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Battlefield - Airborne - Tactical (BAT) => BAT Missions and Campaigns => WAW (World at War) => Topic started by: wolf44 on July 21, 2023, 10:29:44 AM

Title: I/JG26 campaign
Post by: wolf44 on July 21, 2023, 10:29:44 AM

Hello friends!

I started working on another campaign of JG26 on the eastern front. I intend to start in August 1942, roughly following the missions of I/JG26. It will also include the USAAF's first mission over France with the B-17E on August 17, 1942, missions within the Dieppe Raid and several other preliminary missions to the transfer of I/JG26 to the eastern front. From January 1943 I/JG26 is transferred to the eastern front until June 1943. I wanted skins for every B-17E participating in the first bombing raid, 12 planes. I took Jarink's skin (Yankee Doodle-19023) as a model and continued with the others about which I found information and pictures. I want to present you the first 6 B-17E skins. Considering that I am still in the learning period, I want to ask your opinion.

Thank you! I wish you all the best!

wolf44
(https://i.postimg.cc/65Wk1JXS/2023-07-21-15-58-23.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/c6zkrz6M)

(https://i.postimg.cc/dVDzw2Dj/2023-07-21-15-58-55.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/TKMkcWVK)

(https://i.postimg.cc/T3SBwKDM/2023-07-21-15-59-17.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/68rMb5cY)

(https://i.postimg.cc/HnBhCngN/2023-07-21-15-59-38.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/sGGcYV1P)

(https://i.postimg.cc/qBLYKb3G/2023-07-21-15-59-58.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/nMX0b1Ts)

(https://i.postimg.cc/yY8GymhC/2023-07-21-16-00-09.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/6TFz9G1M)

Title: Re: I/JG26 campaign
Post by: wolf44 on July 21, 2023, 11:24:24 AM

and "PEGGY_D"
(https://i.postimg.cc/rF3p4XzB/2023-07-21-17-21-59.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/tYdy0c3k)

(https://i.postimg.cc/wBdTWXXF/2023-07-21-17-22-06.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/212DyBXB)

Title: Re: I/JG26 campaign
Post by: vonOben on July 27, 2023, 10:48:17 AM

Sounds good , I’m looking forward to your campaign.  ]thumbsup[

Title: Re: I/JG26 campaign
Post by: wolf44 on July 27, 2023, 11:04:06 AM

Hello,vonOben!

I'm working on it! I hope I don't disappoint you ;)

Best wishes!

Mishy

Title: Re: I/JG26 campaign
Post by: wolf44 on November 25, 2023, 08:50:54 AM

Hello everybody!
I still work at IJG26 at Eastern Front. It's going slower because I made a lot of skins, which I didn't take into account at first, but now I've finally reached the part with the Eastern Front. I hope to complete it by the end of the year.
(https://i.postimg.cc/rFqBw3CV/2023-11-25-10-35-58.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/yWrQffbt)

Rijelbitzy airfield,just a taste.

All the best and good health to everyone!

wolf44

(https://i.postimg.cc/zvvTdJYD/2023-11-25-10-36-56.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/kRrVGP5L)

(https://i.postimg.cc/pX9DzXBq/2023-11-25-10-38-07.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/rKk0LT3r)

Title: Re: I/JG26 campaign
Post by: wolf44 on November 25, 2023, 08:53:57 AM

In addition to other skins by other famous authors, I continued with skins for all I Gruppe JG 26. They are not historical or real skins, but more similar.
There will be 11 missions on the Western Front and about 15-20 on the Eastern Front. The information about the period that I Gruppe was in Russia is quite scarce, I will have to improvise in some places.
(https://i.postimg.cc/RhF3LX5j/2023-11-25-16-02-33.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/CB3LFCKN)

(https://i.postimg.cc/J76HzVjm/2023-11-25-16-03-14.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/nMmh3Wdw)

(https://i.postimg.cc/ncNsq4dP/2023-11-25-16-04-41.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/0bd2sw1Y)

(https://i.postimg.cc/YSzhcJt5/2023-11-25-16-09-07.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/yJWVcpgj)

(https://i.postimg.cc/wvWMMLyF/2023-11-25-16-09-25.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/vgVbS1v6)

Title: Re: I/JG26 campaign
Post by: vonOben on November 26, 2023, 05:50:06 AM

Thanks for the update!

Looking good.  ]thumbsup[

Title: Re: I/JG26 campaign
Post by: wolf44 on November 26, 2023, 06:01:35 AM

Hello,vonOben!
Thank you! I hope you like it, I redid them several times hoping that they were ready and then I noticed that I missed something or I discovered how I can improve it and I replaced them again. I made skins for JG 26 in France and on the eastern front, in addition to the skins from Emel, which were a benchmark for checking every time I thought they were ready. But I think I'm on the right track  ;D ;D

Title: Re: I/JG26 campaign
Post by: wolf44 on November 26, 2023, 09:25:42 AM

The weak part of the campaign will probably be my lack of knowledge about the opposing VVS units in the Novgorod area in January-June 1943. Does anyone know which units were Il-2, Yak-1 and Yak-7 or La-5 regiments at that time? Thanks in advance for any information.
Health and luck to everyone.

wolf44

Title: Re: I/JG26 campaign
Post by: wolf44 on December 03, 2023, 11:54:38 AM

Hello brothers of passion for the Il-2 simulator!
I can't fit in my skin of joy and emotion. I managed to paint another large series of Il-2 Stormovik. They are not skins with a clear identity but more generic and each one is different. I didn't manage to clarify about the ShAP Regiments, but I think you will like it, at least I hope.

(https://i.postimg.cc/bJFkkbxm/2023-12-03-18-26-13.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/WFgdPdfZ)

(https://i.postimg.cc/QC27n3n5/2023-12-03-18-26-27.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/JHQtG984)

(https://i.postimg.cc/28WhL1Vx/2023-12-03-18-26-42.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/ykVkwYhJ)

(https://i.postimg.cc/jqmyjHd5/2023-12-03-18-26-52.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/G9P47sDw)

All the best,
                    wolf44

Title: Re: I/JG26 campaign
Post by: wolf44 on January 12, 2024, 01:25:37 PM

Hello to everyone!
I wish You a Happy New Year with good health,strength and good luck!
I still work on the campaign and skins, I just wanted to give a sign of life. ;D

All the best,wolf44
(https://i.postimg.cc/ZqrKtbXt/2024-01-12-18-00-03.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/1g3ZDQ9J)

(https://i.postimg.cc/K8jJH4kj/2024-01-11-17-38-37.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/hXFLJD0R)

Title: Re: I/JG26 campaign
Post by: Bots84 on January 12, 2024, 01:48:30 PM

Looks great looking forward to this campaign
Thank you

Title: Re: I/JG26 campaign
Post by: wolf44 on January 24, 2024, 10:58:44 AM

Hello to everyone!
For a week, again, I did not work on the campaign to make skins for 9 Junkers Ju-88 C-6 of 9(Eis)/KG1. It appears in a single mission when I/JG26 performs an escort mission for these destroyers to Cholm. The book does not specify except that they were Ju-88, but I found out from the sources who they were and what they were. I think it was worth it and I hope you like it.
(https://i.postimg.cc/wTBhn1g2/2024-01-24-17-46-05.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/F12dLsfk)

(https://i.postimg.cc/htkTJMxZ/2024-01-24-17-46-13.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/v4vckr05)

(https://i.postimg.cc/sXyWmXTp/2024-01-24-17-46-19.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/FfW1s95R)

(https://i.postimg.cc/qMZ8rp7T/2024-01-24-17-46-29.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/XpdZcSFH)


(https://i.postimg.cc/pTZF6HS3/2024-01-24-17-46-56.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/VrJvJ3mF)

(https://i.postimg.cc/s25S5S4j/2024-01-24-17-48-14.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/3yJdTkqV)

Wish you all the best!

wolf44

Title: Re: I/JG26 campaign
Post by: wolf44 on February 03, 2024, 04:11:21 AM

Ju-88C-6 Tag Zerstorer
(https://i.postimg.cc/rwmgmftt/2024-02-03-11-06-53.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/Yh5QDfRp)

(https://i.postimg.cc/0NKfGrnk/2024-02-03-11-07-03.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/PLhYTX09)

(https://i.postimg.cc/4dC1WZ2z/2024-02-03-11-07-14.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/QBb5tL3t)

Title: Re: I/JG26 campaign
Post by: Piotrek1 on February 03, 2024, 06:33:08 AM

Good work, keep it up 8) ]thumleft[,
 I'm not very good at German, but from what I know, it was a squadron intended to combat railway infrastructure, and it seems that the Ju-88C-6 with which it was equipped performed this role among other things.
https://www.asisbiz.com/Luftwaffe/b9kg1.html
(https://i.postimg.cc/nhR4ZTf2/Ju-88C-6.png) (https://postimages.org/)
9.(Eis)/KG 1 used up to 9 Ju 88 C-6 between January 1943 and February 1944, when it was renamed 14.(Eis)/KG 3 and lost 5 to enemy action.

but you probably already know that,

Best Regards,
Piotrek

Title: Re: I/JG26 campaign
Post by: wolf44 on February 03, 2024, 07:42:14 AM

Hello,Piotrek!
Thank you for the appreciation and encouragement! Yes, I found out quite recently too. But there are very few photos of 9(Eis)/KG 1, so I'm going by approximations.

All the best!

wolf44
(https://i.postimg.cc/5tknM29k/2024-02-03-14-39-06.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/06DpYxwp)

(https://i.postimg.cc/4d7w4Rm4/2024-02-03-14-39-24.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/N9tRbV6Z)

Title: Re: I/JG26 campaign
Post by: wolf44 on February 03, 2024, 08:24:27 AM

(https://i.postimg.cc/LXg3fJrK/2024-02-03-15-23-00.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/S2q9bxSD)

(https://i.postimg.cc/x8ryP02k/2024-02-03-15-23-08.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/dkByscDv)


 ;D

Title: Re: I/JG26 campaign
Post by: Piotrek1 on February 03, 2024, 09:04:01 AM

Good luck and all the best,

Best Regards,
Piotrek

Title: Re: I/JG26 campaign
Post by: wolf44 on February 03, 2024, 09:56:37 AM

Thanks, Piotrek!
All the best to you too!

wolf44

Title: Re: I/JG26 campaign
Post by: wolf44 on February 04, 2024, 05:08:15 AM

Ju-87D3 of III/JG1
(https://i.postimg.cc/VNsNLwzQ/2024-02-04-12-03-48.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/jD9TZGWZ)

(https://i.postimg.cc/XJp7dgZs/2024-02-04-12-03-56.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/LYFpML3P)

(https://i.postimg.cc/hj64r7Tc/2024-02-04-12-04-34.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/LYkM45xb)

All the best!
                   wolf44

Title: Re: I/JG26 campaign
Post by: wolf44 on February 04, 2024, 05:11:28 AM

I still work at Stuka. And the campaign is still waiting and the part with the Eastern Front I have to modify it after the information I found recently.

Title: Re: I/JG26 campaign
Post by: wolf44 on February 26, 2024, 02:32:13 PM

Hello to all!

I'm just signaling my presence and the fact that I'm still working on the campaign  ;D

(https://i.postimg.cc/XJDXHStR/2024-02-26-21-02-57.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/5YLxyG4g)

(https://i.postimg.cc/90R0sghr/2024-02-26-21-03-05.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/MfwzQDXS)

(https://i.postimg.cc/tC675ckc/2024-02-26-21-03-13.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/QHXXN0Rg)



Yak-9 from 32 GIAP,one of the opponent unit of I/JG 26 in Russia

All the best! Good health and good luck!

wolf44

(https://i.postimg.cc/765R5KcM/2024-02-27-09-32-04.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/HcCzK9TV)

Title: Re: I/JG26 campaign
Post by: vonOben on March 03, 2024, 11:37:21 PM

Hi

Campaign building takes a lot of time, so take your time to get it the way you want.

Good luck!  ]thumbsup[

Title: Re: I/JG26 campaign
Post by: wolf44 on March 05, 2024, 02:37:30 AM

Thank you,vonOben!
I start with informations only fom D.Caldwells book "JG26 War diary",but now I have more info from Black Cross-Red Stars,and I found a lot of sites about VVS in russian.Super interesting,but for the skins, for that period February-May 1943, the 6th Air Army (6VA), there is less information.Anyway, the skins will be semi-historical at best.

Good luck and strength!

wolf44