Some news for everyone, the snow is falling over Leningrad in late 43, we are defending against some really fierce soviet counter attacks and are so far remaining relatively victorious although we are beginning to suffer losses more frequently.

Activity levels are increasing slowly and mission turn outs are growing for Weisse. Rote and Gelbe are still struggling but are getting there slowly under the guidance of their respective hosters who are doing a great job.

We have also opened up our new Zestorer Staffel, this is an idea that has been floated around for some time and we have decided to give it a test run using BF110’s – we will be taking on recruits for this section as well as 109 pilots. Current pilots are also welcome to put in for a transfer to the ZG section if they fancy a bit of a change from the 109, but don’t worry, if you want to transfer back to the main 109 sections that is also available - so some really fantastic opportunities have opened up for both our existing membership and new recruits.

With the release of the official 4.09 patch we are currently in the process of updating our JG53 mod pack to incorporate this and many new developments in the mod scene including but not limited to updated 109s, British heavy bombers, new sounds, graphics, maps and much more.

The squadron is in great shape and we are all really enjoying the challenge that is Leningrad – so if you are inactive why not come and jump online again?

I look forward to seeing you all soon, and congratulations to all those who have recently received awards in the pilot page updates!
For those of you who have forgotten, you can find us at www.iijg53.com or www.iijg53.net
V

Now Recruiting BF109 and BF110 pilots
 

We are now recruiting BOTH BF109 and BF110 pilots from all over the world!
Feel free to take a look over at our website:
www.iijg53.com
V

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II./JG53 is an online Co-op squad. We are currently recruiting pilots of all abilities in all timezones. Join now and you could help turn the tide at Lenningrad!!

Hello everyone,
First off please let me say that it is great to see the group being so active and also to see so many new members joining the group and staying active. We currently have around 35 active members per month with around 20-25 of those active on a weekly basis. This has seen us get up to 16 pilots in a mission on quite a regular occurrence! Weisse and Rote are currently fully active with two mission nights a week, Gelbe is currently active but only on one day a week due to vacations and service commitments from several members down under.
Our mission times are currently:
Weisse:
Tuesday 20:00 (London Time)
Sunday 20:00 (London Time)
Rote:
Wednesday 20:00 (US EST)
Sunday 20:00 (US EST)
Gelbe:
Sunday 17:00 (W AST)

Munz has also recently restarted Rote training evenings and Weisse is looking to get started with bi-weekly training nights on a Friday evening within the next few weeks.
We are also active in Air War and VOW Reloaded which run through Hyperlobby (look for members with IIJG53 in their names and you'll see some of us around most evenings. Most evenings you'll find people on our teamspeak channel flying in either these or even just some dogfighting, unofficial training or non mission co-ops.
We are currently running a small plugin mod for the community made mod pack "Ultra Pack 2.0m" - our plugin builds upon this fantastic mod set by adding in several new 109s including our current aircraft: the BF109G6 Erla, new weapon loadouts including the wing mortars (which to this date no-one has downed a bomber with a direct hit)
As you can guess we are currently in late March 1944 flying Defence of the Reich, big week has ended recently and we have learned a lot of hard lessons against the US and British forces. The new fighter variants are certainly huge challenges compared to our recent outings over the Eastern Front.
We have also recently had several pilots pass some huge land mark mission totals as well as many of our recent Luftkriegsschule recruits passing through into the main Staffels as Gefreiters and Obergefreiters.
Our planning for the eventual release of Storm of War is also coming along nicely which will see JG53 expand to incorporate a medium bomber or Stuka section alongside our current launch of a Zerstorer BF110 section in IL2.
We are also continuing to seek new recruits and are gaining some brilliant new chaps who are fitting in perfectly, but as always we are also encouraging all of our inactive members to get in touch and let us know they are OK and as always, encouraging them to get airborne once more.
Of course if you do not wish to be a member of JG53 any more, please reply and let us know to remove you.
All in all things are really progressing well and JG53 are continuing to progress and develop some fantastic teamwork which is seeing some absolutely fantastic wingmen come forward and show everyone exactly what JG53 is about: victory through superior teamwork and co-operation.
Anyhow, hope this finds you all very well. Looking forward to hearing from you all soon!
Val
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Recruiting BF109 and JU88 Piltos Worldwide
 

II./JG53 is currently re-opening recruitment for Bf109 and Ju88 pilots.

Due to the performance issues with Cliffs of Dover we as a group have decided to delay switch over to the new engine for a while, as such we are opening up recruitment for limited numbers.

We are currently accepting pilots for BOTH our fighter sections and our Bomber section from all over the world.

We have 5 sections in the group primarily based on time zone and aircraft specialism:

Weisse: European Fighter section
Rote: American / Canadian Fighter Section
Gelbe: Australian / New Zealand Fighter Section
Schwartz: Once the main time zone sections switch to the new Cliffs of Dover Engine this section will continue running modded 1946 for those unable to upgrade
Kampf: Worldwide Bomber section

Right now Gelbe and the Kampf section are a little low in numbers so we especially welcome pilots for these sections.

We are currently looking for a maximum of:

6 Bf109 Pilots
8 JU88 Pilots

Please visit our new and improved website at www.iijg53.com and see if we are the right group for you. If you do wish to sign up please go to the Enlist page and fill out a recruitment form.

Whilst we do recruit worldwide we are an English speaking group so some knowledge of English is needed, equally the minimum age for recruits is 18 unless invited directly by an existing member.

Hope to see you all soon
Regards,
V

Ultrapack 3 / TS3
 

Hi all,

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Just a quick bit of information to everyone:

II./JG53 is currently recruiting Bf109 and JU88 pilots from around the globe. We are currently operating using IL2 1946 modded to the latest Ultrapack 3 release candidate (with our own enhanced AI mod since the current version uses stock AI).

We are a group that has been around flying actively since 2006 so we are no fly by night squadron, if you'll pardon the pun, and have a dedicated membership currently numbering around 40 active pilots all of various experience and knowledge, all of us share the comraderie of flying together and enjoying this simulation as a team.

We are looking for pilots from all over the globe as we have staffels to match the vast majority of time zones:

Weisse Staffel is the European staffel flying at 20:00 (London) time on both Tuesdays and Sundays.

Rote Staffel is the USA and CAN staffel flying at 20:00 (US EST) time on both Tuesdays and Sundays.

Gelbe Staffel is the Australian and New Zealand staffel flying at 20:00 (WAST) on Wednesdays and Sundays.

Our Kampf (Bomber) Staffel operates across all three time zones and is a recent addition to our group. It operates in the same missions as our main fighter staffels however the amount of interaction between fighers and bombers varies dependant on the mission briefings for each element, sometimes it is a close co-operation, other times we head in different directions to one another to complete different objectives.

This CO-Op campaign runs the length of the war, including the Spanish Civil War as we are operating over right now with each pilot persona being tracked.

Ultimately providing Cliffs of Dover is improved and becomes a stable platform we are looking to switch over, however this is quite a way off at present and even when we do switch to the new engine we will only do so when the vast majority are ready and able for it; upgrading as a team. If there are those unable to upgrade we will of course make provisions for them to continue flying with us alongside the CloD missions by opening an additional staffel flying as similar as possible campaign to our actions in CloD.

So, if flying with a friendly bunch of like minded chaps sounds like your idea of fun then feel free to check us out at www.iijg53.com

Hope to see you in the virtual skies soon!
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II./JG53 is still looking for new recruits to fly the Bf109 and the JU88.



We are currently in the opening stages of the Invasion of Poland in Easrly September 1939 and the war is going well using Utrapack 3 with the added benefit of having a co-owner of SAS as our technical officer and several other modders amongst our number,



We are always welcoming in new recruits from all over the globe, our three main time zones are Europe (Weisse) which flies official missions on Tuesdays and Sundays at 20:00 London time / America (Rote) which flies at 20:00 US Eastern time on Sundays and Tuesdays / Australia (Gelbe) which flies at 20:00 Melborne time on Sundays and Wednesdays.

Alongside these times we having training nights, unofficial flights and hyperlobby flights as such it is very rare to jump on our teamspeak channel and find that there is nothing to do.



So, if you are interested in a co-op teamwork based squadron then please check us out and see if we are right for you.

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