Event is open for everyone,
welcome!

Start time 8:00pm UK, 21:00 CET, 10:00pm EET, 3:00pm
EST

• February 12th, Frame 1 06.00-09.30  bellybutton
ault
• February 19th, Frame 2 09.30-11.30 The Battle ashore.
• February
26th, Frame 3 11.30-14.00 Withdrawal

DIEPPE – AUG 19
1942

Operation Jubilee,

the Dieppe
Raid was very costly for Canadian forces but valuable lessons were learned in
planning future operations, especially D-Day.

Background
Background
***********
1942 was the worst year of
the war for the Allies.
Great Britain could not boast a single victory in
the field.  British and Commonwealth troops in North Africa were being

contained and driven back by the Africa Corps. In the Far
East the Japanese were dismembering and occupying
substantial parts of the former  British Empire.
The Americans were still feeling the after effects
of  their material losses at Pearl Harbour and struggling
to maintain what was left of their Philippine Army and
the Russians were being steadily pushed back as Hitler
developed his thrust into the Caucusus. The immediate outlook was bleak.
It was against this menacing background that the  Dieppe  raid was planned and executed.

As the troops landed the RAF  went into action but the results of the initial ground attacks were
disappointing  with few weapon positions on the headlands being knocked

out and neither battery seriously affected, although the smoke laid by the bombers did give a measure of protection
to the assault forces while it  lasted. The early missions encountered no German aircraft a there was light
mist over the German airfields but as the day wore on increasing numbers
of German Bf109 and Fw190 fighters began to make their presence felt all over the area.
JG 2 was in intensive action during the operation, flying 430 operations, losing 14 aircraft
(8 pilots killed) and claiming 59 Allied
aircraft shot down

We
will model the operation in near real time.

Frame 1 06.00-09.30
Assault

Frame 1:

Allies
*********************
Bishops, 60%
of participants

Planes available:
A14 A16
- P51b Spit 5 Spit 9
Hurrie II Thypoon

A2 A19
- Bosten LANC (substitue for
Blenheims)

Orders:
-Primery target: Bomb A37

-Secondary target:
Defend the Fleet close to
A37

Restrictions:
-None

Axis
********************
Knights,
40% of participants

Planes:
- 109F4 109G2 190A5

Orders:
-Primery target: Defend A37 at all costs

-Available
bases A39, A41, BF109F4 BF 109G2
A33 A36 190A5

Arena
Settings
***************
Terrains: BOB09
Event start, game time:
5:50
Time multiplier: 1.0
Icons: Icon range : friendly 3K and enemy
none
Fuel Multiplier: 1.0
Radar: Axis – tower radar range 65000, dar bar
range 150000 (about one full sector), 2min update rate
Allies – Tower
radar range 65000, 2min update rate
Killshooter: Off.
Friendly collisions:
Off.
Kill messages: Off.
Auto Ack strength: 0.25
Default
downtimes.
DeathMaxCount: 2
DeathTimeMin: 120
2 lives for every
player.

design and hosting By
dhyran

Frame 2 09.30-11.30
The Battle ashore.
Frame 3 11.30-14.00 Withdrawal

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dieppe_Raid

http://www.fourthfightergroup.com/eagles/dieppe.html

Gentlemen,

I am sending you this note in representation of Sunday European Campaign and its CM Staffers. We are opening a new season of SEC and  are focusing more specifically on event immersion and fun. For those of you that  have participated in AH Special events before, you know that they are much more  fun and inviting when they are well run and have good leadership. We also  understand that time comes at a premium for most of us, with that said,  understand that we desire to  have the best and most concerned leadership that we  can find for these events without tying up a lot of your time. As MA squad COs  you have taken on the role of leadership within the AH community. We hope that  you can bring your leadership prowess and knowledge to the SEAs on Sundays to help us make SEC an even greater event for its partons. We hope to have  many of you engage in a new sub competition called the “SEC Command and Challenge”

Example: (Decembers SEC Command Challenge Results and Write up)
http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,323673.msg4226957.html#msg4226957

This event pits the heads of each side against each other in a battle of strategy,  planning, and overall leadership. As with other AH Event, i.e. Scenarios and  FSO, Each side has a CO and is overall responsible for leading their side to victory. COs are allowed to recruit additional leadership in the form of executive officers, GLs and FLs. Their position as leaders includes the rights  and privileges as any other CO. It also comes with the responsibility of leadership. We hope that you will seek out this challenge and become a regular participant in Sunday European Campaign events. There is no limit to the number of times that you may be a side CO in this special event. You will receive a monthly note from the SEC CM staff that outlines the next upcoming SEC event. It will include the theater of the campaign, the dates of the event, and some event details. We ask that if you have an interest in leading the campaign for the three week period that you would reply to the affirmative or post your intention in the Sunday European Campaign AH Forum space. We will get back to you as soon as possible to confirm your position and side.

Thanks for
reading this note and being a willing and interested participant in advance. We hope to see you in the SEC sky soon.

Thank you…

Sunday European
Campaign CM Team

dhyran
unclekurt
Redtail7

Operation
Vengeance

January SEC
Events

Operation Vengeance

Jan   8th – FRAME 1 Yamamoto
Jan
15th – FRAME 2 The Slot Night PT/Surface Action
Jan 22nd – FRAME 3 Battle of
the Solomons CV vs CV

Each frame starts at 8pm in the UK, 9pm in
France/Germany, 10pm in Finland/Estonia and 3pm EST.
The planned length of a
single frame is 2 hours.

History Frame
1

Yamamoto

“Admiral On Time”

On 14 Apr 1943, US Navy Fleet
Radio Unit Pacific Fleet decoded a intercepted Japanese Navy message, which
allowed the US to learn that Yamamoto was planning on an inspection of three
front-line bases near Bougainville Island. The message contained specific
details regarding Yamamoto’s arrival and departure times and locations, as well
as the number and types of planes that will transport and accompany him on the
journey. When Admiral Nimitz, US’s commander in chief of the Pacific Fleet, read
the message, he decided to go ahead with striking down Yamamoto en route after
deciding that no potential replacement for Yamamoto would be more capable than
the brilliant admiral who planned the attacks on Pearl Harbor. His death at
enemy hands would also deal a severe blow against Japanese morale, Nimitz
concluded. The final go-ahead came from the White House via Navy secretary Frank
Knox. After receiving the approval, Nimitz gave the task to Admiral Halsey,
whose forces were in the Solomon Islands area at the time.

Halsey sent a
squadron of 18 US Army P-38 Lightning fighters based in Henderson Field on
Guadalcanal on 18 Apr 1943 to attack Yamamoto’s planes. The date was especially
chosen on the one-year annivesary of the Doolittle Raid, partially for revenge
as it was just made known to Halsey that three of the captured Doolittle raiders
had just been beheaded by the Japanese. Knowing Yamamoto was always punctual, it
made Halsey’s planning easy. The P-38 fighters were fitted with extra large drop
tanks in order to provide the pilots enough fuel for the return trip after the
strike. After a series of dogfights, the lead G4M2 bombers (escorted by six Zero
fighters) was strafed by machine gun fire and crashed into the jungle below. Not
knowing which bomber carried Yamamoto, the second bomber was also attacked,
which crashed into the ocean with passenger Vice Admiral Matome Ugaki, who would
survive the attack.

Yamamoto’s body was found by Japanese search and
rescue party led by Army engineer Lieutenant Hamasuna the next day in the jungle
north of Buin. Yamamoto had been thrown clear of the plane’s wreckage,
white-gloved hand grasping the hilt of his samurai sword; he was killed by
machine gun fire before the plane crashed. According to Lieutenant Hamasuna,
Yamamoto was instantly recognizable, sitting perfectly under a tree, head dipped
down as deep in thought; however, it was generally thought that Yamamoto’s
remains were tidied up by the search party out of respect.

The Japanese
government did not announce Yamamoto’s death until 21 May. To cover up the fact
that the Allies were reading Japanese code, American newspapers published a
story that civlian coast watchers in the Solomon Islands saw Yamamoto boarding a
bomber in the area. The Japanese Navy apparently bought the story and failed to
change its code.

Sources:
Dan van der Vat, The Pacific Campaign
Jon
Parshall and Anthony Tully, Shattered Sword
“Death of Yamamoto due to
‘Magic’”
US Navy Naval Historical Center

Famous Quote(s)
•   “The
fate of the Empire rests on this enterprise every man must devote himself
totally to the task in hand.”
» On the attacks across the Pacific, 7 Dec
1941

Background Frame 1

GET THE ADMIRAL!
Allied
intelligence has intercepted communications that reveal Admiral Yamamoto will
conduct an inspection and tour of the forward areas in the Solomons. The
location to be visited is within operational range of the P 38G’s and an attack
opportunity presents itself to Allied Command. Allied Command decides to
dispatch 18 P 38G’s to intercept the Admiral enroute to his scheduled review of
the area. Although the mission will stretch the P 38’s endurance to the limit
the opportunity presents the possibility of shortening the Pacific Campaign and
dealing a major blow to Japan’s planning and strategic genius. Our SEC for
January begins with the mission to eliminate Admiral Yamamoto. Get The
Admiral!

Allies

ALLIED FIELD: A2, A23

ALLIED
AIRCRAFT: 18 P-38 G with drops (60% of participants)

CONDITIONS: ALLIED
CO to determine strategy and organize attack groups to cover two intercept
position possibilities (Point “Fate” within the 20 minute window and approaching

A 19 prior to T +100). ALLIED aircraft must avoid
detection.

Axis

AXIS FIELDS: A9 (Bettys & A6M5) A 19
(Defender A6M3 Only)

AXIS AIRCRAFT: 2 Flights of 2 Bettys and 4 A6M3s
with drop tanks. (40% of participants)

AXIS OBJECTIVE: Successfully
transport Admiral Yamamoto to the forward base (alive) prior to
T +100 and
successfully land escort contingent.

CONDITIONS: AXIS CO to determine
which Betty aircraft contains Admiral Yamamoto, ensure each group of Bettys
overflies point “Fate” (9,14,2) within 10 minutes of T + 50 to throw ALLIED
efforts off your track, and successfully land Admiral Yamamoto at the forward
base (A 19 @ 11,13,2) prior to T + 100.

Arena
Settings

TERRAIN: Coral Sea
ICON RANGE: Very Short
(2,400)
WIND: No Wind
START TIME: 06:00
FIGHTER & BOMBER WARNING
RANGE: 52,800 (10 Miles)
ENEMY COLLISIONS: ON
FRIENDLY COLLISIONS:
OFF
EXTERNAL VIEW (F3): ON (Both Fighters & Bombers)
VISIBILITY:
14k
FUEL: 1.5
ACK: FULL
KILL SHOOTER: OFF
TOWER RANGE: 52,800 (10k)
FULL DAR (in Tower)

Designer Notes
LIVES PER PLAYER: 1 (Downed
pilots may observe radar in tower, gun, or observe)

Design and hosting
byunclkurt supported by redtail7.

SEC – Head to Head >>> Command Challenge <<< December 2011

The final
tally:

Frame 1 >> AXIS
Frame 2 >> Allies
Frame 3
>> AXIS

Checkout the current winner under Awarded COs
We hope to see everyone in January for a brand new season
of Sunday European Campaign. UncleKurt will be kicking the year off
with;

January 2012 SEC Kick-Off Event
Operation
Vengeance

Jan   8th – FRAME 1 Yamamoto
Jan 15th -
FRAME 2 The Slot Night PT/Surface Action
Jan 22nd – FRAME 3 Battle of the
Solomons CV vs CV

Design and hosting by unclkurt supported by
redtail7

Stay tuned for more annoucements on the new 2012 SEC season
coming your way.

Salute

Redtail7

Beachhead ANZIO

History Frame 2

Frame 2 – Battle of Cisterna
(Last Man Standing)

Allies

M4A3 (75)
M4A3 (76)
Sherman
Firefly
M18
M-8
M-3

Objectives: The Allied armored forces will
rush to relieve the cut off Ranger Battalions, capture and hold the crossroads
at Cisterna City location 9,13,7. Spawn from V104 east to relieve and capture
Cisterna.

Restrictions – The Sherman Firefly’s will be enabled in the 2nd
hour of play.

Axis

Panzer IV
Tiger I
Panther
IV
Ostwind
Sdkfz

Objectives: The Axis forces must repel the armored
attack at the crossroads of Cisterna City location 9,13,7.  Spawn from V105
south to engage the enemy armored units. Axis forces must capture and hold the
town of Cisterna.

Restrictions – The Tiger Is and Panther IVs will be
enabled in the 2nd hour of play.

Victory
Conditions

Definition of capture – The side that commands the town of
Cisterna.

Allies –

The Allies must capture and hold the town of
Cisterna.

Axis –

The Axis must capture and hold the town of
Cisterna.

The frame victor holds the town when the frame has ended.

*This is a last man standing event.

Frame 2 Arena Setting: (No Air)

Arena Settings:
1. Terrain – Italy (Latest Map)
2. Icon Range -
short
3. Wind – 10 kts W
4. Time – Start time 1000
5. Fighter and
Bomber Warning Range – 36,960 about 7 miles
6. Enemy Collisions – On
7.
External view for bombers (F3) – On
8. Visibility – 10
9. Friendly
Collisions – Off
10. Fuel – 1.5
11. Ack – .2
12. Kill Shooter -
off
13. Tower Range – 36,960 for display to match the above setting.
14.
Radar – Off

Designer Notes:

Lives = 3 per player

Ladies and Gentlemen,

I’d like to announce our Head to Head competitors
for December’s SEC event, “Beachhead” ANZIO!

Representing the Axis command:

JVnotch

Representing
the Allied command:

FBLazy1

Gentlemen,

Congratulations
to both of you on your new commands. The Host CM for the month of December will
be tabulating your success
based on the objectives in the event write-up and
the MOTD. Your challange is to complete your assigned objectives and
ensure
that your players have a great time. You are here by commissioned to your
appropriate commmands.

The results for each commander will be displayed
within this thread after each frame.

Good luck!

Good day Gentlemen, we are looking for two leaders taking a side CO position for
December’s Sunday European Campaign.

December SEC – “Beachhead ANZIO” Frame 1

follow this Link for more deatails

send an email to admin (at) hall-of-aces.org or send a PM

to Redtails7 under “swareiam” on the HTC BBS

Thanks
for your consideration and your willingness to lead in advance.

Salute

SEC Team

November 2011  SEC 31

Sunday the 6 th, 13 and 27th November!
~ 3:00pm US EST ~ 8:00 GMT ~ 21:00 CET

Design and hosting by dhyran assisted by redtail7

Theme:

The Battle of Midway – the turning point of the Pacific

The first air attack took off at 12:30 on 3 June, consisting of nine B-17s operating from Midway. Three hours later, they found the Japanese transport group 570 nmi (660 mi; 1,060 km) to the west. Under heavy anti-aircraft fire, they dropped their bombs. Though hits were reported,none of the bombs actually landed on target and no significant damage was inflicted. Early the following morning, Japanese oil tanker Akebono Maru sustained the first hit when a torpedo from an attacking PBY flying boat struck her around 01:00. This would be the only successful air launched torpedo attack by the U.S. during the entire battle.

Eastern Island under attack.
At 04:30 on 4 June, Nagumo launched his initial attack on Midway itself, consisting of 36 Vals and 36 Kates, escorted by 36 Zeros. At the same time, he launched combat air patrol (CAP), as well as his eight search aircraft (one from the heavy cruiser Tone launched 30 minutes late due to technical difficulties).

Japanese reconnaissance arrangements were flimsy, with too few aircraft to adequately cover the assigned search areas, laboring under poor weather conditions to the northeast and east of the task force. Yamamoto’s faulty dispositions had now become a serious liability.

American radar picked up the enemy at a distance of several miles and interceptors were soon scrambled. Unescorted bombers headed off to attack the Japanese carrier fleet, their fighter escorts remaining behind to defend Midway. At 06:20, Japanese carrier aircraft bombed and heavily damaged the U.S. base. Midway-based Marine fighter pilots, flying F4F-3 Wildcats and obsolete Brewster F2A-3 Buffalos, intercepted the Japanese and suffered heavy losses, though they managed to destroy four “Val”s and at least three Zeros. Most of the U.S. planes were downed in the first few minutes; several were damaged, and only two remained flyable. In all, three F4Fs and 13 F2As were shot down. American anti-aircraft fire was accurate and intense, damaging many Japanese aircraft and claiming one-third of the Japanese planes destroyed. Here Starts the SEC frame 1!

Orders Frame 1

Allies
*********************
Bishops, 50% of participants

– Fighter avaible at C9 C10 C11
F4F
Brewster
– Bombers avaible
B-17 A4 A1 only
TBM C9 C10 C11 A1
SBD C9 C10 C11 A1

– Wirblewind enabled everywhere on land.

Allied Orders Frame 1
Primary Target: Search and destroy the Japanese Support Fleet. The support fleet is based on 3 Fleets without a CV!
Secondary Target: defend Midway Island, A1 A4

Axis
********************
Knights, 50% of participants

Aircrafts avaible at C15 C16 C17 C18

A6M2
A6M3
D3A1 C15 C16 only
B5N C15 C16 only

Axis Orders Frame 1

Primary Target: Attack Midway Island A1 A4
Secondary Target: Search for the US Fleet and destroy it

Specials!
B17 will takeoff T-5 minutes!

ARENA SETTINGS
Terrain: Midway
Event start, game time: 5:30
Time multiplier: 1.0
Fuel Multiplier: 1.0
Icons: [b]enemy NO ICONS[/b], friendly Icons short, 9k
Radar: Sector bar range 264000 50 miles
Base flashing set to 5 miles (26400).
Tower Range 5 miles (26400) for display to aid players.
Killshooter: Off.
Friendly collisions: Off.
Kill messages: Off.
3 lives for every player.
Both sides may rearm/refuel on hotpads.
Formations: Off

Salute
SEC Team

Welcome to SEC “Channel dash – Operation Cerberus”
an Aces High© event!

Event is today and open for everyone, welcome!

Start time 8:00pm UK, 21:00 CET, 10:00pm EET (Finland/Russia),
3:00pm EST

redesign and hosting by dhyran

Background
****************

Frame 1
The Channel Dash, (codenamed Operation Cerberus by the Germans),
was a major naval engagement during World War II in which a German
Kriegsmarine squadron consisting of both Scharnhorst class battleships,
and heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen along with escorts, ran a British blockade
and successfully sailed from Brest in Brittany to their home bases in
Germany via the English Channel.
The beginning of the journey was full of luck for the Germans,
as they avoided notice of the British patrols until almost
halfway of the trip. First attacks on the Scharnhorst occurred
only slightly after noon on the 12th of February, 1942.
RAF Bomber Command did not have bombers at hand in the
first wave, so the attacks were made with torpedo bombers,
torpedo boats andcoastal artillery. This frame represents
the first attack wave.

****************

Allies, 60% of players
Mission: Sink the Fleet
Torpedo bombers:
Fleet Air Arm 825 Squadron B5N2 (substitute for Fairey Swordfish)
from A15/A16
RAF Coastal Command TBM-3 (subst Beaufort) at A17-A19
Torpedo boats: PT boats at P105, A15 and A14
Fighter cover: RAF Spitfires and Hurricanes at A8-A16

Axis, 40% of players
Mission: Cover the fleet against enemy bombers,
torpedo bombers and torpedo boats!
FW190A5 and Me109F4, fields A35-A50,A61,A66,A69,A70

Arena Settings:
1. Terrain – BoB
2. Icon Range – Short
3. Wind – 5kts North – 10k and up
4. Time -12:00 x1
5. Fighter & Bomber Warning Range – 36,960 (about 7 Miles)
6. Enemy Collisions – On
7. External view for bombers (F3) – on
8. Visibility – 7 miles
9. Friendly Collisions – off
10. Fuel – 1.0
11. Ack – 0.7
12. Kill shooter – off
13. Tower Range – 36,960 (for display to aid players, set to match above setting)
14. Radar – off

Welcome to SEC “Joachim Marseille”
an Aces High© event!

Event is open for everyone, welcome!

Start time 8:00pm UK, 21:00 CET, 10:00pm EET, 3:00pm EST

Hosted by dhyran

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!
READ THE ARENA MESSAGE CAREFULLY
AND PICK YOUR SIDE.
BOTH SIDES SHOULD PICK CO(leader)
TO COMMAND THEIR FORCES.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!

Background
***********

Marseille developed his own special tactics, which differed
significantly from the methods of most other pilots.
(When attacking a Lufbery circle) he had to fly very slowly.
He even took it to the point where he had to operate his
landing flaps as not to fall down, because, of course he
had to fly his curve (turns) more tightly than the upper
defensive circle. He and his fighter were one unit, and
he was in command of that aircraft like no-one else.

Friedrich Körner (36 kills) also recognised this as unique:
Shooting in a curve (deflection shooting) is the most
difficult thing a pilot can do. The enemy flies in a
defensive circle, that means they are already lying
in a curve and the attacking fighter has to fly into
this defensive circle. By pulling his aircraft right
around, his curve radius must be smaller, but if he does
that, his target disappears in most cases below his wings.
So he cannot see it anymore and has to proceed simply by instinct.

Marseille receiving the Swords to the Knight’s Cross with
Oak Leaves from Hitler, July 1942.

His attack method to break up formations, which he perfected,
resulted in a high lethality ratio, and in rapid, multiple
victories per attack. On 3 June 1942, Marseille attacked alone
a formation of 16 Curtiss P-40 fighters and shot down six
aircraft of No. 5 Squadron SAAF, five of them in six minutes,
including three aces: Robin Pare (six victories), Douglas Golding
(6.5 victories) and Andre Botha (five victories).
His wingman Rainer Pöttgen, nicknamed Fliegendes Zählwerk the
(“Flying Counting Machine”), said of this fight:

All the enemy were shot down by Marseille in a turning dogfight.
As soon as he shot, he needed only to glance at the enemy plane.
His pattern [of gunfire] began at the front, the engine’s nose,
and consistently ended in the cockpit. How he was able to do
this not even he could explain. With every dogfight he would
throttle back as far as possible; this enabled him to fly
tighter turns. His expenditure of ammunition in this air
battle was 360 rounds (60 per kill).

While returning to base, his new Bf 109G-2/trop’s
cockpit began to fill with smoke; blinded and half asphyxiated,
At this point, Marseille deemed his aircraft no longer
flyable and decided to bail out, his last words to his
comrades being “I’ve got to get out now, I can’t stand it any longer”
On 30 September 1942, Hauptmann Marseille died on the bail out.

Many of the other top Luftwaffe fighter aces like
Adolf Galland and Erich Hartmann regarded him as “the best”.
Günther Rall said of Marseille, “an excellent pilot and
brilliant marksman.
I think he was the best shot in the Luftwaffe”

Allies
*********************
Bishops, 50% of participants

Planes available:
- Hurrie I , Spitfire , P40E
- B25

Orders:
-Start from A19 A7 A1 A3
-Primery target: find enemy Airplanes and shoot them down

Restrictions:
-None

Axis
********************
Knights, 50% of participants

Planes:
- 109F4 C202
- JU88

Orders:
-Start from A20 A8 A4 A2
-Primery target: find enemy Airplanes and shoot them down

Arena Settings
***************
Terrains: twinriver
Event start, game time: 5:50
Time multiplier: 1.0
Icon range <1k enemy
Icon range 3K friendly
Fuel Multiplier: 1.0
Radar: Axis – tower radar range 65000, dar bar range 150000 (about one full sector), 2min update rate
Allies – tower radar range 65000, dar bar range 150000 (about one full sector), 2min update rate
Killshooter: Off.
Friendly collisions: Off.
Kill messages: Off.
Auto Ack strength: 0.25
Default downtimes.
DeathMaxCount: 2
DeathTimeMin: 120
2 lives for every player.

Design By
dhyran