A busy weekend with Blue team launching a concerted effort to try to register on the ‘scale of being awkward’ after previous weeks of generally barely registering on the scale of ‘things to react to‘. So Sunday saw JG4 out in strength, though no real threat as yet again they were all in Bf109s. A
With EAF602_Red and EAF79_OD_ short on time, but with plenty of enthusiasm, a sortie was launched to hunt down the Blue attackers that had crossed into Kent and Sussex. With TOPHAT control on the airwaves for guidance a successful interception was made with an unescorted raid of 6 He-111’s as they headed back to France.
Well, after a night of smacking Blue aircraft over London we decided a change of pace was in order, so we hit Cherbourg Freya station. Two Blenheim Mk IVs escorted by a pair of Hurricanes and a pair of Spitfires, all followed up by a Blenheim IVF to admire our handy work. End result: Footage
EAF had a busy night on Monday with a raid of Heinkels over London. The road was originally escorted, but they were taken care of by 54 Squadron, leaving the bombers free to be engaged at will. EAF331_Stuntman and EAF79_OD_ pressed home their attacks to knock down a number of He-111’s before returning to base
This evening’s sorties saw EAF pilots Mikke and Mram attack a raid of Ju88s heading south from London and crossing the coast near to Eastbourne. While this was happening EAF79_OD_ was able to scramble and get a vector to intercept the remaining pair of Ju88s. Result 9 Ju88s shot down, 0 losses. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNIiAbhKJEw&w=560&h=315] After
After an evening knowing that the Blue Air Force were out in strength, with fighter sweeps across Kent, it was a small victory for EAF to come out on top. Initially just EAF602_Red and EAF_79_OD_ online the outcome could have been very different. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Amktw9zhwx4&w=560&h=315] Our first victory was high over Dover, when a pair
As the Blue Team start to get back into the swing of things and throw ever greater numbers of formations of bombers against the south of England, the Red Air Force is up in strength and taking them down at every opportunity. The following footage shows how over-confident the Blue Forces are sending over unescorted bombers.
After a quiet patch to lick their wounds and have some time off at Christmas Blue relaunched their offensive against the Red Team yesterday. It wasn’t pretty, there were many 109’s in the skies over Kent and few bombers in the initial waves. A few brief encounters were had between Dover, Eastchurch and Manston but
Good news! Storm of War server is due to relaunch on Sunday 6th March, be prepared for convoy defence, Chain Home attacks and preliminary airfield strikes as Blue look to set the scene for the Battle of Britain recreation in ‘The Long War 3’. Op Sec is back to utmost importance. Do not mention bases,
As you can see there will now be convoys in Storm of War…we’ll be defending convoys as well as airfields and strategic targets in this next campaign. There may also be movements of Blue invasion barges to look out for on recon missions. Things are looking promising for this next round. At least we’ll know