIRFIELD
     SECONDARY: FARNBOROUGH CITY

The alert status of Fighter Command was high and we proceeded with Patrols of Sections 1/11, 4/10, 7/11 with Hurricanes from the 601 and 111 and Spits from the 43 and 152.  OCV spotted HE 111 headed toward 1/11 and the squadrons were vectored to intercept. 



Once intercepted they were meet with 3 Gruppen of 109s.  Squadron 601 broke off and flew ahead to to intercept the 111s. 

An intense dogfight ensued as the 109s from a high positioned engaged.  After the battle was over the Spits of 152 squadron took heavy losses and the 109s headed back to France with what appeared to be no losses.

Fatigued the Hurricanes of 111 and Spits of the 152 flew on to accompany the 601 squadron and engaged the 111s.  The battle was intense, however the 111 pressed on and was able to defend off several attacks.

The 111s split into two groups to attack their Primary and Secondary targets.  Tangmere sustained considerable damage while Farnborough reported light damage.

The Battle of Britain has officially begun.

[mirth]

Damn. I want to bag some Jerry bombers.

[BanzaiCat]

Funny how any AAR makes us want to do that... O0

[PanzersEast]

DAY 1
11 AUG 1940

Victory Point Track: -3

After the first Day of the Campaign the damage report is as follows:

PRIMARY TARGETS BY LUFTWAFFE:
Tangmere Airfield - Moderate Damage
Mittle Wallop Airfield - Moderate Damage
Rye Radar Station - Undamaged

SECONDARY:
Farnborough City - Light Damage

LOSSES:
152 Squadron (Spitfires) - Heavy Losses

KILLS:
He111 of I/KG 4 - Heavy Losses



Summary:
The day say 1 Major raid and 2 Minor raids by the enemy.  Of the 3 raids 2 made it to their target while the Last raid on Rye Radar Station was repelled with the Germans taking heavy losses by the Hurricanes from 32 and 615 Squadrons.

This raid managed to slip through, luckily for them.


He111 of I/KG 4 intercepted and routed by 32 and 615 Squadrons