Secret Weapons Over Normandy FAQ\Walkthrough Written by: Matt Ekinci, aka Bebop268170 Email: slash6924@msn.com Created: 12/15/03 Version 0.6 -------------------------------------------------------- VERSION HISTORY --------------- v0.25 - 12/15/03 - FAQ created. Introduction, Controls, and Basics section created, as well as walkthroughs for the first several missions and challenges. v0.45 - 12/16/03 - All missions and challenges up to Battle of Midway added. v0.46 - 12/16/03 - Previously unlisted Bonus Objectives added, typos corrected v0.5 - 12/17/03 - Walk through for Mission 8: Denmark added. v0.6 - 12/18/03 - Guides for Missions 9 and the challenges up to that point added, typos corrected. TABLE OF CONTENTS ----------------------------------- I. Introduction II. Controls III. Basics IV. Mission Walkthrough V. Challenge Walkthrough VI. Credits, etc. ------------------------------------------------------- *******************I. Introduction********************* ------------------------------------------------------- Secret Weapons over Normandy is a World War II flying game from Lucas Arts in which you take the roll of James Chase, American pilot flying for the Royal Air Foce. As Chase, you, along with the other members of your Top Secret Squadron, the Battlehawks, will aid the allies in many operations against the German war machine, ranging from the sinking of U-boats to the protection of US carriers at the Battle of Midway. This guide is based on the North American release version. ------------------------------------------------------- **********************II. Controls********************* ------------------------------------------------------- Default controls ---------------- D-Pad Up: Wingman Order "Target At Will" D-Pad Down: Lowers Landing Gear D-Pad Left: Wingman order "Attack My Target" D-Pad Right: Wingman order "Defend Me" L1: Zoom Camera L2: Target Lock View R1: Fire Primary Weapon R2: Fire Secondary Weapon Triangle: Toggle Between Bombing Camera and Standard View Circle: Adjust Reflex Time Square: Target Ground Target X: Target Air Target Left Analog Stick: Pitch and Roll Right Analog Stick: Throttle L3: None R3: View Behind Select: Insant Replay Start: Pause Game ------------------------------------------------------- ********************III. Basics************************ ------------------------------------------------------- *** Rearming *** When you are severely damaged or low on ammunition, you need to land and rearm. To do this, locate the black circle with a white arrow shape inside of it on radar. If you are facing it on screen, it will have a label saying "Partisan Airfield," usually. Fly toward it. Once you are close, lower your landing gear by pressing down on the D-Pad. Once your landing gear is completely lowered, you can land in two ways: 1) Fly into the marker above the airfield. 2) Manually land on the runway near the airfield marker. Once you have landed you must choose what secondary weapon you wish to carry, and you will automatically take off. *** Using Reflex Time *** The Circle button permits you to use a feature called "Reflex Time." By pressing this button once, you may slow down time in order to better react to the pace of the battle. Pressing this button again will restore normal time. Holding down circle will cause time to speed up, useful for when you must cross large distances. Releasing circle will restore normal time. *** Bombing *** When bombing, it is best to switch to the Bombing Camera. Do this by pressing Triangle once. This view, while limiting your ability to tell which way your aircraft is pitched, gives you a better view of ground targets. You will notice that there is a large yellow circle below you that grows larger and smaller as you move. This is your bomb sight. Any bomb you drop will fall somewhere within this yellow circle. By diving and pointing your aircraft's nose at the target, you can cause the circle to shrink, thus increase the accuracy of your bombs. *** Dogfighting *** When dog fighting, it is important to keep track of all enemy planes around you. If you're not paying attention, while you're attempting to down one plane, one of his wingmen will sneak in behind you and begin to shred you with his machine guns. If this happens, immediately break off from your target and attempt to down your attacker. You can also use the wingmen command "Defend Me!" to have an ally near you begin attacking your attacker. If you are finding that you cannot get a target into your sites, decelerate and attempt to out turn him. Do not attempt this when climbing, though, as it will cause you to stall and begin a nose dive. Finally, remember to use the Slow Down feature of Reflex Time to lessen the crazy speed of the fight and make your shots more accurate. *** Armored Targets *** If you are attacking something, and notice that it's health gauge is not dropping, then the weapon you are currently using is not powerful enough. Return to base, and rearm with a larger cannon, more powerful bomb, or more powerful rocket. -------------------------------------------------------- ****************IV. Mission Walkthrough***************** -------------------------------------------------------- Mission 1: Dunkirk ------------------ Date: May 26, 1940 Suggested Plane: Must use Hurricane Suggested Secondary Armament: Only primary weapon allowed Primary Objectives: 1) Stop the Ju-87 Stukas from destroying the transports. 2) Destroy all BF-109s 3) Protect the Defensive Lines 4) Shoot Down Krieger Secondary Objectives: 1) Destroy All German AA Guns 2) Destroy All Nemesis BF-109s Bonus Objectives: 1) Destroy Recon Group 1. 2) Destroy Recon Group 2. Walkthrough: Once the mission begins, immediately break left and shoot down the Stukas. As you shoot the first group down, more will appear. Take them out quickly, as it only takes a few hits for each ship to be destroyed. After a bit, BF-109 fighters will appear to support the Stukas. If you have not destroyed all the Stukas by now, ignore the fighters and concentrate on them. Once all Stukas have been destroyed, begin engaging the fighters. Once they are all destroyed, you will be taken to a cut scene. After the cutscene, immediately head to the East Bridge. One or two well placed bombs near the red target label representing the bridge will bring it down, and destroy any forces on it. Dispatch of the two AA guns at the end of the bridge, and circle around. There will be a small convoy of German recon cars on the opposite side of the river. Destroy them all to complete a bonus objective. Now head west in order to destroy the West Bridge. Along the way you should be able to target another group of Recon cars. Destroy them all to complete another bonus objective. If you want, you can now begin searching around for German AA guns in order to complete Secondary Objective #1. Once this is done, or you decide to not attack the AA guns, head back toward the West Bridge. You can destroy the Panzers if you want, but it's not necessary, and attacking them will cause a group of Stukas to appear and aid them. Bomb and destroy the West Bridge to be taken to another cut scene. After the cut scene, you will be flying with the other British planes, facing down a German fighter squadron. Concentrate on the one labeled 'Krieger'; your wingmen will finish off the others. Once all BF-109s and Krieger are shot down, you have completed the mission. Mission 2: Adlertarg I ---------------------- Date: August 13, 1940 Suggested Plane: Spitfire. Suggested Secondary Armament: None allowed. Primary Objectives: 1) One hangar survives. Secondary Objectives: None. Bonus Objectives: 1) Outgun Lyle. Walkthrough: Stranded on the ground, you man the flak gun. Well, make the best of it. Cycle through targets and concentrate on any incoming Stukas, make sure to take them out before they get a chance to release their bombs. Be careful where you aim, too much random shooting will lead to you accidentally downing a friendly aircraft. If the pace of things becomes too hectic, use Reflex Time to slow down time. This is great for taking out the bombers and fighters at a distance. Once all aircraft are down, you move on to the second part of the mission. Mission 2: Adlertag II ---------------------- Date: August 13, 1940 Suggested Plane: Whatever you chose in Pt. 1 is automatically selected. Suggested Secondary Armament: None allowed. Primary Objectives: 1) One radar station survives. 2)Destroy all Nemesis BF-109s. Secondary Objectives: 1) Half of Hythe survives. 2) One hangar survives second attack. Bonus Objectives: 1) Half of New Romney survives. 2) Two radar stations survive. Walkthrough: Ah, back into a plane. Once the mission starts, engage the HE111s. The Spitfire's powerful machine guns should make short work of them. Down them quickly, because soon a group of Stukas and their fighter support will show up. Ignore the fighters and concentrate on the bombers. Once all Stukas have been downed, return to the main fight and down what ever is left of the BF-109s. Once all hostile planes have been downed, there will be a rearming cut scene and you will be taken to the second part of the attack. While it may be tempting to engage the group of fighters directly in front of you, don't waste time taking down more than 1 or 2, because the Stukas they are defending begin their attack runs rather quickly. Make sure to use Reflex Time to slow down time during fights with fighters, it makes it immensely easier to hit them. Once all targets are down, a group of Stukas and Nemesis BF-109s will suddenly appear to the North. Again, ignore the fighters and concentrate on the group of Stukas. Most of the time you can't get there fast enough to stop them from bombing their first target, but the Stukas are easy pickings for a Spitfire once you arrive. Once all Stukas are downed, begin picking off the BF-109s. Remember to watch your rear in case a plane attempts to shoot you down from behind. Once all Nemesis BF-109s have been downed, the mission is over. The two bonus objectives are accomplish by simply being moderately fast at attacking the bombers, which is easy, as you should be focusing on them whenever they appear. Mission 3: Sealion ------------------ Date: September 28, 1940 Suggested Plane: Must use JU-88 Suggested Secondary Armament: Medium Bombs Primary Objectives: 1) Destroy All Landing Craft 2) Capture the reserve airfield Secondary Objectives: 1) Destroy the fighter hangars 2) Destroy the bomber hangars Bonus Objectives: 1) At least one UK destroyer survives. Walkthrough: DO NOT DO *ANYTHING* ONCE THIS MISSION STARTS! You must slip quietly into the bomber group. Firing your guns or peeling away too early will alert the fighter escorts. Once the fighters peel away, continue to follow the bombers. Follow their approach path to the runway. Once the bomber ahead of you lands, the target labels for the hangers will appear, enabling you to destroy them with bombs. Once the hangars are destroyed, take out the AA weapons in the area, focusing on the ones stationed near the Landing Craft. Once the AA guns are taken out, begin dropping your bombs onto the Landing Craft; make them count, when you go to rearm, you will be forced to switch aircraft to a BF-109, and the JU-88 is by far the better bomber. A few of BF-109s will show up, they should be easy pickings as they will be busy attacking the other JU-88s. When you're out of bombs or are down to about 25% health, head for the reserve airfield to rearm. Before you can rearm, you need to destroy the gun towers around it so the partisans can capture it. If you came with exceptionally low health, come in low and fast and attempt to take out the 88mm AA guns around the airfield first, then take care of the gun towers. Once the gun towers are destroyed, the partisans will begin raiding the airfield. Defend yourself while they secure it, then land and switch into a BF-109. After switching, head back to the Landing Craft and drop all but two of your bombs. Then proceed to head south and destroy the two fighter hangars to accomplish Secondary Objective #1. Head back and rearm again, then return and finish off the Landing Craft. Once the landing craft are destroyed, there will be cut scene involving Nemesis, and the mission is won. Mission 4: Rommel ----------------- Date: Feburary 12, 1941 Suggested plane: Must use Swordfish for first part, must use Spitfire for second part Suggested Secondary Armament: Must use torpedos for first part, small bombs for second part. Primary Objectives: 1) Destroy the Freighters 2) The White Rose survives. Secondary Objectives: 1) Sink the Destroyers and U-Boats. Bonus Objectives: 1) Destroy the German airbase. 2) Destroy all JU-88 cargo planes. Walkthrough: Another mission that will have you cursing if you don't do things right. Once the mission starts, continue straight and torp the freighter directly in front of you. Swoop around it, and destroy the one behind it and to the left; one of your wingmen will take care of the one on the right. Bank right after destroying the freighter, and you will see one of your wingmen torp another freighter. Launch a torpedo head on at the U-Boat, then bank right and destroy the last freighter. Turn and head back toward the front of the convoy and destroy the destroyer to the right of White Rose's freighter. Then cut left and quickly torpedo the last U-Boat to complete Secondary Objective #1. Destroyer the last U-Boat quickly, because a group of BF-109s will have appeared by then. Target the plane labeled "BF-109 Leader" and ignore the others. Use the "Defend Me!" wingman command to keep the others off your back. Once you have downed the leader, you will see a cut scene in which you land and switch aircraft. Once you re-enter the action, circle through ground targets until you get to one that says "Road Block," and is fairly close to you. Bomb this target first. Circle around and drop another bomb to finish off the Panzer and Gun Tower near the Road Block. Take out the nearby AA gun with your guns, then head toward White Rose. Look to your left and you will notice an airfield. Destroy the hangars to complete Bonus Objective #1. Around this time a large group of FW-190s will appear. FOCUS ON THESE! Do not be afraid to use wingmen commands to call for help. The FW-190's machine guns can shred you in a matter of seconds, but they have a tissue paper for armor. If you can get them one on one and avoid flying directly in front of one, you should be fine. Once you've taken care of the FW-190s, head back to White Rose. Destroy the tanks, gun towers, and AA guns near her. At this point you probably need to rearm with more bombs. Head to the Battlehawk's Airbase, rearm, and then toggle through your ground targets until you get another one that says "Road Block." Drop two bombs on this, or make two passes at it, to destroy it and the other targets around it. You have cleared all the check points for White Rose. At this point, you can head back and rearm again, or shoot some more AA guns. After rose drives through most of the town, a group of six recon cars will attack her. Just strafe the two columns with your machine guns to destroy them quickly. Rose will now board Pauline's transport. After Pauline takes off, you will need to escort her transport. Along the way you will encounter several Junkers with FW-190 escorts returning to their air base. Destroy the four FW-190s to complete the mission, destroy the four transports to complete Bonus Objective #2. Mission 5: Flying Tigers ------------------------ Date: December 23, 1941 Suggested Plane: P-38 Lightning Suggested Secondary Armament: 37mm cannon Primary Objectives: 1) Destroy crates 2) Shoot down all Zekes 3) Shoot down all Nemesis planes Secondary Objectives: 1) Sink all freighters 2) Sink all destroyers 3) Destroy all trucks Bonus Objectives: 1) Unknown Walkthrough: As soon as the mission starts dive and take out the destroyer below you with your cannons. Then pull up and continue heading toward the docks. Sink the freighter with cannons, and use your machine guns to destroy the crates and gun tower. Take out the AA gun behind the docks, then strafe the escaping truck column to destroy them. Now circle around the harbor in order to take out the destroyers and accomplish Secondary Objective #2. Take out the two freighters and the stack of crates still at the dock. At this point you will most likely need to rearm due to either flak damage or lack of cannnon rounds. Head to the partisan airfield. After rearming, head south and take out the two Japanese hangars, this will prevent any new fighters from appearing. Now head east and destroy the two truck convoys. If you didn't take out the freighters and crates after sinking the destroyers earlier, continue to head east and destroy everything at the docks. After this, hit X to lock onto the nearest Zeke. Head over and engage any remaining fighters to complete Primary Objective #2. Head east toward another set of docks. Any destroyers you did not take out earlier will be here, finish them off. Destroying the crates on the dock will complete Primary Objectives #1. You will now see a cut scene during which Pauline is shot down by Nemesis BF-109s. After the cut scene you will engage these fighters. You and your wingmen out number the Nemesis planes, and they get split up fairly easily, so you should not find yourself in any trouble. Use your remaining cannon rounds to down them fast if need be. Destroy all BF-109s and the mission is won. Mission 6: Prison Break ----------------------- Date: December 31, 1941 Suggested Plane: P-38 Lightning Suggested Secondary Armament: 37mm cannons Primary Objectives: 1) Rescue Pauline and the POWs 2) Destroy the POW camp's gun towers and gates. Secondary Objectives: 1) Stop Japanese pilots from reaching the airfield. 2) Destroy the POW camp HQ. Bonus Objectives: 1) Sink all destroyers. Walkthrough: As soon as the mission starts, accelerate and engage the oncoming Zekes. The P-38's machine guns should make short work of them. You will now be taken to a cut scene showing the prison camp, and then a group of Japanese pilots racing for the airfield. After the cut scene you will be near the trucks, destroy them to accomplish Secondary Objective #1. Now head back to the POW camp and begin destroying the remaining targets in and around it. Destroy the large building in the southeast corner to complete Secondary Objective #2. Once all gun towers are destroyed and the gates are open, Pauline and the other POWs will attempt to escape in a truck. At this time, 3 Japanese destroyers will appear off the coast. Sink them with cannon rounds to accomplish Bonus Objective #1. Groups of Zekes will now begin appearing, attemping to attack the truck. Circle around the truck, destroying anything that attempts to strafe it. Do not hesitate to use spare cannon rounds to destroy them quicker. After all planes are downed and the POws make it safely to the airfield, a group of Nemesis FW-190s will appear. At this time you are probably low on cannon rounds and health, land at the Japanese airbase and switch into a Zero. After switching planes, engage the FW-190s. Destroy them and the mission is accomplished. Mission 7: Midway I ------------------- Date: June 4, 1942 Suggested Plane: Must use F4F-3 Wildcat Suggested Secondary Armament: None allowed. Primary Objectives: 1) Protect Allied aircraft attacking Japanese carriers. Secondary Objectives: 1) All Dauntless dive bombers survive. Bonus Objectives: None. Walkthrough: After the opening cut scene, dive and move in behind the Zeke group directly below you. Shoot down the first few fighters. Take up position behind the Devastator torpedo bombers, and attack anything that goes near them. After a while you will be told that the Japanese carriers are launching fighters. Toggle through your air targets till you get one near the carriers, or on one of the carriers. Shoot it down, and you will notice that another Zeke will begin to take off from the carrier. Shoot the Zekes down as they take off. Eventually they will stop. Now you have to destroy the Zekes that are sitting on deck on the rear of the carrier. Once you have destroyed these, repeat the process on the next carrier. After you have destroyed all the planes on deck, you will be informed that Allied dive bombers are coming in. All you have to do now is fly back and forth occasionally strafing the carriers. After a minute or two, the dive bombers will appear, and the mission is won. Mission 7: Midway II -------------------- Date: June 4, 1942 Suggested Plane: Must use F4F-3 Wildcat. Suggested Secondary Armament: None allowed. Primary Objectives: 1) Protect Yorktown from attack. Secondary Objectives: 1) Destroy all attacking Japanese aircraft. Bonus Objectives: 1) Destroyer Anderson survives. Walkthrough: There are Zekes in front of you as soon as the mission starts, down them quickly. After a moment flights of both torpedo and dive bombers will start appearing. As usual, concentrate on the bombers and try to ignore the fighters. Try to attack the bombers from close to their own altitude; if you stay mid-altitude the Zekes will engage you while you try to attack, and you won't be very happy with the results. If you do torn up by the Zekes, you can return to the Yorktown for repairs, but you can expect at least some of the Vals or Kates to make it and attack if you have to land. To accomplish the secondary objective, merely leave one Kate surviving at the end, then down the remaining Zekes before finishing off the Kate. Be aware, the other Wildcats will often be very busy with Zekes, so issuing wingmen commands may not be very effective. Mission 7: Midway III --------------------- Date: June 4, 1942 Suggested Plane: None allowed. Suggested Secondary Armament: None allowed. Primary Objectives: 1) Defend the Yorktown with AA gun Secondary Objectives: None. Bonus Objectives: 1) Two US destroyers survive. Walkthrough: Ah, flash backs to the second mission. Just like in a plane, concentrate your fire on the incoming bombers. Zooming in using L1 combined with Slow Down is a very effective combination for taking out planes at long range, before they get a chance to attack. Though you need to focus on bombers, keep your ears open for nearby machine gun fire, as it generally signals one or more Zekes attempting to strafe you. Keep the gun firing at all times, but be careful of where you aim; Allied ships take damage from your bullets. Mission 7: Midway IV -------------------- Date: June 4, 1942 Suggested Plane: Must use Devastator torpedo bomber. Suggested Secondary Armament: Must use small bombs. Primary Objectives: 1) Sink Japanese carrier Hiryu Secondary Objectives: None. Bonus Objectives: 1) Destroy a Japanese destroyer. Walkthrough: Most frustrating portion of the Battle of Midway hands down. Now you get to feel what it was like for the bombers you were protecting in the first part. There are two methods you can try to accomplish your mission: 1) Do not stay in formation at the beginning unless you enjoy being eaten alive by Zekes. Instead, engage the Zekes around you, and when they are down, proceed to follow the rest of the torpedo bombers. They will all be destroyed by a cloud of fighters around the carrier. Ignore this group of fighters when you reach it. 2) Leave throttle on full, use Speed Up Reflex Time, and haul ass for the carrier, and take your chances with any Zekes from the start of the mission that don't get downed by the Wildcats. ** From this point out methods are the same ** Accelerate and dive, while zig zagging back and forth to avoid fire. Approach the carrier from its long side so you can fly down the whole flight deck dropping bombs. When the carrier is within bomb range, drop your bombs in the middle of its deck, where they will do the most damage. Make your bombs count, there is no rearming. If you didn't sink it on the first pass, circle around and fly down the length of the carrier again and drop your remaining bombs. If this doesn't sink the carrier, you might as well restart, because the mission is now unbeatable. If you work the carrier down to next to no health and still have three bombs, use two of them to take out a destroyer and achieve the Bonus Objective. Mission 8: Denmark ------------------ Date: August 15, 1942 Suggested Plane: Mosquito Suggested Secondary Armament: 37mm cannon Primary Objectives: 1) Protect Dr. Bohr Secondary Objectives: 1) Sink all destroyers 2) Capture Nemesis airbase. 3) Destroy all U-Boats Bonus Objectives: 1) Destroy the train 2) Destroy all recon cars Walkthrough: Ignore the patrol boats below you at the start. Head to the bridge, and begin attacking the tanks with cannon rounds. Bank right, and attack the recon car cutting across the field. After destroying the recon car, head back to the road and begin strafing the group of Panzers with your cannons. I suggest climbing to gain some altitude before attacking the Panzers; it is very easy to get lost in the clouds of dust while flying through the trees and crash into the tanks or the ground. After destroying the tanks, continue on along the road and destroy the gun tower. A moment after this a group of Nemesis FW-190s will show up, you should be able to down them easily. After Dr. Bohr reaches the tunnel, proceed to the other side and destroy the recon car and group of Panzers waiting for him. Continue down the road and destroy the group of Panzers that will appear. Continue past them to the bridge, and destroy the two gun towers there. There will be two patrol boats to the left and right of the bridge; sink them both with machine gun rounds. A Nemesis FW-190 will now appear and the pilot will challenge you. He will be the only plane for a bit, so follow the bridge across the river and begin concentrating on ground targets. Take out the gun tower along the road, then destroy the tank at the edge of the village with cannon rounds. At this point, begin toggling through your ground targets, eventually you will get one that says 'Locomotive." Destroy this train to accomplish Bonus Objective #1. Circle around and head back to the village, pull up to gain some altitude while doing so. Begin attacking the Panzers patrolling the village. Use Slow Down to make your shots more accurate, the roads here are very narrow, so it is easy to miss and hit a building, especially if you did not climb while heading back from the train. Cycle through your ground targets again to find the recon car in the area. Destroy it to complete Bonus Objective #2. At this point the next group of FW-190s will arrive; down them, then head back to the river to sink the two destroyers waiting for Dr. Bohr leave in his boat. When Bohr arrives at the boathouse, there will be a cut scene, after the cut scene you will automatically be placed over him. Fly ahead and engage the small group of FW-190s that appear. After downing them, return to Bohr. After a few moments, two U-Boats will surface about 4000 feet in front of him. Accelerate and sink them with your cannons before they get a chance to fire their guns or launch torpedos at Bohr. After sinking the U-Boats, accelerate and continue east to engage the Nemesis aircraft as they take off from their airbase. After taking down the first group of FW-190s, begin taking out the AA guns around the runway. Be aware of the pairs and small groups of FW-190s that will begin taking off every minute or so as they abandon the airfield. Once all AA guns are destroyed, Pauline will drop the attack team in and they will commandeer the airbase. At this point two destroyers will appear to the east; go and sink them with your cannons to accomplish secondary objective #1. Almost immediately after the destroyers are sunk, another pair of FW-190s will arrive; one will begin attacking you, the other will begin strafing the doctor. Take out the one attacking you first, as you have probably taken some damage at this point, leaving it far more likely that you will be shot down than Dr. Bohr killed. Once the two FW-190s are destroyed, two more U-Boats will appear to the east. Destroy these two subs with your cannons to accomplish Secondary Objective #3 and win the mission. Mission 9: Stalingrad --------------------- Date: January 10, 1943 Suggested Plane: Mosquito Suggested Secondary Armament: 57mm cannon Primary Objectives: 1) Soviet forces capture encampment 2) Destroy defense lines 3) Destroy attacking Ju390 Secondary Objectives: 1) Destroy supply train. Bonus Objectives: 1) Destroy all AA guns. Walkthrough: As soon as the mission starts, engage the tanks in front of you with your 57mm cannon. After destroying the tanks, gun down the two 88mm Anti-Tank guns with your machine guns (do NOT use cannon rounds, it's a waste of ammo). After finishing off the 88mm AT guns, destroy the 37mm AA gun and proceed southwest to the next group of German armor. Again, destroy the tanks with your cannons and the AT guns and AA gun with your machine guns. At this point a group of BF-110s will have arrived; engage them. After destroying the -110s, head back toward the Soviet tank column and down the flight of Stukas before they reach the tanks. After all the bombers are destroyed, southeast again to the final German defense line. Destroy the Panzers (make sure to use Slow Down + Zoom In to make your rounds more accurate, thus conserving ammo), and then take out the 88mm AT guns. After the anti-tank guns are destroyed, demolish the 37mm AA gun behind the building to accomplish Primary Objective #2. At this point a pair of Panzers will appear about 2400 feet out, heading toward the Russian T-34s. Destroy them. Now proceed east to the German airfield and destroy any remaining BF-110s, and the Stukas that will begin taking off. Around this time you will be informed of a German train carrying reinforcements nearing the base. The train is located about 10,000 feet north of the airbase, machine gun it to destroy it and accomplish Secondary Objective #1. After destroying the train, return to the airbase and destroy the Stukas that are taking off before they reach the Soviet base. After destroying the Stukas, eliminate any BF-110s still in the area, then proceed to take out the AA guns around the air base. Once the AA guns are destroyed, proceed to the Russian tank group, as another flight of Stukas will begin attacking them. Down the Stukas, then destroy and airborne BF-110s. At this point more Stukas and BF-110s will begin leaving the hangars, destroy them as they taxi to the runways. Be careful not to shoot any of the bombers in camouflage netting near the hangars while destroying the Stukas. After all of the planes at the airbase are destroyed, you will see a cut scene where two Nemesis bombers and a group of fighters approach the air base. After the cut scene, lock onto one of the fighters and open fire with both your cannons and your machine guns. After the bomber goes down, the mission is won. -------------------------------------------------------- *************** V. Challenge Walkthrough *************** -------------------------------------------------------- Mission 1: Orientation ---------------------- Date: May 16, 1940 Suggested Plane: Must use Hurricane Suggested Secondary Armament: None allowed Primary Objectives: 1) Destroy all balloons over airfield. 2) Land at airfield. 3) Destroy Stuka. 4) Destroy three Stukas. Secondary Objectives: None Bonus Objectives: None Walkthrough: Cake walk. As soon as the mission begins, just start flying around, shooting at the balloons. They're huge and stationary, virtually no way to miss. Listen to Trevor if you want, he just explains the basics of the various gauges on screen. Once all the balloons are shot down, you will be instructed to lower your landing gear. Do so, and you will be taken to a cutscene explaining landing. After the cut scene, land your plane at the airfield. After the proceeding cut scene, listen to Trevor babble for a moment. He will then instruct you to down a flaming Stuka that has just flown into the airspace over the airfield. Once you have disposed of the flaming Stuka, three more will appear to the northeast. Destroy them all. Mission accomplished. Mission 1: Bombing ------------------ Date: May 18, 1940 Suggested plane: Must use Hurricane Suggested Secondary Armament: Must use Small Bombs Primary Objectives: 1) Destroy all ammo dumps. 2) Destroy all recon cars. 3) Destroy all AA guns. 4) Destroy all tanks. Secondary Objectives: None. Bonus Objectives: None. Walkthrough: Again, cake walk. Once the mission starts, switch to bombing camera, and destroy all the dumps. If any part of the bombing reticle is touching the dump, it will register as a hit. Be careful not to swoop too low, as you can destroy yourself with bombs if you release them too low. After you destroy the ammo dumps, you will sit through a tutorial on the use of Reflex Time. After this you will automatically land and rearm. Once you are back in the air, Trevor will instruct you to destroy a group of recon cars over the bridge. They are guarded by mobile AA guns. Ignore the recon cars for now, and concentrate on the AA guns. Use your guns to take them out in order to conserve your bombs. Once the AA guns are destroyed, continue heading East. Destroy the Panzer column using your bombs. Unless you are very accurate, they will require about two bombs each. Now go back and finish off the recon cars with your remaining bombs or guns. Mission 1: Wingman ------------------ Date: May 20, 1940 Suggested plane: Must use Hurricane Suggested Secondary Armament: None allowed. Primary Objectives: 1)Issue the Wingman commands to Dadigan in the correct order. 2)Destroy all JU-87 Stukas. Secondary Objectives: None. Bonus Objectives: None. Walkthrough: Yawn. You don't even get to do anything in the beginning of this mission. Simply issue the correct commands to Dadigan when told to do so. Once this is done, some live targets show up. Proceed to engage the Stukas, they don't fight back and can be downed rather quickly. Now their fighter support will show up. A few BF-110s will show up and begin attack Trevor. Destroy them to complete the mission. Mission 2: Dogfight ------------------- Date: August 15, 1940 Suggested plane: Must use Hurricane Suggested Secondary Armament: None allowed. Primary Objectives: Beat Trevor two times. Secondary Objectives: None. Bonus Objectives: None. Walkthrough: Easier than it sounds. Trevor won't fight back unless you put some space between the two of you and fly right in front of him. You only have to hit him 100 times to win a match, so don't worry about ammo conservation. Get in some quick hits at the beginning when he's flying level, and begin tailing him closely. The best oppurtunities for a long string of hits comes when he levels off and begins barrel rolling. If Trevor is out maneuvering you, lower your air speed so you can turn tighter. Beware, lowering your air speed too much may cause you to stall. Beat him twice to beat the Challenge and unlock a Supermarine Spitfire to use. This plane is much better than the the Hurricane, and will be the best available plane for a while. Mission 3: Junkers 88 --------------------- Date: September 11, 1940. Suggested plane: Must use JU-88 Suggested secondary armament: Must use small bombs. Primary Objectives: 1) Destroy all bomb targets. Secondary Objectives: 1) Destroy all bomb targets in less than 4 minutes. Bonus Objectives: 1) Destroy U-boat. Walkthrough: Easy enough. For this mission you're using a recovered JU-88. It's nearly identical to the Bombing challenge, though this time you're using a larger, slower aircraft. Make sure to keep good altitude so you can dive at the targets for maximum accuracy (this is going to be important). Once you have destroyed all the targets, a German U-boat will surface. Destroy it using your remaining bombs to complete the bonus objective. Beware, if you were not accurate hitting the targets, you will not have enough bombs left over to sink the sub, and by the time you return from rearming, it will have submerged again. Mission 3: Eagles ----------------- Date: September 15, 1940 Suggested plane: Spitfire Suggested secondary armament: Doesn't matter; won't use them. Primary Objectives: 1) Outscore the Eagles. Secondary Objectives: None Bonus Objectives: None Walkthrough: A little competition. While it's agreed upon that the Hawks will take the fighters and the Eagles will take the bombers, you can still race to the bombers and take them out before the Eagles for a quick early lead. This mission is incredibly easy to be shot down in if you're not careful. Keep Reflex Time on to slow things down. If you notice you're being shot from behind, don't hesitate to call for help using the Wingman commands, or to break off from your current target to engage your attacker. If things get too crazy, speed up, leave the main fight for a few moments, and head back in. Don't worry about downing planes, they Eagles are quite inept at downing fighters. The main challenge here is to not get shot down. Mission 4: Swordfish -------------------- Date: February 2, 1941 Suggested plane: Must use Swordfish. Suggested secondary armament: Torpedos allowed only. Primary objectives: 1) Destroy All U-boats Secondary Objectives: Bonus Objectives: 1) Sink more U-Boats than Toomey. Walkthrough: This mission will more than likely have you pissed off for quite a while. DO NOT FLY OVER THE GERMAN AIRFIELD AT ANY TIME!! This will cause the fighters to take off, and your Swordfish is no match for them. The first group of U-boats is stationary and can easily be picked off from 3500+ feet away. Once these are sunk, a second group will appear. Do not rush in and attempt to sink these right away, as they take quite a while to actually surface after their target label appears. Toomey will more than likely take care of most of this group even if you drop torps at them first, so just head for the U-Boat furthest away and to the left. Once that group is destroyed, another group will appear about 11,000 feet away near the coast, moving away from the docks. This group moves fairly fast, so it is hard to hit them with torpedos from long distance. If you're very good you can lead the target and still hit them, but you will most likely have to get up close for the kill. Come in low and near the water, and at about 180 mph. Once you're too a point at which you know the torps won't miss, release, and either try to hit one of the other U-Boats, or circle around for another shot. Keep in mind that the warheads on the torps don't activate for at least 250 feet after they hit the water. After this group is sunk, you will be able to target another group of U-boats moored at the docks. The on the right side can be torped easily, however, the others will require you to take out the patrol boats at the front of the docks before you can get a clean hit in. If you can, take out the AA guns to limit the amount of damage you take. Once the patrol boats blocking the entrances to the docks have been disposed of, circle around and line up perfectly straight with the dock entrances to hit the U-Boats. Try and be quick about this; if you're not fast enough, the fighters will take off and attack regardless of whether or not you flew over their base. Mission 4: Rescue ----------------- Date: February 5, 1941. Suggested plane: Spitfire Suggested secondary armament: Medium bomb Primary Objectives: 1) Prevent the Kill or Capture of 4 or more pilots Secondary Objectives: None. Bonus Objectives: None. walkthrough: Short, but can be difficult if you're not fast. Once the mission starts, take out the patrol boat directly in front of you. You then have a choice to make. You can either take out the destroyer with a bombing run, or you can take out the groups of HE111s and BF-109s coming in to kill your pilots. I suggest going after the planes first. The destroyer will most likely pick up one or two of your men, but it's very easy for the planes to destroy your rescue ship and kill a few of the downed pilots. Start with the BF-109s. Then quickly bank right, and down the HE111s attempting to torpedo the rescue ship. Finally take out the destroyer with two quick bombs. Remember, speed is key here, because if four or more pilots are killed or picked up by the destroyer, the mission is a failure. Mission 5: Tigers ----------------- Date: December 26, 1941 Suggested plane: P-38 Lightning Suggested Secondary Armament: 37mm cannon Primary Objectives: 1) Two US destroyers survive. Secondary Objectives: None. Bonus Objectives: 1) Outscore the Tigers. Walkthrough: A fairly easy mission as long as you don't let yourself get caught in the crossfire from Zeros. When the mission starts off, engage anything within range. Don't expect to take much damage, the mission starts off as pretty much shooting fish in a barrel. Once the first group of Zekes have been downed, new groups of planes will begin appearing, among which are several Kate torpedo bombers. Move in to engage the Kates but make sure to stay out of range of the Zeros, come in level with or below the Kates if you can. If you get in the Zeros' range they will begin tailing you and will tear you apart while you try to down the bombers. Once you've finished off the bombers, begin engaging the fighters. After a moment another group of planes will appear. Disengage anything you are tailing and go after these; they are dive bombers attempting to sink the destroyers. Finish these off, and then re-engage the remaining planes. Don't be afraid to use cannon rounds to down anything near the destroyers, you have more than enough. The bonus goal can be accomplished by just beating the mission, the Tigers are even worse at kill competitions than the Eagles. Mission 6: Devastating ---------------------- Date: December 28, 1941 Suggested Plane: Must use Devastator. Suggested Secondary Armament: Must use torpedos. Primary Objectives: 1) Sink all troop transports. Secondary Objectives: 1) Sink all destroyers. Bonus Objectives: 1) Sink all patrol boats. Walkthrough: As soon as the mission starts, accelerate to just above 150 mph, close to within 1000 feet, and torpedo the destroyer ahead of you. Then immediately bank right and release a torpedo at the troop transport. Once the torpedo is away, focus your guns on the German patrol boat immediately to sink it on the first pass. Proceed over the patrol boat and launch a torpedo directly at the oncoming Japanese destroyer. Fly over the destroyer and destroy the oncoming patrol boat in the same manner as the first one. Continue flying straight ahead, and launch a torpedo at the oncoming troop transport. Fly around the troop transport, and use your last torpedo on the destroyer that was following it. Use your guns to destroy the last patrol boat in that line of ships, then head to the partisan airfield to rearm with more torpedos. After rearming, fly back and destroy the destroyer leading the second line of ships. Do not sink the troop transport following it! Fly around the troop transport, and destroy the patrol boat behind it with your choice of guns or torpedos. This comples the Bonus Objective. Sink the destroyer directly behind the patrol boat to complete the Secondary Objective. Now that this is done, circle around, and destroy the final troop transport to complete the mission. Mission 7: Betty Boom --------------------- Date: May 21, 1942 Suggested Plane: Must use F4F-3 Wildcat Suggested Secondary Armament: 37mm cannon Primary Objectives: 1) Destroy the freighter 2) Protect the American destroyers Secondary Objectives: None. Bonus Objectives: None. Walkthrough: Take down the Zekes at the beginning, and wait for the next group of planes to appear. Ignoring the fighters and concentrating on the bombers is even more important here than usual, as the Betty's tend to appear between 6000 and 7000 feet from the destroyers. Cycle through your air targets constantly so you can catch the bombers as soon as they appear. Once you have a lock on a group of bombers, issue the "Attack my Target!" wingmen command so you can down the bombers faster and move on to the next group of them. use your cannon rounds strictly for the bombers; using them on the fighters is a complete waste, as the fighters go down fast enough with machine guns and do negligible damage to the destroyers. When using cannons on the bombers, be sure to use Slow Down in order to eliminate wasted, stray rounds. After a few flights of Betty's, you will be informed that all bombers have been downed. Destroy the few remaining Zekes, and the mission is won. Mission 9: Big Bang ------------------- Date: January 27, 1943 Suggested Plane: Mosquito Suggested Armament: 37mm cannon Primary Objectives: 1) Outscore Lilia Secondary Objectives: Bonus Objectives: 1) Destroy BF-110s before they take off. Walkthrough: You have to get the Bonus Objective out of the way right away if you want to accomplish it. As soon as the mission starts, lock on to the BF-110s, and head for them full throttle. After strafing them as they taxi, take out the fuel trucks near their runway. Then proceed east and destroy the convoy of mobile AA guns. Now head back northeast and destroy the truck convoy that Lilia had been attacking. Proceed to destroy the truck convoy heading through the air base, then head toward the partisan airfield and destroy the groups of vehicles traveling down the hill. You will be informed of a supply train moving through the area, however, this is not an objective, so you do not need to search for it and destroy it. At this point a small group of Ju88s will appear, down them and head back to the air base. Destroy all the AA guns and any stray vehicles still there, then proceed west to the Panzer column. After destroying the Panzers with your cannons, continue west to the group of buildings and take out all the AA guns there. From the group of buildings, head north and take out the column of fuel trucks and recon cars. The supply train mentioned earlier is just north of this convoy if you wish to destroy it before time runs out. If you have followed this path and destroyed targets fairly quickly, you should have 35-40 kills, easily enough to outscore Lilia. Mission 10: Recovery -------------------- Date: October 30, 1943 Suggested Plane: Mosquito Suggested Armament: 57mm cannon Primary Objectives: 1) Escort Pauline Secondary Objectives: Bonus Objectives: 1) Destroy four Kubelwagens Walkthrough: Ignore Jackson at the beginning, go ahead and engage the group of FW-190s. After downing all FW-190s, start searching for Kubelwagens. There is one northeast of the airbase, after you destroy that one, you should be able to lock on to another in the southwest, about 18,000 feet off. Go ahead and destroy it. After that, you should lock onto another Kubelwagen due south of the the one you just blew up, about 7,000 feet away. Destroy that one. There is another Kubelwagen about 5,500 feet away from that one, on the same course. Destroy it to accomplish the Bonus Objective. Now take down and FW-190s you have on your tail, but be quick about it. In a moment you will be informed of bombers coming in to bomb the airstrip; disengage any remaining FW-190s and haul ass for them, the first group appears only 1000-2000 feet from the hangar Pauline is in. Another group of HE111s will appear at the eastern side of the airstrip; destroy them. After this group is down, a group of BF-110s will appear, but ignore them for now and continue cycling through your air targets. They will lock onto a group of Ju87s several thousand feet off, to the east. Go and attack them. Avoid whatever that big floating thing is, I haven't been able to identify it yet, but touching it is automatic crash and mission over. After downing the Ju87s, head back to the airfield and kill whatever remains of the BF-110s to win the mission. ------------------------------------------- ************ VI. Credits, etc. ************ ------------------------------------------- -Legal junk: This may be not be reproduced under any circumstances except for personal,private use. It may not be placed on any web site or otherwise distributed publicly without advance written permission. Use of this guide on any other web site or as a part of any public display is strictly prohibited, and a violation of copyright. 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