Anyone know a good source for the text of Churchill's war speeches? I need to get the style right for his final speech...

H

Hi Heinkill,

I have a book containing the greater part of Churchill's war time speeches (His Finest Hours, The War Speeches of Winston Churchill ISBN 978 1 84724 201 3). If you let me know what you want I'll try and scan it for you. I won't be online until tomorrow night now.

RedToo.

Here you go mate, give this a try.

http://www.winstonchurchill.org/learn/speeches/speeches-of-winston-churchill

Looking forward to flying more of your work. :-)

I can attest to that! - Had a lot of trouble in my night/dawn mission... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPtJ9-Esbto

Heinkill, your work is monumental! - I really salute you for this huge counter-factual what-if campaign. Superb work. And great that you are getting into mission design: far too few people are... Mainly because the developers have been very negligent in their documentation work...

Great site Naz. Much easier than scanning and OCR-ing! Thanks for the link.

RedToo.

Thanks all! And especially for that link Naz, and the offer Red. I have what I need now.

The reason things have been a little quiet is that I have decided there should be two, equally believable endings to this campaign. That has taken a fair bit of writing, and then mission scripting/testing.

But the good news is I am nearly there, and the full 35 mission (150 sortie) pack, with dual endings, will be available 'soon'.

Cheers for hanging in there!

H

My pleasure gentlemen, glad the link is of some help.

Its a shame today's politicians so rarely have the gift to produce inspirational speeches as Churchill did.

Anyway, Keep up the good work HeinKill, cant wait to download and fly the complete set. (...and dare I say it, your next project(s))

BoB Game Hub
Operation Sealion Mission Packs for Cliffs of Dover

Welcome to the Operation Sealion Mission Packs for Cliffs of Dover!

There are two packs, one created from an RAF victory perspective, and one from a Luftwaffe victory perspective. However every mission in the BoB Game Hub Sealion mission packs is designed with multiple flyable aircraft available to players flying either RAF or Luftwaffe. Wherever practical, mission design includes both ground starts and airstarts. Mission design takes an 'open battlefield' approach - the player will be given an objective, but once airborne, you have full freedom of operation to either prosecute the assigned target, or attack other targets of opportunity.

These missions are minutely based on the notes from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst wargame conducted in 1974 to simulate a September 1940 invasion by Germany. In this exercise, each side (played by British and German officers respectively) was based in a command room, and the actual moves plotted on a scale model of SE England constructed at the School of Infantry. The panel of umpires included Luftwaffe ace Adolf Galland, Admiral Friedrich Ruge, Air Chief Marshal Sir Christopher Foxley-Norris, Rear Admiral Edward Gueritz, General Heinz Trettner and Major General Glyn Gilbert. The main problems the Germans face are that a) the Luftwaffe has not yet won air supremacy; b) the possible invasion dates and resupply are constrained by the weather and tides (for a high water attack) and c) it has taken until late September to assemble the necessary shipping.


The combat takes place on a narrow front, on land, sea and in the air.

I have aimed for nothing less than 'epic' with these mission packs, and hope they leave you with a feeling of reliving an alternate version of history.

Enjoy!

HEINKILL

DOWNLOAD HERE:

Sealion RAF Point of View: http://www.box.com/s/5d8236170f3da466a4fb
Sealion LW Point of View: http://www.box.com/s/55339e8c4d9fcaa73623

Note: files were updated 8 April to ensure they appear in date order in the CoD menus (earlier versions dont). If you would like this refinement, suggest you uninstall, download the new version and reinstall. Sorry for this inconvenience.

www.bobgamehub.blogspot.com

PS There have already been more than 3,000 downloads of the earlier releases of the partly completed Sealion missions (thanks all!). The full pack adds another 10 missions, and alternate endings!

FAQ and further guidance.


Q. I ran the install program but the missions don’t appear in my Single Missions menu in the game!
A. The install program can automatically install all the required files into your Single Missions folder and menu. When prompted, you should browse to your default Cliffs of Dover folder, usually 1CSoftClub>IL2SturmovikCLiffsofDover. If you do not choose a folder, the files will be placed into your My Documents folder for you to install manually. To manually install these missions, simply copy all files into your CoD Single Missions folder, usually 1CSoftClub> IL2SturmovikCliffsofDover> missions> Single.

Q. What is the difference between the RAF mission pack and the LW mission pack?
A. From about S-tag (Sealion Day) +8, events diverge between the two mission packs – the two mission packs have different endings! The RAF pack follows events from the RAF perspective and the default flyable aircraft are usually RAF aircraft. The Luftwaffe pack is put together with the default flyables as Luftwaffe.
Of course, because these are single missions, the player can fly any flyable aircraft, on either side, from the CUSTOM menu.
EVERY player flyable aircraft in these missions has its own mission briefings and objectives.

Q. What types of missions are featured?
A. Here is a list of the types of missions available in the mission pack, for both sides:

- Combat air patrol ('routine' patrol, frie jagd)
- Ground attack (strafing, dive and level bombing; bridges, trains, gun emplacements, ports, vehicles, troop encampments, airfields)
- Shipping attack (dive bombing, level bombing, strafing, merchant and naval)
- Bomber intercept
- Bomber or supply aircraft escort
- Recon
- Scrambles under air and/or ground attack
- Night flying
- Specials (no spoilers here: there are several missions with unique storylines/objectives...)

Q. I want to fly for the Luftwaffe but the default aircraft seems to be RAF (or vice versa). Can I change the default?
A. Yes! The reason this pack has been created as single missions, rather than a campaign, is so that you can more easily customize to your heart’s desire, no matter whether you install the RAF victory or LW victory versions. On the mission briefing page, click the CUSTOM button. Then see below for what you can customize.



Q. I want to change the default aicraft eg fly a Spitfire rather than a Hurricane / an Emil rather than a Bf110. Can I?
A. Yes! If the aircraft is player flyable, simply click CUSTOM (see above) at the briefing screen then click on the picture of the pilot for the aircraft you want to fly. You can change this aircraft to whatever flyable aircraft you want by clicking the picture of the aircraft. (A. below). Check the briefing to see what mission this aircraft is assigned. (B. below).



Q. I want to change other mission parameters like time, weather or realism
A: To change time of day or weather, enter new values at D. To change loadout click the ‘default(stock)’ or custom loadout indicated in A. To change realism values, click C.

Q. How can I see what the mission or target is for every aircraft in the mission? This will help me decide which one I want to fly.
A. Check the mission and targets assigned to each flight at B. When you are airborne, use the map and enable waypoint icons to see which route you are assigned to patrol. You do not have to follow the assigned route, but the missions are scripted for aircraft/players to follow the waypoints as ordered, which was RAF and LW airforce doctrine at the time unless fighters were assigned a ‘free hunt’.

Q. I want more aircraft in the missions, or, my PC can’t cope with the number of aircraft in this mission!
A. You can increase the number of aircraft in each flight in the drop down box next to the pilot (see A.). This may degrade PC performance. You can decrease the number of aircraft in each flight (or zero it completely) the same way to increase PC performance. It is suggested you start by decreasing ALLIED aircraft to preserve the focus of the integrity of the sortie you are flying yourself.

Q. I am having trouble finding the mission target, or mission waypoints
A. These missions are built on the ‘open battlefields’ concept, to try to simulate what a battle on such a narrow front would be like. There are multiple aircraft in the battle area for each mission, each with their own primary and secondary targets. And there is a separate war taking place on the ground, and on sea. If you are having trouble locating your target, you have several options:
- turn on waypoints and icons and view the in game map
- run the mission on autopilot and let the autopilot guide you to the target
- fly as a wingman and just follow the squadron leader (just go to external view, cycle through the aircraft to the wingman aircraft in your formation, and press ALT-F1 to fly that aircraft)
- identify enemy ground targets and attack those (eg, beat up an enemy airfield.)
Ground targets such as trains, guns, vehicles or stationary aircraft, as in real life, are hard to find and hit. If it helps, fly ground attack missions as wingman, and follow your leader in! (You can set your aircraft to fly as wingman in the Full Mission Builder).

Q. My flight appears to have no landing waypoint… where do I land?
A. Some flights, especially player flights, are not assigned landing waypoints, to ensure they stay in the battle area. It is up to you as the pilot to judge when and where to land, but here is a list of the main home airfields, at various stages of the campaign.
Lehrgeschwader 2: Calais/Lympne/Hawkinge
Erpro 210: Calais Marck/Lympne/Hawkinge
111 Sq: Hawkinge/Croydon
64 Sq: Manston

Q. My flight is out of action / has run out of targets/ I have run out of fuel and ammunition, but I can see other aircraft are engaged on the battlefield. Can I jump into the cockpit of those aircraft and keep fighting?
A. Yes. One of the great features of CoD is that you can jump into the cockpit of any player flyable aircraft on the map as long as this is enabled in REALISM menu. Just cycle through external views of aircraft to the aircraft you want to fly, and hit ALT-F1

Q. I prefer campaigns, rather than single missions. Why don’t you compose these missions into a campaign?
A. I will. When the full mission set is complete, it will be scripted into 4 Sealion scripted campaigns, each with its own unique squadron point of view. As you can probably guess, the campaigns will be:
RAF 64 Squadron: Spitfire campaign
RAF 111 Squadron: Hurricane campaign
LW LG2: Bf 109e4 campaign
LW Erpro 210: Bf110C7/Bf109e4B campaign

Of course there is nothing to stop you compiling these missions into a campaign yourself - if you do, please share!

Q. I like random elements in missions, like randomly spawning enemies and event triggers. Why don’t you incorporate those?
A. Because they require scripting, which requires coding abilities, which I don’t have. I have to work within the limits of what the full mission builder basic functionality allows sorry. But I have compensated this by building a world of such detail on the ground and in the air that I hope the missions remain interesting anyway. Each mission can be played from several points of view, and because of the large number of sorties and targets in each mission, they never play exactly the same way twice.

Q. I have found an error or fault in one of your missions, can you fix it?
A. If I can, I will! Just post details of the problem in a comment on www.bobgamehub.blogspot.com or leave me a message here on the SimHQ CoD forums, or Airwarfare forums. I can usually fix and upload a new version of a mission within a few days if there is an error.

Q. These were OK! Do you have any more?
A. Ah yes. You'll be wanting the BoB Game Hub Cliffs of Dover Mission Megapack! More than 60 missions in total. Only available from my blog:

www.bobgamehub.blogspot.com

Enjoy...

Bew-di-ful!

Downloaded

Thanks again Heinkill, gonna love it I'm sure.

In-game screenies

All key landmarks, targets and installations have been rebuilt and populated with appropriate objects. Ports, cities, and airfields on both sides of the Channel.

Calais with invasion barges. The calm before the storm.


British reserve encampments placed north of Killingwood Ridge, and at Denton, and dozens of other locations



Invasion beach-head at Folkestone




Folkestone teems with activity as German supplies are unloaded




Bridges on the lesser River Stour


An AT crew concealed in the grass, waits for the Leibstandarte SS to approach


A troop train ferries soldiers and equipment from Folkeston to the Dover front





Each mission features several player flyable sorties, each with its own individual mission targets and briefings


The invasion fleet sails, as an attacking Blenheim is brought down



While the air war is waged above, the land war rages below






And the sea war will be decisive: can the Royal Navy prevent Germany from resupplying its troops? Or can German troops hold on long enough to force negotiations?






Featured Luftwaffe units include LG2 Bf109E4s and Erpro 210 (E4Bs and Bf110C7s)



Featured RAF squadrons include 64 Squadron Spitfires, 212 Squadron Blenheims and 111 Squadron Hurricanes.




A little preview of the action...

Erpro 210 provides support to German troops trying to take Hawkinge




Lympne station under attack, and LG2 takes off from the newly captured Hawkinge field



Rushed into service a month early, cannon armed Beaufighters hunt by night



and by day


German troops dig in at Denton, their vehicles under camouflage netting



Tiger Moths are used for recon to try to locate them



Bomber Command Wellingtons are sent in



An air convoy of FW200s tries to air drop supplies to German troops



64 Squadron at Manston takes off under fire from Kampfgruppe Bauer

While heavily escorted Heinkels rain bombs from above






Tanks of the 8th Panzer approach Dover, with support from Erpro 210




111 Squadron patrols over the front lines at Kingston, while Blenheims tangle with LG2



A captured German Tiger Moth circles above Panzers digging in beside Canterbury Cathedral and railway station



Corpo Aero Italiano enters the fray


While in desperation at Elham, even obsolete Gladiators are thrown at the enemy






Until finally, after eight days of fighting and with the front lines just 60 miles from London, Churchill gives order to Bomber Command to carpet bomb Canterbury and 'to destroy utterly, the will of German troops there to resist' - and thereby seals the outcome of the invasion.







But in whose favour?

Top work

couple of points for anyone trying to make these into a campaign:-
http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=30017
might be useful?

the missions/briefing files will need to be renamed to something without 'special characters' (umlauts) as they won't work in campaign mode- the campaign engine doesn't seem to be able to read these characters and throws errors

WOW! Fantastic job!

Will you make it available also at airwarfare.com in offline campaigns section?

(It is easier to have just one link in a sig. lol)

Yes I sure will. I find it worth posting both here, and on Airwarfare. Of the 3,000 downloads of my mission sets so far, about 2/3rds have come through SimHQ and about 1/3 through Airwarfare.

BTW I have already received a question: "How could Germany have possibly succeeded in the invasion of England, with the RAF contesting the skies, and the Royal Navy controlling the sea lanes?"

This is the eternal question, debated by many more erudite than myself. But in playing through these missions, I discovered how, and the answer is not solely military, it is human/political.

See the 'Germany wins' timeline in full here:

WARNING; Campaign PLOT SPOILERS!!!

Germany victory timeline
http://www.box.com/s/29366504e1c566be6b55

Hi Heinkill,

Found this post over on Pprune - thought it may be of interest

Thanks a lot HeinKill!

All I need now is some time to fly... If anyone finds some unused sparetime lying around, collecting dust, send it to me please

Thx V! Yes that was the source I used to create the basic storyline for the series. As you can see though it is rather vague between the 24th and 28th so I had to get the Cox book to fill in the blanks.

I then had to make a choice. In the Sandhurst exercise the 9th Army landed at Rye and the 16th at Folkestone. The 9th didn't hit any of its objectives, but to include Rye in the battlefield would have greatly increased the area of the front and made it harder to both model, and script. I wanted a narrow front to condense the action so the player would not find it hard to get into the action. It also made it easier to model the ground war. So there I deviated from the Sandhurst script a little and kept all the focus on the 16th Army landings, and a battlefield stretching just from Folkestone to Ramsgate along the coast, and north to Canterbury inland.

The other area I deviated was to consider both the military environment, and the political. Sandhurst unrealistically just ran a military wargame with no consideration for the socio-political impact that a German landing would have, especially given that within the War Cabinet of the time you had a couple of British bulldogs (Churchill, Atlee), but on the other hand you had two members with less convincing track records, in Chamberlain and Halifax. Chamberlain was the appeaser who had acquiesced to German takeovers in Austria and the Sudetenland, while Halifax had proposed negotiation with Axis powers during the Battle of France, to let them have France if they left British interests alone.

There was also the wildcard of the former King Edward, arguably also sympathetic to Germany, but I'll say no more on that as it is the subject of a 'special' mission in the mission pack

So I asked myself as I was moving toward the last days of the Sandhurst timeline:

- what political impact would the landings have had? would the war cabinet have stayed united, or divided?
- what social impact would it have had with refugees fleeing Kent and streaming into London? And what pressure would this have added to the political environment?
- the British public had enormous confidence in Churchill following the Battle of Britain, but could a serious military miscalculation by him, resulting the deaths of tens of thousands of British civilians shake that confidence?
- what would happen if a sizable German force had penetrated as far inland within the first week, as Allied forces did at Normandy? This would put them within 30-60 miles of London. Even if they ran out of supplies and dug in, it could take weeks to dislodge them. The panic in London could have been politically explosive.

Anyway I added these thoughts to the scenario building and came up with alternate endings to the campaign, one which more or less follows the Sandhurst outcome, and one which...doesn't.

H

I would respecftully submit that British would not have suffered any serious political consequences from an invasion unless/until things started going really bad (i.e. Germans no kidding marching through London). As long as the landing was more or less contained in SE England, I think it would have acted as a catalyst for greater British effort, not less.

I agree it would probably have to have been as drastic as that - though if Canterbury fell, just 60 miles from London...

I was put in mind of the Japanese attacks on Darwin in Australia, before the battles of Midway and Coral Sea put paid to fears of an invasion. We Australians like to think of ourselves as do or die types, but after the second bombing of Darwin...

"RAAF wing commander Sturt Griffith summoned his senior administrative officer, Squadron Leader Swan, and gave a verbal order that all airmen were to move half a mile down the main road and then half a mile inland. At this vague rendezvous point ... arrangements would be made to feed them. The order led to utter chaos. In being passed by word of mouth from one section to another, sometimes with officers present and sometimes not, it became garbled to the extent it was unrecognisable against the original. In its ultimate form it was interpreted, especially by those desiring such an interpretation, of an impending order for immediate and general evacuation of the area. Highly exaggerated rumours of an impending Japanese invasion had already reached the base from the town and spread quickly among those wanting to believe them. In the absence of restraint, men gathered their belongings" and abandoned their stations."

More than half the city of Darwin fled south.

I do still wonder whether Brits might have been similarly panicked by the news of Panzers in Canterbury...

I've managed some time to enjoy Spitfire flights in Missions 18 and 19 since the full set was released..fantastic work again HeinKill!

Nice to see lots of positive comments across the other forums for your work as well mate, well done.

Thanks...

And a preview of my next project, currently in research...

RHUBARBS and CIRCUSES

The codename Circus was given to operations of British Royal Air Force (RAF) during 1941 where bombers, heavily escorted by fighters, were sent over continental Europe to bring enemy fighters into combat. These were usually formations of 20 to 30 bombers escorted by several squadrons of escort fighters in the belief that formations of this size could not be ignored by the German Luftwaffe.

There were other codenames for similar missions.

Ramrod - Similar to Circus, but with intention of destroying a target.
Ranger - Large-formation intrusion over enemy territory with aim of wearing down enemy fighter force.
Roadstead - Low-level attack on coastal shipping.
Rhubarb - Small-scale freelance fighter sorties against ground targets of opportunity

Intended originally to keep pressure on Germany after the Battle of Britain, and later to draw important resources away from the Eastern front, the operations were incredibly costly to the RAF, which lost fighters and bombers at a rate of 2-4 for every German aircraft destroyed.

I'm going to put together a set of historically accurate missions based on records of actual Circus, Ramrod, Rhubarb and Roadstead missions. It will feature the squadrons of RAF 11 Group, including Baders famous 'Tangmere Wing' which bore the brunt of the RAF attack, and JG26 and JG2 which were the primary Luftwaffe units engaged.

The missions will all take place off the coast of, or over the CoD France map, so I'll be populating a lot of French airfields, targets and landmarks for this one.

Below are a couple of examples of typical 'Circus' operations, from both sides:

RAF - Mission: Circus 81

Date: 19th August 1941

Unit: No. 403 Squadron R.C.A.F.

Type: Supermarine Spitfire IIb(The Bristol Air Raid Warden - name of aircraft)

Serial. R7260

Code: R

Location: In sea off Dover, England

Pilot: Pilot Officer N. R. D. Dick Picked up safe.

REASON FOR LOSS:

Extract from form F. Pilots personal Combat Report.

I was yellow 4, 403 (Canadian) Squadron, on Circus 81. When at 26,000 ft. North of St. Omer I sighted 15/20 e/a (enemy aircraft) heading N/W below at 15,000 ft. and Squadron Commander ordered us to attack. Whilst diving I saw an Me.109F attacking Yellow 3 from behind and fired a 2-second burst at 400 yards range, but missed and e/a took evasive action by half rolling to port. I was flying then at 24,000 ft. in a northern direction and made a sharp right hand climbing turn and pulled up. I then saw 3 Me. 109Fís in line abreast above flying east at 26,000 ft. I fired a 7-second burst from 250 yards range at centre one and black thick smoke poured from its belly.

I saw tracers strike cockpit and fuselage, a further 2-second burst was then given at 75 yards range and e/a blew up and spun down vertically in flames.

The other two e/a then dived away towards the south. I was then alone and could see none of our aircraft and was about to turn for home when I sighted 6 Me. 109's in sun 2,000 ft. above me at 24,000 ft. flying N/W in loose formation. I made for cloud cover and when making coast near Gravelines I saw a Spitfire at 1,000 ft. above me at approx: 18,000 ft. being attacked from rear quarter starboard side by one Me.109F.

I pulled my nose up and fired a 4-second burst into his belly at 150 yds. range. Shortly after, black smoke and flames came from his belly and he was last seen diving to starboard with flames coming from his belly. I then saw another e/a below at 15,000 ft. and used up the rest of my ammunition with a 2-second burst at 350 yards range, but did not see result, although I think I hit his tail.

During this time I was attacked on port and starboard side by 2 e/a. My starboard wing tip was struck by 3-cannon shell and broke off. The port wing was also hit by cannon. On making a left hand turn I found a cannon shell had struck base of control column, rendering my right aileron useless and being unable to straighten out I used heavy right rudder to pull her up

PO N.R.D. Dick No.403 Sqdn

Pilot Officer Dick in the cockpit of his Spitfire

When at, 6,000 ft, I see-sawed for cloud cover and was again attacked from astern the radiator panel was hit and also my reflector sight and the cockpit filled with white smoke. I yanked emergency cockpit cover, which blew off. On my port side I saw another Me.l09F l,000 yards away about to attack. I went down in a slow left hand dive and lost 3,000 ft. As I recovered from dive, I saw e/a turn for France. I levelled out and found engine failing, so I used hand pump and injected fuel to keep going. When 2,500 ft. over Channel I found myself losing control and on sighting Cliffs of Dover I realized I could not make land, and jettisoned my helmet.

From 2500 - 2000 ft. I called Mayday on button D and at 1800 ft, baled out clear from port side of a/c [aircraft]. My parachute opened easily.

Whilst floating down I inflated my Mae West. on the way down I lost one flying boot and my revolver. As my feet touched the water, I tried to release parachute, but I missed hitting the release.I was dragged 3/4 feet below the surface and then managed to release myself.

I pulled the Dinghy towards me and partially inflated it by giving it one full turn, then being exhausted I hung on to dinghy and when on top of a high wave I saw 6/7 Spitfires orbitting above me and also Rescue Boat approaching, which reached me about 10 minutes later.

(Sgd) N.R.D. Dick P/O
"B" Flight,
403 Can. Sqn.
From: "Fighter Command Losses" - Norman Franks.

LUFTWAFFE

During July 1941, the RAF reported that they lost 75 bombers and 120 fighters in daylight missions over the "Channel". According to German reports, JG 2 and JG 26 lost 77 fighters on the "Channel front" during the period 22 June - 31 October 1941.

July 2nd, 1941. This day JG 26 "Schlageter" spotted probably Polish fighters from 308th "City of Krakow" Squadron under command of Cpt. Marian Pisarek (details from Polish side on Pisarek's page!). Polish pilots claimed 5 destroyed "Messers'", but Germans from JG 26 lost at least 2 Bf 109s. One of them, piloted by Oberleutnant Martin Rysavy (8 kills) of 2./JG 26, was reportedly shot down by "friendly Flak". Rysavy was killed. But probably 308th Squadron can add him to score board.

Adolf Galland , The JG26 Geschwaderkommodore, took off, despite wounds he had received when he was shot down on 21 June, and despite the fact that he had received orders that forbade him to take part in air combat since he was decorated with the Swords to the Knight´s Cross with Oak Leaves. He led the whole JG 26 in an attack against the formation of Blenheims and escort fighters - probably of 308th Squadron... Galland shot down one "Blenheim" (it was not confirmed, because he didn´t see the crash). As he was involved in a whirling dogfight with one "Spitfire", another "Spitfire" attacked his Bf 109 from behind.

The cockpit hub of Galland´s plane was hit by a 20 mm shell. But the armor plate which Galland´s mechanic Unteroffizier Meyer coincidentally had mounted on the Kommodore´s aircraft that same morning, saved Galland´s life. Adolf Galland managed to escape and landed at base, where he was hospitalized again - for the second time in twelve days. As a reward, he paid Uffz. Meyer 100 Mark.

"So viel war mein Kopf wert (so much was my head worth)...", Galland ironically commented later.