Screen shot by Tinmanx4

The B-17 was the most enjoyable aircraft I ever flew. I arrived in the UK an experienced B-17 pilot and used the B-17 on every kind of Scouting Force job: weather recon, photo recon, dropping lifeboats, air and sea rescue. At Wormingfold the P-51 Mustang pilots used to do ‘peel ups’ – great swoops over the runway- before landing, so we did the same in a B-17 until the CO put a stop to it, saying it would be his butt if some bigwheel saw us landing like that.

I flew 30 missions with the 833^rd Bomb Squadron, 486^th Bomb Group and in that time I lost all my officers to enemy action by the 6^th mission.

Quoted from Dave Mullen; The Bomber War, by Robin Neillands.

Arena
SEA

Country Percentages
LW 40% (Knight)
American 60% (Rook)

Allies Units:
B-17 33%
P-38L 33%
P-51D 33%

Orders:
All aircraft spawn south from A73. This will give them an airstart of 20k.

B-17’s are to proceed to Frankfurt (12.12 area) and bomb A4, the city, and the radar factory.
P-38’s and P-51’s are to escort the B-17’s to their targets.

Restrictions:
P-38’s and P-51’s must carry drop tanks and 100% fuel.
B-17’s have an alt CAP of 20k.
Players have a 90 minute frame and may use as many lives as the need.

Axis Units:
Fw-190D 33%
Fw-190A8 33%
Me-109G14 33%

Orders:
All aircraft are to spawn south from A28. This will give them an airstart of 20k. They are to intercept or fly CAP over the 3 targets in the 12.12 sector, A4, the city, and the radar factory.

Restrictions:
Fw190’s and Me109’s must carry drop tanks and 100% fuel.
Interceptors may try to intercept the buff formations prior to the 12.12 sector or may fly CAP over the 12.12 targets.
Players have a 90 minute frame and may use as many lives as the need.

Victory Conditions
P-38 – 10
P-51 - 10
B-17 - 25
Fw190 – 10
Me109 - 10
Hangers – 10
Radar - 5
Fuel - 5
Ammo - 5
Barracks - 5
Ack – 1
All other objects/building 3 points each.

Arena Settings

1. Terrain – ahrhine2
2. Icon Range – Short
3. Radar – Off
4. Fighter and Bomber Warning Range – 52,800 about 10 miles
5. Tower Range – 52,800 (for display to match the above setting)
6. Visibility – 12 miles
7. Wind – 180 degrees at 10 knots. 10k to 30k
8. External view for bombers (F3) – On
9. Friendly Collisions – Off
10. Enemy Collisions – On
11. Kill Shooter – Off
12. Fuel – 2.0
13. Ack - .4
14. Time – 9:00 X2
15. Formations – On
16. Manned ack – Off

*Players have multiple lives.

Designer Notes
In this particular Snapshot players have as many lives as they choose in a 1 ½ hour time period. This Snapshot will last 90 minutes and will not have a 2^nd frame.