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    Just back from GOA and here is report of the first game played.

    US started with 3 Wildcat's and 3 Dauntless's.
    Objective: Bomb the bridges to impair French forces from advancing.

    French had 4 D-520's doing CAP in the area.
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    Wildcat's and D-520's move in on each other.

    D-520's move in on a Dauntless

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    After overshooting each other the D-520 move back toward the Wildcat's and 2 Dauntless's move to the target.

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    D-520's move in on Wildcat's and Dauntless. One goes down in flames.


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    Another Dauntless goes down and right after that a D520 in the same spot.
    The last Dauntless heads back to the carrier followed by the Wildcats. No damage to the bridges.

    Final count
    2 Dauntless down
    2 D-520's down

    Remaining planes suffered much damage.

    This was something different as I have not seen any use of the D-520's and this is one you may not expect to see.

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    You've been a busy boy, Bob!

    Another great posting of a not-often seen scenario.

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    Thanks. I mentioned it to Rich at the Wings Over the Beach and he ran with it. I brought everything but the damage chits. The tiles for the river are from Mem44 terrain pack and the AAA guns came from a company that makes minis for Axis & Allies.

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    Great scenario Bob, good to see the Vichy D.520s get a run.

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    I brought this up to Rich because I have seen where people have asked why a D-520 ? So I have an AirFile book on TORCH and thought I would mention it to him and this is what he came up with. Rich is the other half of this game. He is the one that turned me on to the Hampton Roads Gamers and Wings Over the Beach at the Mil Aviation Museum. Another reason this is such a great site. So give some rep to Rich Schwab for all he does here.



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