F19 - Swedish Vounteers in the Winter War BETA
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When the Svir Front map of Kapteeni will be released then, as mentioned, there will be three campaigns ready to accompany it. The two first is a Finnish and a Soviet campaign, both set in the summer of 1942.

When I first saw the Svir map I thought it was also a very good map to use for the fighting that took place in northern Finland during the Winter War. So I have built a campaign set in the Winter War. It is now in the BETA stage, ready to be play-tested.

A bit of historical background. Sweden, due to her long historical ties with Finland, had declared itself to be a non-belligerent rather than a neutral country when the Soviet Union invaded in november 1939, and contributed military supplies, cash, credits, humanitarian aid and some 8,700 volunteers. The Swedish Army, which had been downsizing its armed forces since the 1920s, gave away AT guns, large quantities of ammo, rifles etc to Finland.

Perhaps most significant was the Swedish Voluntary Air unit, the "F19", in action from January 7, with 12 Gloster Gladiator II fighters, five Hawker Hart bombers, and eight other planes, amounting to one third of all the Swedish Air Force's fighters at that time. Volunteer pilots and mechanics were drawn from the ranks.

The campaign portrays that action, at the Salla front, during the final phase of the Winter War. In it you will fly BOTH the J8A Gladiator II and the Hawker Hart light bomber, i.e. the U-2VS, which was quite similar, and which is now flyable.

I believe this is the first campaign where you get to fly the U-2VS!

Here are some screenies:

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As before: if there is anyone out there willing to test this campaign (where you get to fly two different biplanes!) just send me your email adress in a PM, and I will bung it over!

Thanks for looking!
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