shredward

Winder is working on it, and that's all I can say. As usual, no promises, but we're optimistic. Cheers, shredward

The map is inadequate??? What a revelation!!! We had absolutely no idea.:no2: We are trying to find ways around it, but as Unc points out, part of the problem is/will be computer resources. We hope to find another alternative. Cheers, shred

My name is Count. I love to count. Skins. Four Thousand Four thousand skins AHH AHH AHH

Not at all. They equipped 5 squadrons from June to December. They were underpowered and undergunned, but so was much of the British fighter force at that time. They became the first ground attack squadrons, suffering heavy losses over the trenches, as most of you have found out when you operate down low over the Front. That role was taken over by several Camel and SE squadrons in 1918, and they suffered the same fate. Cheers, shredward

Perhaps Bletch will spot this - he's forgotten more about this stuff than the rest of us will ever know. shred

So close we don't even know what they are. Not to worry, P4 is eons away. We are still beavering away on the upcoming add-on - haven't had time to think about what might be down the road. Cheers, shredward

Haven't got the tests yet, but I doubt it. I expect we'll get the field-fix version. shred

It's a little unclear when production shifted from the 24 to the 27, but it was certainly in the summer of '17. I don't have any exact dates for the Aviation Militaire Française, but the 27 were certainly in service that summer. The first example of the 27 for the RFC was received from Paris by 2AD on 31.7.17. The RFC accepted six 24.C1, nine 24bis.C1, and seventy-two 27C.1 Cheers, shredward

"On August 20 1917, Mons. F. Legros of the Nieuport company wrote to the British Aviation Commission in Paris to advise that it had been found that these strips, in time, remained raised; this produced what Legros opaquely described as, 'a neutral point beyond which the movement is hard, as the aileron pushes against the band.' Curiously, he offered no comment on the adverse aerodynamic effect that these obtrusive fairing strips must have had. The remedy was to remove the offending strips, as No.2 AD had discovered independently: a report dated September 8 1917, from that Depot confirmed that normal lateral control was restored by this simple surgery." Jack Bruce, in Nieuport Fighters Volume 2

Depended who you asked. Some liked it, some didn't. Nevertheless, it was the first British two-gun fighter. Cheers, shredward

Brothel manager, awaiting my first assignment....

The problem is the Wing was a multi role unit, employing bombers and fighters - single-seater bombers and two seater fighters, often on the same mission. We had to label it as a fighter unit to give it the needed flexibility to handle both roles - a compromise that leaves a bit to be desired. If we can find a way to remedy it in the future, we will, and we do have some ideas. Cheers, shredward

Better hold off on doing the Yanks for a bit... Cheers, shredward

What persuasion are you thinking about? shred

That would be nice. Cheers, shredward

Ask the Kaiser for a Spitfire! About time you showed up Gromit! Cheers, shredward

Several of the Naval squadrons were rotated back to England during the course of the war to rest. Swan about in the skies over Sunny England, drop by to impress family and girl friends, and generally have a good time. I suggest you do the same. Jump on your OFF bicycle and go pub hopping. You'll be back over the dreary skies of Flanders soon enough, wishing you were back in Blighty with your feet if front of the fire. Or use time advance, if you must, to get on with winning the war. Cheers, shredward

Which is why we are fudging it, as you will see in the upcoming pack. I have seen no mention of a DVIII sighting in any RAF combat reports, but, we know that they were in the Parks at the end of October, and we have (spurious) reports of them at a couple of Jastas, so, we are going to have them in BHAH, parsimoniously doled out. Cheers, shred

Just below the box where you write your reply, you will see Attachments, with two buttons in white, one saying Browse. Click on that, select the source of the photo that you want to upload, then click on Attach This File (blue button just below). Then hit Add Reply. Cheers, shredward

We thought about it long and hard. Bottom line - an individual's actions in the Great War (with very, very rare exceptions) made absolutely no difference. Even if you were serving beside your little brother, watching over him, there was nothing you could do to protect him or save him - it was just luck, and an almost inevitable outcome the longer you were there. If an artillery shell decided to land in your section of the trench, that was it. There were two, maybe three instances where an aviator's actions made a difference to the outcome of a battle. And so, we decided that you will not change history by hunting down MvR. Roy Brown, or any one of several hundred Diggers eventually did, and it made no difference. Neither will you. Cheers, shredward

Like everything else, it's a WiP, and a staggering amount of work at that. Last time I looked, we've got about 1500 aces. Multiply that by the lines for date, a/c shot down, casualties, location, a/c flown etc - well, it's a lot of work. But we are whittling away at it. Just takes time. Cheers, shredward

There are days when operations are cancelled due to weather. However, if you look at the records, and we have, missions were flown even under the most apalling conditions; there were very few days when there was no aerial activity. The weather you see in OFF, every day, is based on met records, data from the 'Comic Cuts', TSTB, squadron and battalion war diaries, artillery records, and various other sources. Unfortunately, we can't tune it to specific locales, so one weather system must fit the entire Front, but the weather you see was what the troops saw on any given day. Cheers, shredward

Anyone is welcome to contribute to the Great War Historical Archive, and many have, which is what I particularly like about it. Unfortunately, I've had my head buried in stuff working on the expansions, so haven't been able to contribute much to it, or the "On this day in the Great War" thread, but one day the madness will stop, and I'll be able to get back to it. Cheers, shredward

Tough luck old chap. We won't smash your chair in the mess (unless the party gets really wild), or let someone move into your bunk . Take care! Ted

You undoubtedly saw a stand-in for a later Noop flying in one of the backwater French outfits - there were still a few Noop equipped Escadrilles into the summer of '18. The last RFC outfit phased them out in April or May '18 (not home, so I can't check my files). Late model Noops coming soon to a screen near you. Cheers, shredward