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ORIGINAL: HistoryGuy

Shifting from disbanding to building, I noticed a number of official histories in our library that included the "Australia in the War of 1939 - 1945" voume entitled "THe Role of Science and Industry".  I was flipping through the pages when I noticed it contained the manufacturing/delivery information for Aussie Beauforts, Beaufighters, Wirraway and Boomerang aircraft listed below.  You probably already have the information but I added it below just in case:

Wirraway deliveries began in July 39 (2 per month) which reached 8 per month by the end of the year.  It varied between 5 and 11 aircraft per month until July 1940, when 16 Wirraways were built (out of a total of 83 to date).  The delivery rate climbed to 33 in October, 34 in November before dropping to 23 in December 1940 (total 204 built).   In 1941 delivery rates varied between 5 and 22 for the first six months (91 total manufactured) before reaching 26 in August, 36 in September, 45 in October, 37 in November and 42 in December 1941.  In 1942, Wirraway production was 25 in January, 22 in February, 29 in March, 26 in April, 18 in May and 9 in June 1942 - when deliveries ended. 

Boomerang deliveries began in August 1942 with one aircraft.  They "climbed" to 3 in September, 5 in October, dropping to 4 in November and climbing again to 11 in December 1942.  Boomerang deliveries in 1943 started at 3 in January, 13 in February, 21 in March, 18 in April, 16 in May, 10 in June, 4 in July, 22 in August, 14 in September, 7 in October, 9 in November and ended with eight machines delivered in December 1943 (for a cumulative total of 169).  In 1944, the Aussies built 4 Boomerangs in January, 5 in February, 6 in March, 12 in April, 5 in May and June, 6 in July, 5 in August, 2 in September, 4 in October, 5 in November, and 7 in December for 248 cumulative aircraft delivered.  Deliveries ended in January 1945 with a run of thirteen more Boomerangs.

Australian production/deliveries of Beauforts began in August 1941 and ended in August 1944 with a cumulative total of 700 aircraft delivered during that period.  During 1941, the monthly manufacturing totals hovered between 2 and 3 with a cumulative total of 10 aircraft delivered.  In 1942, deliveries picked up from single digits (Jan - March) to reach 12 in April, 16 in May, 20 in June, 13 in July, 17 in August, 24 in September, 29 in October, 25 in November, and 24 in December 1942 for a cumulative total of 208 aircraft.  Deliveries increased slightly during 1943, beginning with 19 Beauforts per month in January, 27 in February, 23 in March, 27 in April, 24 in May, 33 during June through August, 37 in September, 34 in October, 32 in November, and 29 in December for a cumulative total of 559 aircraft.  Deliveries in 1944 spanned January through August, with peak figures in Jan and Feb 44 (25 and 26), dropping to 17 in March, 11 in April, 20 in May, 15 in June and July, and 12 in August for a cumulative total of 700 aircraft.

Australian Beaufighter deliveries began in may 1944.  This took me aback as it seemed to me that the Aussies were "making them" before that date.  The official history notes on page 412 that "for several reasons the proposal to manufacture the Beaufighter was temporarily abandoned and not revived until November 1942."   
Beaufighter deliveries in May 1944 totaled one aircraft, with two more built in June, 8 in July, 13 in August, 20 in September, 23 in October, 27 in November, and 18 in December 1944 for a cumulative total of 112.  During 1945, the Aussies produced 28 in January, 26 in February, 28 in March, 30 in April, 29 in May, 31 in June, 26 in July, and 19 in August for a cumulative total of 329.

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ORIGINAL: Long Lance

May I set 'restrictions' for Airgroups other than range?

i. e. Betties from Rabaul may attack at up to a range of 11, but not Port Moresby (range 9 or so) and any TF or whatever that sits there?

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ORIGINAL: Yamato hugger

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ORIGINAL: Long Lance

May I set 'restrictions' for Airgroups other than range?

i. e. Betties from Rabaul may attack at up to a range of 11, but not Port Moresby (range 9 or so) and any TF or whatever that sits there?

No

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ORIGINAL: Dili

Does the splited units have their own name or will be A/B/C like in Witp or can be like in LCU's where they can start splitted under specific names and then when assembled loose that and split A/B/C?

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ORIGINAL: Dili

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ORIGINAL: Yamato hugger

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ORIGINAL: Long Lance

May I set 'restrictions' for Airgroups other than range?

i. e. Betties from Rabaul may attack at up to a range of 11, but not Port Moresby (range 9 or so) and any TF or whatever that sits there?

No

Would a sector search limit an attack to that zone only? Let's say a Betty squadron have a sector search limit, it can still attack everywhere? even if so would there will be more chances attacking in their sector?

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ORIGINAL: JeffK

The problem is that with the Beaufort, and many other types, is that the modders get production right but make no adjustment for the large numbers sent to OTU's etc.

Therefore 100% of production is available for combat service.

If you try the ADF Serials website you could (manually) count the numbers by type which where issued to combat Sqns.

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ORIGINAL: Flying Tiger

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ORIGINAL: JeffK

The problem is that with the Beaufort, and many other types, is that the modders get production right but make no adjustment for the large numbers sent to OTU's etc.

Therefore 100% of production is available for combat service.

If you try the ADF Serials website you could (manually) count the numbers by type which where issued to combat Sqns.

And are you volunteering to do that for us Jeff??

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ORIGINAL: steveh11Matrix

How are the changes in Carrier Air Groups that occur as time goes on handled in AE? Is there an explicit way of handling these, perhaps in the editor, or is it still hard-coded and linked to slots, or something different?

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ORIGINAL: steveh11Matrix

Shameless bump!

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ORIGINAL: steveh11Matrix

How are the changes in Carrier Air Groups that occur as time goes on handled in AE? Is there an explicit way of handling these, perhaps in the editor, or is it still hard-coded and linked to slots, or something different?

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ORIGINAL: steveh11Matrix

Sure.

Each carrier begins with a certain air group, but as time goes on this morphs into a different mix of aircraft - the maximum sizes of each squadron changes. This was hard-coded in WitP, has this changed in AE?

Steve.

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ORIGINAL: vettim89

Do the VBF sq appear at SF? If so, an AFB better be paying attention as he could find his VS sq gone with no VBF near by to replace them

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ORIGINAL: Barb

Well, then 1-2 Night groups could arrive independently of the carriers, and replaced manually, giving original Air groups Rest.
As is my knowlidge Big E, Independence and maybe one more carrier was designated for night ops.