BOBDAY.TXT
September 15- Battle of Britain Day missions

Another in a series of historical engagements for Their Finest Hour.  These
missions  were created on the Amiga version of BoB but should work on the IBM
and Atari ST versions as well.  These missions are based on actual events 
and were meant to compliment the canned missions that come with the game.  I
used the battle maps from the book 'The Battle of Britain' by Richard
Townsend Bickers as a source for these flights.  I have tried to stay
as close as possible to the actual events as the game would allow.

MISSIONS:
There are two missions included.  SEPT15-9 puts you in a Bf109 flying escort
for a pair of Do17's flying to London.  SEPT15-H casts you as ace Doug Bader
as you command a squadron of Hurricanes to defend London from waves of 
Do17's and Bf109 fighter escorts.  Refer to the doc files for each mission.


Historical Engagement:
September 15 is observed as Battle of Britain day.  On this day in 1940 the
pivotal air battle was waged that ultimately led to Hitler postponing Operation
Sea Lion.  Two massive attacks on London were met by a revitalized RAF, and
370 Spitfires and Hurricanes successfuly turned back the Luftwaffe.  German 
pilots later said that for the first time, they felt outnumbered as swarms
of RAF fighters seemed to come from everywhere.  The first wave consisted of
about 100 Do17's with 400 Bf109's flying escort.  As they crossed the coast,
they were met by two squadrons of Spitfires from Biggin Hill and later joined
by other squadrons.  While the Bf109's were busy with the Spitfires, the 
bombers went on to London unescorted.  As they approached London, they ran
into the big wing from Duxford, 60 Hurricanes led by Doug Bader.  Along with
the big wing were 6 other squadrons of Spitfires coming in from all sides.
The bombers were sitting ducks as a huge dogfight ensued, causing the Do17's
to scatter and drop their bombs before they intended to.  The bombers were
chased all the way back to the coast.  Later in the day a second attack was
also repelled.  At the end of the day 56 German planes were shot down. The
RAF lost 27 fighters.  The strength of the RAF opposition convinced Hilter
that air superiority had not been achieved and the invasion of Britain was
cancelled.


Hope you enjoy these  missions.
Dave 'Group Commander Biggles' Webster
73217,1136
