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Originally Posted by Trevally.
As I will be adding some Russian airbases and that the airbases layer is not common - I am looking for some advice.
I am thinking about adding them to campaigns:-
Coastal waters - due to Operation Wesserubung
Arctic Convoys - due to travel to Russian waters
TheFinalYear - due to North Sea operations
any thoughts guys  |
This seems a good starting plan
The main theaters of operations of WWII Soviet Naval Aviation were Barents, Baltic and Black Seas. It operated land, shore and vessel-based aircraft, especially floatplanes and flying boats which, I think, patrolled the aforementioned areas (at least within Soviet home waters and along the coasts of Soviet-controlled nations) for the whole duration of the conflict.
According to
wikipedia, they were very effective, sinking many enemy ships.
As for Soviet Air Forces I think that, at least during the first part of the conflict, they were lesser effective than their naval counterpart, and their aircraft (esp Il-2 and Yak fighters) operated especially in the Eastern Front.
Last, Soviet Air Defence Forces had only few aircraft available and, indeed, they were used exclusively for home defence.
IIRC, both the main Soviet air forces operated some US planes in limited stocks. Moreover, a few Air Forces which saw limited action during WWII (most notably the Free French Aviation), also operated some Soviet fighters.
If you tell me which aircraft we have currently available (Soviet and non-Soviet), I should be able to tell you in which air forces they served.
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Originally Posted by Trevally.
also any info on airbases that would have had an effect of these campaigns |
This is a bit harder to say. I will do some research on this topic, but some of our Russian subsim buddies might have better information than the one I can collect from the web
