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    1. Two Seafire IIC (L III), MB244/6-Q and MB229 6-H flown by 899 Naval Air Squadron from HMS Indomitable from Scarpa Flow (Shetland Isles) as part of the British Home Fleet in June 1943.
      Both A/C have the fuselage stengthening beams fitted for the forward cockpit bulkhead to the radio compartment, and the wing strengtheners required due to the added stresses of carrier landings.
       
      Thx to Jester and TonyT for the base template, FBS for the internal layers from his MkVIII template and Robo for weathering and bits from his MkVc template.
       
      4 skins included, 6-H/Q, one with national markings and one with tail flash.
      260 0
    2. Su-2 reskinned as a TBD Devastator.
       
      I found the lack of this plane to be a major problem when creating early Pacific Naval scenarios.
       
      The Devastator was not a star performer...Slow, antiquated, short on range and lacking armour, barely able to take off with its torpedo.
      (Infact its main purpose seems to have been to iterate to the USN that they needed an effective Torpedo Bomber !).
       
      The Su-2 is not a perfect substitute but seems the closest plane ingame in look and performance (especially when set to 'Rookie' with the minimum fuel load.)
      The Su-2 cannot carry torpedoes (but 2x250kilo bombs is similar to the 1000lb bombload of the Devastator and is possibly more effective than the 'dud' MkXIII torpedoes that the US navy had during early 42.)
       
      The Su-2 is slow and relatively unarmoured (like the Devastator) and has light guns, 3 Shvaks, which is similar to the Devastators (f) .50 & (rear).30.
       
      Although unable to land on a carrier ,the Su-2 seems far closer ingame to this plane than the TBF-1 and for coops and offline missions, this skin may prove useful to others as it has to me.
      148 0
    3. A 20G OF 3rd Bomb Group
      89th Bomb Squadron. "BIG NIG III"
      CREW UNKNOWN
      501 0
    4. de Havilland Mosquito FB Mk.VI RF857, EO-Q No. 404 Sqn. RCAF Banff, Scotland 1945.
      Camouflage colours are Dark Green and Medium Sea Grey. Registration code is Black outlined in White.
       
      Three skins included, EO-Q, one with national marks and one with tail flash.
       
      Thx to Jester for the template, FBS for internals and weathering and Hynkel for (ammended) stencils.
       
      All skins 'sharpened' for effect prior to brighting.
      300 0
    5. de Havilland Mosquito FB Mk.VI HP904, 3-E No.333 (Norwegian) Sqn. RAF Leuchars, Scotland 1944.
       
      Camouflage colours are Extra Dark Sea Grey over Sky. Registration letters are believed to be Red with Yellow outlines. The AEAF bands around the fuselage were removed late summer or early autumn 1944, being painted over with fresh, slightly darker paint. The Norwegian flag on the nose is speculative, but it might very well have been applied.
       
      Three skins included, E-3/HP904, one with national markings and one with tail flash only.
       
      Many thx to Jester for the base template, FBS for weathering and internals and Hynkel for (ammended) stencils
      228 0
    6. OVERVIEW
       
      Thanks for downloading (and for taking the time to read this file). The main features of this campaign mod:
       
      1) Adds 13 new DGen operations and 4 new DGen careers for the Pacific Theater
       
      2) Order of Battle extensively researched to put the right planes and squadrons in the campaign.
       
      3) Ops file is based, as much as possible, on the mission reports and pilot accounts of actual air engagements that
       
      occurred during the various campaigns.
       
      4) Planes, ships, AAA, artillery, and everything else is placed in as accurate position as possible based on my research
       
      and map/game limitations [Note, ships setups have been designed to provide most realistic experience with reload time at
       
      5.0; I higher reload time could help if you are experiencing low fps around ships; a lower reload time would be good if
       
      you just really, really, want to relive Torpedo 8's mission every time you fly an anti-shipping strike].
       
      5) New campaign briefings
       
      6) Use skins so aircraft are painted and marked as they were historically
       
       
      0.08
      Bug Fixes
      1. 318th FG campaign crashing when going from Pearl Harbor to Marinanas
      2. No USN escort missions in carrier campaigns
      3. Coral Sea Escort mission crash
      4. No USN non-CV anti-shipping strikes in Midway
      5. N1K2 not showing up in Defense of Japan
       
      Enhancements
      1. Changed Rufe Tulagi campaign to pre-Guadalcanal bomber intercept campaign (as is historical)
      2. Guadalcanal Invasion campaign improved (Japanese template, correct OB, correct skins)
      3. Edited most carrier campaigns to reduce as much as possible the "30 mile final" (because of how DGen does carrier and antishipping missions, this is problem cannot be eliminated completely).
      4. Added USMC campaign covering the defense of Wake Island before the Hiryu/Soryu carrier strike
      5. Added Eastern Solomons campaign (correct air OB, task forces forces semi-historical, based on default Santa Cruz template)
      6. D3A1s and sBD-3s have correct skins in Santa Cruz
      7. A6M2-21s and D3A1s have green skins in Marianas
      8. Reduced air OB numbers in .dat files 50% across the board (allows the player to have slightly more influence on the campaigns, and brings air OBs in line with ground and ship unit density)
      9. Ar-196A3 (as a stand in for the E13A2) added to campaigns featuring IJN cruisers/battleships as appropriate
      2,565 2
    7. de Havilland Mosquito FB Mk.VI RF769, KK-P No. 333 Norwegian) Sqn. RAF Banff, Scotland and Gardermoen, Norway 1945.
       
      Three skins, KK-P, National markings and tail flash only
       
      Thx to Jester and FBS for a combined template and Hynkel for (ammended) stencils.
      109 0
    8. Seafire LMkIII flown by Lt/Cdr George Baldwin of 807 NAS from HMS Hunter, British East Indies Fleet, Singapore, Sept 1945.
      Baldwin was the Wing Leader and had all camflage stripped from his Westland built Seafire and a black anti-glare panel applied.
      The Far East ID bands were also painted black.
       
      Three skins included, D5-0, national marks only and tail flash only.
       
      Thx to Jester for the template, with stuff from FBS, Robo and TonyT
      361 0
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