Saturday Night Bombers Flight

[ACG_pezman]

I made a video of our glorious Sturmovik flight. With captions explaining the situation as it unfolds.

 

Besides the friendly fire incidents, which probably would have gotten me shot on return to base, we did a pretty good job! Successfully destroyed enemy tanks and cleared the way for our armor, and we had enough ordnance to attack the enemy camp on the other side of the city. I learned a lot about leading an Il-2 flight, that's for sure- next week we'll try to get everyone home!

 

https://youtu.be/5hSq0coEKMA

Yeah, that is an awesome video. Some of the Il-2 pilots in your flight are damn good with rockets too!

 

Anyway, I remember screaming in the radio that the IL-2's were attackikg friendly tanks. Luckily it was only one pass and it stopped as soon as it was noticed. But no worries, I lead an entire LaGG flight on an armed recon three weeks ago. We were told to clear the path for our tanks. So when we arrived on target we started destroying everything in the path of our tanks. Thought it unusual when we took no enemy fire, realized our mistake when the guns started shooting at the LW guys... Felt pretty stupid. I'm sure no amount of "sorry" would have made our ground troops happy after that, I mean, we were damn accurate on our attacks. Despite our mistake, our friendly troops on the ground never opened up on us.

 

Nice seeing the LaGG's in that video too. I know the video doesn't give a sense of the coordination, but we had lots on that mission.

[RedBravo65]

The immersion of the mission and playing with live people was just immeasurable.  There is nothing like actual tactics and teamwork.

[SC_Manu653]

The immersion of the mission and playing with live people was just immeasurable.  There is nothing like actual tactics and teamwork.

 

Happy that you enjoy it !

[curiousGamblerr]

Glad you guys liked the vid. We really had some great coordination on the VVS side. Both during the initial Pe-2 run and the second close air support run in the video. I'm glad you enjoyed it RedBravo, and hope you keep flying with us!

 

I'm not sure if it's Tip or who makes these missions, but the way we led those tanks to that Novomaksimovsky was totally awesome. Unlike anything I've done before- the only thing that could have added to the immersion would have been a ground commander on comms with us! (And that could've prevented the friendly fire as well).

 

I know mistakes happen, but I'm still kicking myself over that incident with the T-34s. Even if those tanks were the targets, the ridiculous right turn I pulled totally goofed our formation and I nearly collided with my wingman, the track later revealed. So a lesson in patience and communication was learned there, that's for sure!

[SC_Manu653]

Really good video curiousGamblerr !

[curiousGamblerr]

Hey Manu-

 

Just a heads up, I think InWar is 2-5pm EDT this Saturday. Which would conflict with our usual 3pm EDT time. I'm not sure if you care but I just wanted to mention it! (I will definitely fly SNBF over InWar myself, but I don't know about the rest, or if that will cut into our European participation).

 

I'm not sure what a good solution is, since 11am is a bit early and 5 or 6pm is basically the same time as last week- so maybe we just leave it and hope for good participation. I leave the hard decisions to you! Just reporting in 

 

(I got this info from =J13=xarann's post in the InWar thread here: http://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/21464-war/page-2)

[SC_Manu653]

Maybe this time you won't hit friendly tanks   !!! Because this week I have to put the same mission for some purpose. So here for this week with JU-88.

 

Next SNBF mission

 

Saturday 30th April 2016 at 15H00 EDT (NY) check your timing here: http://www.worldtimebuddy.com/

 

 Indomitable Mission

 

Mission Time: 08:18-11:00
Conditions: Partly Cloudy with continued light winds from the Southeast.

Situation:
Following close air support by Lagg-3s. 2 Platoons of 64th Army T-34s fight their way into Novomaksimovsky as Pe-2 and IL2s strike airbases. KG27 again pound Kumovka while Axis ground attack aircraft target supply depots, armor and troop concentrations. Fierce air battles rage across the skies as the 14th PzD drive to Stalingrad continues.
Mission #25 "Battlefront" AAR


**Patrol areas and Targeting to be relayed via PM to each side.
*Coconut server Saturday Night Bomber Flights will be Full CEM, No Icon, No Navigational aides.

*TS will be the Official BoS server (8.3.5.133:9407) password bos2014; in one of the MP Channels.

Planeset:
Axis

Ju-88 (8)

1-AW_CorZero  

2-Hauggy

 

 

Ju-87 (6)

BF-109F (8)

​1-4./JG52 Manu

​2-4./JG52 Hund

​3-4./JG52 Doughboy

4-4./JG52 Jizzo

5.4./JG52 Neun

 

​
BF-110E (4)

 

1-6./ZG1=SPEKTRE76

 

Mc202 (2)

VVS

IL-2 (8)

1-CuriousGamblerr (leader)

​2-Coconut

Pe-2 (6)

​1-JimTM  (leader)

​2-6./ZG1_GrendelsDad

​3-SHRAPS

Lagg-3 (4)

1-71st_AH_p3zman (leader)

​2-Ares

La-5 (2)​

1-Jade_Monkey

Yak-1 (8)

​1-71st_AH_Jordan

2-seafireliv

 

 

 

Enjoy,

Thanks Tip and Coconut

Edited April 30, 2016 by 4./JG52Manu653

[JimTM]

Pe-2 for me please Manu.

[216th_Jordan]

Yak-1 please!

[curiousGamblerr]

 

 

Maybe this time you won't hit friendly tanks   !!!

 

Ha! Yes I can try. Sign me up for Il-2, but I will likely fly both the Il-2 mission and the Pe-2 mission.  

 

Too bad the real Il-2 pilots didn't get second chances...

 

For Pe-2s we can hit the secondary objective we skipped last week if we want to change things up. Not sure if there's an Il-2 secondary but we will see.

[SC_Manu653]

Hey Manu-

 

Just a heads up, I think InWar is 2-5pm EDT this Saturday. Which would conflict with our usual 3pm EDT time. I'm not sure if you care but I just wanted to mention it! (I will definitely fly SNBF over InWar myself, but I don't know about the rest, or if that will cut into our European participation).

 

I'm not sure what a good solution is, since 11am is a bit early and 5 or 6pm is basically the same time as last week- so maybe we just leave it and hope for good participation. I leave the hard decisions to you! Just reporting in 

 

(I got this info from =J13=xarann's post in the InWar thread here: http://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/21464-war/page-2)

Thanks for the info I'm affraid that I will try to keep the same timing, I mixing a lot already with the timing that I mixed myself.

 

Pe-2 for me please Manu.

 

Probalbly leading this one from the popular pressure !

Yak-1 please!

You're in Jordan !

[seafireliv]

Pop me in gain, any Allied fighter. Yak, LA5,.

Edited April 27, 2016 by seafireliv

[SC_Manu653]

Pop me in gain, any Allied fighter. Yak, LA5,.

 

Go for a Yak !

[seafireliv]

Go for a Yak !

Cheers!

[curiousGamblerr]

 

 

Thanks for the info I'm affraid that I will try to keep the same timing, I mixing a lot already with the timing that I mixed myself.

 

Yeah that's probably fine. SNBF and FNBF both existed before InWar, so really InWar should change times if anyone changes time, in my opinion. 

[GrendelsDad]

I would like to be a regular at both when times do not intersect.

[coconut]

 

 

Saturday 30th April 2016 at 15H00 EST (NY)

I believe NY is currently using EDT. Did you really mean EST?

[SC_Manu653]

EST is for Canadian time. So from Montreal and NY the same timing EDT.

[SCG_CorZero]

I'd like an 88 again, please

[=FEW=Hauggy]

I would have joined but if i'm not mistaken this will be at 11H00 Paris time, I don't think i'll be awake.

[SC_Manu653]

Hauggy it will be 21H00 at Paris time.

I'd like an 88 again, please

 

You're in

[=FEW=Hauggy]

Maths and me makes two lol

Give me an 88 please!

[SC_Manu653]

Roger ! Glad to see you again !

Hauggy regarde le lien que je donne sur l'énoncé de mission. Mets l'heure Paris et NY. http://www.worldtimebuddy.com/

Edited April 28, 2016 by 4./JG52Manu653

[=FEW=Hauggy]

Merci mon cher!

On se voit samedi.

[ACG_pezman]

Hey Manu,

 

I'll take 2x LaGG-3 for myself and Ares.  Good fights tonight as well.

 

[SC_Manu653]

Hey Manu,

 

I'll take 2x LaGG-3 for myself and Ares.  Good fights tonight as well.

 

 

Got plenty of lead in my back !

[SHRAPS]

Hey Manu,

 

Put me down for a PE-2 please dude

 

Atb SHRAPS.

[GrendelsDad]

hello Manu...I would like a PE2 as well this week...I may miss the first sortie this week.

Edited April 28, 2016 by 6./ZG1_GrendelsDad

[coconut]

I'd gladly take an IL-2

[SC_Manu653]

Hey Manu,

 

Put me down for a PE-2 please dude

 

Atb SHRAPS.

Done

 

hello Manu...I would like a PE2 as well this week...I may miss the first sortie this week.

 

Done

I'd gladly take an IL-2

Done

 

And glad to see you again with us !

[Jade_Monkey]

I'll take a La5

[SC_Manu653]

I'll take a La5

 Done Jade !

[Urra]

Are there plans for an event on May 7th?

[JimTM]

Manu, you can put me down for Pe-2 lead, unless someone else wants a crack at it. Thanks!

[SOLIDKREATE]

Bf-110E-2 for me

[SCG_CorZero]

Another great day to fly, Thanks to Manu and all the pilots!

 

Hauggy and I took a pair of 88s to bomb Novomak, but my game crashed midway.  Hauggy had a great set of bomb attacks and destroyed a lot of targets, then made it safely back to base.

 

I restarted with a 110 and also hit Novomak, before doing some heavy gardening before meeting earth.

 

Our second sortie took a pair of 88s to hit the Kumovka AB, and we were just 30 seconds too late to catch a trio of planes taking off (fickle fate indeed).  We dumped some bombs and got a few targets, but I think we were both taken out by flak.

 

Not too bad overall with 2 pilots, one from France and the other in Alaska!!  Talk about long distance coordination!

 

Thanks everyone.

[Jizzo]

great mission everyone!

[JimTM]

Had a fun time with the Pe-2 and IL-2 flights and a first rate hoot dogfighting in the I-16 with two others vs. some Bf109s.

 

Thanks again to Manu, Tx_Tip, and Coconut for making the event possible.

[coconut]

First sortie with Pe2s: went well except for a weird incident on the way back, where one of the planes lost one engine inexplicably. Looking at the replay, I think it was a lag issue. Two planes probably came too close together, even though it might not have been visible on the players' respective screens.

 

 

The next sortie was in an IL-2. I saw nothing during the game, but it turns out we took off just before a bomber attack. The AAA made short work of them anyway.

 

 

We did our best to kill ground targets, which we did with some extent. Sadly, I think none of the 3 IL-2s made it back home, but I took out a tank seconds before ditching my plane. The two aggressors who put holes in my plane had a touch travel back it seems, as my gunner was credited with two destroyed planes.

 

 

The last sortie was in I16s. The uncatchable little bastards kept the Germans and their rocket planes boom and zoom until their fuel tanks were emptied, at which point they fled the battlefield, letting the Russians invite themselves to the little garden party the Wehrmacht had set up in Novomaksimovsky.

 

 

 

[curiousGamblerr]

Awesome vids coconut! I can't believe how oblivious we were to that bombing attack right after we took off!