Small update 7.003 is now available!

[LukeFF]

New scenarios await you for the La-7, the 1944 model IL-2, and the Yak-3, along with two new campaigns set in the Odessa Theater of Operations.

Two new payware campaigns let you take part in the events of the 1941 Siege of Odesa, from both the Soviet Union and the Axis powers' perspectives.

24 closely interconnected combat sorties: at times, you will need to defend the same targets that your alter ego attacked in the other campaign, and vice versa.

Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4513110/
Official website - https://il2-series.com/en/store/item/odessa1941/

[MDzmitry]

1 час назад, LukeFF сказал:

New scenarios await you for the La-7, the 1944 model IL-2, and the Yak-3

We're the typos fixed in data sheets for these birds? Yak-3 for example has a couple of those (listed at the old forum in the bug report section)

[sandmarken]

New campaigns, and one of them for the romanians! Thats pretty cool! 

[CatteMoto]

nice, excited to check these out soon

[Jaegermeister]

I will start a discussion in the Scripted Campaigns section for feedback on these campaigns. I hope everyone enjoys them!

I would like to thank @AndreiTomescu and @BlackSix for providing original Romanian and Russian texts of day by day events during the Siege of Odessa, representing the perspective of both sides of the conflict. Without that assistance, I would not have been able to create these missions in a reasonably accurate manner.

Both of these sister campaigns depict the missions as closely as possible to historical events as they happened, but of course there was some creative license taken to enhance the player experience. 

~S~

[sevenless]

1 hour ago, Jaegermeister said:

 I hope everyone enjoys them!

Yes I do. Tremendously! Excellent stuff!

[AcesDarthBubu]

Is there a change log on this release ? 

[AndreiTomescu]

We all know Jaggermeister's talent of doing state of the art campaigns. That have been proven since the dawn of Il-2. But this new idea of his, to make same campaign from the opposite perspectives, well, that's bold. Courageous. Why? Because it takes guts nowadays to present this truth : the simple, human pilots are more alike than one would like. They are opposite sides of the same coin. They share the skies and live sooo comparable lives. 

Taking layers and layers apart, there is more binding opposing pilots than setting them apart. Some of them got to know each other and became friends after the war. For ex, Cpt Dan Vizanty (he led that fateful IAR-80 vs P-38 encounter in '44) was helped/stayed alive after the war thanks to De Gaulle's intervention and much later saved from the communist regime by his free french and american (!!) "enemies" ! 

So, i am am strongly impressed by this new and deeply humane approach. Al least this is how i see it.

Well done, sir !  

[sandmarken]

23 minutes ago, AndreiTomescu said:

We all know Jaggermeister's talent

And i know your historical research talent! 😄 

The Romanian side will no doubt be interesting to see. And will this be the 4th or 5th campaign made for them now? It's good because the minor nations' stories are very interesting! Now we can wait for someone to make a campaign with Finnish Bf 109s and, who knows, maybe a Brewster one day also! 😄

Edited Friday at 09:33 AM by sandmarken

[SARFlytitus]

WOW, this is gold!
I see there's still a lot of excitement on the Great Battles front. @Jaegermeister, @Vendigo, @sandmarken, @kraut1 just to name a few, and forgive all the other creators I haven't mentioned but whose campaigns I've flown or am about to fly... What a wonderful job you've done!
I immediately bought @Jaegermeister's latest "Siege Of Odesa" campaigns, which I'll be flying alongside @Vendigo's"Ruspoli's At the Gates of Odesa." and @CzechTexan's "At The Dnestr"

Thank you so much for continually infusing new life into "our" favorite simulator.

Well done, guys!!!

 

SARF

Edited Friday at 10:09 AM by SARFlytitus

[BladeMeister]

Very nice. I picked this up and now to find time to fly it.

 

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[FilMit]

This is a great idea, mirror campaigns! 👍

[ShamrockOneFive]

Congratulations @Jaegermeister on the release!

[Jaegermeister]

59 minutes ago, ShamrockOneFive said:

Congratulations @Jaegermeister on the release!

Thanks Shamrock! More material for your blog!

If you want any background info or details before you get a chance to fly it, shoot me a PM. 👍

 

[Jaegermeister]

On 3/20/2026 at 2:13 AM, AcesDarthBubu said:

Is there a change log on this release ? 

 

• Release of dual Siege of Odessa Campaigns "Operation München" and "Under Siege" for Bf 109 E-4, I-153 "Chaika" and Yak-1 series 23
• Addition of single player Scenario Missions for Yak-3, La-7 and IL-2 1944 aircraft
• Updated check zone sizes and waypoint priorities for bomber intercept missions in "Hornets' Nest" Scripted Campaign.
• Corrected skin assignments in "Wild Mustangs" Scripted Campaign

As far as I know, there were no other changes in this content update

[Kubert]

Is this thick pink frame around Odessa map intended. or bug?

Spoiler

 

Edited Sunday at 07:15 AM by Kubert

[kraut1]

5 hours ago, Kubert said:

Is this thick pink frame around Odessa map intended. or bug?

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This is the typical still detailed terrain, that is by default not usable. The frame of Odessa is ca. 20km wide. In my Mod the limits are extended.

I use it in first line to have enough space around the Iasi airfield.

And maybe I will create a not historical airfield ca. 20...30km south east of Очаков for supply flights to Odessa.

...added later:+ the port of  Очаков can be used as a regulary target, e.g: until 20th August41

 

Edited Sunday at 12:17 PM by kraut1

[ShamrockOneFive]

On 3/20/2026 at 10:01 PM, Jaegermeister said:

Thanks Shamrock! More material for your blog!

If you want any background info or details before you get a chance to fly it, shoot me a PM. 👍

 

I will! I have a tremendous backlog that I'm working through haphazardly... but I will send you a message sometime!