Percy Charles ‘Pick’ Pickard flew a variety of aircraft during the war, from the Wellington bomber, through the Westland Lysander to the Mosquito, with which he appears in this Aces box. He had a reputation for being calm under fire and always focusing on the mission objective. This set contains: 1 x Plastic de Havilland…
The de Havilland Mosquito was a twin-engined multi-role aircraft for the Royal Air Force. Originally conceived as a fast bomber, it was also fearsome in a fighter role. This set contains: 6 x Plastic de Havilland Mosquito Advantage Flying Bases Set of Double-sided Pilot Skills Discs Aircraft Card Doctrine Card Aircraft Trait Cards View in…
There are not one but two Hawker Hurricane Aces for Blood Red Skies – Douglas Bader and Witold Urbanowicz. Available now from Warlord Games… Douglas Bader This set contains: 1 x Plastic Hawker Hurricane Advantage Flying Base Set of Double-sided Pilot Skills Discs Aircraft Card Aircraft Trait Card Ace Skill Card Johnny Johnson Ace Card…
The Hawker Hurricane squadron box contains 6 of these fearsome aircraft for your games of Blood Red Skies. Although somewhat overshadowed by the Supermarine Spitfire during the Battle of Britain, the Hurricane was responsible for a greater percentage of Luftwaffe losses and went on to serve throughout the war in all the major theatres. This…
While Johnnie Johnson missed the Battle of France and Battle of Britain due to a sporting injury, he went on to become the most successful RAF pilot against the Fw 190, destroying 20. He was also the highest scoring western fighter ace against the Luftwaffe in general. This set contains: Plastic Spitfire Advantage Flying Base…
In this Pilot Profile series, we’ll be looking at each of the ACEs released for Blood Red Skies, their exploits and their abilities in your games, continuing with Royal Air Force ACE Adolph Gysbert “Sailor” Malan, DSO & Bar, DFC & Bar As commander of No. 74 Squadron RAF during the Battle of Britain, Sailor…
In this pilot profile series, we’ll be looking at each of the aces released for Blood Red Skies, their exploits and their abilities in your games. Continuing with German ace Adolf Joseph Ferdinand Galland. 705 combat missions on the Western Front. 104 aerial victories. Survived being shot down 4 times. 1937 During the Spanish Civil…
In this Aircraft Profile series, we’ll be looking at each of the aircraft released for Blood Red Skies, their history and their abilities in your games, continuing with the North American Aviation P-51 Mustang The introduction of the P-51 Mustang could be said to have changed the aspect of the air war in 1944. The…
In this Pilot Profile series, we’ll be looking at each of the ACEs released for Blood Red Skies, their exploits and their abilities in your games, continuing with Japanese ACE Saburō Sakai Sub-Lieutenant Saburō Sakai (25 August 1916 – 22 September 2000), known as the samurai of the skies, was a Japanese naval pilot ace…
In this pilot profile series, we’ll be looking at each of the aces released for Blood Red Skies, their exploits and their abilities in your games. Continuing with Russian ace Lydia ‘Lilya’ Litvyak. Lydia Vladimirovna Litvyak (Лидия Владимировна Литвяк, (August 18, 1921 in Moscow – August 1, 1943 in Krasnyi Luch), also known as Lilya,…
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