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XabbaRus
03-16-08, 04:18 PM
I'm in the process of designing a COOP Il-2 mission about the Battle of Midway on the 4th June 1942.

I have Midway : Dauntless Victory that I am reading at the moment and I have a a few not very good maps showing flight paths taken.
Does anyone else have any decent maps showing positions of the fleets respective to Midway and each other and the paths by taken by their aircraft?
Dowly
03-16-08, 04:29 PM
Just found this link. A timeline of the battle, some reports have rough positions of the action.

http://uncleted.jinak.cz/tlmidway.htm

Tho, only one entry for May.
XabbaRus
03-16-08, 05:00 PM
Just edited my post, meant June.
Torplexed
03-16-08, 05:05 PM
Here's a scan of a battle map I have. Any map is probably subjective tho. There was a lot of confusion on both sides that day. Remember, this is the battle where Nautilus thought she sank the Soryu when she just dented the Kaga with a dud torpedo.

http://neptoon.homestead.com/MidwayBattle.jpg
Marcantilan
03-16-08, 05:20 PM
4th of May or 4th of June?

I have "Midway, the battle that doomed japan", by Mitsuo Fuchida & Masatake Okuyima (well, the spanish version).

The book have some decent maps about fleetīs relative positions on June 4, 1942.

Hereīs some (the reference is in spanish but, hell, is not so hard!)

http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/194/coversl2.jpg


http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/2360/cover2sy5.jpg


http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/5336/cover21qe3.jpg
XabbaRus
03-16-08, 06:38 PM
Cool stuff thanks.
Torplexed
03-16-08, 07:04 PM
Here's one more for you XabbaRuss. Color, but they're a bit confusing since north is to the right.

http://neptoon.homestead.com/MidwayBattleSequence.jpg
I-25
03-17-08, 12:24 AM
Scrub all of above
get this book
http://www.shatteredswordbook.com/
Dowly
03-17-08, 08:55 AM
@Torplexed

Those maps are great! Heck, Xabba, you can pretty much do 4 sorties from those maps. :rock:
XabbaRus
03-17-08, 12:45 PM
That's what I need clear launch times. Squadrons types and a/c types I can get from the book.

will start it simple, one plane of each type from each carrier to see if the AI can hack it.
dean_acheson
03-17-08, 03:44 PM
Try Morison's books, some decent maps/ launch times in there.

Shatterd Sword also is a good pick.

I really want that Dauntless book, it's just a bit pricey at the moment.