TURKENKREUZ - German bombing campaign over England 1917-1918

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5 historical detailed scenarios of german airplanes bombing missions over England in 1917 and 1918, during the Turkenkreuz campaign.
The following document is in french, but list of planes and accessories used is easily understandable.
The full document (16 pages) has been created by Fred «*Verole*» (member of Le Cirque Volant) and can be downloaded :
http://merlindex.free.fr/wowadj/Turkenkreuz.pdf
It contains datas in english (losses, air raids dates, maps of german missions).

About the TURKENKREUZ campaign document in french :
Pages 1 to 4 of the document concern historical facts that can be found on Wikipedia : German strategic bombing during World War I.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German...ng_World_War_I

Here is an attempt of translation of missions set in.
As English is not my native language, feel free to correct any mistake.


TURKENKREUZ MISSIONS

Missions are notified a) and b)
a) historical missions
b) fictional missions based on historical ones (with more variety of planes)
Remark : only German multi engines bombers Gotha and Zeppelin Staaken were used during Operation TURKENKREUZ (along with Zeppelin dirigibles).
First plane which dropped bombs on London in November 1916 was a single engine two seater LVG C.IV (which looks like the Rumpler C.IV). Moreover, from January 1917 Germans used Rumpler C.IV for weather recon near English coast. That is the reason why German two seaters are used for the fictional missions.


MISSION 1 : 25 May 1917

Location : Folkestone (Coast mat)
Mission : Gotha must bomb Folkestone harbour.
1.a) Planes used : 1 Gotha
2 Sopwith Pup (use Sopwith Camel with D maneuver deck and 12 damage resistance).
Set in : Gotha on left side, Sopwith on right lower part side.
Choose the target in the harbour.
Victory points : German > 5 points for successful bombing of the target, 2 points for each enemy planes eliminated.
English > 1 point per 3 damage points inflicted to a German bomber.

1.b) Planes used : 1 Gotha + 1 Roland C.II (instead of Roland C.II, take a Rumpler C.IV).
2 Sopwith Pup + 1 Bristol F2b (instead of Bristol F2b, take a Hanriot HD1).


MISSION 2 : 22 August 1917

Location : Dover (Coast mat)
Mission : Gotha must bomb Margate and Dover.
2.a) Planes used : 1 Gotha
1 Airco DH.2 + 1 Sopwith Triplane + 3 AA Guns on the coast line.
Set in : Gotha on left side, English near the harbour.
Choose the target in the harbour.
Victory points : German > 5 points for successful bombing of the target, 2 points for each enemy planes eliminated.
English > 1 point per 3 damage points inflicted to a German bomber.

2.b) Planes used : 1 Gotha + 1 Roland C.II (instead of Roland C.II, take a Rumpler C.IV).
1 Airco DH.2 + 1 Sopwith Triplane + 1 Bristol F2b.


MISSION 3 : 28 January 1918

Location : London (London or City mat)
Mission : German must bomb London.
3.a) Planes used : 1 Staaken + 1 Gotha
1 Sopwith Camel + 2 Sopwith 1⁄2 Strutter + 2 AA Guns.
Set in : Gotha on upper left side, English in the lower middle part of the mat.
Choose a target on the right part of the mat.
Victory points : German > 5 points for successful bombing of the target, 2 points for each enemy planes eliminated, 3 points for every German plane leaving the mat on the left side.
English > 1 point per 3 damage points inflicted to a German bomber, 2 points for every English plane still on the mat at the end of the game.

3.b) Planes used : 1 Staaken + 1 Rumpler C.IV (instead of Rumpler C.IV, take a Hannover CL.III or a Halberstadt CL.II).
1 Sopwith Camel + 2 Sopwith 1⁄2 Strutter + 1 Spad VII + 2 AA guns (instead of Spad VII, take a Bristol F2b with only 2 Sopwith Camel).


MISSION 4 : 29 January 1918

Location : London (London or City mat)
Mission : German must bomb London.
4.a) Planes used : 1 Staaken
1 Sopwith Camel + 2 Sopwith 1⁄2 Strutter + 2 AA Guns.
Set in : Gotha on upper left side, English in the lower middle part of the mat.
Choose another target on the right part of the mat, different from the previous mission.
Victory points : German > 5 points for successful bombing of the target, 2 points for each enemy planes eliminated, 3 points for every German plane leaving the mat on the left side.
English > 1 point per 3 damage points inflicted to a German bomber, 2 points for every English plane still on the mat at the end of the game.

4.b) Planes used : 1 Staaken + 1 Rumpler C.IV (instead of Rumpler C.IV, take a Hannover CL.III or a Halberstadt CL.II).
1 Sopwith Camel + 1 Sopwith 1⁄2 Strutter + 2 Bristol F2b + 2 AA guns (instead of 2 Bristol F2b, take 2 Spad VII, or a Bristol F2b and a Spad VII).


MISSION 5 : 19 May 1918

Location : London (London or City mat)
Mission : German must bomb London.
5.a) Planes used : 1 Staaken + 1 Gotha
2 Bristol F2b + 1 Spad VII + 1 Sopwith Camel + 2 AA Guns.
Set in : Gotha on upper left side, English in the lower middle part of the mat.
Choose another target on the right part of the mat, different from the previous mission.
Victory points : German > 5 points for successful bombing of the target, 2 points for each enemy planes eliminated, 3 points for every German plane leaving the mat on the left side.
English > 1 point per 3 damage points inflicted to a German bomber, 2 points for every English plane still on the mat at the end of the game.

5.b) Planes used : 1 Staaken + 1 Rumpler C.IV or 1 Gotha + 1 Rumpler C.IV
2 Bristol F2b + 2 RAF SE5a + 2 DCA (instead of RAF SE5a take 2 Sopwith Camel or 2 Spad VII or 2 Sopwith 1⁄2 Strutter).