Rudolf Rednose wrote: Hi there!

Hasn't the wheel already been invented in real life?
I don't know how things were managed in during the First World War, when they díd have to invent it, but after an hour or so of Wikipedeing I came up with this: (probably not absolutely correct,so feel free to shoot at it!)

A brigade (up to 192 planes) is two wings,
a wing (or a group) is two squadrons,
a squadron (12 to 24 planes) is four flights,
a flight is 3 to 6 planes.

So it's the understanding of a 'Squadron' that is a bit lost in the game.
Each Dogfight 'Squadron' should consist of smaller units.

Wouldn't it be an idea to be able to apply for a spot in an upcoming "Squadron War'game.....and when it's full, it's full. and your place and role in the game is according to rank.

Or we could split the 'Squadrons' up in historically correct smaller units, and call them M.O.M brigade, Misfits Brigade, Dragons Whatever Brigade etc.

1st. and 2nd. Group (or Wing) of that Brigade,

Alpha and Bravo Squadron of that Group (or Wing) of that Brigade,

...and then some nitty-gritty about the four Flights of each Squadron of that Group (or Wing) of that Brigade.

Wouldn'd that be cool if you could make them out on the marking of the planes......or didn't they have that in WW1?

(But we all know it is highly unlikely that any of the Flights, Squadrons, or any of those units will ever see action together in full strength, because we are all playing at different times of the day and in different timezones.)

So wouldn't the signing up idea be something to take into consideration?

Well, just a thought.

"Adventure is úp there!"

Ed

Ed, this is something I've been working on in M.O.M for months. I've been calling it "M.O.M Flights" and I've taken some short-sighted flak for the concept, but it's pretty much what you're talking about here. The Squad, that is to say the overall clan, remains intact. For purposes of Squad Wars, the full group is divided into smaller, more manageable sub-groups. Seems simple enough to me.

Great post, Mr. V.

Again.....it's probably NOT historicly accurate!

Wiki might have it wrong, and it's how airforces are managed nowadays, IN GENERAL. (And I might have gotten it wrong.......but that NEVER happens.)

Might be fun for someone to really get to the bottom of this, how the Royal flying Corps, die Luftstreitkräfte and all the other units were build up.

WWI

RFC fighter squadrons in 1917 had 18 aircraft divided into three flights of 6 machines. In 1918 it was increased to 24 aircraft, 8 per flight.

USAS Squadron had 25 aircraft, three flights of 8 or 4 flights of 6, and one for the C.O.

A German Jasta had a strength of 14 machines with 4 in reserve.


French escadrilles consisted of 6-10 aircraft.. but by 1917, French units were 15 aircraft.

*note: an escadrille is not a squadron.. in modern terms it would be more appropriate to consider each escadrille a 'flight' but each escadrille was a homogeneous unit, armed with a single type of aeroplane, with permanent flying and ground personnel attached, motorised transport and tent hangars.. an 'esquadron' consists of three or four flights with a total of 24-36 aircraft

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