IL2: Forgotten Battles / Pacific Fighters by Ubisoft

During the 1948 Israeli War of Independence, the newly formed Israeli Air Force, acquired a wide assortment of WW II surplus aircraft including P-51s, Spitfires, Mosquitos, B-17s and even Czech versions of the Bf-109 G6 under the designation of S-199. This is an approximation, of a 101 Squadron livery.
 
Unzip and Install in your Bf-109 G6-Late folder.

This is a Wildcat VI of the British Fleet Air Arm, No. 835 Sqdn., HMS Nairana, August 1944. Earlier versions of the Wildcat were designated "Martlets" by the British.

Bell P-39Q Airacobra, 4^ Stormo Caccia, ICAF
 
Skin resolution: 1024x1024
 
Unmarked included
 
 
Generic skins for P-39Q in service with Regia Aeronautica/Italian Co-Belligerant Air Force
between June 1944 and May 1945.
 
-----------Notes--------------------------------------
 
In June 1944 the Regia Aeronautica/ICAF received 149/170 P-39s from the storages of 15th Air Force.
The majority of them where P-39Q (mainly from blocks -15 and -20), with few P-39N (used for training),
and a single P-39M (the s/n 42-4741, P-39M-1-BE).
 
During three months of training, 11 accidents occurred and three pilots died.
One of them was Sergente Maggiore Teresio Martinoli, top-scoring ace of R.A. with 22 victories (he died on 25 August 1944).
 
The 4th Stormo Caccia was entirely re-equipped with the Airacobras and, from September '44 until April '45, was involved
in a very intensive tour of duty over North-Western Greece, Albania and Yugoslavia.
 
Under the colors of the newborn Aeronautica Militare, the Airacobra flew for the last time during 1951.
 
 
-------------------Installation:----------------------
Unzip into P-39Q-1 skins folder.
 
------------------Credits-----------------------------
 
Template: Pavlac (http://www.pavlac.fr/)
Markings: Max_TheHitman (roundels)
 
 
------------------Legal Stuff--------------------------
 
This skin is release under Freeware Licensing aka Fair User Terms.
 
For more informations, check this topics: http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?showtopic=26131
 
 
Spitwulf
Somewhere in North Sardinia, Italy.
October 2011

Tthis skin is made according to the historical pattern. With this plane flew Major Hermann von Graff in a training center in France in 1943. It also flew in combat operations against the allied bombers.
 
...As standard procedure, Luftwaffe commander Hermann Göring banned Graff from flying combat missions after the pilot had received the Knight's Cross with Diamonds. Early in 1943, Graff was assigned to France to head the Ergänzungs-Jagdgruppe Ost...
 
Installation is simple:
 
Extract the folder Fw190A-6_pilot_HERMANN_GRAFF.zip. The content of the folder you must copy it into your skins folder in your game IL-2 Sturmovik. You must copy these files into the skins:
Fw.19A-6_major_Graff_1943.bmp
Fw.19A-6_major_Graff_1943_generic.bmp
Fw.19A-6_major_Graff_1943_svastika.bmp
Fw.19A-6_major_Graff_blank.bmp
Skins folder location in your game is: IL-2 Sturmovik / PaintSchemes/Skins/Fw-190A-6
 
That's all, happy hunting ...

Tthis skin is made according to the historical pattern. Aircraft in this camouflage flew in France in 1943
 
Installation is simple:
 
Extract the folder Fw190A-6_Geschwader_Training_unit.zip. The content of the folder you must copy it into your skins folder in your game IL-2 Sturmovik. You must copy these files into the skins:
Fw.19A-6_Trinquewille_ blank.bmp
Fw.190A-6_Trinquewille.bmp
Fw.190A-6_Trinquewille_generic.bmp
Fw.190A-6_Trinquewille_swastika.bmp
Skins folder location in your game is: IL-2 Sturmovik / PaintSchemes/Skins/Fw-190A-6
 
That's all, happy hunting ...

Skin historically, this aircraft was flown in May 1945 on the base of the Munich-Neubiberg.

This is the closest I could come to providing a Boomerang for Il-2 1946. In the 4.09 version that i use it is A.I. only. In 4.10 it should be flyable. Choose the Re-2000 as an Allied plain. This is ment to be flown with markings off.
 
The Boomerang was a homegrown fighter based in part on the US NA-33. It first flew in May 1942. It was a highly agile fighter, with a maximum speed of 305 mph.. Actual armament was 2 20mm cannon and 4 30 cal. machine guns and 500 lb bomb load. For the game of course you are limited to the Re-2000's load out.
 
Another approximation of the Boomerang is to choose the plain green Italian skin under the RAAF.
 
If you want to make any enhancements let me know and I can provide the Gimp xcf. file.

In 1944 the SBD-5s used in Marine Scout units in the Caribbean. This is my first skin, originally done in Gimp. 2.6.8. If you want to make any enhancements let me know and I could send you the original .xcf file

The first five aircraft in a series of modifications of the MiG-3 ...
 
MiG-3 16 series
MiG-3 19 series (in the game designated as the UD)
MiG-3 27 series (2xUBS) (in the game designated as 2xUB)
MiG-3 34 series (2xShVAK)
MiG-3 AM-38
 
Work is continuing to build a new cabin, but in the meantime using the old ...
 
Project team/working:
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Molva - 3D-model
Ivan750 - 3D-model, template, skins and textures, testing
Ilyshin - armament, testing
KarabasBarabas - advice on 3D and export classes, FM, testing
deSAD - counseling, testing
Epizikl - testing, assembly production
 
 
In the assembly works of the Author:
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Vert - Fashion for open canopy
 
 
Additional Information:
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1. 3D-model aircraft are brand new, so that previously created skins do not fit!
To create your own skins for the new models are included in the Templates ...
2. The new aircraft replace the default, so I do not need to modify or add/prescribe
3. Testing conducted on Windows XP and Windows 7 in versions 4.09 and 4.10
 
 
Composition of the issue:
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- MiG-3 16 series + background (1600x1200), together with the mat-file
- MiG-3 19 series + background (1600x1200, 1920x1080) with mat-file
- Set of 2 extra skins (MiG-3 end MiG-3UD)
- MiG-3 27 series
- MiG-3 34 series
- MiG-3 AM-38
- Template MiG-3 (all versions)
 
 
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The development team AviaSkins
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Attention!
 
Not for commercial use!

Can you beat Cobber Kain in the race to be Britain's first ace of WWII?
 
Nothing Phoney About This War, Mate is an historically based portrayal of RAF fighter operations from Spring 1938 until Spring 1940. Missions are set in Egypt, Palestine, England, and France. You will fly scrambles, intercepts, strikes, and patrols in Gladiators and Hurricanes, facing Bf-109s, Bf-110s, He-111s, and Ju-88s, among others. You might even encounter the elusive He-113. While all missions are based upon historical circumstances, certain episodes explore plausible alternatives.
 
You won’t fly the same missions every campaign, either. Random variants present the opportunity of facing variable opposition, even during actions where RAF pilots did not actually encounter enemy aircraft, such as routine patrols. There’s also a chance that you might not face any opposition, depending upon which variant mission the campaign engine selects at random -- this is the Phoney War, after all. Nearly every mission in the campaign has at least one or two alternatives. This offers a new prospect with each restart. Every campaign you play should be slightly different. You will fly 40 sorties, with a pool of some 130 alternate missions to draw upon.
 
This campaign is intended for IL2: 1946 with the UltraPack 2.01 mod installed. No additional mods need be enabled other than those active by default in UP201.

Trainer Yak-11
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The project is almost complete ...
 
It is planned to make his cabin, and is currently used by cabin Yak-7UTI ...
 
Project team:
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Molva - 3D-model
Blitz - advice on 3D and export classes, FM, testing
Nachprod - skins and textures, testing
deSAD - counseling, testing
Epizikl - build issue
 
Composition of the registration:
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- The Yak-11
- Set of 4 variants together with the background mat-file
- Set of 10 extra skins
 
 
Installation:
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1. Unpack the archive and put the folder YAK-11 in the folder Mods:
 
...\IL-2 Sturmovik Forgotten Battles\Mods
 
In air.ini file add the line:
 
Yak-11 air.YAK_11 a NOINFO r01 SUMMER
 
 
2. Choose one of the background, remove the end of the file number (if available) and put together with the mat-file in the appropriate directory
 
 
3. To install additional skins to create a folder Yak-11 and put it in a folder Skins:
 
...\IL-2 Sturmovik Forgotten Battles\PaintSchemes\Skins
 
Unpack the archive with skins and place the files in a folder Yak-11:
 
...\IL-2 Sturmovik Forgotten Battles\PaintSchemes\Skins\Yak-11
 
 
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The development team AviaSkins
 
 
 
 

Focke-Wulf FW-190A8 7./JG300 White 14 Erich Staschewski Löbnitz Germany 1945

Hi to all.
 
This two skins is for A6M3 Zero 32 of 204th Kokutai, saw in combat in Rabaul during
the summer of 1943.

this is my first skin
belgian gloster meteor enjoy

The first release AviaSkins Group
 
Su-26M
 
Authors:
 
The idea - Molva
 
Molva - 3D model
Blitz - advice on 3D and export, classrooms, FM, testing
B. Migay - 3D engine
VALERA - skins and textures
 
 
 
Cab driver and borrowed from colleagues at a forum SAS (http://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php), for that personal thanks CirX and Beowolff.
 
Thanks to everyone who participated in the creation of the Su-26.
 
 
ftp://aviaskins.com/Mods/New%20aircrafts/SU_26M.rar
 
air.ini:
 
Su-26 air.SU_26M2 a NOINFO r01 SUMMER
 
 
Path:
C: \ Program Files \ 1C \ IL-2 Sturmovik Forgotten Battles \ Mods
 
Su26_FM file put the following address:
C: \ Program Files \ 1C \ IL-2 Sturmovik Forgotten Battles \ Files \ gui \ game
 
Enjoy flight
 
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Not for commercial use?
 
 
 

TWO GENERIC RAF FIGHTER CAMPAIGNS, FROM 1939 to 1945.
 
ONLY FOR USERS OF BOE (Battle Over Europe) AND ENJOYR PATCHES.
 
For game versions 4.08m or 4.09m.
 
ONLY FOR USERS OF BOE (Battle Over Europe) AND ENJOYR PATCHES (latest version: at least 4.2).
 
For game versions 4.08m or 4.09m. RAF ranks in English are now corrected.
 
Note:THIS PACK NOW INCLUDES MY FREE FRENCH TOUCH UPGRADE FOR BOE
 
 
UPDATED MAY 2009: a few bug corrections in mission templates, Spitfire Mk IXe AI skins, operations' files also corrected for heavy bombers' escort missions, etc. Battle of Britain campaign added! MODDED VERSION ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE MISSION4TODAY SITE.
 
These 2 RAF careers combine existing RAF campaigns together, and add a few more.
 
1) TO INSTALL: unzip the folders DGen and PaintSchemes contained in this .zip, into your game's main directory.
 
By default the game's main directory is C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\IL-2 Sturmovik 1946, or C:\Program Files\Ubi Soft\IL-2 Sturmovik Forgotten Battles.
 
 
 
2) From the game's main menu, go into the pilot's career menu, then RAF, and choose either the generic PTO career (Pacific),
or the generic ETO career (Europe, North Africa).
 
You can access 2 RAF full fighter pilot careers. Do not forget to choose your flyable plane for each sub-campaign before generating the first mission!
 
 
Pacific: Singapore (original game's campaign), Burma (campaigns created by Ian Boys, modified by Ojcar, Billy Pryce and Vtrelut).
 
Europe & North Africa: Phoney war & Battle of France by Boelcke and Kleini293, Battle of Britain by Vtrelut, North Africa & Sicily by Billy Pryce and Vtrelut,
ChannelFront by Boelcke and Jumo, Normandy (BOE), 2nd Tactical Air Force (Boelcke, Ian Boys), Ardennes (BOE), and finally Berlin by Vtrelut.
 
 
 
Thanks a lot to Billy Pryce, Boelcke, Jumo, Kleini293, Ojcar, Ian Boys.
 
 
 
Vtrelut, May 2009

WWIII 1946 is a "what if" historical thriller that lets you fly all of the strange jets and German wonder weapons in IL2 1946. This campaign is but a small part of the overall Mega Campaign the will include many smaller mini campaigns such as this one. Each campaign will build upon the other and you will be able to continue your pilot career until the conclusion of WWIII 1946.
 
In a painstaking process an alternate history storyline has been researched and is presented as a backdrop for some of the most heart pounding and hopefully entertaining missions you have ever flown.
 
By using historical documents from the US Joint Chiefs of Staff we know exactly what the contingency plans were in the case of an expected Soviet attack in 1946. It is clear from public polls and private correspondence that the US military and government officials fully expected an attack by it's former ally at any time starting in the spring of 1946.
 
Based on these plans code named Griddle and the other Pincher series plans we have developed a historically plausible alternate history scenario on which all these campaigns are based. These plans were based on the best estimates of Soviet forces and their plans for war.
 
When I say we I mean the wonderful feedback I have received on numerous forums including Missions4Today, SimHQ, AllAircraftArcade,CombatACE and the Wargamer. Go to these fine websites and search for WWIII and you should come across many interesting discussions.
 
Storyline for 1946 WWIII
 
Readme
 
Soviet Fighter Pilot Campaign Chapter One
 
 
...................................Top Secret For Your Eyes Only.......................................
 
January 23, 1946
 
Our former allies, the so called Western Democracies, have demobilized entire armies and have sent many of their armed forces home. The US and England have a fraction of their former forces stationed on the European mainland. They mistakenly believe that their so called Atomic Bomb has altered our plans.
 
Our glorious leader, Tovarishch Stalin, has given us of his vision of a world wide workers paradise led by his guiding hand.
 
He does not fear the Abomb. He has seen the devastation it has brought to untold numbers of innocent victims he does not fear it's wrath.
 
Although he has no doubt that our armed forces can storm through the blasted hulk of the former Germany and France to liberate the suppressed workers of Europe, he does not want to use force unless absolutely necessary. Recent events have forced his hand and the very existence of soviet society is being threatened.
 
Our former Allies have made a fateful blunder and the world shudders at the consequences and prospect of another World War. They have rejected our rightful demands regarding Manchuria, Turkey and the liberation of Eastern Europe. In a stupendous miscalculation the US has base a squadron of B29 Super Fortresses in West Germany in an attempt to intimidate us. The B29 is an offensive weapon not a defensive weapon. There can be only on conclusion and that is that they intend to use their Abomb in a sneak attack on the Motherland we hold so dear.
 
They continue to gather former German scientists and their wonder weapons and have been stealing them away to work on even more destructive weapons and delivery systems. We must act and we must act now.
 
We need to create a buffer so that the motherland is never subject to attack again. Our vision is that all future wars will be fought in the no man’s land that is the former Nazi homeland and as long as capitalism survives there will be more wars. It's all a matter of where and when these wars will be fought because Capitalism and Communism cannot occupy the same space.
 
Some say the second atomic bomb that was dropped on Nagasaki intimidate us and to reinforce the power of the atom bomb in our mind. In addition it was to demonstrate that America has not only one but many bombs and is ready to use them. Tovarishch Stalin is calling their bluff.
 
Today we received word through our massive network of agents that American has a total of only 6 nuclear bombs. Now is the time to strike and to save the motherland from nuclear destruction. We have to attack now before they gain more of these monstrous weapons and use them.
 
We will no longer allow the West to dictate its will on the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and our glorious leader Tovarishch Stalin. He will once and for all remove the threat to Mother Russia. No longer will there be a gun pointed at his head from West Germany.
 
We have begun a massive and very well concealed mobilization.
 
As a Maior in the Soviet Air Force you have flown over 100 combat missions in both Europe and the far east. Because of your special status your official victory score is top secret due to the nature of your assignments.
 
You have been assigned to a special unit that is working on former German Wonder Weapons that are in our possession. Your specific assignment is to assess the combat capabilities of the various weapons platforms. As such you will be helping to design and test in any future combat situations, our newest weapons systems.
 
Good luck to you comrade.
 
Installation:
 
1. Find your folder with your IL2-1946.exe in it. There should be a folder that is titled Missions. Inside that folder is the Campaign Folder. Open that folder and find the Ru Folder. Open that folder. Copy the WWIII_1946_USSR_Fighter Folder into that folder/subdirectory.
 
2. The WWIIISkins folder contains skins that you might want to use to make the campaign more pleasing to the eye and more immerse. If you don't use the skins your Soviet planes will have no markings. Your campaign will run just find but won't look as realistic.
 
The Skins folder is in the PaintSchemes Folder which is in the main IL2-1946 main folder.
 
Most of the skins start with WWIII and then the plane model. Just drag them from their folders and put them in the same named folder in your Skins folder.
 
3. The only way I know of to have the former Allies fight each other in a campaign is to make one side Blue and the other stays Red. I chose to make the Soviets go Blue because it was easier. What this means is that if you don't use the skins correctly you will end up with a Soviet fighter with a Japanese Zero on it. To deal with this problem I have painstakingly created and then changed every Soviet plane in every mission to have a custom skin. If you properly copy the skins into the correct folders you should have no problem. If not you will get Japanese markings on your Yak etc.
 
To correct the problem on the plane you are flying click on the "Arming" button then on the "Aircraft Customization" button. Look at the skins button and choose whatever skin you want but every Soviet plane should have a WWIIIxxxx skin in it. This is the one you should choose. If there isn't one then choose one that has a Soviet star on it and be sure to turn off the markings otherwise the Japanese meatball will be your skin.
 
If your wingmen etc. all have Japanese markings then you will just have to live with it or check out the skins files to make sure you have all the skins in the correct place.
 
4. Turn the speech off unless you don't mind hearing Japanese and Russian mixed.
5. If you want to hear the correct language follow flyby1 instructions below. Thanks flyby1.
 
"Here is how I do the speech changing: start;computer;L diskdrive;ubisoft;il-2 sturmovik 1946;Samples;speech;ru double click; delete actor1 thru actor9.;do not close these open windows ; then start;computer;C diskdrive;ubisoft-up2; il-2 sturmovik 1946;samples;speech;us double click ; then drag actor1 thru actor9 to the open RU file where the old actor1 thru actor9 were and now no ussr speech. same for any speech change ! you will have to do these changes with the computer file non full screen. As you see I play il-2 off the L drive and backup il-2 on the C drive."
 
Please let me know if you are having problems so maybe we can figure out a solution.
 
Starting your career
 
1. Go to Pilot Career
2. Choose USSR with the rank of Maior
3. Choose WWIII 1946 Soviet Fighter Pilot
4. Choose the following in the Difficulty menus.
Turn off the following toggles. You do not want these options chosen for various reasons
a. Turn off - Cockpit Always On - I want you to look around and see all the cool stuff
b. Turn off - No External Views - For the same reason
c. Turn off - No Icons - Those Lerches and ME 163 are very small
d. Turn off - No Instant Success - Don't use this very often. There are some missions that just don't have anywhere to land in them and this is how you have to end your mission.
e. Turn off - No Map Icons - At this point in history radar was able to vector you to your targets pretty well so use the map to do this.
 
I need help in completing this massive project. Be a part of Air Simulation History :)
 
Contact Hairog at hkellogg36@gmail.com

Here is a plane i created off of the VF-85 USS Shangrila paint scheme! ENJOY!

DGen campaigns briefings - All languages except Russian.
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Version 7 - January 24th, 2010
 
CORRECTIONS OF ERRORS IN DGen DYNAMIC CAMPAIGNS' BRIEFINGS
 
Updated with latest campaigns by Boelcke (JG 26, Kuban), Juri_JS and Vtrelut; plus many small corrections. Takes into account "New patch for Asia for the Asians!" dated 01/02/09 by Ojcar, Norway winter and bomber campaigns by Juri_JS,
Japan Home Defence campaigns version 1.2 par Juri_JS, Reichsverteidingung updated campaigns par Boelcke, and French Wings version 10 par vtrelut.
 
 
 
As you probably have realized if you play DGen dynamic campaigns, there are many mistakes in current DGen briefings files:
 
1) Missing campaign briefings and/or debriefings, which result in strange words displayed on the screen, such as "LeningradSummer44DeBr" or "Africa42tGbDb" for instance.
2) Mistakes in briefings, which can make it sometimes impossible to display them in the game, especially when DGen syntax is not properly respected.
3) Wrong or missing aircraft descriptions or city names
4) Spelling and grammar errors
 
There are countless errors in the files, which is unavoidable given the hundreds of possible campaigns and probably thousands of various combinations of missions and campaigns which are available.
 
 
So I checked each briefing file, in all languages except the Russian language, and compared the contents with each related campaignsXXY.dat file,
for all DGen campaigns.
 
 
Basically all files have had to be corrected, except the Polish briefings and a couple of the RAF briefings over Murmansk. All others are corrected.
For spelling and grammar, I corrected only the French briefings. For all languages, I tried to correct as many DGen errors as possible, such as missing briefings or debriefings.
 
 
There are probably still many mistakes, but at least with these files now the user should be able to start a campaign without seeing something like "Lvov41SkBr", and finish campaigns without seeing something like "KurlandAug44DeDb".
 
 
Some of the briefings will appear in English even if you use another language in the game, some will be blank, but I added new ones for most campaigns which had no briefings.
 
 
Thanks a lot to Ljekio ULMAR who provided me with a translation of his Africa campaigns briefings made by Gagarin, which I adapted slightly. Thanks also to Papy46 who provided me with his French translations and corrections.
 
 
Some mission briefings for the Luftwaffe over Africa may look strange, because they refer to Soviets as enemies: this is due to the fact that these files are common with Eastern Front campaigns.
 
 
TO INSTALL, simply unzip the DGen folder contained in the zip, into the game's main directory, for all versions of installations/add-ons/patches.
 
By default the game's main directory is C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\IL-2 Sturmovik 1946, or C:\Program Files\Ubi Soft\IL-2 Sturmovik Forgotten Battles.
You can also use these files if you have Pacific Fighters only.
 
Allow Windows to overwrite older files.
 
 
These files are compatible with all game versions, modded or unmodded, and with all mod packs.
 
There are also compatible with all types of game installs, with or without add-ons (payware or freeware add-ons).
 
 
 
Happy Flying!
 
 
Vtrelut

LIKE NO OTHER PILOT: Fly to defend and then to liberate France. Your enemies will be the Luftwaffe, the Regia Aeronautica, the Royal Navy, the RAF, the US Navy... Your allies will be Dutch, Belgian, British, American, Russian... with many Czech comrades.
 
Please follow strictly and carefully the instructions in the read-me.
 
More than 2,000 missions, making up to 120 campaigns, all combined in 15 pilot careers.
 
For fighters, fighter-bombers, bombers and reconaissance aircraft.
 
The only time during World War II when American planes were engaged in combat against other American aircraft. Find out why and how!

This pack contains the modded dynamic campaigns French Wings 1940-1945. It includes many new slot planes in action, over several modded maps. You don't need earlier versions of French Wings.
 
With these upgraded campaigns, you will have a more realistic and complete experience of flying from the Battle of France to the last air battles on the Eastern and Western fronts, involving the French squadrons equipped with American, British, French or Russian planes.
 
Having a unique destiny you will face various enemies such as the Luftwaffe, the Regia Aeronautica, the Royal Navy, the US Navy; you will also fly together with the Royal Air Force, the Dutch air force, the USAAF or the VVS, in modded planes such as the Curtiss H-75A-2, the Hurricane Mk I Trop, the Douglas DB-7, the Spitfire Mk Vc fighter bomber, or in former AIs made flyable, such as the Morane 406 and the Blenheim Mk IV. New friendly and enemy modded AIs are also featured, as well as 6 modded maps for the MTO and ETO.
 
These campaigns require the mods listed in the specific instructions which are included in this download. No mods pack is needed. Download links to required mods are provided, as well as precise indications concerning missing mods for each mods pack (AAA, C6, HSFX, UP).
 
A completely new bomber campaign for Abyssinia and Lybia is included.
 
 
Enjoy your flying... Like no other pilot!
 
 
Other mods recommended: Default map upgrade pack and Improved Building Textures by vpmedia, Improved Vehicle Textures by vpmedia, Ultimate Sound Mod v2 by Tiger_33: a must for immersion!
 
 
 
Cheers,
 
 
Vtrelut
 
 
 
Contact me at: vtrelut@yahoo.fr

Storyline for 1946 WWIII
 
Introduction
 
January 23, 1946
 
Stalin's former allies have demobilized entire armies and have sent many of their armed forces home. The US and England have a fraction of their former forces stationed on the European mainland and have shown no backbone in resisting Soviet incursions. The only thing holding Stalin back from his vision of a communist Europe dominated by the USSR is the fear of the American nuclear bomb.
 
He has seen the devastation it has brought to the Empire of Japan. Although he has no doubt that his armed forces can storm through the blasted hulk of the former Germany and France he is held in check by the fear of nuclear destruction from the skies.
 
Stalin's former Allies have made a fateful blunder and the world shudders at the prospect of another World War. There have been a series of confrontations over Manchuria, Turkey and the Soviets "liberation of Eastern Europe. In a huge miscalculation the US decides to base a squadron of B29 Super Fortresses in West Germany in an attempt to intimidate Stalin. The B29 is an offensive weapon not a defensive weapon. It is a first strike weapon. This only fuels Stalin's paranoia about the West using their A Bomb in a sneak attack.
 
In addition his former allies are gathering far too many of the German scientists and their wonder weapons and stealing them away to work on even more destructive weapons and delivery systems.
 
Comrade Stalin needs to create a buffer so that the motherland is never subject to attack again. His vision is that all future wars will be fought in the no mans land that is the former Nazi homeland and he is convinced that there will be more wars despite the American atomic bomb. It's all a matter of where and when these wars will be fought because Capitalism and Communism cannot occupy the same space.
 
Some say the second atomic bomb that was dropped on Nagasaki was a demonstration for Stalin's benefit and to reinforce the power of the atom bomb in his mind. In addition it was to demonstrate that America has not only one but many bombs and is ready to use them. The plan has worked until today.
 
Today Stalin receives word through his spy master and massive network of agents that American has a total of only 6 nuclear bombs. Previously he believed that they had many more and this fear is the only thing that kept his paranoia and ambitions in check. With this news the plan for the domination of Western Europe begins.
 
No longer will the West be allowed to dictate it's will on the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and Stalin. He will once and for all remove the threat to Mother Russia. No longer will there be a gun pointed at his head from West Germany.
 
A massive and very well concealed mobilization begins.
 
As a Major in the USAAF you have flown over 100 combat missions in both Europe and the Mediterranean. Because of your special status your official victory score is top secret due to the nature of you assignments.
 
You have been assigned to a special unit that is working on former German Wonder Weapons that are in our possession. Your specific assignment is to assess the combat capabilities of the various weapons platforms. As such you will be helping to design and test in any future combat situations, America's newest weapons systems.

This is America's Ace of Aces 3.0
 
I promise that the video tracks will work now.
 
A huge thank you to WheelsUp_cavu. I had screwed up the videos so royaly that they didn't play and he took the time to set things straight. Thank you Wheels!
 
It's time to fly the Lighting again.
 
This is version 3.0 of America's Ace of Aces enhanced with video tracks. Hopefully the videos add to the historical feel and accuracy of this campaign following in the footsteps of America's greatest pilot and greatest plane.
 
Just over the Wisconsin border from Illinois is the most stolen sign in America. It reads Bong Recreation Area. 99% of the people you ask will have no idea who or what the area is named after.
 
It's a shame that the greatest fighter pilot America has ever produced is all but forgotten and his name has become a joke.
 
This is just my attempt to educate a small number of you as to the life and times of Richard Ira Bong, America's Ace of Aces. His record 40 kills in the Pacific Theater will never be surpassed. This unlikely farm boy from Poplar Wisconsin became a super star and then faded into the history books. He deserves more than 15 min of fame.
 
I have recreated all of Bong's successful missions. If you equal or surpass Bong's record with all the realism options turned on without do overs and without using the auto pilot you have accomplished a major feat and should be proud of your simulated flying skill.
 
This campaign is complex and requires a powerful computer and video card. It was done with IL2FB+PF Combined Install version 4.09.
 
Mission Bong29 (Rivals Together) is very complex. You might want to try out your computer on this one first if you plan on doing the campaign.
 
I was having fun trying to make a realistic invasion scene and it got out of hand. Feel free to tone it down if you know how. Much of what is going on is not relevant to your mission as a pilot. Just invasion craft, bunkers, BB and CAs shelling each other etc. It's a hoot. Look around using the Cnt F2 command as I have placed some fixed cameras.
 
I have tried to recreate as accurately as possible the circumstances faced by Dick Bong in his 2 year onslaught of the Japanese armed forces. I have had to use different maps because many of the areas that Bong fought in are not represented in the game yet. Areas such as Northern New Guinea, Rabal, Borneo, the Philippine Islands of Negros, Mindoro and Leyte have not been modelled yet.
 
I have found very similar areas on other maps that fit the bill however. By using the southern part of New Guinea I was able to recreate the Lae area farther to the north; by using the Singapore map I could recreate similar conditions to the Philippine islands etc. I think you will get the feel of the historical area and conditions.
 
The folder BongMissionTracks goes in the US folder that is in the Campaign folder that is in the Mission folder.
 
The P38J, P38L and P38L_Late folders go in the skins folder that is in the PaintSchemes folder.
 
Three books were instrumental in providing the historical facts for this endeavor...
 
Ace of Aces, The Dick Bong Story - Written by Carl Bong and Mike O'connor
Dear Mom So We Have A War by Carl Bong
Dick Bong Ace of Aces by Gen. George Kenney
 
I had unique access to these books being from Wisconsin. There are many quotes directly from Dick's letters home to his mother. They provide an extrodinary window as to the thoughts and concerns of a farm boy a long way from the farm but making the best of it.
 
Carl Bong is Dick Bong's brother and Gen. Kenney was Dick's commanding officer. I have copied major parts of the "descriptions" from these books.
 
I am not a writer but I do know how to copy well. The first mission is from the Kokoda Campaign for Pacific Fighters by VBF_80 and the skins are all modifications of other people's painstaking work the most notable being "Marge" by Richard Mutt or RMutt. I couldn't have done this project without the jump start these artists provided.
 
It has been so long since I started this project that I forgot where all but one of the skins came from. If you recognize you work let me know. I would sure like to give you credit.
 
I wish to apologize for the racial epithets used to describe the Japanese race. This was the language of the times and the quotes are verbatim. I'm sorry if they cause any discomfort. I do not mean to offend, just to be historically accurate with my quotes.
 
Because of the 3 books mentioned I believe these missions to be very accurate if not the most accurate ever recreated, sans the proper maps of course. The conditions, land forms, forces encountered are as historically correct as can be created. Any additions or corrections would be appreciated.
 

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