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[SAS~Poltava]

I seldom make "what-if" campaigns, but faced with the Fokker D.XXIII I couldn't resist myself:



This is a "What-if" 7-mission static campaign portraying the aerial fighting during the Battle for Holland in May 1940. You are a fighter pilot in the Dutch airforce (Luchtvaartafdeling). The Dutch airforce is - like its Belgian counterpart - a small airforce that is only semi-modern. But the modern part of the fleet had been procured and delivered in the last four years.

You are flying the most modern aircraft in the arsenal of the Luchtvaartafdeling, the Fokker D.XXIII fighter. The D.XXIII was a novel single-seater twin-engined, twin-boom design, very fast (some 520 km/h) and with pretty heavy armament (two 7.9mm machine guns and two 13.2mm machine-guns). It flew for the first time in May 1939, but it was from start plagued by problems, mainly with the cooling of the rear engine and general engine performance.

The aircraft was flown 11 times for a total flight time of less than four hours. On the 11th flight, in April 1940, the undercarriage was damaged, which meant further delays. And when Germany invaded Holland the month after this promising but troubled programme was finally abandoned. It was never used in combat.

But what if the Fokker programme hadn't been so haunted by problems and bad luck? and the Dutch had managed to build a number of D.XXIII's in time for the German Attack in May 1940? Fly this campaign and find out!

Download it here: http://www.mission4today.com/index.php?name=Downloads3&file=details&id=2298

Some shiny screenies here:







Thanks for looking! 

[cgagan]

Great idea and realization! Many thyanks Poltava,

[Dimlee]

Thanks for another interesting work. I'll try this one definitely. Fokker D.XXIII is a cool aircraft and I tried it in my own "alt hist" missions. As I remember, engines should be managed carefully to avoid overheating.

[SAS~tsisqua]

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Yes, I know, but so few replies and recommendations, for such a great campaign. I'm playing the campaign after sampling a mission from the community mission packs. Seeing Rotterdam burning while under attack, losing part of my gear during takeoff during one mission, and the amount of good old fashioned air combat was instant fun! So much carnage, and a "What If" opportunity to change history with this amazing fighter! I've figured out a little trick: Once airborne reduce the power on number 2 engine, then unselect it. Use number 1 for most throttling to avoid the overheating problem of the rear engine. It means watching the rudder a bit closer because there will be torque. Thank you for this, and I was so glad to have discovered it in the CMP!

Bird

[SAS~Poltava]

Glad you enjoyed it! 

[Dragunoff]

Great campaign!
Extraordinary details, a lot of excitement and very interesting story. From mission to mission new hard tasks.
I recommend the campaign to everyone and thank you very much Poltava for your great work!

(P.S. I have only one question: how to activate a wingman? In most cases, he remained on the ground with the engine running.)