IL2: Forgotten Battles / Pacific Fighters by Ubisoft

B25C WORTH FIGHTING FOR (s/n 42-53451) of the 428th BS / 310th BG Tunisia 1943. This is a rework of the original i did at il2skins. Bright finished.........Buglord.

B25G LUSCIOUS LUCY (s/n 42-64895) of the 48th BS / 41st BG Makin island ,1944. This is a rework of the original i did at il2 skins. Bright finished. Theres also a no markings version in the download .............Buglord.

Pacific Fighters Mission - 4 players take-off from the Lexington -
 
....On 11 January 1942, CV-2, the USS Lexington sailed from Pearl Harbor as the flagship of TF 11. Task Force 11 consists of the Lexington, two heavy cruisers, and six destroyers The Lexington has been assigned the dangerous task of penetrating enemy-held waters north of New Ireland. From there her planes are to make a strike at Japanese shipping in the harbor at Rabaul.
 
Unfortunately, while still 400 miles from Rabaul, the Lexington was discovered by a giant four-engine Kawanishi flying boat.
 
Nine twin-engine enemy bombers have been spotted comming in from the South and Commander Thach has just led six Wildcats into the air to intercept them.
 
After Commander Thatch led the Wildcats towards the incoming enemy bombers, Lt Butch O'Hare noticed he had fuel problems, and turning 180 degrees he returned to his ship, the Lexington.
 
Suddenly he noticed nine more enemy bombers attacking from the opposite direction and alone and desperate, he attacked and took on all nine. single handedly destroyed five of them, and forced the rest to turn away.
 
For this Lt Butch O'Hare earned a Medal of Honor. Can you do the same with four aircraft Let me know what you think?

Pacific Fighters Mission - Coop for 4/8 players
 
On November 11th, the Japanese assembled a large convoy of merchant vessels, loaded with 7,000 men and enough supplies and ammunition for a month's worth of fighting. And in order to assure the delivery of those supplies, they assembled a very powerful force, centered on the battleships Hiei and Kirishima
 
Rear-Admiral Tanaka Raizo would escort eleven transports carrying some 7,000 men and tons of ammunition and supplies to Guadalcanal. The Imperial Navy decided the battleships Hiei and Kirishima would smash Henderson with concentrated gunfire a day before the arrival of Tanaka's convoy.
 
In the darkness of Friday the 13th, 13 ships of the American Navy, engaged two battleships Hiei and Kirishima, a cruiser and 13 destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy. When it was done the Americans had lost 1 Light Cruiser and 4 Destroyers sunk, and 2 Heavy Cruisers, 2 Light Cruisers, and 1 Destroyer heavily damaged. The Japanese had 1 Battleship (Hiei); and 2 Destroyers, sunk, and 3 Destroyers damaged.
 
With only two heavy cruisers the Japanese were unable to do enough damage to the airfield. Henderson Field was still operational the next morning. As a result, the Japanese transports, came under heavy attack.
 
Multiple missions were flown by Marine SBD Dauntlesses, by SBDs and Avengers from carrier Enterprise which staged through Henderson, and by B-17 Flying Fortresses flying up from Espiritu Santo. against the transports throughout the day.
 
This is where you come in.
 
Seven of the transports were sunk- Rear Admiral Tanaka, resolved to land the four surviving transports and any surviving troops on Guadalcanal, regardless of any US resistance.
 
By early the following morning the four surviving Japanese transports had to beach themselves on the shores of Guadalcanal. All four were destroyed by US aircraft and destroyer attack, with horrendous casualties among the troops they were carrying.
 
For Japan, it was the end of any hope of wresting Guadalcanal from the Americans. In three days of combat in and around the area, they had lost two battleships, one heavy cruiser, three destroyers and eleven combat transports, not to mention 5,000 infantrymen drowned, and several thousand sailors lost. From this point on, the Japanese would never stop retreating in the Pacific.

Pacific Fighters Mission - Coop for 4/8 players
 
On 7 April 1943, Marine Lieutenant James E Swett in an F4F-4 Wildcat called "Melvin Massacre" took off from Henderson field leading an element of VMF-221.
 
28 ?Wildcats? of VMF-221, 8 F4U-1s of VMF-124 and 6 P-38Fs of the USAAF?s 12th FS mission that day were to protect the fleet from an estimated 195 Japanese "Zekes" and "Vals"
 
Upon approaching Tulagi Lt. Swett found 67 D3A2 "Vals" and about 110 "Zekes" starting their attack. Accelerating, he quickly outdistanced his wingmen who were then jumped by the "Zekes" so with no one to help him he waded into the fray.
 
When he came out the other end he was wounded, had no ammunition left, an engine shot up bad enough that it would eventually seize up on him, and 7 confirmed and 1 probable D3A2s downed by his guns
 
For this Lt James Elms Swett earned a Medal of Honor. Can you do the same? Let me know what you think?

Stille Nacht auf Stalingrad
 
 
To supply the Sixth Army requires an average of 150 fully laden Ju 52s landing in the pocket each day.
 
At Pitomnik, they've stationed a heavy flak battery and all available light batteries.
 
Stalin has ordered the flights from the west be made "impossible"

Hurri-cats To The Rescue v3
Hurricats, Hurricanes designed for rocket assisted catapulting from the decks of Merchantmen were the British answer to the deadly long range attacks from German Condors.
 
In 1942 Convoys in mid Atlantic are outside the range of protecting fighters. The are not however, outside the range of the German Condors.
 
Hurricats, Hurricanes designed for rocket assisted catapulting from the decks of Merchantmen, is the British answer to the deadly long range attacks from German Condors.
 
This is a one-way trip, You are out at sea and when finished you will have no place to land, to survive, you must ditch near the convoy and hope they are still able to pick you up.

Fox Hunt at Caen
 
 
Gerry is throwing everything he's got at our home bases. This includes those nasty little buzz bombs.
 
We're throwing up a flight of Spitfires in the channel to act as CAP and spoil any Hun surprises.
 
There is a flight of P-38's on a fox hunt vectored toward Caen looking for those Buzz Bomb supply trains and launch sites.
 
We also have set up a picket line of rescue ships. if you get into trouble, make for them

Bf 109E-7 of Hauptmann Guenter Scholz, Grupenkommandeur III./JG5, Petsamo/Finland, September 1942.
 
template by Jester
 
After seeing action in the Spanish Campaign, Gunther Scholz flew with 7./JG54 in Poland and France, and during the Battle of Britain. Transferring to the Eastern Front he flew with III./JG5 from February 1942, later with Geschwaderstab JG5. In July 1944 he was posted to Norway. Scholz was awarded the Iron Cross I and finished the war with 33 victories.

SPITFIRE MK.VIII, No: RG-V (A58-602) Sqn: 457 Sqn, RAAF , Wing Cdr.RH (Bobby) Gibbes. DSO, ( 10¼ KILLS). Morodal, April 1945. Weathered & Bright converted. Theres also a no markings version in the download.

JU88-A4 - 9KBB of KG51 ukraine 1941. template by kifer opa (many thxs) camo & extra weathering by me :) . bright converted theres also a no markings skin in the download.

B29 ESSO EXPRESS of the 468th BG . Formed at Smoky Hill Army field, Salina, Kansas, in September 1943 as one of the first B-29 groups, the 40th, 44th, 468th and 462nd Bomb Groups constituted the 58th Bombardment Wing (VH). The 'VH' designation stood for 'Very Heavy' Bombardment. This aircraft was the 29th production Superfortress and was delivered in Olive Drab/Neutral Grey camouflage. Stripped of armament it was used to haul fuel 1200 miles from India to the Advanced Base a Pengsham, Szechuan Province, China, hence the name 'Esso Express' . Well all i can say is the void for this is very hard to work with, its a lot worse than the HE111 , for example the mission tally on the nose is not 100% straight due to the mapping of the void also theres a section under the rear fusalage that cant be corrected believe me i spent hours trying on that bit alone its ok if your making a bare metal skin but if your doing camo work it takes ages to get it all properly correct well anyway i started from fresh from making my own template to the completed skin i even done the nose art freehand, also this aircraft only had one engine painted white but again due to the void theres only one engine to paint so they all come out the same it also had a white leading edge on the wings which i have blended in with the weathering, all insignias in the right places too. Bright finished, theres also a no markings skin as requested. Enjoy :)

before the days of FB/AEP/PF there was a great site called Sturmovik Technika and many regretted its passing.... this FMB guide with example missions was regarded as very good by many...

Ju.88 A-10/Trop, No: L1+LW of 12./LG 1 North Africa, 1942. Used Kifer opa`s template as a starting point ( Many Thanks) added the rest myself. :) Weathered & Bright finished. Theres also a no markings skin in the download. Note that the yellow banding does not go on the underneath of the fusalage due to the void mapping if i did the underneath it would be on the undercarrige as well, strange but there you go.....................buglord.

He111 H-6 No: S7+ZA of Stab StG3
Derna airfield, North Africa , September 1941. This airplane painted in desert camo on the top RLM 79, and RLM 78 on the bottom. The letter 'Z' painted in blue, signifies this aircraft belongs to a Headquarter battalion. The white ring around the fuselage and white tipped wings served as a quick identifying markers in the Mediterranean Arena between 1941-43.
Ive used Jutocsa`s template (MANY THANKS) as a starting point added camo, weathering , rust ,etc but i found it difficult to get some areas on this aircraft in the right proportion ie the german markings on the fusalage which was a nightmare , but i finally got it right after hours of trying. Theres also a no markings version in the download. Bright finished

2 variants of the same coop mission, one using A20 as bombers, the others with B25 instead.
 
You are ordered to attack the Karulha Finnish Air Force base. Will you do it ???
 
Comes complete, with skins.
 
Thanks to the skinners !!!

B25-H s/n 34329 of the 1st air command group, 10th AF stationed in Hailakandi, India, 1944.
and all i can say is it was a nightmare matching the white lining on the fusalage :) This is a major rework on the original, weathered & bright finished.

190D9 1945
JG 6 Chevron Dot Bar -+> W.Nr.211934
 
Pilot - one of the technical officers of JG6. Aircraft was found at Furth, Germany on 8th May 1945.
 
This skin not for commercial use without my (moksha@teambg.zzn.com) permission. Ta!
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Red 1 Jg301 Kropp's 190D9
 
not Kropp's usual mount but the plane he died in IIRC
 
 
Includes marked/unmarked/swastika only versions
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FW190d9 Red1 JV44 Wuerger Staffel
Pilot Lt Heinz Sachsenberg Fw 190D-9 'Rot 1'
Motto reads" Verkaaft's mei Gwand 'I foahr in himmel!"
(Sell my clothes I'm going to heaven)
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Red 1 was one of the four or five Doras known to have been assigned to the Airfield Defence Staffel of Generalleutnant Adolph Galland's Jagdverband 44. The intended role of this small unit was to defend the airspace above JV 44's operational base during the take-off and landing of the Me 262 jets, when they were most vulnerable to Allied fighter attack. The extensive deployment of flak units around the airfield and its approaches necessitated the painting of the D-9s' undersides in a dark color (usually agreed to be red) with narrow white longitudinal stripes, such that they not be mistaken for Allied aircraft which regularly prowled the airfields.
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FW190d9 Red3 JV44 Wuerger Staffel
Hptm. Waldemar Wübke Fw 190D-9 'Rot 3' Im Auftrage der Reichsbahn
(By order of the State Railway)*
*A sarcastic reference to fighters beings used as fighter bombers earlier in the war..
 
Red 3 was one of the four or five Doras known to have been assigned to the Airfield Defence Staffel of Generalleutnant Adolph Galland's Jagdverband 44. The intended role of this small unit was to defend the airspace above JV 44's operational base during the take-off and landing of the Me 262 jets, when they were most vulnerable to Allied fighter attack. The extensive deployment of flak units around the airfield and its approaches necessitated the painting of the D-9s' undersides in a dark color (usually agreed to be red) with narrow white longitudinal stripes, such that they not be mistaken for Allied aircraft which regularly prowled the airfields.
 
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FW190d11 Red 4, JV44
 
This was a D11, pilot unknown, the wreckage found and photo'd at Muchem Reim following the Nazi surrender.
Motto reads
Der nächste Herr dieselbe Dame!
(The next man the same woman!)
 
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Includes Grey & Green wing camo versions, marked unmarked and swastika only (6skins).
 
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190d9 1945 Red 13 Jv44
The pilot of this aircraft has been identified as Hptm. Klaus Faber, a former member of JG 27, JG 6 and as depicted here JV44.
 
 
Red13 was rumoured to be exceptionally fast at low level.
Motto reads something like "He must get in even if they both cry!"
 
details of camo and guide & (b/w) and pic at Experten decals site : http://www.stormbirds.net/experten/
 
Red 13 was one of the four or five Doras known to have been assigned to the Airfield Defence Staffel of Generalleutnant Adolph Galland's Jagdverband 44. The intended role of this small unit was to defend the airspace above JV 44's operational base during the take-off and landing of the Me 262 jets, when they were most vulnerable to Allied fighter attack. The extensive deployment of flak units around the airfield and its approaches necessitated the painting of the D-9s' undersides in a dark color (usually agreed to be red) with narrow white longitudinal stripes, such that they not be mistaken for Allied aircraft which regularly prowled the airfields.
 
 
Template by Hammerd and Bury-cockpit by aces..
Includes marked unmarked and swastika only
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Spifire MK VIII, JF502/QJVF flown by Flight Lieutenant " EDDIE" EDWARDS of no 92 squadron , Marcianise , Italy . Weathered and Bright converted . Theres also a no markings version in the download

JU88 No: 4D+DR of III/KG30 Gerbini, Sicily. March-April 1941. Weathered & Bright finished. Theres also a no markings skin in the download ........................buglord