kraut1 Posted December 14, 2025 Posted December 14, 2025 (edited) NEW: Part03 late Battle of Britain This is my current pilot career I will release the parts step by step after they are completed and I have flown the missions. In IL-2 it is just 1 Campaign and the released missions of a new parts have to be copied into the existing campaign folder. At the end I hope to have created a complete WW2 career from 1940-1945, but will it take ca. 1 - 2 years I suppose. Each user / pilot can customize this campaign by adding self created missions, only mission naming syntax to be considered. If a user / pilot does not own a IL-2 module that is used for a Part he can skip this Part or add self created missions. The missions will be mostly generated with Easy Mission Generator by Vander or with my EMG Modifications. How to be flown: -with realistic settings -without HuD, only cockpit view -All information by Radio Messages -Detailed description of mission design: see below. -The Ailevels are low, but you have to survive many, many missions. -All missions full missions from take off to landing. -Mission flight time ca. 15minutes to 45minutes without time acceleration. -Probability of enemy contact ca. 80% per mission. Overview about the parts: Part 01: Battle of France 12 BF109-E3 Missions -released Part02: early Battle of Britain (Channel Battle / Assault on RAF 16 BF109-E3/E4 Missions -released New: Part03: late Battle of Britain (Jabo / Fighter Bomber II.(S) LG2, Jabo Offensive with 2.JG51, Combat trials with BF109-F1 / I./JG51 30 BF109-E4 / F1 Missions -released Work in Progress / not released: Part04: Advance on Odessa / Eastern Crimea with JG77 Installation (general procedure): 1.) Download the Part01 of the Campaign and copy it into your ...\IL-2 Sturmovik Battle of Stalingrad\data\Campaigns\ folder. This will be the campaign folder for the whole campaign. 2.) For all further parts the downloads are Mission packs. Extract or / copy these missions into your Luftwaffe Career 1940-45 Campaign folder. In each mission pack there will be an zipped optional "info.locale=eng.txt" file with the new campaign part info. See last topic of main post: "Career / Campaign Description" 3.) For each Part of the campaign you will find a detailed description below. And there is mentioned if an additional Mod has to be used and which IL-2 GB Modules / collector planes have to be used. 4.) If you want to install other Modpacks, Mods, Campaigns please check, that there is not a campaign with the identical folder name "Luftwaffe-WW2-Career-40-45" included to avoid that your campaign is overwritten and your awards deleted. -Part 01: Battle of France (12 BF109-E3 Missions) required: BoN, Bo Odessa / Leningrad, BoM Download https://www.mediafire.com/file/1zrb873kapzrcbq/Luftwaffe-WW2-Career-40-45-Part01-Battle_of_France.zip/file REQUIRED modification only for Part01 (install with JSGME) 1940 Battle of France Mod vD: https://www.mediafire.com/file/kfaxgt9nsb15xnw/1940_Battle_of_France_Mod_vD.zip/file further Information: Spoiler This Mod contains skins by: ICDP French A20, Taurus: Potez630 (Pe-2), In memory of BeeBop: Dewoitine D520 (Lagg3s29), Fairy Battle Skin (IL-2 M43), EMS2/4_kerlir: Morane MS406 (Yak-7)+ variation by me; Off_Winters: UK destroyer skin (destroyer7) added: -skin by Off_Winters (skin without cannons) + my weapon mod added: Map Mod only with 1940 existing RAF airfields Modded by me: weapon mod, e.g.: MG-FF with standard HE shells (no mine shells) Static french planes, british Bedford, Universal Carrier without white stars, "British" Cruiser Tank (Pz38t) on basis of a skin of DetCord12Band for the BF109-E3 a small cockpit change without hint for "Automatic Propeller Unit". How to fly the BF109-E3 (E4): fly with realistic settings, manual propeller controll and set weapon convergence to 200m -Part02: early Battle of Britain (Channel Battle / Assault on RAF 16 BF109-E3/E4 Missions) You are tranferred to I. JG51 in the Calais area: -Channel Battle (Kanalkampf): July 1940: German attacks on convoys / naval targets. 10 BF109-E3 missions -Assault on the RAF: 12.08.40... 13.08.40 Adlertag, 15.08.40 The Greatest Day (for the RAF), 18.08.40 "The Hardest Day" 6 BF109-E4 Missions after these battles the Jagdstaffel and their pilots is exhausted... Installation of Part02: Download Part02 https://www.mediafire.com/file/selrafvupwnmxtg/Luftwaffe-WW2-Career-40-45-Part02-early_Battle_of_Britain-Missions.zip/file -And extract / copy the new missions in your existing campain folder: ...\IL-2 Sturmovik Battle of Stalingrad\data\Campaigns\Luftwaffe-WW2-Career-40-45 REQUIRED modification for Part02 (install with JSGME) 1940 Battle of Britain Mod v03: https://www.mediafire.com/file/aiuhpblhm8x7fzp/1940_Battle_of_Britain_Mod_early_v03.zip/file Short description 1940 Battle of Britain Mod: Spoiler -Map Mod only with 1940 existing RAF airfields, airfields changed to grass runways, all 1941-44 airfields removed, Manston smaller new layout -Spitfire MKIa/MKIIs Mod: -skin by Off_Winters (skin without cannons) -weapon mod by me: only machine gun sound; rate of fire of 20mm Hispano MKII reduced, so that the time for continuous fire is nearly the same as for the 0.303 Brownings (ca. 17seconds). Effect: reduced, but still effective volume of fire to simulate the 8 x 0.303 Browning 1940/41 armament. -British destroyer: (destroyer7) with Gleaves main turrets and 40mm Bofors / 20mm Oerlikon AAA destroyer skin by Off_Winters -AI Mod (self made): increased open fire distance for AAA increased accuracy for novice / normal bomber gunners reduced max. fire distance for BF109-E4 (and Spitfire MKIa / BF110-C) -Weapon Mod: reduced 20mm MG-FF standard HE shell for simulation of BF109E3 For OPTIONAL adaption of some details to BF109E3 (for Kanalkampf Missions) -disable 1940 Battle of Britain Mod v03 in JSGME -activate in the Mod the standard 20mm HE shells for the standard 20mm Oerlikon MG-FF: rename /delete the xxx: -replace the cockpit plate with the information concerning the E4/E7 Automatic Propeller Control with the Modded plate by renaming /deleting the xxx: (It's a german text, if this is not relevant for you you don't have to change, but I dislike a hint in a E3 for a automatic propeller controll) -enable 1940 Battle of Britain Mod v03 in JSGME And most importent: fly the BF109-E3 with manual propeller controll for realism! -Part03: late Battle of Britain (30 BF109-E4 Jabo / BF109-F1 Fighter Missions) -Jabo / Fighter Bomber II.(S) LG2: The pilot is temporarily transferred to Jabo Expert Group II.(S) LG2 that is located in Calais to become a fighter bomber pilot. -Jabo Offensive with 2.JG51: The pilot is back at JG51 (2. Staffel) for flying ground attack missions in October 1940 -Combat trials with BF109-F1 / I./JG51 I. Gruppe + Stab JG51 are the first units that are using the BF109-F1 for combat trials (from October to 6th December 1940) Download Part03 https://www.mediafire.com/file/03o9s1mqhbvt4g3/Luftwaffe-WW2-Career-40-45-Part03-late_Battle_of_Britain-Missions.zip/file -And extract / copy the new missions in your existing campain folder: ...\IL-2 Sturmovik Battle of Stalingrad\data\Campaigns\Luftwaffe-WW2-Career-40-45 REQUIRED modification for Part03 (install with JSGME) 1940 Battle of Britain Mod v03: https://www.mediafire.com/file/aiuhpblhm8x7fzp/1940_Battle_of_Britain_Mod_early_v03.zip/file General Note to avoid conflicts with other campaign downloads: Spoiler To fly this campaign will take a long time and of course we want to try to avoid the loss of the campaign results: -If you install other campaigns, campaign packs or similar Battle of Britain Modpacks, please check that there will be no further campaign with the exact same campaign folder name "Luftwaffe-WW2-Career-40-45", otherwise your campaign could be overwritten. -I suggest to make after each successfull mission screenshots of you current awards, and after each completed part of the campaign a screenshot of the Awards and the date in the filename. Further Information about campaign design / how to fly: Spoiler Suggestion how to fly the missions: -I have flown each mission with Monitor or VR directly as campaign mission without testing. -flight time: ca. 15-30minutes -after enemy contact you can decide to fly home or to stay with your flight. -but if you fly alone / seperated from your flight you will not be warned if the enemy attacks, better to return as fast as possible at low level... General notes / information: -Additionally installed in mission (+hints about german messages): -Enemy plane reports by ground control (of course 1940 in BoF not accurate, only 10x10km grid from time to time) Spoiler example: Hier ist Fuchs = Here is Fox Nach Zielen suchen! = Search for targets! im Planquadrat 1628 = In grid 1628 How it sounds for example in german: https://youtu.be/an08jwCtxPE And a similar english message with the same content (message at 03:51): https://youtu.be/FEGItQyjSWc -Audio warnings by AI wingmen during air combat Spoiler https://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/91434-audio-warnings-by-ai-wingmen-during-air-combat-w-rugerusgb-groupsmission-pack-v01/ Warning (range) Messages in Demo video: https://youtu.be/iNjfTd2HHO8 02:02 Hurricane Mission (eng) 04:31 Yak7 Mission (rus) 06:28 FW190-F3 Mission (germ) Career / Campaign Description: Spoiler If you like you can add some data about your personal pilot into the "info.locale=eng.txt" file. Example: of my 1st / current pilot: (he will not be active until 1945, but maybe he survives as PoW or unfit for duty after being wounded) Edited December 15, 2025 by kraut1 2 Quote
kraut1 Posted December 14, 2025 Author Posted December 14, 2025 (edited) Further Information / data for the parts of the campaign: Part01 Battle of France: Historical BF109-E3 weapon settings: Battle of France Maps: Spoiler Video: -Part02/3: Battle of Britain Very interesting Page with a Day by Day Time Line: https://battleofbritain1940.com/ Videos: Edited December 15, 2025 by kraut1 1 Quote
Billsponge1972 Posted December 15, 2025 Posted December 15, 2025 Thank you very much for this! Set it up tonight and flew the first four missions of Battle of France. Works like a charm! 1 Quote
Aapje Posted December 21, 2025 Posted December 21, 2025 Quote At the end I hope to have created a complete WW2 career from 1940-1945, but will it take ca. 1 - 2 years I suppose. Talk about ambition. And the Bf 109 is always a joy to fly. 1 Quote
kraut1 Posted December 25, 2025 Author Posted December 25, 2025 Part 4: The Advance to Balti, Kishinev and Odessa has started / 5 II./JG77 BF109-E4B Missions flown. 1 1 Quote
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