Luftwaffe WW2 Career 1940-45 - Parts 01...to...04b released (updated 16.06.2026)

[kraut1]

8 hours ago, GiftGruen said:

How do you manage to destroy 6 targets within 1 second at 00:14:43/44 ?

 

5 hours ago, Aapje said:

It says parked aircraft, so probably a bomb or such.

Yes, it was a strafing run.
And I hit the listed ammo truck that what created a big explosion,that maybe destroyed 1 or 2 of the Pe2s.
But there is some deviation with the times recorded by the campaign Tracker: I flew 2 strafing runs.
My flight leader attacked the planes 2 times too. After I have landed I switched to external views and I counted ca. 8 destroyed planes and the destroyed truck.
The light AAA was dangerous but no losses.
So altogether seen the mission was very successful, but I have to admit that I don't know exactly how many of targets have been destroyed by me and how many by the leader. (According to the additonaly used IL-2 results I got the confirmation for 2 destroyed Pe2s + the ammo truck, and the rest of the Pe2s I have damaged I think)

[kraut1]

After the campaign pilot was slightly wounded today (14.10.1941), I decided to publish Part4b:

New Part04b: Advance on Odessa / Siege of Odessa  with III. JG77 BF109-F4         44 BF109-F4 Missions
New/Updated: Odessa 1941 Mod for usage with Part4a and Part4b!

Download links / Instructions see main post.

[buckda]

Excuse my question. After the last update (June) I can only see the missions from the campaign starting at mission 1940-10-20(Part03). Resave mission before without success.I am very grateful for any help 

[kraut1]

45 minutes ago, buckda said:

Excuse my question. After the last update (June) I can only see the missions from the campaign starting at mission 1940-10-20(Part03). Resave mission before without success.I am very grateful for any help 

Sorry, I am currently not at my PC,

But 2 questions:

Which IL-2 modules do you own?

How many mission files do you have currently in your campaign folder and what is the total number of files in the campaign folder?

[buckda]

Thank you for your fast reply. It is very strange. I have all modules except for "Odessa- Leningrad. I flew the first 8 missions without any problemes until the update 7.008. I have tried something without success (resave, delete m/ctreecache, deleting other campaigns, change directory name). I can't see the missions before 1940-10-20. I don't know why - very strange. I love your campaign, very good. Perhaps  i start again with 1940-10-20 and the following mission.

[kraut1]

1 hour ago, buckda said:

Thank you for your fast reply. It is very strange. I have all modules except for "Odessa- Leningrad. I flew the first 8 missions without any problemes until the update 7.008. I have tried something without success (resave, delete m/ctreecache, deleting other campaigns, change directory name). I can't see the missions before 1940-10-20. I don't know why - very strange. I love your campaign, very good. Perhaps  i start again with 1940-10-20 and the following mission.

wait a moment, there is a explaination for your problem. You need the original old BoF and BoB missions with the BoM E7 as E3!

Please don't restart the campaign, I hope we can keep your results.

I will come back to you.

There will be soon BF109-E7 missions on the TC Belgorod map (october 41) and later F4 missions on the Kuban / Cimea map (dec41/jan42)

 

Edited July 16 by kraut1

[buckda]

Thank you again for your fast replay. Where can i find the old campaigns? I have only Battle of france + Battle of britain (Odessa Version) ZIP File.

[kraut1]

10 hours ago, buckda said:

Thank you again for your fast replay. Where can i find the old campaigns? I have only Battle of france + Battle of britain (Odessa Version) ZIP File.

I found a reply of January 14th with links to E7 missions,  please try these downloads.

 

Edited July 17 by kraut1

[buckda]

Thanks a lot for your help.With the old files, I can see the missions from part 1 and 2 again and can play it. Maybe
can you estimate if I can also play part 3 completely? Thank you for your reply!

[kraut1]

1 hour ago, buckda said:

Thanks a lot for your help.With the old files, I can see the missions from part 1 and 2 again and can play it. Maybe
can you estimate if I can also play part 3 completely? Thank you for your reply!

Of part 3 you can fly only the very late BF109-F1 (modded BoM F2) missions, copy only these missions into your campaign folder)

Part 4 Odessa is not possible for you.

There will be a short part 5 on the TC map with the E7 in oct41 and part 07 will be with the F4 on the Crimea (modded Kuban map) end41/early 42

Edited July 17 by kraut1

[buckda]

Thank you very much for the information!

[Wolzow]

After using Odessa41 Mod i get sniped by the AI-planes and also have no plane icons on the map anymore..did you changed the difficulty trought that modification?

[kraut1]

12 hours ago, Wolzow said:

After using Odessa41 Mod i get sniped by the AI-planes and also have no plane icons on the map anymore..did you changed the difficulty trought that modification?

That you have been sniped was bad luck. I have even reduced the accuracy of the weapons to avoid this and for I153 I have additonally reduced a little bit the aiming abilities of the ai pilots and the overall ailevels are mostly low with leaders average. I have flown all missions, and have been badly damaged / wounded + bailed out 2 or 3 times. And damaged by AAA sometimes.

I am currently generating/flying the missions for the next part (Belgorod) and will observe the ai.

Map symbol: I have reduced the map symbols in the mod. I you want to see them have a look in the swf folder of the mod. I will be back at my PC in 1.5 weeks and I will help you if required.

Edited July 19 by kraut1

[kraut1]

12 hours ago, Wolzow said:

After using Odessa41 Mod i get sniped by the AI-planes and also have no plane icons on the map anymore..did you changed the difficulty trought that modification?

added later / 2nd answer:

If you want to use the Odessa41Mod only with the Romanian skins:

-Deinstall the Mod with JSGME

-Delete from the Mod the Luascripts folder and the swf folder

-Install the Mod with JSGME

[Wolzow]

thx will try it out with deleating the "Luascripts folder", its indeed a I153 who sniped me on a Odessa Map Mission, but also a Pe2 on a Stalingrad Map-Mission (with Odessa41 Mod still active).

[kama1]

amazing @kraut1

- what about a parallel western campaign 1941, 1942, early 1943 without B-17s?

 

- can i extend the amount of missions myslef? can i fly more missions per day?

 

- is the squadron situation animated too? comrades died, wounded, replaced, transfered? same with aircraft

[kraut1]

2 hours ago, kama1 said:

amazing @kraut1

- what about a parallel western campaign 1941, 1942, early 1943 without B-17s?

 

- can i extend the amount of missions myslef? can i fly more missions per day?

 

- is the squadron situation animated too? comrades died, wounded, replaced, transfered? same with aircraft

- what about a parallel western campaign 1941, 1942, early 1943 without B-17s?

There will be western campaign parts in 1942, 1943, 1944 and maybe 45 and a desert/Tunisia 1943 part
(1940 BoF and BoB)

- can i extend the amount of missions myslef? can i fly more missions per day?

The missions are generated with EMG by Vander, mostly with versions modified by me. As I mentioned in the main post:
If you like you can generate with EMG additional missions that you can put in the campaign folder.
For example if you dislike to fly in future in the eastern front you can create your own missions with EMG and the Modifications of EMG
If you are interested please learn at first to use EMG by Vander, later I can help you to use it.

- is the squadron situation animated too? comrades died, wounded, replaced, transfered? same with aircraft

This is not possible in a IL-2 Great BAttles Campaign, but what I do:
By using IL-2 Campaign Tracker and Service by Arrow_1974 record

you can:

Name you pilot with some basic personal data, you mission results will be analized and accordinfg to the configurable settings the pilot will promoted and decorated with awards.

-I will be very busy this week with other things but if you are interested you can learn to generate alternative missions according to your requirements and to use it for the campaign (with some practice it takes ca. 15...30minutes to create a suitasble mission)