ndicki Posted June 7, 2011 Posted June 7, 2011 We should have - it was the fighter pilot's paradise, so to speak. These are from the first batch of 16 Spitfires ferried by HMS Eagle during Operation Spotter - 15 aircraft finally took off from the carrier under S/L Stan Grant on 7th March 1942, and all 15 arrived safely in Malta. They were handed over to No.249 Sqn at Takali. Two weeks later when a further 9 aircraft arrived on Operation Picket I, only two of the initial batch were still airworthy. They were all newly-built MkVb aircraft received by No.8 MU and specially ferried to Gibraltar for embarkation on Eagle. It is practically unheard of for a squadron to have aircraft with consecutive serial numbers, but here, one or two gaps aside, it was the case! Now if a MAX-er would build me a fake pylon Vokes filter, it'd look far better... Quote
ShrikeHawk Posted June 7, 2011 Posted June 7, 2011 Most cool! Malta is one of my favorite places for simming. Any chance you could make a blue/tan Maltese skin for the Mk V? Quote
dsawan Posted June 7, 2011 Posted June 7, 2011 Nice. Only malta I know is A-teams MAW but none for SF2. Quote
ndicki Posted June 7, 2011 Author Posted June 7, 2011 (edited) Most cool! Malta is one of my favorite places for simming. Any chance you could make a blue/tan Maltese skin for the Mk V? Of course! It's on the list - Further MkVBs and VCs from 126 and 249 Sqns. I'm just doing things more-or-less chronologically. Malta is on the Libya map. Thanks - didn't know that! Edited June 7, 2011 by ndicki Quote
dsawan Posted June 7, 2011 Posted June 7, 2011 Just needs WW2 AA guns added in instead of modern weps. as i think its modern malta Quote
ndicki Posted June 7, 2011 Author Posted June 7, 2011 Well, I've just had a look, and it is there... Except it is, well, somewhat symbolic. That is fine, given that the terrain seems to have been built with more up-to-date concerns in mind, with US air bases in Sicily and the Evil Ones living in Libya. If I were an Apache or Typhoon pilot, I'd be on that bit of terrain all day! But for WW2 Malta, it would need to be much more accurate... Quote
+Wrench Posted June 7, 2011 Posted June 7, 2011 Ask the Head Terraformer, for he knows damn near all.... no so much the s**tty ww2 libya, but how about the Tunisia map rebuild -- I'd HIGHLY suggest that (yes, shameless plug) http://combatace.com/files/file/10465-ww2-tunisiawestern-med-update-pak/ Quote
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