Flying Tigers Scenario

Flying Tigers Scenario 1                                                                      Background: 9:30 a.m. Saturday December 20, 1941, Yunnan, China
It was 9:30 A.M. on Saturday, December 20, before the warning net reported that ten bombers had crossed into Yunnan province from Indochina. At Wu Chia Ba, the red flare went up and sixteen 1st Squadron Tomahawks rolled down the gravel runway and rose into the air. The Adam & Eves climbed to 15,000 feet and flew southeast. As the assault echelon, Sandy Sandell and his men would prowl fifty miles of railroad track from Kunming to Iliang, intercepting the Japanese bombers as they flew “IFR” to the target.

Map:                                    Map Setup Notes:

Able 1 Able 2 Charlie 2           1. Town on Charlie-1 is Kunming.

Charlie 1 Dog 2 Baker 1          2. Town on Baker-1 is Iliang.

George 1 George 2 Fox 2        3. Road is the railroad.


                                            4. Sun: Northwest corner of Able-1

Victory Conditions

American: Shoot down the Japanese bombers.

Japanese: Exit one bomber off the border of Baker-1.

Scenario Rules:

1. Place clouds on Charlie 2 at level 3.

2. P-40C at speed 3.

3. Ki-48 at speed 2.

TURNS: 6 
Americans set up first 
Elements of the 1st Squadron AVG                                                 IJAAF Elements of the 21st Hikotai

Two P-40C (Flight Lead-Veteran-Fritz Wolf)                                     Three Ki-48 Lily-Veteran crew

(Wingman-Jim Cross)                                                                    Set-up west edge of Charlie-1 at

Set-up on northern edge of Charlie-2 at altitude 4.                           altitude 3 in a vee formation heading east

Elements of 2nd Squadron

Two P-40c (Flight Lead-Veteran-Newkirk)

(Average-Bright)

Set-up on northern edge of Able-1 at altitude 3

Aftermath

Almost certainly, this was what happened: the two outside bombers, and probably the lead bomber, were hit again and again by the full force of the AVG. In any event, more claims were lodged than the were Lilys on the ground. A Chinese listening post reported seven bombers aloft at 11:25 A.M. So, three planes were shot down in the battle itself. The pilots voted to share the credit among all those who had joined the fight: fourteen Adam & Eves plus Ed Rector of the Panda Bears. On the record, then, each man was credited with four-fifteenths of a Ki-48.