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Hi guys!

 

I'm pouring over all the content I'm going to catch up on, and I've got a couple questions about some of the Collector Planes...

 

1. Hurricane Mk.II  In what campaigns can I use the Hurricane?

 

2. Ju-52  Shows it can be used in BOS, BOM, and BOK.  How about Battle of Bodenplatte?

 

I plan on updating with the Premium Edition of all modules eventually.  And I'm counting 19 Collector Planes in total right now (including those listed for the upcoming BON and the C-47).  So is it the case that there are some Collector Planes that will never be part of the Premium Edition of any module?  I just don't want to double up on purchasing them.  I've made a little chart to sort this all out, as I understand it...lol

 

Any tips on the "ins and outs" of Collector Planes would be appreciated.

 

Thanks! :salute:

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18 minutes ago, KodiakJac said:

Hi guys!

 

I'm pouring over all the content I'm going to catch up on, and I've got a couple questions about some of the Collector Planes...

 

1. Hurricane Mk.II  In what campaigns can I use the Hurricane?

 

2. Ju-52  Shows it can be used in BOS, BOM, and BOK.  How about Battle of Bodenplatte?

 

I plan on updating with the Premium Edition of all modules eventually.  And I'm counting 19 Collector Planes in total right now (including those listed for the upcoming BON and the C-47).  So is it the case that there are some Collector Planes that will never be part of the Premium Edition of any module?  I just don't want to double up on purchasing them.  I've made a little chart to sort this all out, as I understand it...lol

 

Any tips on the "ins and outs" of Collector Planes would be appreciated.

 

Thanks! :salute:

I can't speak to which campaign the Hurricane might fly in. But I think you might be confusing some of the Premium planes with collector planes. The Premium planes are just two extra aircraft that can be purchased with the Premium edition as opposed to the Standard edition. Those are not Collectors planes. Collector planes are a total separate purchase from any other Map purchase. Any and all planes can be used on any map, just not in certain campaigns.

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1 hour ago, KodiakJac said:

2. Ju-52  Shows it can be used in BOS, BOM, and BOK.  How about Battle of Bodenplatte?

Yes, the Ju-52 is flyable in Bodenplatte. I tried a career with it once, but gave up after the first mission, because it’s mostly just flying for an hour, landing, and flying back. I enjoyed it, but just don’t have enough time to be doing that sort of stuff.

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1 hour ago, KodiakJac said:

 

 

1. Hurricane Mk.II  In what campaigns can I use the Hurricane?

 

 

 

As of now: BoM, BoS and I think BoK too (didn't checked though)

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Thanks, guys!

 

"Ju-52 - I tried a career with it once, but gave up after the first mission, because it’s mostly just flying for an hour, landing, and flying back. I enjoyed it, but just don’t have enough time to be doing that sort of stuff."

 

My two go-to sims have been MSFS 2020 and IL-2 1946 BAT lately, so a little of that in Great Battles also sounds fun to me.  Civilian pilot one day, combat ace the next!  ?

 

Going to pick up Tobruk in the near future, too.

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2 hours ago, Alexmarine said:

As of now: BoM, BoS and I think BoK too (didn't checked though)

 

No, just Moscow and Stalingrad. 

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6 hours ago, LukeFF said:

 

No, just Moscow and Stalingrad. 

Thanks Luke, guess I remembered incorrectly when BlackSix was still thinkering in which career it would have fit

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We didn't manage to include the Hurricanes in the BoK career, since during this period they provided air defense for Rostov, which is located too far from the northern border of the map.

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I think this must be the right place for my topic….

In the single player careers are some night squads like the „Nachtschlachtgeschwader“ on Rheinland Map or some light night  Bomber squads with U-2VS on Kuban and Stalingrad. Also is there a Bf 110 night fighter squad on Kuban.

Until now it was undiscovered content for me and I am excited about it because it closes a gap that no online server offers.

How about BoN? Is there any night action planned? 
Like „Unternehmen Steinbock“ in early 1944…. The Me 410 seems the right choice for some night sorties over the channel maybe in Career or scripted campaign… Maybe some Mosquito attacks in the other direction…

Is any content like that planned for BoN?

 

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14 hours ago, JG4_Moltke1871 said:

How about BoN? Is there any night action planned? 

Like „Unternehmen Steinbock“ in early 1944…. The Me 410 seems the right choice for some night sorties over the channel maybe in Career or scripted campaign…

As far as I remember, the main events of Unternehmen Steinbock took place in January - March 1944 while our career will begin on April 15th. We will have I./KG 51 which used Me 410 until May 23 from Evreux-Fauville but I cannot say now whether night missions will be made for it.

 

As for the Mosquito, there will be five playable squadrons in the career:

No. 305 (Polish) Squadron 'Ziemia Wielkopolska' RAF
No. 418 Squadron RCAF

No. 464 Squadron RAAF

No. 487 (New Zealand) Squadron RAF

No. 605 (County of Warwick) Squadron RAF

 

and three AI squadrons:

No. 21 Squadron RAF

No. 107 Squadron RAF

No. 613 (City of Manchester) Squadron RAF

 

But we need to ask @LukeFF who wrote their stories, whether they made night flights))

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4 hours ago, BlackSix said:

As far as I remember, the main events of Unternehmen Steinbock took place in January - March 1944 while our career will begin on April 15th. We will have I./KG 51 which used Me 410 until May 23 from Evreux-Fauville but I cannot say now whether night missions will be made for it.

 

As for the Mosquito, there will be five playable squadrons in the career:

No. 305 (Polish) Squadron 'Ziemia Wielkopolska' RAF
No. 418 Squadron RCAF

No. 464 Squadron RAAF

No. 487 (New Zealand) Squadron RAF

No. 605 (County of Warwick) Squadron RAF

 

and three AI squadrons:

No. 21 Squadron RAF

No. 107 Squadron RAF

No. 613 (City of Manchester) Squadron RAF

 

But we need to ask @LukeFF who wrote their stories, whether they made night flights))


If I see it right “Steinbock” was running until May 29 1944. 
If not scheduled already maybe it’s a nice idea bring some unique single player night action into the game ?

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Steinbock

 

 

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