Official Historical Campaign "Overlord" - P51 B-5 Mustang

[Jaegermeister]

"Overlord" a Scripted Campaign for the P51B-5 Mustang in Normandy

 

 

About The Campaign

The 354th Fighter Group, commonly referred to as the "Pioneer Mustang Group" was the first USAAF unit to be equipped with the new P-51B/C Mustang during WWII and take it into combat in Europe. They flew long range escort missions across the English Channel with the 8th Air Force heavy bombers during the months leading up to D-Day. Once final preparations were made for the Invasion of Normandy, the 354^th Fighter Group was reassigned to the IX Tactical Air Command and committed to direct support of the ground troops going ashore. The 354th flew escort for C-47s dropping paratroopers and towing gliders on D-Day.

 

Your role in this campaign begins as a replacement pilot arriving with the 354^th Fighter Group on D-Day and assigned to the 356^th “Red Ass” Squadron under the command of Major Richard Turner. In mid-June 1944 the Pioneer Mustangs flew strike missions across the English Channel from ALG Lashenden during the first V-1 rocket attacks on London and were directly in the path of the “Doodlebugs” as they headed towards their intended targets. They moved to ALG-2 at Criqueville in late June where they flew ground attack, search and rescue, fighter-bomber escort and fighter sweep missions during all the major battles of Operation Overlord. After the Allied breakout at Saint-Lô, the 354^th FG was reassigned to the new XIX Tactical Air Command and moved east with Patton’s 3^rd US Army through Paris and eventually into Germany. Due to the hectic flight schedule and squadron reorganization, you will move up from wingman to element leader and finish the campaign as a flight leader.

 

This is a historically based campaign depicting real events, however, the number of planes and specific squadrons involved in the missions have been altered slightly, and some event locations have been moved for improved game play.

 

 

 Timeframe: June 17^th – August 7^th, 1944

Unit: 354^th Fighter Group, 356^th “Red Ass” Squadron

Aircraft: P51B-5

Duration: 15 Missions

Average Playtime: 10 Hours

Languages: English, Russian, Spanish, French

Author: Jay =Jaegermeister= Yarbrough

 

 

 

 

 

 

This Campaign requires IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Normandy - Standard Edition to play.

 

Available in the IL2 Store HERE

Available on Steam HERE

 

Feel free to discuss the campaign or report any issues in this thread.  

[MDzmitry]

I think it would be a nice option to also link an old forum topic as reference for possible issues or questions to check whether these have already been answered 

[Jaegermeister]

1 hour ago, MDzmitry said:

I think it would be a nice option to also link an old forum topic as reference for possible issues or questions to check whether these have already been answered 

Sure, I can do that