About This File
Royal Navy 807 Squadron Sea Fury Korean War(HMS Theseus 3th Patrol, Dec 1950)
For Strike Fighters 2 NA with Korea Terrain(Korea3).
This campaign with some 18 missions cover the operations of the 17th CAG aboard of HMS Theseus in his 3th patrol(Dec 7 to Dec 15, 1950) in the Korean War.
Naval Campaign mode.
CAG 17th had more modern equipment, compared with the Seafires and Firefly I of his predecessor, HMS Triumph.
HMS Theseus CO was Capt A.S.Bolt. 17th CAG was under the command of Lt CDr F.Stevin-Bradford and the group had:
807 Squadron with 23 Sea Fury FB.II(CO Lt Cdr M.P.Gordon Smith)
810 Squadron with 12 Firefly AS 5(CO Lt Cdr K.S.Pattison)
HMS Theseus carried also one helicopter, in loan of the USN, one H-5 called by the crew "The Thing" and flew by Dan C.Fridley.
(By July two Royal Navy Dragonfly HR1 helicopters destined to the carriers arrived at Singapore)
The escort was provided by the destroyers HMS Comus(R-43),HMS Consort(R43)and two destroyers of the Royal Canadian Navy, HMCS Sioux(R64)and HMCS Nootka(R96).
Historical accurate with the main units and bases deployment by Dec 7 to Dec 15, 1950.
Campaign need Expansion Packs 1 and 2 for some aircrafts, weapons, tanks, textures, etc.
Pack 1 and 2 Wings over Korea by Do335 for other aircrafts.
Essex class (long-hull) aircraft carrier by WhiteBoySamurai for Task Force 77
See readne for other details.
Thanks and credits:
Wrench for Korea3 terrain and Cavalier class DD
Do335 for Pack 1 and Pack "Wings over Korea"
WhiteBoySamurai for Essex class (long-hull) aircraft carrier
ErikGen for the base model for the RF-80A
Update 24-05-17: Added Essex class (long-hull)aircraft carrier for Task Force 77 and other minor details.