RE: Night bombing need a fix
Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 5:39 pm
Well in I am playing official. And there was no serious allied 4E bombing campain. Majority of work was done by mediums and fighter bombers. Heavies were not as much decisive in Pacific.
First serious heavy bomber campaign came with B-29s - and they weren't over Japan in hundreds daily either.
For example during february 1945 B-29s averaged about 3.5 operational sorties per plane. Also aircraft in readines for combat missions varried between 73% and 58% depending on unit. Engines were in need of replacement after 162 hours.
Taken from: http://www.scribd.com/doc/61631705/XXI- ... March-1945
For other informations see US Army Air Force volumes I-VII at www.ibiblio.org
You can see that the game is generating about 6 times (2-3 time as large, and 2-3 time as numerous) as many sorties as was possible in reality.
First serious heavy bomber campaign came with B-29s - and they weren't over Japan in hundreds daily either.
For example during february 1945 B-29s averaged about 3.5 operational sorties per plane. Also aircraft in readines for combat missions varried between 73% and 58% depending on unit. Engines were in need of replacement after 162 hours.
Taken from: http://www.scribd.com/doc/61631705/XXI- ... March-1945
For other informations see US Army Air Force volumes I-VII at www.ibiblio.org
You can see that the game is generating about 6 times (2-3 time as large, and 2-3 time as numerous) as many sorties as was possible in reality.