| Campagne TheBigShow par D |
by: DF Lion |
| For: IL-2 FB-AEP |
Type: Campagne |
The 02/19/07 |
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‘The Big Show’
Category IL-2 Series: Forgotten Battles & Pacific Fighters through to 1946 – 52 mission scripted historical static campaign
Submitted by DFLion
Author’s name DFLion
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Version 1.06
Compatibility 4.08M
PF Standalone No
File Size 77MB
Historical Yes
Published 13 Feb 2007
Updated
This 52 mission campaign historically follows the RAF career of the Free French
Fighter pilot Pierre Clostermann, from November 1942 through to August 1945.
Mission number order/name/squadron/skin
1. Operational Training Unit (61 OTU) in Wales - (Spitfire Vb 61 OTU.bmp)
2. Gunnery practice (61 OTU) – (Spitfire Vb 61 OTU.bmp)
3. Advanced gunnery practice (61 OTU) – (Spitfire Vb 61 OTU.bmp)
4. The Alsace Squadron – (Spitfire IXc 341 Alsace Sqn Pierre Clostermann.bmp)
5. Our first ‘Big Show’ over France – (Spitfire IXc 341 Alsace Sqn Pierre Clostermann.bmp)
6. First Successes – (Spitfire IXc 341 Alsace Sqn Pierre Clostermann.bmp)
7. Commandant Mouchotte fails to return – (Spitfire IXc 341 Alsace Sqn Pierre Clostermann.bmp)
8. Radar at Dawn – (Spitfire IXc 341 Alsace Sqn Pierre Clostermann.bmp)
9. Ball Bearings and Flying Fortresses – (602 Sqn) - (Spitfire IX Pierre Clostermann.bmp)
10. The ‘Munsterland’ business – (602 Sqn) – (Spitfire Vbclp Clostermanns LO-D.bmp)
11. Discovery of the V1 – attack on ‘no-ball’ V1 site No.79 – (602 Sqn) – (Spitfire Vbclp Clostermanns
LO-D.bmp)
12. Attack on ‘no-ball’ V1 site No.82 – (602 Sqn) – (Spitfire Vbclp Clostermanns LO-D.bmp)
13. Ranger over France – (602 Sqn) – (Spitfire Vbclp Clostermanns LO-D.bmp)
14. Badly bounced – (602 Sqn) – (Spitfire Vbclp Clostermanns LO-D.bmp)
15. Escorts – (602 Sqn) – (Spitfire Vbclp Clostermanns LO-D.bmp)
16. Scapa defend (1) – (602 Sqn) – (Spitfire Vbclp Clostermanns LO-D.bmp)
17. Scapa defend (2) – ‘Tussle in the stratosphere’ – (602 Sqn) - (Spitfire VIII, skin)
18. Scapa defend (3) – ‘Eventful landings’ – (602 Sqn) – (Spitfire Vbclp Clostermanns LO-D.bmp)
19. Dive Bombing Practice mission – (602 Sqn) -(Spitfire IX Pierre Clostermann.bmp)
20. Dive bomb attack on ‘no ball’ V1 site No.147, Ligercourt – (602 Sqn) - (Spitfire IX Pierre
Clostemann.bmp)
21. Dive bomb attack on the Mirville railway viaduct – (602 Sqn) - (Spitfire IX Pierre Clostermann.bmp)
22. Escort sweep over LeHavre/Lisieux – (602 Sqn) - (Spitfire IX Pierre Clostermann.bmp)
23. Escort sweep over St.Lo – (602 Sqn) - (Spitfire IX Pierre Clostermann.bmp)
24. Dive bomb attack on the Steen-Becque railway junction – (602 Sqn) - (Spitfire IX Pierre
Clostermann.bmp)
25. ‘We shoot-up Saint-Andre’ – (602 Sqn) - (Spitfire IX Pierre Clostermann.bmp)
26. D Day (1) – First night in France – (602 Sqn) - (Spitfire IX Pierre Clostermann.bmp)
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27. D Day (2) – Beachhead Defence – (602 Sqn) - (Spitfire IX Pierre Clostermann.bmp)
28. D Day (3) – An unnecessary disaster – (602 Sqn) - (Spitfire IX Pierre Clostermann.bmp)
29. D Day (4) – Fight in the fog – (602 Sqn) - (Spitfire IX Pierre Clostemann.bmp)
30. A classic dogfight – (602 Sqn) – ($Mk.IXc Pierre Clostermann(July 1944).bmp
31. Dawn patrol - (602 Sqn) – ($Mk.IXc Pierre Clostermann(July 1944).bmp
32. Fighter sweep - (602 Sqn) – ($Mk.IXc Pierre Clostermann(July 1944).bmp
33. Hill 112 - (602 Sqn) – ($Mk.IXc Pierre Clostermann(July 1944).bmp
34. A success and the end – morning patrol - (602 Sqn) – ($Mk.IXc Pierre Clostermann(July 1944).bmp
35. Commands in the RAF – (OTU) (Tempest V Clostermanns EJ893 JJ-W.bmp)
36. ‘Unternehmen Bodenpatte’ - (Vp-TempestV_nm2.bmp)
37. Tempest versus Focke-Wulf – (3 Sqn) – (Tempest V Clostermanns EJ893 JJ-W.bmp)
38. Tempest versus Messerschmitt – (3 Sqn) – (Tempest V Clostermanns NV994 JF-E.bmp)
39. ‘Rat catching’ – (3 Sqn) – (Tempest V Clostermanns NV994 JF-E.bmp)
40. The Ludendorff bridge at Remagen – (3 Sqn) – (Tempest V Clostermanns NV994 JF-E.bmp)
41. Train Busting – (3 Sqn) – (Tempest JF-E.bmp)
42. Walter Nowotny – (3 Sqn) – (Tempest JF-E.bmp)
43. ‘The Rhine’ – (3 Sqn) – (Tempest JF-E.bmp)
44. Sergeant pilot Brown – (3 Sqn) – (Tempest JF-E.bmp)
45. ‘Operation Varsity’ – (3 Sqn) – (Tempest JF-E.bmp)
46. Rheine/Hopsten – (3 Sqn) – (Tempest JF-E.bmp)
47. ‘Clouds, Snow and Focke-Wulfs (Part 1) – (3 Sqn) – (Tempest JF-E.bmp)
48. ‘Clouds, Snow and Focke-Wulfs (Part 2) – (3 Sqn) – (Tempest JF-E.bmp)
49. Flames in the dusk – (3 Sqn) – (Tempest JF-E.bmp)
50. Into the inferno of flak (Part 1) – (3 Sqn) – (Tempest JF-E.bmp)
51. Into the inferno of flak (Part 2) – (3 Sqn) – (Tempest JF-E.bmp)
52. The door closes – (3 Sqn) – (Tempest JF-E.bmp)
Authors notes:
The campaign mission scripts follow very closely Pierre Clostermann’s observations during his tours in
the RAF. I hope this campaign creates the atmosphere surrounding a WWII fighter pilot and what it was
really like.
Maps used to simulate the campaign
a. Gulf of Finland 1* - England the Channel and France in Summer
b. Gulf of Finland 2* - England the Channel and France in Winter
c. Online 5 Summer – England and the Channel in Summer
d. Normandy maps 1, 2, and 3 – France before, during and after D Day
e. Northern Europe – The Dutch/German border region along the river Rhein
f. Kurland Winter – The Northern European regions of Holland, Denmark and Germany
g. Kurland Summer – The Northern European regions of Holland, Denmark and Germany
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