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Mission Date 29/11/44 402nd FS - Rail Target Strike, Bullay 485th FS - Reconnaissance, Nettershiem-Gerolstein 410th BG - Reconnaissance, Gerolstein-Nettersheim Debrief: 370th FG 402nd FS: Weather was poor, we climbed through the cloud cover, clear skies at 8K ft. After spending some limited time over the clouds, it was time to dive back into them, to find our ground targets. Red 2 was out of sight for a bit in the cloud business, but joined us over the target. Did lots of damage North of Bullay, and a few clicks south. Red 3 reported some damage to his a/c, but no real issue flying wise. Went back to home base where we all landed. Red 2 suffered main gear collapse on touch down. He was fine, his P38 was not. All in all the 402nd accounted for 25 ground targets destroyed, an excellent performance in any conditions, let alone the horrendous weather they were obliged to contend with. Excellent work! 485th FS: Capt. Fenton Rea led a six ship reconnaissance patrol in despicable conditions. As we crossed the frontlines near Nettersheim, the Squadron was engaged by light AA fire. Zenith Red Leader determined that the fire was being directed at Red Section and attempted to keep the gun focussed on them dispatching White flight to attack the gun, which they did with remarkable rapidity. On reforming we had a distress call from Snowdrop Leader, declaring that they were being engaged by bandits some 25km SSW of the 485ths current position. Regrouping the squadron, Zenith Leader made for their sector forthwith. Enroute it was determined that Snowdrop had split up and Zenith White section was detached to assist the Snowdrop lead who was further west as Red Flight engaged a single Fw 190 harassing an A-20. Zenith red leader fired a burst at the e/a, causing it to break off it's attack on the A-20 but then overshot and the bandit was picked up by Reds 3 & 4 but they were unable to finish off the 190 before being practically run-over by a flight of P-47s and, in the interests of safety, being obliged to break off. Neither of the Red Flight sections were able to reacquire the e/a in the murk, and he either ran home or was shot down by the Thunderbolts. Meanwhile White Flight had got separated in the awful visibility, though White 2 - 2nd Lt. Stellar Artois - had found the bandits making moves on Snowdrop leader; one of the e/a lost control and spun-in as Artois engaged (this was claimed by the rear gunner on Snowdrop Leaders a/c) at which point White 2 came under fire from a 2nd bandit in the vicinity, casing significant damage to the left boom of the Lieutenants a/c. However Red Flight arrived just in time and Capt. Fenton Rea shot and heavily damaged the e/a. The Fw 190 lost control as Rea overshot and was last seen spinning into the gloom, however, it's destruction could not be confirmed and thus he could only claim a probable. Zenith Leader then instructed White two to RTB with White 1 to support, and headed back in to the recon area over the frontlines to cover the remainder of Snowdrop squadron. Shortly thereafter Snowdrop called they were withdrawing and the 485th attempted to engage some scattered ground targets in the gloom with their guns and few remaining bombs. They managed to account for a few guns before Zenith Leader called it a day All aircraft proceeded back to safe landing at Florennes. All told we claim one e/a probable, one e/a damaged, 5 AAA guns destroyed and 2 artillery guns. Debrief: 410th BG 4 aircraft took off from Eindhoven to carry out a recce in the area north east of Prum. An uneventful flight to the area apart from the fighter escort appearing then disappearing, didn't see them for the rest of the flight duration. On reaching the patrol area and just before turning onto the Northern leg along the lines we were attacked by Fw190s. These were called out by Delta but they attached themselves to us very quickly. Sid picked up damage in their first attack so he turned back over the lines and headed home but was chased by a determined 190. Delta and Crash had a dogfight for a short period until support came in the form of welcome 485th P38s. Crash and Delta were able to break off and begin the northern leg but Delta picked up flak damage soon after. They got rid of bombs on artillery targets and headed back to friendly lines. Delta's damage caused him to head for Aachen to land but didn't get there, he ditched south east of Monchau. Crash headed home. Meanwhile the persistent 190 chasing Sid was damaged by the rear gunner and, when turning to engage a P38 lost control and went in north of Prum. Sid was very badly damaged and decided to head for the airfields on the west of his route back to Eindhoven but had to bail south east of Petit Brogel. Given the weather and fighter activity it was a very interesting mission. Well done boys for surviving.... 370th FG Awards and Promotions: 2nd Lieutenant Patrick Last is promoted to 1st Lieutenant; congratulations Lieutenant! 2nd Lieutenant Luke Rox is promoted to 1st Lieutenant; congratulations Lieutenant! 2nd Lieutenant David Reginald is promoted to 1st Lieutenant; congratulations Lieutenant! Personnel: None. Rosters: 410th BG Awards and Promotions: None. Personnel: None. Roster: Scoreboards:

So now I have that lot plus, new 750W PSU, new 500Gb SSD with new install of Win10 and a partridge in a fecking pear tree 🤓 Hoping my GTX1080 will go back in and work 🤞🏻 Nick has been very patient with helping me out, but somehow he looks a little older now ?😳

410th BG 4 aircraft took off from Eindhoven to carry out a recce in the area north east of Prum. An uneventful flight to the area apart from the fighter escort appearing then disappearing, didn't see them for the rest of the flight duration. On reaching the patrol area and just before turning onto the Northern leg along the lines we were attacked by Fw190s. These were called out by Delta but they attached themselves to us very quickly. Sid picked up damage in their first attack so he turned back over the lines and headed home but was chased by a determined 190. Delta and Crash had a dogfight for a short period until support came in the form of welcome 485th P38s. Crash and Delta were able to break off and begin the northern leg but Delta picked up flak damage soon after. They got rid of bombs on artillery targets and headed back to friendly lines. Delta's damage caused him to head for Aachen to land but didn't get there, he ditched south east of Monchau. Crash headed home. Meanwhile the persistent 190 chasing Sid was damaged by the rear gunner and, when turning to engage a P38 lost control and went in north of Prum. Sid was very badly damaged and decided to head for the airfields on the west of his route back to Eindhoven but had to bail south east of Petit Brogel. Given the weather and fighter activity it was a very interesting mission. Well done boys for surviving....

402nd Good job. Good job. Weather was poor, we climbed through the cloud cover, clear skies at 8K ft. After spending some limited time over the clouds, it was time to dive back into them, to find our ground targets. Red 2 was out of sight for a bit in the cloud business, but joined us over the target. Did lots of damage North of Bullay, and a few clicks south. Red 3 reported some damage to his a/c, but no real issue flying wise. Went back to home base where we all landed. Red 2 suffered main gear collapse on touch down. He was fine, his P38 was not. Good show boys, your previous Squadron Leader must have been a brilliant mind for getting you all to this high level of performance!

I was wondering what the thoughts are the following? Ref the sound in IL2. Many of us, due to the volume in cockpit have the in-game sound turned right down (I have mine at about 12%) so that we can hear each other in TeamSpeak. There have a few posts over in the IL2 forums that have said that the game is best run with the in-game sound at 100%. What they do is to use the Windows Sound Mixer to have the in-game sound at 100% so that the full range of sounds are generated but then turn it down in the Windows Sound Mixer settings to the required levels for the game. TeamSpeak can then also be set to say 90%. I am going to try this myself and see if it makes a difference.

I feel quite a lot older 😉

Debrief post for the mission of the 28th November 1944 updated with scoreboards and rosters:

This little fellow with an extra 16Gb of ram..... https://www.scan.co.uk/products/3xs-ryzen-5-bundle-amd-ryzen-5-3600-asus-rog-strix-b450-f-gaming-16gb-ddr4-amd-wraith-stealth Total price was just under £500 delivered. 👍🏻

Hey Christoff, as you know I have been going through the mill so to speak lately concerning components vs new comps complete and found these available “next day” so they say...... https://www.novatech.co.uk/pc/range/reignsentryelite.html https://www.novatech.co.uk/pc/range/reignsentrysabre.html I emailed them and enquired about the 3070 cards included in the builds and they said they do have “manufacturers” cards but none for sale separately. As I have done with my ordered motherboard bundle, you can add another 16Gb of ram no problem. Not sure if this option is of any interest to you mate ?

Ha, cleaning the toilets!

Between you, me and the gatepost.... I’m afraid I had a few too many one evening and punched a rather obnoxious whinging town mayor. HQ said I would have to stand down as 485th CO and fulfill a few mandatory “public relations” obligations before being allowed back on squadron. Should be done in a week chaps.

Yes, they're all making that universal signal that means "Gentlemen, start your tumble-dryers"

After they added "Ram Air" sounds to the game I found that the best way is to set in game sound to 100% then adjust Windows sound for that application to a suitable level. So far it's worked out great.