II/JG53 virtual squadron

[Valantine]

Hello everyone,
First off please let me say that it is great to see the group being so active and also to see so many new members joining the group and staying active. We currently have around 35 active members per month with around 20-25 of those active on a weekly basis. This has seen us get up to 16 pilots in a mission on quite a regular occurrence! Weisse and Rote are currently fully active with two mission nights a week, Gelbe is currently active but only on one day a week due to vacations and service commitments from several members down under.
Our mission times are currently:
Weisse:
Tuesday 20:00 (London Time)
Sunday 20:00 (London Time)
Rote:
Wednesday 20:00 (US EST)
Sunday 20:00 (US EST)
Gelbe:
Sunday 17:00 (W AST)
Munz has also recently restarted Rote training evenings and Weisse is looking to get started with bi-weekly training nights on a Friday evening within the next few weeks.
We are also active in Air War and VOW Reloaded which run through Hyperlobby (look for members with IIJG53 in their names and you'll see some of us around most evenings. Most evenings you'll find people on our teamspeak channel flying in either these or even just some dogfighting, unofficial training or non mission co-ops.
We are currently running a small plugin mod for the community made mod pack "Ultra Pack 2.0m" - our plugin builds upon this fantastic mod set by adding in several new 109s including our current aircraft: the BF109G6 Erla, new weapon loadouts including the wing mortars (which to this date no-one has downed a bomber with a direct hit)
As you can guess we are currently in late March 1944 flying Defence of the Reich, big week has ended recently and we have learned a lot of hard lessons against the US and British forces. The new fighter variants are certainly huge challenges compared to our recent outings over the Eastern Front.
We have also recently had several pilots pass some huge land mark mission totals as well as many of our recent Luftkriegsschule recruits passing through into the main Staffels as Gefreiters and Obergefreiters.
Our planning for the eventual release of Storm of War is also coming along nicely which will see JG53 expand to incorporate a medium bomber or Stuka section alongside our current launch of a Zerstorer BF110 section in IL2.
We are also continuing to seek new recruits and are gaining some brilliant new chaps who are fitting in perfectly, but as always we are also encouraging all of our inactive members to get in touch and let us know they are OK and as always, encouraging them to get airborne once more.
Of course if you do not wish to be a member of JG53 any more, please reply and let us know to remove you.
All in all things are really progressing well and JG53 are continuing to progress and develop some fantastic teamwork which is seeing some absolutely fantastic wingmen come forward and show everyone exactly what JG53 is about: victory through superior teamwork and co-operation.
Anyhow, hope this finds you all very well. Looking forward to hearing from you all soon!
Val
www.iijg53.com

[Valantine]

Bump!
Our USA/CAN section had a great Labor day Marathon mission session - 5 missions that followed a "story arch" through our current theatre of operations saw them pit their wits against 303 (Polish) Squadron - although our losses were high we have amanged to gain ground and push back the Allied advance on Caen.

We are still looking for pilots for all our sections based roughly around specific time zones:
Weisse (UK/Europe)
Rote (USA/CAN)
Gelbe (Aus/NZ)

We are also well into our planning for when SOW is finally released so we when that arrives we have some very exciting times ahead!
Why not join in the fun of a CO-OP campaign with us at www.iijg53.com
V

[OrangeYoshi]

I'll take it upon myself to bump this thing, being the latest subsimmer to find IL-2 and join JG53. It's some great fun with some cool people. I've already flown to official missions, several unofficial missions, and 6 missions in the virtual airwar which really brings a feeling of being a small part of the war.

I can already see the camaraderie is nice. It's much more fun flying with friends than flying by yourself and the AI.

[Valantine]

You shure you are talking about the right group? I always thought we were a bunch of grumpy old gits

Welcome to the group Yoshi, glad to have you onboard and hopefully I'll get a chance to fly with you in tonight's Rote missions at 20:00 US est
V

[Crécy]

Ah, shame. I don't have a microphone. Otherwise I would be interested to join you. Although, I'm the worst pilot the world have ever seen .

[TarJak]

Originally Posted by OrangeYoshi

I'll take it upon myself to bump this thing, being the latest subsimmer to find IL-2 and join JG53. It's some great fun with some cool people. I've already flown to official missions, several unofficial missions, and 6 missions in the virtual airwar which really brings a feeling of being a small part of the war.

I can already see the camaraderie is nice. It's much more fun flying with friends than flying by yourself and the AI.

Or against the experten in HL. Hope to fly with you soon Yoshi. I should be around for Weisse and Rote missions for the next two weeks as I've got some leave.

[Valantine]

Bump!
We are still going strong and are still recruiting!
Currently starting up the winter of 1944 so things are getting quite hectic with bad weather and the enemy having far superior numbers!
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[Valantine]

Hi all,
Just a quick announcement:

II./JG53 will be temporarily closing recruitment as of February 13th 2011.

This is in preporation for our move to IL2:CoD, retraining and for our website to recieve a complete overhaul.

Recruitment will once again open up within a month of the CoD release date.
V

[Valantine]

Hi all,

Just wanted to let you all know that we have now finished the war and will shortly be restarting it all by starting the Spanish Civil War. After this we hope to move to the new CoD engine and progress with the war as we have already done once before.

For this we have also created a new website that went live less than 30 minutes ago, you can check it out at http://www.iijg53.com

V

[Valantine]

II./JG53 is currently re-opening recruitment for Bf109 and Ju88 pilots.
Due to the performance issues with Cliffs of Dover we as a group have decided to delay switch over to the new engine for a while, as such we are opening up recruitment for limited numbers.

We are currently accepting pilots for BOTH our fighter sections and our Bomber section from all over the world.

We have 5 sections in the group primarily based on time zone and aircraft specialism:

Weisse: European Fighter section
Rote: American / Canadian Fighter Section
Gelbe: Australian / New Zealand Fighter Section
Schwartz: Once the main time zone sections switch to the new Cliffs of Dover Engine this section will continue running modded 1946 for those unable to upgrade
Kampf: Worldwide Bomber section

Right now Gelbe and the Kampf section are a little low in numbers so we especially welcome pilots for these sections.

We are currently looking for a maximum of:
6 Bf109 Pilots
8 JU88 Pilots

Please visit our new and improved website at www.iijg53.com and see if we are the right group for you. If you do wish to sign up please go to the Enlist page and fill out a recruitment form.

Whilst we do recruit worldwide we are an English speaking group so some knowledge of English is needed, equally the minimum age for recruits is 18 unless invited directly by an existing member.

Hope to see you all soon

Regards,
V

[TarJak]

Bump. Recruitment is still open so if you are up to it get involved in one of the best online squads around.

[Valantine]

Hi all,

Just a quick bit of information to everyone:
II./JG53 is currently recruiting Bf109 and JU88 pilots from around the globe. We are currently operating using IL2 1946 modded to the latest Ultrapack 3 release candidate (with our own enhanced AI mod since the current version uses stock AI).
We are a group that has been around flying actively since 2006 so we are no fly by night squadron, if you'll pardon the pun, and have a dedicated membership currently numbering around 40 active pilots all of various experience and knowledge, all of us share the comraderie of flying together and enjoying this simulation as a team.
We are looking for pilots from all over the globe as we have staffels to match the vast majority of time zones:
Weisse Staffel is the European staffel flying at 20:00 (London) time on both Tuesdays and Sundays.
Rote Staffel is the USA and CAN staffel flying at 20:00 (US EST) time on both Tuesdays and Sundays.
Gelbe Staffel is the Australian and New Zealand staffel flying at 20:00 (WAST) on Wednesdays and Sundays.
Our Kampf (Bomber) Staffel operates across all three time zones and is a recent addition to our group. It operates in the same missions as our main fighter staffels however the amount of interaction between fighers and bombers varies dependant on the mission briefings for each element, sometimes it is a close co-operation, other times we head in different directions to one another to complete different objectives.
This CO-Op campaign runs the length of the war, including the Spanish Civil War as we are operating over right now with each pilot persona being tracked.
Ultimately providing Cliffs of Dover is improved and becomes a stable platform we are looking to switch over, however this is quite a way off at present and even when we do switch to the new engine we will only do so when the vast majority are ready and able for it; upgrading as a team. If there are those unable to upgrade we will of course make provisions for them to continue flying with us alongside the CloD missions by opening an additional staffel flying as similar as possible campaign to our actions in CloD.
So, if flying with a friendly bunch of like minded chaps sounds like your idea of fun then feel free to check us out at www.iijg53.com
Hope to see you in the virtual skies soon!
V

[Valantine]

www.iijg53.com

II./JG53 is still looking for new recruits to fly the Bf109 and the JU88.

We are currently in the opening stages of the Invasion of Poland in Easrly September 1939 and the war is going well using Utrapack 3 with the added benefit of having a co-owner of SAS as our technical officer and several other modders amongst our number,

We are always welcoming in new recruits from all over the globe, our three main time zones are Europe (Weisse) which flies official missions on Tuesdays and Sundays at 20:00 London time / America (Rote) which flies at 20:00 US Eastern time on Sundays and Tuesdays / Australia (Gelbe) which flies at 20:00 Melborne time on Sundays and Wednesdays.
Alongside these times we having training nights, unofficial flights and hyperlobby flights as such it is very rare to jump on our teamspeak channel and find that there is nothing to do.

So, if you are interested in a co-op teamwork based squadron then please check us out and see if we are right for you.
V

[Valantine]

Ladies and Gentlemen,
II./JG53 is currently discussing the options with reagrds to upgrading to Cliffs of Dover, as such we are opening up recruitment for Cliffs of Dover alongside our current Il2 1946 recruitment. Even when the group converts to Cliffs of Dover over the next few months we will maintain our presence with an IL2 1946 modded Staffel to parralel the activities in our campaign in CloD as closely as possible to enable those unable or unwilling to migrate to the new engine to continue to enjoy the II./JG53 experience.
As such any pilots, Cliffs of Dover or IL2 46 modded, are welcome to join us a the present time.
Hope to see you in the virtual skies soon!
V

[GT182]

Wow... reminds me of my days of virtual flying that truasty ol Me-109 G2 in "Pik As Geschwader", as Gunther von Spinmeister. Flew with a bunch of lads from the US, Canada, Europe, and down under in New Zealand and Australia.