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Overlord I - Day 33 - 4/14/2013 7:19:33 AM

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1200+ bombers today almost halfed the force in one day

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Overlord I - Day 33 - 4/15/2013 1:25:54 PM

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Overlord I - Day 33 - 4/15/2013 1:29:33 PM

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AC lost:
His fighters came up to play today and got their teeth kicked in. I think he was expecting the mozzie attack on his PRI AF as he had set up a wall to catch me but my raid switched to Rennes PRI AF and when he came after me my Mustang I to IV went to town.

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Overlord I - Day 33 - 4/15/2013 1:30:13 PM

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Overlord I - Day 33 - 4/15/2013 1:30:45 PM

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Overlord I - Day 34 - 4/15/2013 1:32:03 PM

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Day 34
B17 list

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Overlord I - Day 34 - 4/15/2013 1:32:45 PM

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b24 list

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Overlord I - Day 34 - 4/15/2013 1:37:23 PM

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Damage to his troops:

As you can see after two days not much damage to be seen. All these units will be hit again today some at a lower alt, damage for and against will tell me if I should stay higher or come lower. Some of the ground units are lossing some equipment hope this lowers their strenght quickly.

Giving some of the bombers the day off seemed to rebuild them very quickly back to 32 planes some where as low as 20

You may notice at the moment I am only going after non static units as these are the units that will move towards normandy after the invasion and if I read the rules right this should slow them down.

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RE: Overlord I - Day 34 - 4/15/2013 1:40:12 PM

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Raid Map:

Havoc's going the long way again with mass fighter cover. I hope these raids make him move some of his HAA off the front line and back to these secondary airfields. The airfield I hit yesterday had 100+ planes and so does todays. I think the planes on these PRI AF are night fighters but I need them moved back further than here to get points as any plane inside the 500 line score him points.

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Overlord I - Day 34 - 4/17/2013 11:16:38 AM

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Mission Report

Big day lots of planes shot down and missed targets. Two bomber streams hit there targets the others bombed through cloud or switched to secondary targets and then bombed through cloud.

German sent everything at one raid unlucky for him he chose the best protected. High fighter to bomber ration and top exp and moral.

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Overlord I - Day 34 - 4/17/2013 11:17:33 AM

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Ac lost

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Overlord I - Day 34 - 4/17/2013 11:18:19 AM

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Overlord I - Day 34 - 4/17/2013 11:18:58 AM

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Top Guns:

Picked up 4 more aces today and another 5 jumping up to 4 kills each

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Overlord I - Day 34 - 4/17/2013 11:25:18 AM

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*INVASION* I think well that is what it looks like to me

The germans have pulled back from the normandy beaches and it looks like I have captured Caen on the first day.

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Overlord I - Day 35 - 4/17/2013 12:55:30 PM

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B-17's

Bomb units are starting to get knocked around a bit.

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Overlord I - Day 35 - 4/17/2013 12:56:13 PM

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B-24's

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Overlord I - Day 35 - 4/17/2013 12:58:52 PM

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Damage to his troops

17th Luftwaffe Troops
Combat Value 728 -> 572
Disruption 8 -> 26
13 x Pz.Kpfw.IV <- 14
99 x 10.5cm LeFH 18 <- 100
252 x infantry - 252
9 X HAA - 9
26 x LAA - 26

121st Panzer Troops
Combat Value 1369 -> 1210
Disruption 9 -> 21
145 x Pz.Kpfw.IV <- 168
123 x 10.5cm LeFH 18 <- 144
149 x infantry <- 182
14 X HAA <- 18
60 x LAA - 60

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Overlord I - Day 35 - 4/17/2013 1:01:06 PM

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Overlord I - Day 35 - 4/17/2013 1:02:59 PM

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Overlord I - Day 35 - 4/19/2013 2:43:44 AM

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Day 35
Mission Report:

Enemy must have changed his target options as this turn my fighters let through lots of enemy fighters. He shot down more bomber today than any other day.

I have been running my fighters
1 x close
1 x 2000
1 x 5000
1 x 10000
then 2 to 4 others spread 3 to 4 and 6 to 9

next turn
2 x close
2 x 2000
1 x 5000
1 x 10000
then 1 to 2 others spread 3 to 4

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Overlord I - Day 35 - 4/19/2013 2:49:34 AM

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AC Lost:

10 day bombers lost (6 Heavy) previous high 8 but these where to HAA
2 night bombers lost

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Overlord I - Day 35 - 4/19/2013 2:54:57 AM

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Just noticed that I picked up 150 "Points for Area Captured" going to need a lot more of those to win.

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Overlord I - Day 36 - 4/19/2013 2:59:06 AM

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Day 36

17th Luftwaffe Troops have bee pulled right back (I wonder if this is a progamed move or because they where orange)
84th Infantry Troops is now based right on top of a PRI AF that is a HAA flak trap. I think they will be off the target list till they move.
21st Panzer Troops are holding
352nd Infantry Troops are Holding

All troops in normandy have picked up Flak Batteries so here comes some real damage as this turn all my bombers are coming in under 25000 to see if I can cause some more damage

Going my way ->
Going his way <-
neutral -

17th Luftwaffe Troops
Combat Value 728 -> 572 -> 473
Disruption 8 -> 26 <- 23
13 x Pz.Kpfw.IV <- 14 <-18
99 x 10.5cm LeFH 18 <- 100 <- 146
252 x infantry - 252 -> -276 (will need to check this the - seems wrong)
9 X HAA - 9 <- 10
26 x LAA - 26 - 26

121st Panzer Troops
Combat Value 1369 -> 1210 -> 859
Disruption 9 -> 21 -> 31
145 x Pz.Kpfw.IV <- 168 -> 108
123 x 10.5cm LeFH 18 <- 144 -> 100
149 x infantry <- 182 -> 131
14 X HAA <- 18 <- 19
60 x LAA - 60 <- 63

352nd Infantry Troops
Combat Value 728 -> 541 -> 521
Disruption 8 -> 23 <- 22
13 x Pz.Kpfw.IV <- 15 -> 12
99 x 10.5cm LeFH 18 -> 98 -> 85
252 x infantry - 252 - 252
9 X HAA -> 5 - 5
26 x LAA -> 23 -> 18

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Overlord I - Day 36 - 4/19/2013 3:33:33 AM

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Day 36 Raid Map

Todays Targets: The germans have been putting up a patrol wall on the coast so today we are leading with FS followed by the heavy's and finally the medium's. My long range kill raid is having a rest as it's fighter cover is being used for FS.

The heavy's are going 2 x B-24 raids down into Normandy and 2 x B-17 raids going to the calais area the B-17's will start out heading towards Normandy, do a 90 degree turn.

Heavy Bomber Rule:
Above 60% Morale
Above 20 Ready Planes (62% of full strenght 32 plane group)

Medium Bomber Rule:
Above 50% Morale (like to try and keep them above 60% if I can)
Above 20 Ready Planes (62% of full strenght 32 plane group)

American Fighter Rule:
Above 60% Morale
Above 30 Ready Planes (62% of full strenght 48 plane group)
Above 15 Ready Planes (62% of full strenght 24 plane group)

British Bomber + Fighter Rule:
Above 15 Ready Planes (62% of full strenght 24 plane group)

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Overlord I - Day 36 - 4/19/2013 3:45:41 AM

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St.Malo PRI AF (Typhoon attack by 2 Squadrons)

Bryas Sud PRI AF (Mauraders are going to take a pasting hitting this field but he has moved his Flak battery away so hopefully not as bad as they would have, they still have to fly through 20+ HAA. I hope this gives the Germans something to think about move your Flak and I will destroy that PRI AF.

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RE: Overlord I - 4/20/2013 3:35:50 PM

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Thanks again for taking the time to compose and post this AAR. I like hearing about your strategies, and then your analyses for why they may or may not have worked.

I have seen one thing that intrigues me: On 6/3 you destroyed 10 of the Me163 rocket planes. On 6/4, you destroyed 7 more. Did you knock them out of the air, or destroy them on the ground, or a little of both, or what? Inquiring minds want to know!

Thanks again, and best of luck with your game.

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Overlord I - 4/21/2013 12:31:58 AM

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All the Me163 rocket planes have so far been killed by P-51D's on High Escort (10000 above). The P-51D's have also been the only aircraft to kill Me-262 2 I think the rest have been taken out by his own HAA at his PRI AF. The double edged sword of so much HAA at his PRI AF.

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Overlord I - Day 36 - 4/21/2013 12:36:19 AM

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Mission Report:

PRI AF bombing today was a total flop mass meduim bomber losses for less than 10% damage , what a waste.

Note to self: Do not use medium bombers to hit PRI AF as they can not fly high enough. Need to test just how low the heavy's can come down lowest at the moment 24900.?