P51_BABYMINE.zip

Vincent "MEGA" Crane

This file contains a replacement skin for Rammjager's P51Dv1 modification. It installs the skin from Steve Ananian's P51D "Baby Mine". 
 
Installation
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Before installing this, or any other, custom modification, you are advised to make a backup of your original ww2.sqs archive. Note that Rammjager's P51Dv1 modification must be installed prior to installing this skin.

This distribution includes high resolution (512x512) textures.  Older video cards may not be able to handle this higher resolution. If the high resolution version is installed on a system with an inadequate video card, a crash to desktop will likely occur during the game. 

Extract the contents of this archive to the WWII Fighters\Data directory.  Assuming the
default installation, this is: C:\Program Files\Jane's Combat Simulations\WWII Fighters\Data

The files will be extracted to a new directory WWII Fighters\Data\BabyMine.

Using Windows Explorer, navigate to the WWII Fighters\Data\BabyMine.

To install the new skin the "install_Babymine... icon.
     
This will open up a DOS session and the installation will proceed in this window. A message "INSTALLING P51D BABY MINE" will be displayed. When the installation is complete, a message saying "INSTALLATION OF P51D BABY MINE COMPLETE...CLOSE DOS SESSION AND GO SHOOT DOWN SOME JETS" will be displayed in the window.  Close the DOS session by clicking on the X close button in the top right corner of the window.

Installation is now complete.

Designer's Notes

Steve Anananian scored the 16th jet kill, but more significantly, the first 'kill at altitude in a Dog Fight'. This event occurred while Steve was escorting bombers to their target. A brief version of this event follows:

"They climbed rapidly through the formations of bombers firing as they climbed. Flew above them, turned around and dove back through. I had seen this tactic many times before. They would climb and dive, shooting down bombers until their ammunition or fuel ran out. It was my plan not to chase the bandits but to dive at the spot where I anticipated they would be. Then when they turned to climb back, I would be doing about 550 mph in a dive. This meant I would be flying at their speed with the advantage of being able to outmaneuver them.  If it didn't work, I would cover the bomber formation while holding my position near the jet field. Since they had limited fuel supply, I knew they would return to their base in about 40 minutes. I was sure to tag a couple coming in for a landing. 
 
 I called to my flight leader over the radio, "I'm going Bob." I turned off the gun heat, dropped my tanks and snapped into a steep dive. Bob called back "Go get em Steve." The jets dove to about 12,000 feet and slowly turned to climb back up. There were 6 parachutes. B-17 crews that had been shot down. One of the jets made a pass at a parachute. Didn&#8217;t fire! Taking pictures with his gun cameras, I guess. Suddenly three of them turned toward me! What a blunder! They were going to engage me in a dogfight I could not believe my good fortune! The jets were right in front of me. I turned to the leader, who was closest to me and coming across my path from left to right. I made a tight turn to the right to head him off. I tightened the reticule of my K14 gun sight. When he came into range I fired. Observed strikes on the wings and left engine nacelle. Instead of turning away and running he kept coming in my direction, more strikes and he slowed down and veered left. I thought his engines were giving him trouble and he had lost power. Fired again and saw hits on the canopy. The pilot was slumped over, dead. One engine started to burn, and smoke came out the other." 

You can find the full account at a outstanding Australian site devoted to "Jet Killers" http://members.ozemail.com.au/~fiveds/ananian.html 
 
MEGA

