How can you call in planes with gwx?

44 degrees West. But that relied upon the aircraft taking off from Bordeaux and flying out over the Bay of Biscay and then north up to Trondheim. That was a single flight that was then returned a few days later. It was also something that really only happened in 1940/41.

As for Berlin - New York, really?! That is a long way, I never knew the aircraft could do that? That is fantastic!!! Might just get me to reassess my assumptions about contacts in the mid Atlantic a little bit

Not to cool your enthusiasm but that was a one way trip. Assuming a relistic combat load, an useful amount of time spent on station (who would run an air search by flying to the max range and then heading immediately back?), a crew that maybe was not the best of the best etc etc. performance would probably be less impressive.

You need to be within viewing distance of the target when you make your report....the game engine will then roll an imaginary dice taking into account the proximity and aircraft type at the nearest airfield and decide whether any assistance is given.

Okay i wikl try this :arrgh!:

Another possible condition IIRC is for there to be at least three or more targets in sight.

Hey folks,

Glad my pic caused some debate :). Learned a few things i didn't know about the Luftwaffe and kreigsmarine. The beauty of being on the best board on the net.

First off, let me say Ahoy to all ya skippers, this is my first post in there

Now then, as I've just found, be extremely cautious when you see Luftwaffe, nevermind that you are on the same team.
Just sailing between Jutland peninsula and Norway, when I spotted Norweigean Small Merchant. Since the weather was good, I went flank with deck gun manned. Just as I was broadside with the merchant, some 20m close (minding their crisscrossing of course) I got an aircraft sighted. Since it was late Sept 1940, I was curious and it turned out to be two FW200s. Ok, no more attention on them. WRONG. They attacked the merchant without care that I was alongside it. Got a direct hit on my conning tower and went under in less than a minute.
At least it was a start of patrol, which is autosaved. Hope they at least got court-martialed.

Welcome to the Site, so glad new members join to be part of the community as well as download. You rock.:rock:

I never realised I have to be aware of friendly fire as well :)

Welcome aboard!

Welcome Aboard Kaleun :salute:

Never place yourself between one of your surface units and an enemy vessel....the AI will see through you and fire regardless...the same applies for land masses 'magic radar'.

That is no lie! I tend to avoid the German surface units for that very reason. :cool:

To expand on the issue with fildaskirk (and satisfy my curiosity) what exactly would be done for his crew if they were damage by friendly fire, awards? apologies?, etc?

What's this thread? Luft... waffe?

Never heard of them. I suspect that if I ever met any of them they'd be like Lord Flashart in Blackadder. 5 mins work then three weeks off in French brothels.

"Where are our planes, Herr Goring? The British have hundreds of them! Fat pig!"

Well the Luftwaffe might have their French Champagne etc. but when I'm smoking a cigar in summer sunshine off the Canaries while listening to Ilse Werner's latest hit:

http://ww2total.com/WW2/Weapons/Wars...dsee-px800.jpg

I think of the infantry in the Eastern Front:

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/...rs-cov-001.jpg

and am quite happy about the golden cage I'm commanding :D even if it would turn out to be an iron coffin in the end...