Scenario:
The Allied invasion of Sicily, codenamed Operation Husky, was a major
campaign of World War II, in which the Allies took the island of
Sicily from the Axis powers (Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany). It
began with a large amphibious and airborne operation, followed by a
six-week land campaign, and initiated the Italian Campaign.
Situation:
It is July 8, 1943, a few hours before the start of the invasion and
our bomber force and our Battleships will try to sink the ships of
the Axis fleet in various ports of Sicily.Also destroy as many enemy
planes as possible at their bases.
On
July 8, 1943, Allied forces combined with the US 8th Fleet and 12th
Air Force Command, as well as the 8th Navy Fleet,divided
into 9th Bomb Squadron, 12th Bomb Squadron, 13th Bomb Squadron, 32th
Bomb Squadron, set out at exactly 5 p.m. are in the execution
of Operation HUSKY.
Task:
Sinking an enemy ship. Bombing and successful destruction of the
Ammunition Factory. Bombing and destruction of a German Luftwaffen
air base.
25
B-17 bombers (flying fortress) shaked the ground at the Allied air
base, from where Operation HUSKY began.
At
5:55 a.m., the skies over enemy positions thundered with the powerful
engines of B-17 bombers, which instilled fear in the bones of Nazi
forces on the ground.
6:00
a.m., strong detonations could be felt and seen around our allied
planes, the enemy began its defense, trying to knock down the huge
iron birds from the sky, and defend their fortified positions.
6:05
a.m., the first Allied bombs successfully hit the first target in the
Nazi port, the Bismarck-type ship is destroyed, and sinks.Several
planes were shot down in that attack
6:30
a.m., The second squadron takes off, moves exactly 0 degrees, north
of the Allied air base, after 20 minutes of flight, makes a sudden
change of course and moves towards the enemy weapons factory.
7:10
a.m., The sky above the ammunition factory lit up, a couple of planes
could be seen in the sky glowing and falling, but our allied planes
did not give up, the pilots even hit with bloody hands managed to
drop bombs from the plane and successfully destroyed Ammunition
factory in 2 dives.
More
than half of the planes in this attack were shot down, about 90 men
were killed in action, or captured by the enemy.
8:00
a.m., An alarm at the Allied base went off, enemy fighter jets
launched an attack on the air base. At the same moment, our bombers
took off. The base was successfully defended and 15 enemy planes were
successfully shot down. 13 Enemies were killed, 2 were taken
prisoner.
8:20
a.m., Our planes formed a collum formation, and headed for the last
target, the enemy Luftwaffen air base.
8:45
a.m., The attack, marked in this operation as the bloodiest attack at
the moment, the planes in the diamond formation, were moving at a
speed of 250km / h at an altitude of 1km, towards the enemies, eager
to take revenge on their friends who were killed.
8:50
a.m., The flakes covered the sky, the sky was so black that the sun's
rays could barely be seen. Blood could be felt in the air. The pilots
and fighters on the planes were torn to death and almost dead. One of
the many pilots who died used his last forces to straighten the plane
and put it on the right course and told his colleagues on the plane
to drop bombs.
One
of his colleagues, as he was moving towards the bomb area, was cut
down by a JU-87 German plane, both of his legs were broken and almost
separated from his body, but so injured on his death he came to the
bombs and unhooked them.
After
those last dropped bombs, the mission is considered successful, but
called PIR'S VICTORY.
9:15
a.m., Mission reported Successfully completed!!!
The
mission was successfully completed, all three targets were destroyed
but with heavy losses.
In this operation many young lives were lost, many planes destroyed, all
for the work of freedom and the salvation of Europe. Glory to all
fallen fighters. Fighters will always be remembered for their heroic
deeds! Glory to the pilots, glory to all the crew members!
Statistics:
Friendly
man losses: 254 man killed or captured
Friendly
planes losses: 51 plane type B-17
Enemy
man losses: 40 man killed or captured
Enemy
ground vehicles: 37 destroyed
Enemy
air vehicles: 57 destroyed or downed
Factory:
Destroyed
BattleShip:
Destroyed
AirBase
Lufftwafen: Destroyed.
By Ghostbadi