Flying Tigers Over Burma  Part One

Events in this campaign are non-historical, but efforts have been made to incorporate historically correct elements (squadrons present, types of missions, etc.). Missions are intended to be representative of AVG operations over Burma in the spring of 1942. 

The number of objects added to the map has purposely been kept low, in order to make the campaign run well on as wide a range of system configurations as possible. I have tried to incorporate enough to create atmosphere without going overboard. Missions generally incorporate comparatively small numbers of aircraft, with the vast majority directly involved in the player's area of operations. The emphasis is on playability.

It is recommended that you begin the campaign with the rank of Colonel.

Known issues:

-Users are strongly encouraged to use IL2MAT to make Chinese Air Force markings available. These are listed as an optional replacement for French markings, and Chinese aircraft in the campaign are identified as French. The only downside to this is that Chinese pilots speak French.

-Some Japanese aircraft types are not available, so suitable substitutes have been used. Specifically, the D3A Val has been used in place of the Ki-51 Sonia, and the SB-2M-100A has been used in place of the Ki-48 Lily.

-No skins are included with this pack. However, custom skins have been designated in the missions. Some of these are from the 1946 package (Ki-27 skins). Sources for the custom skins I used are listed below, where available (in the clutter of my skins collection, I'm not sure where some of them came from, nor can I find the original zip files - my apologies):

Hurricane: MkII_land-scheme-1941 A.bmp, MkII_land-scheme-1941 B.bmp (The stock Hurricane skins look perfectly appropriate.)

Blenheim: Blenheim_singapore.bmp (The default skin is apparently for a Finnish aircraft, and so looks out of place - I recommend finding and inserting in the FMB a suitable RAF skin if you do not have or cannot locate this one.)

Dakota: http://www.flying-legends.net/php/downloads/download.php?did=2192

Ki-48: http://www.flying-legends.net/php/downloads/download.php?id=2794

Ki-31: http://www.flying-legends.net/php/downloads/download.php?id=4147

Ki-43:  http://www.simulation-france-magazine.com/download.php?op=mydown&did=1027 (These are actually designed for the Ki-43-II, but they work on the Ki-43-I series aircraft used here.)

Thanks to all the talented skinners out there.

Pilot notes:

The Hawk-81A has a few advantages and many disadvantages when compared to the Japanese aircraft you will face. In addition, you will often find yourself outnumbered. In order to survive, you will need to fly defensively and maximize your advantages. Speed is life, and especially so in this case. Keep your speed up (over 400kph in combat whenever possible), do not try to turn with Japanese fighters, and do not be afraid to disengage if necessary.

In IL-2 1946 (version 4.071), the Hawk-81A seems to be able to run indefinitely at 110% throttle with the radiator open as long as speeds are kept reasonably high. You will need to run in this condition to get the most out of your aircraft.