Armentieres, June 1918

Date: June 26, 1918

Location: Front lines south of Ypres, Flanders

Mission objectives:

-Allies: 29 Squadron has orders to bomb German artillery before starting their Offensive Patrol over the lines. 79 Squadron will fly top cover. The RE8's of 21 squadron have as their primary target Lomme airfield and as a secundary target the enemy artillery batteries.

-Central: Jasta 7 and 40 are ordered to intercept enemy aircraft crossing the lines as well as to protect their two-seaters who will fly trench mapping sorties.

Plane set:

-Se5a (with bombs), Sopwith Dolphin, Bristol Fighter, RE.8

-Albatros DVa, Fokker Dr1 (limited), Fokker DVII, DFW CV

Intel:

This scenario is based on actual events as described by the Jasta 40 Ace Carl Degelow in the book "Black Fokker Leader". The attack on Lomme airfield objective has been added to extend game play, but these attacks did happen and are also described in his book.

The map will run for 4 hours and then restart. Players will be warned in time (15 mins).

Weather report:

Cloud base at 1400m. Wind 2 meters per second, from the South West.