The Supermarine Spitfire Mk IXe entered service in June 1942 and remained in service until the end of WW2. It was powered by a Rolls-Royce Merlin engine which could produce up to 1,750 hp and could reach speeds over 400 mph in level flight. Using the Type E wing, the Mk IXe could carry 2 x 20 mm Hispano Mk II cannons and 2 x 0.50 calibre M2 Browning machine guns.
RAAF 457 Squadron Pilot Career, 4 July 1944:
Mission: You are on low-altitude combat air patrol over Balleroy. Using low cloud cover, you gain advantage over a flight of unwary Bf 109s. Good Luck!
Debrief: FL Scrimgeour takes down 13 planes during this flight with 457 Sqn. FL Scirmgeour now has 52 aerial victories and receives a Bar to his DSO!
This simulated WW2 pilot career recreates the daily missions of an RAAF pilot flying Spitfire IXs assigned to 457 Squadron starting 1 July 1944. Weather permitting, a new mission will be tasked to our pilot on each day. Although 457 Sqn actually flew in the Pacific Theatre of Operations, these aircraft skins have been dressed for the European Theatre of Operations and these missions mirror RAAF 453 Sqn missions, who actually did serve in the ETO during 1944 and 1945.
Regrettably not much is known about George. Born 12/12/1920 in Newcastle, NSW. Enlisted 11/11/1940. He was a Singapore veteran with No 453 squadron August 1941 to March 1942. Evacuated to Australia he was in No 24 Squadron between April and August 1942. He would have had to have been on an early EATS course, for he joined 453 Squadron R.A.A.F., in Singapore in 1941, when it was equipped with Brewster Buffalos, where he fought against the Japanese in the disastrous Malayan Campaign. George managed to return to Australia and served with 457 Spitfire Squadron, when it was based in the South West Pacific area in No 457 SQN in 1945. He was credited with two victories, one of them in Singapore. He was discharged 8/2/1946. In this simulated campaign, it is respectfully 'imagined' he served with 457 Sqn in the ETO. (www.spitfireassociation.com/s...) In real life, it is recorded that George achieved an aerial victory in Spitfire VIII A58-631/ZP-V (www.keymilitary.com/article/s....
This campaign was created using the Pat Wilson Campaign Generator on the 'Bodenplatte map' for a July 1944 RAAF fighter pilot career. PWCG is a FREE mod that generates dynamic pilot campaigns for the IL-2 Sturmovik: Great Battles series (Battle of Stalingrad, Battle of Moscow, Battle of Kuban, Battle of Normandy and Battle of Bodenplatte). I don't know if there are any similar free dynamic campaign generators for DCS World, Microsoft Flight Simulator or War Thunder?
The enemy AI in a PWCG mission is randomly generated for each NPC to be either Novice, Average, Veteran or Ace. This specific pilot campaign is set to 'veteran' with a 40% chance of any AI encountered during the mission being Ace-level. The Ace AI NPCs are deadly shots and I usually find myself KIA before I even know one is close! The gist of it is, this is NOT set to 'Hold my hand Daddy/Easy' level. It's closer to 'Hurt Me Plenty/Hardcore' level but not quite 'Nightmare!'.
Hardware: Overclocked 24 core 3960x threadripper with a 3090 gpu.
Software: IL-2 Sturmovik: Great Battles il2sturmovik.com/ Pat Wilson Campaign Generator mod www.pwcampaignmanager.com/pwcg... Opentrack and AITrack for head tracking lars-bodin.dk/?page_id=3131 Logitech 3D Extreme Force Feedback joystick
00:00 Intro
00:04 Mission briefing
00:20 Engage Bf 109 G-6s
02:59 Intercept Ju 52s on cargo drop
05:46 Dogfight with FW 190 A8s
09:04 Landing
10:12 Debrief