LOW-LEVEL ATTACK

On August 1,1943 the Ninth Air Force
launched a massive raid against the oil
refineries at Ploesti, Romania.
177 B-24 Liberators flew at low altitude
towards the heavily defended refineries.
53 B-24s were lost and 55 heavily damaged.
  Unfortunately this game does not in-
clude the B-24 nor air targets in Romania.
So, as a hypthetical situation you are on
a low-level mission with B-17s against oil
refineries around Leipzig as a parallel
raid to Ploesti.

YOUR MISSION

You are leading a group of three B-17s.
Another group with four B-17s is flying be-
hind you. You are unescorted. The oil re-
fineries are well defended. You will meet
heavy figher oppostition as well as
murderous Flak. Drop your bombs from the
cockpit, don't use your bombardier as you
will be flying as low as 500 feet.
If you are still in good shape before you
reach your first target, save some bombs
and fly on to the next refinerie, at Leuna.
If not, try to return home with the other
bomb group. Gain a little altitude and
avoid overflying any defended targets on
your trip home.

Difficulty: absolute deadly

