Yes, another of my old campaigns have been conveted to BAT. This one is actually one of my personal favourites, "Desert War 1940-41":
It is a 27-mission static campaign portraying the fighting in North Africa from the British perspective. It starts with the Italian declaration of war in June 1940, goes on over the Italian invasion of Egypt in September and the British counteroffensive in December (“Operation Compass”) all the way to the Battle of Beda Fomm and the near collapse of the Italian rule in Libya in February 1941. It stops just about when Rommel and the Luftwaffe entered the fray, and altered the whole picture.
You can download it here: http://www.mission4today.com/index.php?name=Downloads3&file=details&id=904“Desert War 1940-41” follows closely the historical course of the fighting, and
most mission are based on actual operations. The map used is Red-eye JIR's big North Africa map, which covers the entire field of operations here. The Squadron in the campaign is loosely based on 274 Squadron, the first all-Hurricane squadron in the Mid-East. You will take on the persona of a fictive RAF Fighter pilot. You will fly the majority of the missions in the Gladiator (so this is a treat for all you biplane buffs), before switching to the Hurricane. (And man, what a change that is, not least when it comes to knocking Italian bombers out of the sky.) The introduction of different aircraft types follows history. (So it will take a while until you see any Italian monoplane fighters. But they will turn up.) As some missions include long flights over desert terrain (as in real life), you should consider enabling the "Time Skip" feature. It is user defined in "Controls".
My main source for this campaign has been Christopher Shores’ “The Mediterranean Air War - Volume One”, plus Giovanni Massimellos and Giorgio Apostolos “Italian Air Aces of World War Two”.
A lot of shiny screenies here:
Thanks for looking!
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Topic: Desert War 1940-41 - For BAT! (Read 2409 times)
