TBF's do the same thing. They will drop bombs, and get good hits, but then turn around and start strafing random targets until all are destroyed by enemy AAA.

Even more annoying is when light bombers try to strafe with LMGs. The result is predictable...

Realistically, AI attack programming has to take degree of opposition into account. When opposition was weak (i.e., number of hostile AAA or fighters in the area are low), attackers historically did loiter over their target and make repeated attacks. Otherwise, they made "one and done" attack runs, like you describe.

I notice that AI for certain medium bombers - A-20, B-25, maybe others - has them programmed to perform "belly checks" (i.e., 360 degree rolls).

The A-20 was NOT fully aerobatic, so it shouldn't perform this maneuver. Other bomber types probably shouldn't perform this maneuver unless all their crew members were properly strapped into seats. Otherwise, you risk injuring unsecured crewmen, or even ejecting them from the plane!

That bomber behaviour, is there even before TD.

B25's also do that.

They are coded to behave like the IL-2. They perform as an assault aircraft (Sturm), not as a Bomber.

Changing that AI personality behaviour may be possible by making it an option. At least, as a simple solution.

Making them evaluate AA density, would be a whole different story.

Yep, R-10, Su-2, they are all prone to perform pathetic strafing attacks after dropping their bombs, even against tanks.

Another completed and corrected Order of Battle, for 4.14 or later.

This one is for the US 5th Air Force and its predecessor, the US Far East Air Force. The latter saw intense action in the Philippines, on Java, and in Northern Australia in late 1941 and early 1942.

Note that the following "5th Air Force" units, are incorrect and should be removed from the OOB:

5AF_417BG_453BS
USA_FG_008_FS_030z

The 453 Bomb Squadron was never attached to the 417 Bomb Group.
The 30th Squadron was never attached to the 37th Fighter Group. Instead, it was attached to the 6th AF and spent the war guarding the Panama Canal.

For history geeks, there was a brief but intense campaign on Java in early 1942, with a similar plane set to what the Flying Tigers encountered in Burma during the same time period. But, unlike the Tigers, the Allies basically got their collective asses kicked.

It would be way cool if at least a partial map of Java made it into IL2, both to allow campaigns based on the heroic US 19th Bomb Group (Heavy), the US 17th Pursuit Squadron (Provisional), and the equally heroic but doomed ML-KNIL. FWIW, this campaign produced America's first ace of World War 2, LTC Boyd "Buzz" Wagner.

Anyhow, here's the OOB:

Sources for my OOB are USAF Official Histories, fact checked against other reliable sources.

In particular, the books "They Fought With What They Had" and "Every Day a Nightmare" were useful for figuring out the FEAF OOB for the Defense of the Philippines, Java and Darwin.

Another expanded and corrected OOB, this one for the 7th USAAF and its precursor, the Hawaiian Air Force.

The USHAF was mostly destroyed on the ground during the Pearl Harbor attack. The 7th AF was peripherally involved in the Battle of Midway and later supported the 5th and 13th AF in operations against Japan.

This OOB omits some units which never saw combat.

USA_FG_015_FS_012z - This is a duplicate entry and should be removed

In regards to train videos, great presentation, as a closert train buff especially in regards to the DR loki's, t's a very welcome refresh, would have liked to see a BR52 (especially the condensing one) in the mix, but happy with what's been done none the less.

.....condensing one? I here you ask.......

https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/i...NIBM10LCcVlYxw

By the way, I'm curious why was the Br55 chosen as the representative class of Axis loki ?

My goodness, after seeing the train videos I am very happy!

Being a bit of a railway nut, seeing that the coupling rods and motion was animated was just pure joy! :grin:

I would guess it might have something to with the age of the locomotive type, something that would fit the earliest scenarios in IL-2 that still saw use throughout the war. Where as something like the Kriegslok/DRB Class 52 didn't see service until 1942.


If one were to make a suggestion for the future..

I think adding in a British loco set would be nice too. Something that could be used as the allied loco type on the new Tobruk map as an example (or indeed, any other western front map). The type of locomotive best suited would probably be a Stanier 8F (first introduced in 1935) that was used quite a bit by the War Department early on before being replaced by the WD Austerity 2-8-0 (which was first introduced in 1943).