Battle of Britain campaign 2014 – Part three – Prologue 9th Aug – The Luftwaffe

Represented here are the aircraft types of the Luftwaffe available in the forthcoming game including optional variant aircraft. Images courtesy of Wings Pallette http://wp.scn.ru/en/news. Note not to a uniform scale.

The Luftwaffe begin the game with 81 Gruppen,

24 Messerschmitt bf109, 10 Messerschmitt bf110, 14 Heinkel He111h, 11 Junkers Ju88a, 9 Dornier Do17, 9 Junkers Ju87b, 1 Focke-Wulfe Fw200, 1 Henschel Hs126, 1 Heinkel He59, 1 Henschel Hs123

 

Messerschmitt Bf-109e. 24 fighter Gruppen equipped another Gruppe available later as a reinforcement.

Messerschmitt Bf-110c. 10 fighter-bomber Gruppen equipped including 2 elite units.

Heinkel He111h. 14 bomber Gruppen equipped another 2 available in September as reinforcements

 

Junkers Ju88A. 11 bomber Gruppen equipped another 5 Gruppen available in September

Dornier Do17. 9 bomber Gruppen equipped, another Gruppe available as a reinforcement in mid August

Junkers Ju87b. 9 dive-bomber gruppen equipped.

Focke-Wulfe Fw200. 1 bomber Gruppe equipped. Withdrawn in mid august for anti-shipping duties

 

 

 

Henschel Hs126. 1 reconnaissance Gruppe equipped

Heinkel He59. 1 sea-rescue/bomber Gruppe equipped

Henschel Hs123. 1 dive-bomber Gruppe equipped. Theoretical unit owing to limited range making the Channel a formidable obstacle.