16.12.2016 - 03:54:32

Salute gentlemen and Merry Christmas! Greetings and thanks to all who have been flying the past few Sunday Vintage Missions over on the new Cuban Syndicate Connection server. Numbers have steadily increased each weekend and performance seems stable *knocks on wood* and we have had quite a few good battles so we shall forge ahead! For those who haven't made it out yet, please come out anytime on Sunday afternoon and evening (GMT 18:00 on) and join in the fight, all are welcome! Wargrounds have graciously given us our very own teamspeak channel

This Sunday will see us in the Verdun region, September 26th, 1918 -The Meuse-Argonne Offensive-. Also called the "Battle of the Argon Forest" it was a part of the final Allied offensive of WWI that stretched along the entire western front. Both sides were using advanced airfields during the day to support the ground forces and to take out enemy balloons. Both sides have to complete 4 recon targets over enemy lines, 2 strategic, 2 trench mapping. After completetion of recons, bombers will be made ready for a specific target.


The "Syndicate Sunday Vintage Missions" were a classic set of mostly historical maps that were developed by Vander and others at Syndicate Squadron. SYN_Vander and crew very generously made these maps available to the whole community, so all credit goes to him and the other guys at Syndicate for these great missions, and all the blood, sweat and tears that must have gone into them. To me, some of these historically based maps have an almost indescribable texture and feel that really immerses one in the classic WWI flight experience.

22.12.2016 - 19:16:54

Nice, Merry Christmas!

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Mein Meinung: Ohne Religionen und andere Arten der Gehirnwäsche wäre die Welt viel friedlicher.
Überlasst das Denken nicht den Anderen, sondern strengt euren Kopf selber an!

06.01.2017 - 01:57:09

Greetings once again all pilots! Just a quick announcement that the Cuban Syndicate Connection - Vintage Mission server will be running Sunday and will see us in the vicinity of Vimy, North of Arras for the Battle of Vimy Ridge, April 10, 1917. The Battle of Vimy Ridge was a military engagement fought primarily as part of the Battle of Arras, in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France, during WWI. The main combatants were the Canadian Corps, of four divisions, against three divisions of the German Sixth Army. The battle, which took place from 9 to 12 April 1917, was part of the opening phase of the British-led Battle of Arras, a diversionary attack for the French Nivelle Offensive. The old Syndicate Server also had this labeled as "Bloody April Revisited".

Orders are given in subtitles in 40min intervals, check with players on your side to determine whether the objective has been completed yet or not as I don't think there is any map indication that an objective is complete or not. You cannot complete an objective until the orders have been given. Orders will repeat every minute or two. Good luck and hope to see you all in the air!

Mission start GMT 18:00


Zuletzt modifiziert von Cubancoverunner am 06.01.2017 - 02:00:15

15.01.2017 - 10:37:19

Will be present if not the Rolad C.II is used as a photo Recon.

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Mein Meinung: Ohne Religionen und andere Arten der Gehirnwäsche wäre die Welt viel friedlicher.
Überlasst das Denken nicht den Anderen, sondern strengt euren Kopf selber an!

18.02.2017 - 06:30:02

1917 Battle of Messines

Greetings all and Salute! This Sunday's Vintage Mission will feature the Battle of Messines - June 1917.

Historical background:

In the face of active German counter-mining, 8,000 metres of tunnel were constructed under German lines. Occasionally the tunnellers would encounter German counterparts engaged in the same task: underground hand to hand fighting would ensure.

Heavy preliminary artillery bombardment of the German lines was begun on 21 May, involving 2,300 guns and 300 heavy mortars, ceasing at 02:50 on the morning of 7 June. The German troops, sensing imminent attack, rushed to their defensive positions, machine guns ready, meanwhile sending up flares to detect British movement towards the ridge.

Silence prevailed for the following twenty minutes until, at 03:10, the order was given across the line to detonate the mines, which totalled 600 tons of explosive. Of the 21 mines laid 19 were exploded.
The invariable loss of surprise in the use of a preliminary bombardment was entirely offset by the effect of the mines, which blew the crest off the Messines-Wytschaete ridge. Audible in Dublin and by Lloyd George in his Downing Street study, the combined sound of the simultaneous mine explosions comprised the loudest man-made explosion until that point. The lighting up of the sky as the detonations ran across the ridge was likened to a 'pillar of fire'.

The effect of the mine explosions upon the German defenders was devastating. Some 10,000 men were killed during the explosion alone. In its wake nine divisions of infantry advanced under protection of a creeping artillery barrage, tanks and gas attacks from the new Livens projectors which were designed to throw gas canisters directly into the enemy trenches.


To make things interesting, the plane sets for this particular map are limited and are as follows:


Central Fighters: Unlimited DIII's and 15x DVa's

Central Two Seaters: 8x DFW bombers, 2x DFW Recons, 1x Roland Recon

Entente Fighters: Unlimited Camels and 12x SE5a's

Entente Two Seaters: 8x Strutter B, 10x Bristol FIII, 2x RE8 Recons and 1x Strutter Recon


Aircraft lost do get replaced 1 at a time in intervals of 15min. If you run completely out of a class of aircraft the wait is 20min.

This is a standard 6 target map where each target must be successfully recon'd first before it becomes active (flag turns red on map) then is available as a bombing target.

Mission start at: 1900GMT

Use the aircraft wisely and good luck!