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Title: An organized bomber mission
Post by: DaftDog on April 26, 2008, 02:27:54 PM

say... 15 B17s, 15 B24s, and maybe... 20 109s + 190s.

Bombers at 30,000ft, and in a tight formation.

Just maybe...

Title: Re: An organized bomber mission
Post by: Motherland on April 26, 2008, 02:31:10 PM

I don't beleive the Ruski's had 17's and 24's   :aok

Title: Re: An organized bomber mission
Post by: Chilli on April 28, 2008, 12:12:37 PM

Okay, good point.  But they did have IL2s.   They carry a decent payload, and historically played a significant roll (don't quote me  :uhoh I thought I saw it somewhere they were called "Black Death" by German ground forces).

I don't think that I have seen an IL2 raid in AH before.  Maybe it is time for one. :rock

Title: Re: An organized bomber mission
Post by: Shifty on April 28, 2008, 12:20:47 PM

Quote from: Chilli on April 28, 2008, 12:12:37 PM

Okay, good point.  But they did have IL2s.   They carry a decent payload, and historically played a significant roll (don't quote me  :uhoh I thought I saw it somewhere they were called "Black Death" by German ground forces).

I don't think that I have seen an IL2 raid in AH before.  Maybe it is time for one. :rock

I've seen a couple of mass IL2 raids in the AVA back in the day. They didn't end well for the IL2s.

Title: Re: An organized bomber mission
Post by: Chilli on April 29, 2008, 03:11:25 AM

Quote from: Shifty on April 28, 2008, 12:20:47 PM

I've seen a couple of mass IL2 raids in the AVA back in the day. They didn't end well for the IL2s.

DA?  Errr ......  ummm, I mean AvA?????  :rofl

Title: Re: An organized bomber mission
Post by: Panzzer on April 29, 2008, 10:33:16 AM

I remember one occasion, when the Finnish aviation museum had their annual Aviation Hobby Days, we dragged a couple of computers to the auditorium and presented AH2 flying to the people there with projectors. It was in the AvA, on the Karelia map, so it must have been October 2006 (as the Karelia is now going through some renovations). Anyways, we had some other Finns online and then Sasmox and myself at the museum. I organized an IL2 mission and Sasmox organized the Brewsters (err... FM2's) and 109's to intercept. It didn't work out as planned and the IL2's got through to Viipuri and bombed, I even managed to kill a couple of fighters and return to home base. It would have worked perhaps better for the audience if the Finnish side had had more success...

Title: Re: An organized bomber mission
Post by: araiguma on April 29, 2008, 06:03:23 PM

Panzzer, perhaps you know Dom another Finn who likes to fly?  He composes music in RL.  He's still playing in WB's to my knowledge.  Very nice guy.

Title: Re: An organized bomber mission
Post by: Panzzer on April 30, 2008, 08:16:41 AM

Yes, I've actually met him a couple of times. :)