[Lonestar]

EDIT: This version of the campaign doesnt exist anymore!

Please see here:http://allaircraftsimulations.com/forum/...32b75ae246

Thanks!

[Thrud]

i hope in your research for this campaign you found the amount of history we put into the Slot map was adequate for you to recreate your missions.

[Lonestar]

Hi Thrud!

Sure,great Maps and many work to make those huge ones, I guess!
To technical Reasons, I could not all make it 100% historical (Operation Cleanslate) but i gave my best and "Time"!

Sorry,for my english!

Greetings!

[Juri_JS]

Thank you very much Lonestar. A dynamic campaign for the Slot map was long overdue.

[Lonestar]

Hi Juri_JS!

Thanks to you for your help in the german Forum!

Greetings!

Lonestar

[Pellaeon]

Great work! Looking forward to flying it this weekend.

[GOA_Topo]

Thnxs a lot ,mate!!!
We need more Dcg campaigns on new maps....thnxs again,S!

[Dixiecapt]

YES YES YES!

THANK YOU!!!

[clayton]

YES YES YES!

THANK YOU!!!

Dixiecapt,

Could use your help.

What settings should I use to have an expierence similar to your 214 campaign in DCG? It seems that all the squadrons start at fighterstrip B, and the Corsair's are the later 1A model, not the Birdcage. I can play your 214 campaign no problem, so it seems that I have everything installed...

Thanks,

[Lonestar]

Hi Clayton!

Sorry,I personally didn`t have the F4U1 by Dixiecapt!

To fly the plane in the Solomons 1943-45 Campaign:

1.Open Solomons 1943-45/class.dcg and add this above the F4U1A Line:

F4U1 F4U-1 Corsair un 1 1 1 194302 194311 F4U1A F4U-1 none 5000 Meters 420.00 kph Default 420.00 kph




2.Change the Service Dates from F4U1A to F4U1D! I am not sure that these Service Dates are historical,so better google it!



3.Open Solomons 1943-45/payloads.dcg and add this above the F4U1A Line:

F4U1 1x500 default 1x1000 1x178dt 1x500 default



4.Open Solomons 1943-45/Timetable.dcg and change all lines that includes "F4U1A" from Campaign [CentralSolomons_Russells43] till [CentralSolomons_Vella43] to "F4U1"!



5.Open Solomons 1943-45/CentralSolomons_NewGeorgia43.mis and Solomons 1943-45/CentralSolomons_Vella43.mis and change all lines that includes "F4U1A" to "F4U1"!



6.Start a new Campaign! (Sorry!)



After some Missions,DCG moves a Squadron to an Airfield relativ to the Front line,I guess!


I hope,I could help!

[stansdds]

From my research on the Corsair (more than 30 years and counting) I feel pretty confident with these dates of service with combat units in the Pacific theater.

F4U-1: February 1943 to March 1944

F4U-1A: August 1943 to April 1945

F4U-1C: April 1945 to VJ Day

F4U-1D: September 1944 to VJ Day

F4U-4: June 1945 to VJ Day


All of the F4U-1's combat operations were in the Solomon Islands.

The F4U-1A entered the Solomon Islands combat area in August 1943 as replacement aircraft, the first unit to deploy equipped entirely with F4U-1A's was VF-17 in October, 1943. VMF-214 during both tours in the Solomons used a mix of F4U-1 and F4U-1A Corsairs as did many other squadrons that served from August 1943 through March 1944. In their first tour with the Corsair, VMF-214 had only five or six F4U-1A's, most of their aircraft were F4U-1's. In their second tour, they had only five or six F4U-1's and most of their aircraft were F4U-1A's.

Squadrons sharing the same airfield would also share aircraft, leading to the use of the last three digits of the aircraft's bureau number used as it's side number. It was confusing to have three or four squadrons all using single or double digit numbers, a pilot might have been assigned number 18 for a mission and could find two or three Corsairs with a side number of 18.


I know the F4U-1C did not see combat in the Solomon Islands, it was used in the skies over Okinawa and for ground attacks against Japan. The F4U-1C lacked heating equipment for its cannons, thus it was restricted to low altitude combat operations.


The F4U-1D first saw combat in the Marshall Islands campaign in September 1944. I do not think the F4U-1D flew combat in the Solomon Islands as that campaign was drawing to a close for the Navy and Marines and operations were turned over to the Army, Australian and New Zealand forces.

Hope that answers some questions.

[Lonestar]

Hi stansdds!

Yes, that`s what I need! I take these Dates for my update of the campaigns!

Thanks for your expert info!

[stansdds]

Thanks, glad I could help, but I'm leery of the title "expert". LOL

[Lonestar]

Okay, I understand!

Thank you for the detailed info!

[Dixiecapt]

Im eight missions into this dcg as UM fighter.

The campaign moved from the russels to New Georgia area and I keep getting an error,

about russian paratroopers, Oddly sometimes when I load a mission the ground plates are missing from the airfields?

Any Suggestions?