BoB 2020 Campaign 2: 17 July – 12 August: daylight Kanalkampf (The Channel Battle)

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Battle of Britain Scenario 4: Kanalkampf. 13th July 1940 by Skafloc

From July to August 1940 the Luftwaffe launched an increasingly powerful succession of probing attacks against British shipping in the Channel and coastal targets. This was the ‘Kanalkampf’, the first phase of the Battle of Britain. It was a heads we win, tails you lose plan. If the British fighters defended shipping in the Channel they would be shot down en mass. If they did not then soon Britain would not be able to sustain heavy shipping losses.
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Ground:
A suitable playing area 4x3 or two game mats in size. If possible at least one mat should be a coastal mat. At least one target should be included, either on the coast, in the port or a ship at sea.

Allied Forces: 3 single seat fighters (AI if enemy). On the left hand edge of the playing area.

Allied Mission: Destroy the enemy bomber(s).
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Axis Forces: 3 single seat fighters and 2 Ju87 or 1 JU88 or 1 HEIII. (AI if enemy) Enter on the right hand playing edge.

Axis Mission: You are to shoot down all enemy fighters, defend the bomber(s) and bomb a target.
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SCENARIO SPECIAL RULES
1. Altitude optional, if no altitude rules in play then all aircraft will remain at the same peg height throughout the game.
2. German planes carrying bombs travel at slow speed.
3. Normal level and dive bombing rules apply.
4. Direct hit (red dot covered) target destroyed or two partial hits to destroy target.
5. Winning and Losing: Any fighter aircraft shot down -.
Each bomber shot down 2 points
Each target bombed 1 point
6. Side with most points wins

AFTER ACTION REPORTS:

1. GUTLAND: https://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/sh...13th-July-1940

[Lt. S.Kafloc]

Battle of Britain Scenario 5: Kanalkampf. 25th July 1940
On 25 July a coal convoy and escorting destroyers suffered such heavy losses to attacks by Stuka dive bombers that the Admiralty decided convoys should travel at night: the RAF shot down 16 raiders but lost 7 aircraft. By 8 August 18 coal ships and 4 destroyers had been sunk, but the Navy was determined to send a convoy of 20 ships through rather than move the coal by railway. After repeated Stuka attacks that day, six ships were badly damaged, four were sunk and only four reached their destination. The RAF lost 19 fighters and shot down 31 German aircraft. The Navy now cancelled all further convoys through the Channel and sent the cargo by rail. Even so these early combat encounters provided both sides with experience.

http://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/att...6&d=1420887231

A pair of Stukas returned from the attack of the coal convoy followed by a pair of Hurricanes. The moment they Hurries came into attack distance they spotted a pair of Bf. 110 high above them.

What to do now?

Maybe the decision is a little bit easier when a Spitfire arrived on the scene.

The Stukas try to escape over the land edge of the map.

Setup:

http://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/att...7&d=1421163004

Axis victory: Shoot down or fight away the RAF planes.

Allied victory: Shoot or fight down away the Luftwaffe planes.

You can vary the number of planes, if you like to.

If possible use the Zerstörers and the Stukas, wich were characteristic for the Channel Battles.

Special rule: All AI planes fly with fast speed until they get in range of an enemy plane and fire at it. From this moment they fly like stated in the used AI rules.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS

1. Gutland: https://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/sh...25th-July-1940

[Lt. S.Kafloc]

BOB Mission 6: ETO July 31st Dover The final day of Kanalkampf


Background

On the morning of the last day in July a thick haze blanketed the Channel .Never the less German bombers probed the SE coast from dawn. That day saw an improvement in the defences at Dover with the arrival of 23 barrage balloons. The deploymet was soon followed by the appearance later that afternoon of a large enemy formation. The presence of the balloons and their deadly steelcables kept the bombers above 5000ft, allowing the AA guns to track and maintain the bombers in their sights with a degree of accuracy

Setup
You can re create the port of Dover incorporating whatever scale miniatures you have. The port must contain at least 1 warship and 3 merchantmen. Other targets can include petrol depots and cranes.( I will include cards for these later when I get my computer back )
Note find link below to some nice target cards courtesy of Lord of Girth ( Joe) in the Fast rules PDF

http://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/sho...pedoes-and-AA)
the Port is positioned 2\3 of the distance from the East ( Channel) side of you table.
The Barrage balloons mean no dive bombing is possible.

Allies.
Dover has an AA battery of 4 guns radiating in a 1,5 ruler distance from the centre of your Port on the landward side.

Defending in the air are a flight of 3 Hurricanes or Spitfires depending on what you have available.

Luftwaffe.

You can employ 87s ,HEIII or JU 88s or a mixture to a maximum total of 6 aircraft. You have no fighter cover as this has been intercepted earlier by other squadrons scrambled earlier.

Your objective is to disable the port rather than the ships at dock so targets such as cranes buildings , oil depots score double points.


AFTER ACTION REPORTS:

1. Gutland: https://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/sh...31st-July-1940