Night fighters over the Kuban Campaign (Bf-110 G2 )

[Juri_JS]

 

I am proud to present the first night fighter campaign for Il-2 Sturmovik Great Battles. In 10 missions you can fly the Bf-110G2 as pilot of 10.(NJ)/ZG1 during April to June 1943.

 

Download link:
http://www.axis-and-allies-paintworks.com/download.php?view.1018

 

10.(NJ)/ZG 1 was formed in October 1942. Not much is know about the first months of its existence, but from February 1943 onward it was based at Bagerovo on the Kerch peninsula as a night fighter squadron tasked with the defense of the Kerch Strait area. Most of the supplies for the German forces fighting in the Kuban bridgehead had to be transported across the narrow strait between the Crimea and the Taman peninsula, so the area became a primary target for Soviet night bombers. The pilots of 10.(NJ)/ZG 1 also carried out missions over or near the front to counter frequent night harassment attacks, often flown by obsolete biplanes. None of the units Bf-110s was equipped with radar, so interceptions had to be done in close cooperation with searchlights batteries. Despite the lack of onboard radar and the small number of available aircraft, the unit scored dozens of night victories. In August 1943 10.(NJ)/ZG 1 became the 5th Staffel of NJG 200, one of the two dedicated eastern front night fighter Geschwader the Luftwaffe formed during the war.

 

A few remarks:

- Do not hide the entire GUI (H key) when flying a mission. Doing so will disable the messages you receive during flight.
- Except for the player aircraft all plane and ground object markers are disabled by default, irrespective of the selected realism settings.
- You can fire flares when you are near your home airfield. This is the signal for ground crews to light the runway fires.

- Firing a flare when you are in the combat zone will order flak to cease fire for 5 minutes.
- If you think the nights are too dark or bright in the game, you might have to change the games gamma settings, this makes a huge difference.

Requirements:

Battle of Kuban

Installation:

Extract the folder “Night fighters over the Kuban” from the “Night_Fighters_Kuban.zip” file into the IL-2 Sturmovik Battle of Stalingrad campaign directory.

 

Old campaign thread:

https://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/42263-night-fighters-over-the-kuban-bf-110-g2-campaign/

 

Edited November 25, 2025 by Juri_JS

[Charon]

I've been converting these missions to co-op one by one, and running through them with the aim of flying the whole thing with my group -- credited to you for the original missions of course. Thanks so much for making this available. 

 

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