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And the bitmap used for importation Japan_46_Bitmap.zip Settings were: N45 E116 (upper corner of map) 4100 km size map. 2000 m tile resolution 500m height resolution 100% Map Scale 110% Height Scale

Here are the campaign select screens for AOTP:1946 - -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- - USN Prelude to Olympic SEP. 1, '45 The fast carriers will attack Japan and spend the next two months pounding the invasion areas so the GIs don't get Massacred. Our main targets will be air-fields and fortifications on Kyushu. Enemy opposition will be intense. Drive on the Sendai Line Nov 1, '45 The ground troops will be going ashore November 1. Once they establish a beachhead, they will drive inland and capture Miyazaki and Sendai. The fighting will be over rough terrain and in bad weather, so it will not be a piece of cake. The GIs will depend on us for close air support. Operation Coronet Mar 1, '46 With Kyushu secured, the high command is proceeding with the invasion of Honshu. The losses will be heavy, so we must support the guys on the beach. After a beachhead has been captured, we're going to drive on Tokyo and Yokohama. - -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- - USAAF Olympic Warm-up SEP. 1, '45 The USAAF squadrons on Okinawa will fly support far the troops about to go ashore on Kyushu. Our job is to bomb anything of military value approaching the beachheads. We will also be flying patrols in order to intercept and destroy whatever air resistance you encounter. Bloody Kyushu NOV. 2, '45 The invasion of Kyushu is scheduled for November 1. We're expecting heavy losses and fanatic resistance. Our job is to sweep the skies of enemy planes. We also must support the GIs whenever possible with ground attack sorties The Last Invasion: Coronet MAR. 1, '46 The invasion of Honshu has been delayed several weeks by weather. That will give us an extra few days to wear dawn the Japanese defenders. We will pound the beaches, the airfields, and the supply bases around Tokyo. Once the troops are ashore we will block aerial attacks on the beachhead. - -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- - IJN Carnage off Kyushu OCT. 1, '45 In the ensuing weeks, a Yankee invasion of Kyushu is expected. The Air Forces will try and stop the attackers at the water's edge by destroying their carrier support, and their assault ships. Our Special Attack Corps will devastate the enemy invasion fleet, and we will achieve a decisive victory! Containing the Beachhead NOV. 2, '45 The Americans have established a beachhead on Kyushu. The next few weeks will be decisive. We must crush the invaders before they can gain more strength and push north towards Miyazaki. Our targets will be the transports and aircraft carriers lying off shore. The Defense of the Kanto Plain MAR 1, '46 The enemy will soon be landing near Tokyo Bay. We must stop their invasion at all costs. The capital of the Empire cannot be allowed to fall into American hands. As soon as the American fleet is spotted, we will throw our remaining aircraft at it in a massive kamikaze effort. Your job will be to make sure the special attack forces get through to their targets.

Wrench, have you thought about this kind of map? It's about 3,500 km each side; and gives you a fairly good stretch of area to fight in. It allows many possible things; for example, US Army Missile sites in South Korea can launch JB-2 Loons (V-1s) at Japan; B-29s can take off from the Marianas, it covers all of Okiwana; and even the phillipines and taiwan, allowing for some additional missions, like for example; you could use this map and file to create a short 7-10 day campaign just for the USN dealing with the reduction of Formosa as a Japanese Air base, in preparation for OLYMPIC.

Actually not as much of a reach as you think: P-82/F-82: Conceived late 1943; 4 prototypes ordered 7 January 1944, first flight 15 April 1945 of XP-82. 500 P-82B Production models ordered; 20 delivered by V-J Day. Remaining 480 planes cancelled. It's very well possible that the P-82B would become available in Fighter Group Strength by the winter of 1945. Other interesting possibilities are the P-84 Thunderjet. The USAAF ordered 400 of them in March 1945; but the end of the war saw this order cancelled, and the program placed "on hold" as priorities were re-evaluated. Despite this, the XP-84 first flew in December 1945.

Figures, after I post the above "official" program, I find this in "F6F" by Barrett Tillman:

Wrench, what are the limitations for a ThirdWire Game Terrain Map dimensionally?

Here's what the USN wanted as "official" for it's Naval Aviation units in 1945: "Naval Airplane Program for 37,735 Planes." found in the Naval Historical Center Files: CVB: 48 Fighter, 36 Scout Bomber, 37 Torpedo Bomber CV: 36 Fighter, 36 Scout Bomber, 19 Torpedo Bomber CVL: 24 Fighter, 9 Torpedo Bomber CVE: 18 Fighter, 12 Torpedo Bomber

Can you send me the "P-47N-15 Thunderbolt"? All I have is the version which has a billion 1024x1024 BMPs, instead of the 2048x2048 template, and I can't find the P-47N-15 anywhere

Locations, and lengths of USAAF/USN/USMC fields on Okiwana in 1945: Wrench, when i google "Ie Shima" and "airfield" in Google images to try and find overhead views of the damn place in 1945; I keep getting your webpage with skins for P-51s etc flying from it.

Organization of USAAF Groups NOTE: All groups operate with 50% reserves; thus a B-29 Bomb Group (VH), with 28 UE would actually have 42 aircraft. To get this, multiply each group total by 1.5 Very Very Heavy Bombardment Group (Original Plan): 3 Squadrons, each with 6 aircraft for a total of 18 B-36s Very Very Heavy Bombardment Group (Late 1948 Plan): 3 Squadrons, each with 10 aircraft for a total of 30 B-36s Very Heavy Bombardment Group (1943): 4 squadrons, each with 7 aircraft for a total of 28. (2 crews per UE aircraft) Very Heavy Bombardment Group (1944): 3 squadrons, each with 10 aircraft for a total of 30. (1.7 crews per UE aircraft) Heavy Bombardment Group: 4 Squadrons, each with 12 aircraft for a total of 48. Medium Bombardment Group: 4 Squadrons, each with 13 aircraft plus HQ element of 5 planes for a total of 57. Light Bombardment Group: 4 Squadrons, each with 13 aircraft plus HQ element of 5 planes for a total of 57. Fighter Group: 3 squadrons, each with 25 aircraft for a total of 75. Troop Carrier Group: 4 Squadrons, each with 13 planes, for a total of 52.

Found a map of Iwo Jima, at the end of WWII in an Osprey on VLR Fighter operations: I think they were adding EVEN MORE runways and hardstands when the war ran out in August '45.

I can start gathering some material so I can do some squadron level skins for the -47N to contribute to this mod...

Here's the allied OOB I've got (so far) Just added 5th AF: Link to Allied OOB

Slight update: The 414th FG on Iwo Jima actually received 30 x P-80As before the end of the war against Japan, but they lacked wingtip tank and batteries; so were not used before the war ended in August. I don't know which squadron got them, or would have. Additionally, the 412th Fighter group (29th FS, 31st FS, 445th FS) was working up to deploy with their P-80As to the PTO when the war ended.

Oh mang, this is awesome. While doing work on 5th Air Force's V Fighter COmmand, specifically the 58th FG, I found out awesome: The 201st Mexican Fighter Squadron (Escuadron Aereo de Pelea 201) “Aguilas Aztecas” or “Aztec Eagles” (P-47D-30-RA) arrived and actually did fly combat missions; and had an unique marking setup:

How will Kamikazes' be represented? By a ground vehicle (Airbase) that launches optically guided "SSMs"?

Some more research has yielded this: RAF Tiger Force 30 to 36 Squadrons of Lancaster Mk VIIs for a total of 480 to 576 bombers on Okinawa and a commitment of 90,000 men to support the force. Far East Air Forces (FEAF) ---Thirteenth Air Force ---Seventh Air Force ---Fifth Air Force U.S. Army Strategic Air Forces in the Pacific (USASTAF) Established 16 July 1945 with GEN Spaatz in command. 20th Air Force (formerly XXI Bomber Command) (B-29s - Marianas) -- MG LeMay 73rd Bomb Wing (VH) -- (Saipan, Isley Field) -- BG O'Donnell 497th Bomb Group (VH) (A Square) 869th Bomb Squadron (B-29) 870th Bomb Squadron (B-29) 871st Bomb Squadron (B-29) 498th Bomb Group (VH) (T Square) 873rd Bomb Squadron (B-29) 874th Bomb Squadron (B-29) 875th Bomb Squadron (B-29) 499th Bomb Group (VH) (V Square) 877th Bomb Squadron (B-29) 878th Bomb Squadron (B-29) 879th Bomb Squadron (B-29) 500th Bomb Group (VH) (Z Square) 881st Bomb Squadron (B-29) 882nd Bomb Squadron (B-29) 883rd Bomb Squadron (B-29) 58th Bomb Wing (VH) -- (Tinian, West Field) -- BG Ramey 40th Bombardment Group (Triangle S) 25th Bomb Squadron (B-29) 44th Bomb Squadron (B-29) 45th Bomb Squadron (B-29) 395th Bomb Squadron (B-29) 444th Bombardment Group (Triangle N) 676th Bomb Squadron (B-29) 677th Bomb Squadron (B-29) 678th Bomb Squadron (B-29) 679th Bomb Squadron (B-29) 462d Bombardment Group (Triangle U) 345th Bomb Squadron (B-29) 768th Bomb Squadron (B-29) 769th Bomb Squadron (B-29) 770th Bomb Squadron (B-29) 468th Bombardment Group (Triangle I) 792nd Bomb Squadron (B-29) 793rd Bomb Squadron (B-29) 794th Bomb Squadron (B-29) 795th Bomb Squadron (B-29) 313th Bomb Wing (VH) -- (Tinian, North Field) -- BG Davies 6th Bombardment Group (Circle R) 24nd Bomb Squadron (B-29) 39rd Bomb Squadron (B-29) 40th Bomb Squadron (B-29) 9th Bombardment Group (Circle X) 1st Bomb Squadron (B-29) 5th Bomb Squadron (B-29) 99th Bomb Squadron (B-29) 504th Bombardment Group (Circle E) 398th Bomb Squadron (B-29) 421st Bomb Squadron (B-29) 680th Bomb Squadron (B-29) 505th Bombardment Group (Circle W) 482th Bomb Squadron (B-29) 483rd Bomb Squadron (B-29) 484th Bomb Squadron (B-29) 509th Composite Group (Various Tail Markings) 393rd Bomb Squadron (B-29) 320th Troop Carrier Squadron (C-54) 314th Bomb Wing (VH) -- (Guam) -- BG Armstrong 19th Bombardment Group (Square M) 28th Bomb Squadron (B-29) 30th Bomb Squadron (B-29) 93rd Bomb Squadron (B-29) 29th Bombardment Group (Square O) 6th Bomb Squadron (B-29) 43rd Bomb Squadron (B-29) 52nd Bomb Squadron (B-29) 39th Bombardment Group (Square P) 60th Bomb Squadron (B-29) 61st Bomb Squadron (B-29) 62nd Bomb Squadron (B-29) 330th Bombardment Group (Square K) 457th Bomb Squadron (B-29) 485th Bomb Squadron (B-29) 459th Bomb Squadron (B-29) 315th Bomb Wing (VH) -- (Guam, Northwest Field) -- BG Power 16th Bombardment Group (Diamond B) 15th Bomb Squadron (B-29) 16th Bomb Squadron (B-29) 17th Bomb Squadron (B-29) 331st Bombardment Group (Diamond L) 355th Bomb Squadron (B-29) 356th Bomb Squadron (B-29) 357th Bomb Squadron (B-29) 501st Bombardment Group (Diamond Y) 21st Bomb Squadron (B-29) 41st Bomb Squadron (B-29) 485th Bomb Squadron (B-29) 502d Bombardment Group (Diamond H) 402nd Bomb Squadron (B-29) 411th Bomb Squadron (B-29) 430th Bomb Squadron (B-29) VII Fighter Command (Saipan, East Field) -- BG Moore 6th Night Fighter Squadron (P-61D) 548th Night Fighter Squadron (P-61D) 549th Night Fighter Squadron (P-61D) 15th Fighter Group (Iwo Jima) 45th Fighter Squadron (P-51D) 47th Fighter Squadron (P-51D) 78th Fighter Squadron (P-51D) 21st Fighter Group (Iwo Jima) 46th Fighter Squadron (P-51D) 72nd Fighter Squadron (P-51D) 531st Fighter Squadron (P-51D) 318th Fighter Group (Ie Shima, Okinawa) 19th Fighter Squadron (P-47N) 73rd Fighter Squadron (P-47N) 333rd Fighter Squadron (P-47N) 8th Air Force (B-17s - Okiwana) -- Doolittle. (Full Strength to be reached Feb 1946) NOTES: Originally, it had been planned apparently to bring the entire 8th Air Force over from Europe, with their B-17s and B-24s. However it was eventually decided to convert the 8th to B-29s; with B-17 and B-24 crews transitioning after six weeks of training in B-29s in the United States. During the conversion to Very Heavy Bomb Groups, the number of squadrons per group dropped from four to three. 316th Bomb Wing 333rd Bomb Group 435th Bomb Squadron (B-29) 436th Bomb Squadron (B-29) 507th Bomb Squadron (B-29) 346th Bomb Group 461st Bomb Squadron (B-29) 462nd Bomb Squadron (B-29) 463rd Bomb Squadron (B-29) 382nd Bomb Group 420th Bomb Squadron (B-29) 464th Bomb Squadron (B-29) 872nd Bomb Squadron (B-29) 383rd Bomb Group 876th Bomb Squadron (B-29) 880th Bomb Squadron (B-29) 884th Bomb Squadron (B-29) Unspecified B-29 Wing (War ended) Unspecified B-29 Wing (War ended) 301st Fighter Wing 413th Fighter Group (Ie Shima, Okinawa) 1st Fighter Squadron (P-47N) 21st Fighter Squadron (P-47N) 34th Fighter Squadron (P-47N) 414th Fighter Group (Iwo Jima) 413th Fighter Squadron (P-47N) 437th Fighter Squadron (P-47N) 456th Fighter Squadron (P-47N) 506th Fighter Group (Iwo Jima) 457th Fighter Squadron (P-51D) 458th Fighter Squadron (P-51D) 462nd Fighter Squadron (P-51D) 507th Fighter Group (Ie Shima, Okinawa) 463rd Fighter Squadron (P-47N) 464th Fighter Squadron (P-47N) 465th Fighter Squadron (P-47N)

There's also this from Curtis Lemay and Bill Yenne's "Superfortress"

Might be interested in the following on my website: LINK: “DOWNFALL” Strategic Plan for Operations in the Japanese Archipelago by GENERAL HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES ARMY FORCES IN THE PACIFIC and LINK: THE JAPANESE PLANS FOR THE DEFENSE OF KYUSHU by HQ 6th Army in December 1945.

Good riddance to a liar and cheat. The Eisenhower Administration's last budget -- it's proposed FY62 budget -- had money for seven DLGNs. When McNamara entered office, he cancelled all seven DLGNs. But the House added the USS Truxtun, DLGN-35 against his wishes to the budget in May 1961. In April 1963, the "First Navy" study was given to McNamara. It concluded that "nuclear propulsion does permit a significant increase in the beneficial military results for a given expenditure," and that CVA-67 and all other future major warships should be nuclear powered. Of course, Strange took that report and shoved it into his desk and ordered another study to be done. The "Second Navy" study arrived on his desk in September 1963 and was quite detailed and focused on the lifecycle cost differential between oil and nuclear powered task forces. It concluded that there was only a 3% cost differential in favor of the oil burning task force; but the advantages of a nuclear task force were so great as to outweigh the slightly increased cost. Advantages? Well...in the words of the Navy in 1964: So what does Strange do? Why of course he rejects it totally, gins up some supporting data of his own from OSD, and asserts: He then continued to reject any further analysis of the CVA(N)-67 issue by the Navy and ordered it to be constructed as a oil-burner in a memo to SecNav Korth on October 9, 1963. You may be curious as to what data he ginned up with the help of OSD and his cronies. Well, for the scenario of a high speed run across the Atlantic the Director of Defense Research and Engineering (Mr. Harold Brown) assumed that the conventionally powered carrier had 100% availability and absolutely perfect positioning of underway replenishment ships, keeping the oil-burning CV only 4 hours astern of the CVN after five days. Alas, Admiral Hayward, who actually did do high speed runs on both a CVN and CV, reported that during his transit of the Atlantic on a CV; that the sea was so rough that underway replenishment wasn't possible, nor could he bring his escorts alongside for refuelling from the carrier. This led to the carrier burning aviation fuel in it's boilers to make it's destination. Oh by the way, you'll love his absolute gem of an idea to save money....Amusingly enough, this crazy idea didn't originate at all within the Navy -- read, with ZERO input from the navy -- but was forwarded to SecNav from the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Systems Analysis). Strange suggested that the traditional 1-1 relationship between carriers and air wings be changed, and submitted a plan where there would be 15 carriers, but only 12 air wings. He actually went on the record as stating that "significantly more useable combat power" could be obtained under this screwball idea. What do we do with the extra carriers? Don't worry, he explains it below: Naturally, the Navy thought the "Forward floating airbase" idea was bulls**t and didn't take much note of it.

The plan right now is: 1. Wait until November/December 2009. 2. Buy Windows 7 (Even with all the positive stuff about the RC, I'm waiting a month or two to let any real major bugs in 7 be found.) 3. Buy a Intel Solid State Drive (by then, at least prices should have dropped to like $200 or so for a decent capacity drive); so that Strike Fighters Modded Installs will load faster. I tend to make huge mega installs. 4.) Buy all the SF2 games 5.) ??? 6.) PROFIT.

So I was cleaning up the AAR from Butch O'Hare's last flight (a night mission); a transcript which I'm including below; and it mentions how flame dampers were absolutey vital, the first sighting of the enemy plane was by it's exhaust flames. So is it possible to get exhaust flame effects for the first SF2 WW2 prop jobs so we can have some nice WWII and Korean-era nightfighting?

Well, you don't have to do ALL of the exhaust ports; just one on each side would be sufficient for nightfighting; to help you visually acquire the target.

Umm, since we're doing requests: P-51H Mustang F8B "Five in One" TB2D Skypirate TBY Sea Wolf among others :yes:

Depends. If TK decided to model the P-51 family: P-51A A-36 P-15B P-51C P-51D P-51H and sold them as the "Mustang Pack" for like $25; I'd snap them up. Likewise, if he did a airplane pack which had a whole bunch of speculative WWII:1946 aircraft like the XF8B Five In One, XBTK, FR-1 Fireball, etc...