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[Shakaali]

Operation Torch
November 1942




 



Download MediaFire: https://www.mediafire.com/file/n8y3u70b6d8q1lb/Operation_Torch.rar/file
Download M4T: http://mission4today.com/index.php?name=Downloads3&file=details&id=2798

Operation Torch (8–16 November 1942) was an Anglo–American invasion of French North Africa.

I have tried to make this as real as possible in the world of dynamic campaigns.  See Operation Torch OOBs.doc for details.

You can select one of the following campaigns:

Blue


Armée de l'air de Vichy (Romania)

GC I/7   Curtiss Hawk 75A-3      Fighter      Rabat
GC II/3     Curtiss Hawk 75A-2   Fighter      Casablanca
EC 2/595    Dewoitine D.520 C1   Fighter      Casablanca
EC 2/596    Dewoitine D.520 S   Fighter      Melilla *
ECN 3/13   Potez 631      Heavy Fighter   Melilla *
GB I/32   Douglas DB-7 (Boston III)   Bomber      Agadir
Esc 7B   Glenn Martin 167   Bomber      Marrakech
GB I/39   Lioré-et-Olivier LeO 451   Bomber      Meknes
GAO-510   Potez 63.11      Recon      Melilla *
GR II/39     Bloch MB.174               Recon            Melilla*
EO I/595   Amiot 143                 Transport      Melilla *



Luftwaffe

I/JG 53   Messerschmitt Bf-109G-2   Fighter      Melilla *
I/KG 54   Junkers Ju-88 A-4   Bomber      Malaga*
1.(F)/122   Messerschmitt Bf-109F-4    Recon      Malaga*
III/TG 5   Me-323 Gigant   Transport      Malaga*




Regia Aeronautica

360 Squadriglia CT   Macchi C.202    Fighter      Malaga*
359 Squadriglia CT   Reggiane Re.2001    Fighter      Malaga*
60 Squadriglia BT   Cant Z.1007 bis   Bomber      Malaga*
239 Squadriglia BaT   Junkers Ju-87R-2   Dive Bomber      Malaga*



Red


United States Navy

VF-9   Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat   Fighter      USS Ranger**
VT-9   Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless   Dive Bomber      USS Santee
VT-17   Grumman TBF Avenger   Torpedo Bomber   USS Suwannee
VF-26   Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat   Fighter      USS Sangamon**


United States Army Air Forces

27th FS, 1st FG, 15th AF      Lockheed P-38F   Fighter   Jerez*
4th FS, 52d FG, 15th AF      Supermarine Spitfire VB   Fighter   Tetuan*
12th AF         Curtiss P-40F Warhawk   Fighter   Kenitra***
27th FBG, 12th AF      Bell P-39N Airacobra   FB   Kenitra***
86th BS, 47th BG, 57th BW, 12th AF    Douglas A-20C   Bomber   Jerez*
32nd BS, 301st BG, 5th BW, 15th AF   Boeing B-17F   Bomber   Jerez*
438th BS, 319th BG, 57th BW, 12th AF   Martin B-26B Marauder   Bomber   Jerez*
60th TCG, 51st TCW, 12th AF   Douglas C-47B   Transport   Jerez*



Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm


801 NAS   Supermarine Seafire III      Fighter   HMS Furious
800 NAS   Hawker Sea Hurricane IIC      Fighter   HMS Avenger
885 NAS   Grumman Martlet II      Fighter   HMS Formidable
880 NAS    Fairey Albacore      Bomber   HMS Formidable
813 NAS   Fairey Swordfish      Bomber   Gibraltar
809 NAS   Fairey Fulmar      Recon   HMS Victorious
None   Supermarine Walrus      Seaplane   Gibraltar
   

Royal Air Force

No.111 Squadron   Supermarine Spitfire VB Trop   Fighter   Gibraltar
No. 154 Squadron   Supermarine Spitfire VA      Fighter   Tetuan*
No.43 Squadron   Hawker Hurricane IIC      Fighter   Gibraltar
No.600 Squadron   Bristol Beaufighter IF      Night Fighter   Jerez*
No.18 Squadron   Bristol Blenheim IV      Bomber   Jerez*
No.142 Squadron   Vickers Wellington III      Bomber   Jerez*
No.225 Squadron   North American Mustang I      Recon   Tetuan*
No. 540 Squadron   de Havilland Mosquito IV      Recon   Gibraltar
No. 4 Squadron   Supermarine Spitfire PRU      Recon Gibraltar
No. 233 Squadron  Lockheed Hudson III             Transport     Gibraltar

* Actual base outside map area
** No error. There are 2 Wildcat squadrons, first one will put you on a fleet carrier, the last one on an escort carrier
*** Kenitra was called Port Lyautey back then

All squadrons and their equipment and bases are as correct as possible. For campaign to work as planned, please select corresponding aircraft and squadron (1st squadron on the list should use 1st aircraft on the list, 2nd squadron on the list should use 2nd aircraft on the list, and so on)


Requirements:

B.A.T. V3.8 PEGASUS or later
DCG 3.49

Installation:

Decompress the Operation Torch.rar into your DCG home directory.
Make a backup of the DGEN directory in you IL-2 game directory
Make a backup of  RO Folder in IL-2 game directory/Missions/Campaign
Copy Dgen, Missions & Paintschemes folders from your Operation Torch folder and paste them in your IL-2 game directory. Overwrite if prompted
Start DCG, select Optional Third Party Data Folder.
Navigate to the Operation Torch folder and select allcampaigns.dcg
Select "Replace Career Generator (DGen)" in the DCG main screen.
Select Off Line Career (Full Auto-Generation Mode) in the DCG main screen.
Launch Il-2 and select one of the above-mentioned careers.


Credits and thanks:

SAS team for BAT
Paul Lowengrin for DCG
Tailspin and Lonestar for DCG tutorials that got me started creating DCG campaigns a long time ago
All skin artist involved (sorry, I don't know who you are).


NOTE: This campaign changes your Romanian campaign folder to Vichy France. So, if you wish to start a Vichy France Campaign, you can find it under Romania.

If you wish to restore Romania, do so from your backup. If you forgot to back up Romania, copy contents from Restore Romania folder in your Operation Torch and paste them in your IL-2 game directory. Overwrite if prompted.

More info on changing nationalities in DCG: https://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php?topic=63277.msg696716#new



If you encounter any bugs or oddities, please let me know!   





Edit: Added M4T download link

[vonofterdingen]

Great campaign idea and very creative implementation.  Thanks!

I think it is nice to have the opportunity to fly some of these early war French planes. Not many campaigns include them.

[Shakaali]

There was an error in the shiproutes that made ships not spawn in (usually) third mission. Sorry 

Corrected in the download.

[redwolf]

Thanks you! Looks excellent.

[Potato]

Not sure if this is a problem on my end or not, but for the Me-323 campaign the first mission I get is a bombing run!  Maybe the flight crew should start rolling fuel barrels out of the aircraft

[Shakaali]

Potato, in DCG transports are sometimes assigned to do bombing runs. Originally they only did transfers, but somewhere along the way it was changed, because many transports (eg. Amiot 143) can  carry bombs. You may drop paratroopers, although they don't work quite the way they should. 

[Potato]

That's very interesting, I never thought to drop paratroopers over the target zone.  Cheers!