One of three Soviet women’s air wings formed by Marina Raskova in October 1941 when male Soviet aircrews were unavailable and combat aircraft were outdated. An integral part of Soviet Air Defense Forces fighter aviation, the 586th flew Yak-series fighter aircraft. Tasked with protecting fixed targets from enemy attacks, the unit was subordinated at various times to the 144 th and 101st Fighter Aviation Divisions and the 9th Fighter Aviation Corps. In the course of 4,419 combat sorties, the regiment destroyed 38 enemy aircraft and damaged 42 in 125 air engagements (Pennington 2003, 520). It supported the Battle of Stalingrad and defended Voronezh, Kursk, Kiev, Debrecen, Budapest, and Vienna from enemy air attacks. It was most active during the middle period of the war, while based near Voronezh and Kursk.
Mission
586 Regiment Soviet Union
Soviet Union
4 Yakovlev Yak-1
Germany
2 Messerschmitt BF109 E-3
3 Junkets JU87 B-2 with 1 bomb each
1 Heinkel HE111 H-5 with up to 2 bomb drops.
Or if you have a Dornier use it.
Location
Near Stalingrad
Maps
3 maps
2 maps representing open fields
1 map industrial complex
All 3 Maps are Soviet territory
OBJECTIVE
Germany
Successfully bomb an industrial complex
Soviet Union
Protect the industrial complex and shoot down as many German planes as possible
Starting positions
Germans come on the long edge of map 1 on first turn. Any formation you choose.
Soviet Union planes come on 2 from each side of map 2 where it joins maps three, the industrial complex.
Place 5 targets on the industrial complex map. Bombs covering the red dot are considered direct hits and destroy the target, bombs that hit the card but do not cover the red dot will heavily damage the target.
Parachute Rules:
I tweaked the WWI rules for WWII missions.
Shot Down
1-2 Roll C&W
3-6 Landed OK
Flamer/Collision
1-3 Roll C&W
4-6 Landed OK
Explosion
1 KIA
2-4 Roll C&W
5-6 Landed OK
If you Landed OK in FT do not Roll C&W/E&E
If you Landed OK in ET Roll E&E
Victory Points
Soviet Union
Shoot down HE111--10 points
Shoot down Stuka--6 points
Shoot down BF109--4 points
Half that for making them leave early
Possible total=36
German
Destroy targets--6 points
Heavily damage--3 points
Shoot down Yak1--4 points
Force planes to leave early 2 points per plane
Possible total=46 points
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