Screenshots of the Luftwaffe in action...

[dsvet91]

I started a new career after the U-65 was lost on its 5th patrol. So, its April 1940 and I leave Wilhelmshaven tp patrol AN22. after arriving I get a contact report of a stationary taskforce near Trodhiem, Norway. I cruise up for alook and find a task force consisting of 3 DD's, 3 troopships, and a Fiji light cruiser all anchored nice and pretty in a fjord. So, I begin my stalk, since its late evening....I put the three DD's down, then the Fiji. I then start working my way into postion to attack the troopships when I hear the sound of aircraft....so I use the free camera to look around and its a dive bombing attack by Stuka's.:rock: They manage to sink 2 of the troopships before dark set in, and stopped the attack. I then sank the other one, the next morning Me-109's so up to finish the job, but didn't find any targets left. One more reason GWX is so addictive. I can't stop playing this game, you never know what you are going to encounter or be witness to.


Stuka in a dive...
http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/5792/stukask9.jpg

Hit!
http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/9023/diveaw6.jpg

Pulling out of dive...
http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/3297/dive1bn9.jpg

Heading to the barn...
http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/4915/stuka1se9.jpg

Me-109's on dawn patrol...
http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/9247/me109db5.jpg

another view
http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/5210/me1091vc3.jpg

[johan_d]

You are lucky, never saw Goerings men.

[bigboywooly]

Nice shots of the Stuka there :up:

[Scheisskopf]

that is really cool :rock:

cant wait to get my comptuer fixed so i can play GWX

[Paajtor]

Did the Stuka's engage their sirens?
Normally, it happened automatically during a bombing-dive.

[HunterICX]

Did the Stuka's engage their sirens?
Normally, it happened automatically during a bombing-dive.

yep they do, they aided me in the norwegian campaign by attacking troop transports.
its just wild if u hear the sirene go off:rock:

[bookworm_020]

I took out the same task force! I bagged the crusier and destroyers, but the bombers took out the transports before I got there

[melnibonian]

I saw the Luftwaffe a couple of times outside Norway, where they come to bomb the ships I'm trying to sink. You cannot imagine how many times I thought of shooting those bloody planes with the flak guns for stealing the juicy tanker away from me:nope: :nope:

[fabel]

Thats very cool, I never saw the luftwaffe in action.

[Torplexed]

Cool pics. I'd love to see some ME-109s scramble into action when I'm plodding thru Sunderland Alley. It's a shame you can't request aircover. Too ahistorical.

[Mooncatt]

good find m8. lucky to see that. i havent ever seen summat like that, the only time i been close was at scapa there were lots of badly damaged ships just sat there, i can only imagine there was an air raid.

[bigboywooly]

Heres one I took while testing Dunkirk

http://img61.imageshack.us/img61/3699/screenhunter376ve9.jpg

[Corsair]

Herman's flyboys just spoiled my test... I was near Malta and found a couple merchants at daybreak with a Black Swan as escort. I knew from my sonarman there was also a 2 DD patrol not far away.
As I wanted to make a test about evasion from DD attacks, I sent a torpedo in one of the merchants to draw some attention. 10 minutes later I had all 3 DDs around me, was going 2 knts 120m deep. As this was intended as a test to see how GWX DDs react to various situations, and how good I was at escaping the 3 DDs, I used the external camera to have a general look at the situation.
Then suddenly the DDs start shooting in the sky... A flight of Stukas swoop down all sirens screaming on "my" test DDS, sink one, damage a second and drive crazy the third which starts runnig around at max speed.
No need to say they lost me... Will have to wait for another test...:cry:

[Jimbuna]

To you both...the Stuka shots look great :up:
Never been lucky enough to hear the sirens myself :damn:

[Paajtor]

Then have a taste here (http://avanimation.avsupport.com/sound/Stuka.wav) :D

[Jimbuna]

Cool...cheers :up:

[Oesten]

I saw the Luftwaffe a couple of times outside Norway, where they come to bomb the ships I'm trying to sink. You cannot imagine how many times I thought of shooting those bloody planes with the flak guns for stealing the juicy tanker away from me:nope: :nope:

LOL that happened to me too. Lovely huge Norwegian freighter, 7,000 tons, a juicy prize for my little U-4 (Type IIA). Literally seconds before I was due to fire, two Stukas show up and bomb the crap out of my prize.

And I just know that later, when I'm being pounded by 4 destroyers, the Luftwaffe will be nowhere in sight....

[Slick Rick]

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/1817/aakv5.jpg

[U-104]

:o bail out!

[Paajtor]

It's a sight I used to enjoy!:lol:
But when flying for the Ruskies, in an Il2-Sturmovic, haha!
Those Bf's were an easy prey for my double 20mm-cannons.:cool:

[Corsair]

It's a sight I used to enjoy!:lol:
But when flying for the Ruskies, in an Il2-Sturmovic, haha!
Those Bf's were an easy prey for my double 20mm-cannons.:cool:

Except they fly and climb a lot faster. Would prefer being in the 109 any day ...:D

[Paajtor]

:hmm:True...

Unless you're a Sturmo-pilot.:sunny:


Would love to take my uboat to Murmansk, and witness a dogfight between Il2's and 109's...but the Il2 isn't in this sim, so that won't happen (for now?).
Corsair, in Il2-ForgottenBattles, I've learned to fight these enemies, and loved it!
And it isn't a-historical at all...the Il2 was known to be able to stand it's own in dogfights (allthough it was a ground-attack aircraft), and numorous engagements are recorded.

The trick is to try to make the 109 starting a turn-fight with you.
If he's experienced enough, he will boom&zoom you instead...but now my (perfectly camouflaged) Il2 dives to 10m altitude, and starts speeding away (it's much faster than you'd expect - 420 at sea-level, 440kmh at 2500m), giving my gunner the best firing-solution, while protecting my belly. I can only hope to escape undamaged, though...so I put my hopes on my armour, my camo, and my gunner.
But if the 109 starts to turn-fight me, he's doomed for sure.
The Il2 has a strong engine, and big wings...it will stay airborne at very low speeds.
The 109 will overshoot fast, and will offer a perfect firing-solution to my twin 23mm cannons...or rockets!
And if I use my flaps wise, then I'm even able to out-turn him!

It's more than 5 years ago, since I joined my dedicated Il2-squad (the background of our homepage is the blueprint of it LOL), and I really can say that I would prefer a 109 as enemy over a FW190 any day...:D
If I see a FW, I just try to run and hide...:nope:

But still, you're talking to a Sturmovic-ace...:cool::oops:

[Corsair]

I don't like flying lorries :D, and the 109 is my favourite plane (I don't like so much the FW limited forward view). Any 109 driver knows the most stupid thing is to get in a turning fight and that if you use the vertical no russian plane can follow you until late in the war. So it's no turning and high yoyos instead.
But I agree the IL2 is a nice lorry and a flying tank...;) I often saw some fly back to base with parts missing.

[johan_d]

Its NOT fair!. Our crew recently in Salamis, send over to Hermann some great Greek wines, and he still refuses to send over his men.

Never saw a plane, just RAF, but no ME's.. nothing..keine!:damn:

Did he forgot the U48?

[Brag]

Great Shots, DSV, Wooly & Slick!! :up: :up: :up: