DD_Fenrir

Grabbing some gas....

A Spitfire IX Wing (2 squadrons) in DCS 2.7

Mission Date 09/12/44 402nd FS - Fighter Sweep, Utrecht 485th FS - Bomber Escort, Gorinchem 410th BG - Attack Infantry, Gorinchem Debrief: 370th FG 402nd FS: (Courtesy of Capt. Sean O'Sullivan) 485th FS: (Courtesy of Maj. Mick Payne-Less) 410th BG 370th FG Awards and Promotions: Major Mick Payne-Less is awarded the Silver Star. 2nd Lieutenant Roger Over is awarded the Bronze Star. Personnel: 2nd Lieutenant Doug Grabowski has been posted to the 402nd Fighter Squadron. Rosters: TBC 410th BG Awards and Promotions: 2nd Lieutenant David Crosby is awarded the Silver Star. 2nd Lieutenant Major Major is awarded the Silver Star. Major E. Shoo is awarded the Bronze Star. Personnel: No changes. Roster: TBC

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Mission Date 07/12/44 402nd FS - Attack Infantry, Weeze 485th FS - Attack Infantry, Weeze 410th BG - Attack Infantry, Weeze Debrief: 370th FG 402nd FS: (Courtesy of Capt. Sean O'Sullivan) 485th FS: 410th BG 370th FG Awards and Promotions: Captain Sean O'Sullivan is awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. 2nd Lt. Aaron Massengill is awarded the Bronze Star. 2nd Lt. Luke Zander is awarded the Bronze Star (posthumously). 2nd Lt. Lucas Rockwell is awarded the Bronze Star. Personnel: A new pilot has been posted to the 402nd Fighter Squadron - we await confirmation of his identity. A new pilot has been posted to the 485th Fighter Squadron - we await confirmation of his identity. Rosters: TBC 410th BG Awards and Promotions: 2nd Lt. David Crosby is awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. 2nd Lt. Major Major is awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. Personnel: No changes. Roster: TBC

There's a desync between FFB effects and physical stick position when using input curves - the FFB effects always follow a 1:1 linear path whatever your input curve might be. Because my custom input curve is so coarse in the Spitfire it really exacerbates this effect.

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370th FG Awards and Promotions: None. Personnel: 2nd Lieutenant Brem Sprow is posted to the 402nd Fighter Squadron. A new pilot has been posted to the 485th Fighter Squadron - we await confirmation of his identity. Rosters: TBC 410th BG Awards and Promotions: None. Personnel: No changes. Roster: TBC

Mission Date 06/12/44 402nd FS - Frontlines Armed Reconnaissance, Zulpich 485th FS - Fighter Sweep, Julich Sector 410th BG - Road & Rail Strike, Zulpich Debrief: 370th FG 402nd FS: (Courtesy of Capt. Sean O'Sullivan) Group COs note: Another solid performance gents, good work. 485th FS: (Courtesy of Maj. Mick Payne-Less) Group COs note: Glad to see the 485th getting their share of the air action, though the loss of 2nd Lt. Well is a blow, he was shaping up nicely. And a nice haul of ground targets to boot! Nice job 485. 410th BG

Disappointing news from EDs Discord: NineLine — Yesterday at 5:20 PM I was just told that the Mossie has slipped back behind the Hind, sorry guys. NineLine — Yesterday at 5:25 PM I wont give any dates right now, but its slipped back a little NineLine — Yesterday at 5:27 PM Nick just wasn't happy with the external model, so that's a good thing, he knows what's good and what isn't DCS Well, at least it's still this year, hopefully 2nd Quarter....

Scoreboards:

370th FG Awards and Promotions: Captain Sean O'Sullivan is awarded the Bronze Star. Captain Kevin Fruitbat is awarded the Purple Heart. 2nd Lieutenant Tony Bowen is awarded the Purple Heart. 2nd Lieutenant Dennis Falcon is awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (posthumously). Personnel: No changes. Rosters: 410th BG Awards and Promotions: 2nd Lt. Major Major is awarded the Bronze Star. Personnel: No changes. Roster:

Mission Date 03/12/44 402nd FS - Road & Rail Strike, Krefeld 485th FS - Fighter Sweep, Mönchengladbach-Cologne Sector 410th BG - Infantry Position Attack, Geldern Debrief: 370th FG 402nd FS: (Courtesy of Capt. Sean O'Sullivan) Group COs note: An incredible total of 44 ground targets destroyed in a single mission! Superlative work 402nd! 485th FS: (Courtesy of Maj. Mick Payne-Less) Group COs note: Well done 485th! Not just mud movers after all, eh? Excellent haul gents. Though, Major Payne-Less, let's have your boys revise some of their engine management procedures for next time... 410th BG (Courtesy of 2nd Lt. David Crosby)

Mission Date 01/12/44 402nd FS - Fighter Sweep, Zulpich Sector 485th FS - Road & Rail Strike, Cologne 410th BG - Road & Rail Strike, Zulpich Debrief: 370th FG 402nd FS: (Courtesy of Capt. Sean O'Sullivan) Upon ingress to the patrol area at angels 12, Red 3 spotted four bandits below us still within the frontline, N/W of Nettersheim. Red flight immediately dropped down to trail the E/A, now confirmed as 262s, with White flight providing top cover. Whilst the four 262s were duly dispatched by Red flight, White flight spotted and engaged a formation of six Ju 88s higher and to the North of Nettersheim. Red flight re-grouped with White flight who had already got plenty stuck in to jerry and assisted in bringing down all E/A. With the squadron reformed, we headed North to continue our patrol of the front-line, checking in with Snowdrop along the way. On the return leg heading 160', bogies were spotted to the East near the 410th target area of Zülpich, although upon closer inspection these turned out to be escort P-38s so we headed back to the Southern patrol point. Eagle-eyed Red 3 once again spotted a pair of low flying 262s N/E of Nettersheim that were duly taken care of by Red flight. With the squadron now brought down low, we looked for ground targets of opportunity to attack (Red 3 and 4 still had their bombs). After a number of successful attacks on Howitzers and AAA, with ammo running low, we headed 250' to recover at Florennes. Well flown gents, good teamwork all round and a decent tally of E/A destroyed, crucially to no losses on our side. Group COs note: 11 kills total, no losses, an excellent result for both the squadron and the new Captain's debut. Also a fitting retort to the Luftwaffe should they have felt some satisfaction at the misfortune they caused us previously. Well done 402nd! 485th FS: (Courtesy of Maj. Mick Payne-Less) Well done 485th, in the face of ridiculous amounts of AAA we managed to bag a very respectable haul of ground targets in Koln. Unfortunately we lost 1st Lt Luke Rox due to both engines being hit by AAA. His replacement will be with us forthwith. Sadly we also lost Funflak to high speed topsoil contamination. Congratulations to Capt Fenton Rea for a huge individual haul of 10+ AAA batteries, enough to keep any “intruder” running for some time. No enemy aircraft spotted which was just as well given the amount of lead in the air over the target. I would like to work on improving our coordination when attacking such a well defended target in an effort to avoid further losses chaps. A more thorough briefing and attack plan would help, coupled with better situational comms between pairs. This is something all of us need to work on, not least of all myself. A big thank you to our P51 escort for taking at least some of the AAA heat from us. Group COs note: Well done indeed to cause such casualties amongst the enemy in the face of fierce resistance 485th; it's what we've come to expect from you hard charging bastards. The losses were unfortunately inevitable given the weight of fire brought against you, but Group HQ are glad to see that you are not resting on your laurels and are actively seeking out areas to improve and become even more lethal. We mourn the loss of the experienced 1st Lt. Rox, so recently promoted too and the new blood we held so much hope for, 2nd Lt. Lou Keyberstad. 410th BG TBC...

Also chaps, please download and install my new paintscheme; "Sweet Stuff", suitably 485therized... P38J25_485_Fen.dds

Ooops...! Forgot the scoreboards. Scoreboards:

Debrief post for the 30th November mission has just been updated;

Stable version update inbound chaps and chapettes! Big things: F/A-18C ground radar modes and lots of new 3rd Party DLC campaigns for SP, but mainly a ton of fixes! Jet-jockeys note: the SA-2 is no longer as dumb as it used to be so watch yourselves out there!

Another! Arizona / Loraine" flown by Lt Earl Kielass of the 368th Fighter Group, 396th Fighter Squadron. Also a 396th coded generic skin to make up flight numbers. "Arizona / Loraine" https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3315323/ 396th Generic https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3315328/ Generic

So, as I did back at the beginning of November (campaign date) where I presented the months summary, here are the 2nd Months operations Top-Trump stats for you guys to ruminate on (last months total in brackets): 370th Fighter Group total missions flown to date: 62 (28) 370th Fighter Group total sorties flown to date: 422 (200) 370th Fighter Group total Air Kills to date: 157 (60) 370th Fighter Group total Ground Kills to date: 752 (266) Top Scoring Squadron, Air Kills to date: 402nd - 95 Top Scoring Squadron, Ground Kills to date: 402nd - 391 Top Scoring Pilots, Air Kills: Capt Lt. Fenton Rea, 485th - 26 Maj. Arjen Efftee (KIA), 402nd - 12 Lt. Casey Baker (KIA), 402nd - 11 Top Scoring Pilots, Ground Kills: Capt Lt. Fenton Rea, 485th - 114 Maj. Mick Payne-Less, 485th - 99 Maj. Arjen Efftee (KIA), 402nd - 62 Further Stats: 485th FS: Gr. Kills/Sortie Air Kills/Sortie Losses/Sortie 1.69 (1.32) 0.29 (0.23) 0.103 (0.066) 402nd FS: Gr. Kills/Sortie Air Kills/Sortie Losses/Sortie 1.87 (1.34) 0.45 (0.38) 0.086 (0.074) 410th Bombardment Group total missions flown to date: 14 410th Bombardment Group total sorties flown to date: 33 410th Bombardment Group total Air Kills to date: 5 410th Bombardment Group total Ground Kills to date: 65 Top Scoring Crew, Air Kills: 2.Lt. David Crosby - 4 Maj. E Shoo - 1 Top Scoring Crew, Ground Kills: Maj. Sid Viscous (KIA) - 21 2.Lt. Dave Haggis (KIA) - 21 2.Lt. David Crosby - 13 Gr. Kills/Sortie Air Kills/Sortie Losses/Sortie 1.97 0.15 0.060

Mission Date 29/11/44 402nd FS - Fighter Sweep, Mönchengladbach-Düren Sector 485th FS - Intercept, Mönchengladbach-Venlo Sector 410th BG - Road & Rail Strike, Cologne Debrief: 370th FG 402nd FG - No aircraft returned to base. Reports of heavy air combat near Jülich, 485th reports that the 402nd requested assistance with bandits in the sector but having found the engagement lost sight of the 402nd aircraft after battle was joined. Ground units reports 5-6 P-38s seen falling to earth in enemy territory, many on fire. It seems a black day for the 402nd in particular and the 370th as a whole. Reports coming in... 485th FS: Maj. Mick Payne-Less returned from a well earned rest period to lead four ship searching for ground attack aircraft harrying our troops near Mönchengladbach. 410th BG TBC.... 370th FG Awards and Promotions: Captain Fenton Rea is awarded the Congressional Medal of Honour. Personnel: Captain Sean O'Sullivan is posted to the 402nd FS. 2nd Aaron Massengill Lieutenant is posted to the 402nd FS. 2nd James Hendley Lieutenant is posted to the 402nd FS. 2nd Luke Zander Lieutenant is posted to the 402nd FS. 2nd Lieutenant Roger Over is posted to the 402nd FS. 2nd Lieutenant Artisan Well is posted to the 485th FS. Rosters: 410th BG Awards and Promotions: None. Personnel: None. Roster:

Gentlemen, the debrief post for the 29th November mission has just been updated; Rosters and Scoreboards have been adjusted based on the mission results. Also there have been some promotions so be sure to check if you've earned a pay-rise!