This campaign is based on the history of the Jagdgeschwader 5 "Eismeer" (Arctic Sea), as narrated by German ace Walter Schuck in his book "Luftwaffe Eagle".
The unit operated for most of the WWII above the Arctic Circle facing the Red Army from East and the RAF bombers from West.
The 13 missions reflect actual operations described in the book, 2 are made only to test your flying skill.
To improve the realism I added 3 custom skins and few tech details that are not implemented in the default BF109 module.
WWII Assets Pack required
This campaign is based on the history of the Jagdgeschwader 5 "Eismeer" (Arctic Sea), as narrated by German ace Walter Schuck in his book "Luftwaffe Eagle".
The unit operated for most of the WWII above the Arctic Circle facing the Red Army from East and the RAF bombers from West.
As opposed to the rest of the Eastern Front, at those high latitudes the front line remaind almost stationary until the surrender of Finland in 1944 and JG5's main tasks were to escort the supply convoys directed to Kirkenes, to attack Soviet convoys directed to the strategic port of Murmansk, to support the 20th Mountain Division and the Finnish Army against the 14th Soviet Army.
- To replicate the tough enviroment I used the NW side of Caucasus map in winter with the sun always low on the horizon. On top of that I added few tech triggers not implemented in the default BF109 module (for example a cold Oil T° normally doesn't affect the engine operation; in this campaign it does).
- Beside the air/ground combat, the missions test also your flying skill: navigation through landmarks as the compass is unrelaiable due to high latitude, Take Off and Landing crosswind was sometime a serious issue, in one mission you will be required to land on a short front line airstrip.
- 3 custom skins are included: 2 for the A-20 "Boston", 1 for a fictional USSR P-47D.
- briefings and some historical notes included
Required: WWII Asstes pack and BF-109-K-4
v1.02: corrected Ju88 behavior in miz #2 and 3
I hope you enjoy.
baco30
PS if you are interested in the history of the Luftwaffe, I do suggest you the book that inspired this campaign
