Air battle near Nynäsnamn, Sweden May 1940 (What if)

Hi all,

Today I played a solo game of CY-6 (Check Your Six), the scenario was designed by me to represent a photo recon mission being conducted over Sweden. In reality it is a scenario that would kick off a full scale war, that never happened, between Sweden and Germany in 1940.

The scenario I designed states the Swedish can not fire unless fired upon. The Germans rolled once within range of the first J8 fighter and they rolled the required score to fire on the Swedish fighters. That is exactly what happened in this battle.

The Swedish J-8 approached the incoming He-111 and then split up to allow for a better attack. The first hit was scored by the He-111 side gunner who was able to score a air frame damage to the J8.  The other J8, piloted by a Winter War vet was able to close on the He-111 and was able to score two hits on the German He-111 both hits were in the engines.  The Bomber was not able to score any hits on the last J8.

The German crew was able to escape there crippled He-111 and were later captured by local members of the Swedish Home Guard.

The J8 that was injured had a poor landing but survived the battle, but his plane was severely damaged by the combat and the poor landing.  The J8 piloted by Pilot Captain Kaj Svensson landed without a problem and was able to paint a German cross on his aircraft's tail to celebrate the confirmed shoot down of the German bomber.

Of course this would start the beginning of a wider war that was just waiting for a spark to start the fire. The Germans were the first to shoot. I have a few ideas for follow on scenarios in different parts of Sweden.

I hope you enjoyed this what if battle.

Skal!

Still Alive

Hello everyone!

I must apologize for not updating my blog earlier but tragedy has struck very close to my heart. My wife, who is loved by me very much, has been diagnosed with Cancer. The treatment has started and it is a difficult thing for her and for me. I am focusing as much time as I can to being with my wife and spending time with her. She should be OK sometime in the summer but I am praying that all goes well for her and with the treatment, surgery and recovery.

I have done some minor painting:

Here is a 28mm Pz 38T I painted for a project that is on hold.

I also painted up some 3mm aircraft to add some coolness to my copy of Night fighter Ace (board game).

I plan to work on writing a set of air combat rules focused around 1940, I have to see if I can write something that can be used for the early part of the war.

Take care and I hope all of you have a great Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Mark