It is time for some news. Month ago, I wonder new idea to work – small alternative history campaign, at Pacific theater of operations 1945 basis. Main thing is – what if war is never ended on august 15, 1945? In fact, I don’t like alternative history, all this stupid theories about nazis victory, third reich Antarctic bases, japan victory at Midway, etc.
So, why I decide to work on this project? Reason is simple - i found many beautiful aircrafts in DGENpack. It’s late war top performance piston engine aircrafts and very early jets. In reality, most of this aircrafts were produced too late to take part in WWII, and by time of Korean War were retired from service.
I talk about aircrafts like F8F Beercat, F7F Tigercat, Gloster Meteor, Mitsubishi A7M, B7N, Super Corsair variants, various Griffon powered Seafires and Sea Fury and some other. We have really well worked models of them, but I think, we don’t have good use for this aircrafts. Therefore, I decide to create small alternative campaign for this aircrafts, realistic, as it possible
Base for this campaign is Plan Downfall. I show you events from 15 august 1945, till December 1945, probably. War will be over, when front line will look like on Plan Downfall map, you can see it on Wikipedia.
Alternative campaign will be released as sequel for my realistic project “Pearl Harbor – Tokyo”. In addition, RAF European campaigns get this continuation after war in Europe is over – as part of "Tiger Force". Sure, RAAF, RNZAF and Japs campaigns will get these alternative operations like final part of historical campaign.
There are no sharp jump from aircrafts of final stages of war to jet fighters. Instead of this, in late august - September 1945, I create transition period, when new aircrafts appears slowly, in small numbers. Only by time of Kyushu invasion, transition to new jets will be fully completed.
At this moment is ready first (transition) part of alternative campaign, 15-30 august, 1945.
P-80 will be main USAAF fighter and fighter bomber. There are combat trials of YP-80 in 49th and 35th Fighter Groups in august, and later, in september, rearmed of all Fighter Groups with P-80A begins. Screenshots, as usual.