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Mage_016 08-27-2011 08:22 AM

It was great to sit back in the cockpit of the STALLion again. Mac was darn good and themeistor needs no comments at all, he masters the skys nowdays. Great to see that people are starting to fly inside cockpit it'll make good start to BoS when ti arrives. Nice to meet some new players too like u2ratllehum and others. Good games last night. Too bad that I promised to join ground forces in BFBC2 so I had to leave early.

See you guys soon.

Mage

U2RATTLEHUM 08-27-2011 10:39 PM

Great game Mage_016 I been in and out through Sims and realistic Just not a great pilot put it is still fun to fly and chat with friends and meet good people like yourself
See you in the sky

chungpe84s 08-29-2011 06:34 AM

Very nice! Keep it up!

U2RATTLEHUM 08-29-2011 04:30 PM

Played a few battles with KAV this morning(1:00am)before heading for bed. Now question would you call it cheating if you allow a kill, I think he did. The real frustrating thing was when I was turning on his six a clean and fair shot my PSN disconnects me. I think the virtual gods hate me. Great game KAV. Always a pleasure playing with you and the others.

olife 08-30-2011 10:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chungpe84s (Post 328143)
Very nice! Keep it up!

welcome here!

olife 10-01-2011 01:44 PM

hello guys,

here is miss october

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JRHOODY1 10-01-2011 07:10 PM

ooolala happy october gents

McQ59 10-01-2011 07:42 PM

:cool: Hot

KAV 10-01-2011 07:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by McQ59 (Post 342844)
:cool: Hot

Yes that P51B is very hot.

Nice work Olife, thanks.

olife 10-01-2011 09:39 PM

MILLIONS THANKS MY FRIENDS!!!!!!!!!

I CAN'T RESIST TO IMAGINE ... WAIT ... WAIT ... NICE JANUARY MONTH ...

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MACADEMIC 10-12-2011 10:21 AM

P-51 Mustang Purist Club now also for Wings of Prey
 
Hi all,

Our Club is branching out to also cover Wings of Prey, Birds of Prey's sister on the PC. There are some advantages of the platform, such as all fighters having cockpits and the Flight Models being more realistic (and harder, less power).

Any members who have a PC and have Wings of Prey are most welcome to join. Here's the link to its forum: http://forum.gaijinent.com/index.php...g-purist-club/

:)

MAC

olife 10-21-2011 07:38 PM

hello guys

here is miss november

ps: the screenshot is one of the pic of the 3rd captain bop adventure,in break for the moment cause a lot of work and tired ,but it will be here for sure,soon.

friendly
olife

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MACADEMIC 10-21-2011 07:45 PM

Wow - this is one of your best to date...

Hey, i've just had an idea...how about a printed Pin Up Club Calendar for 2012? I'd be happy to pay for one, and help you realise such a project.

MAC

olife 10-21-2011 07:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MACADEMIC (Post 352459)
Wow - this is one of your best to date...

Hey, i've just had an idea...how about a printed Pin Up Club Calendar for 2012? I'd be happy to pay for one, and help you realise such a project.

MAC

hello teacher!!

millions thanks for compliments!!

yeeeah!!great idea this calendar!!i'm ok for the project of course!!!and your help is of course welcome!!!and u will not pay of course!

great thanks for the idea!!!

friendly
olife
triple banzai!!

McQ59 10-21-2011 09:41 PM

I second MAC here Olllie! Great pic :)

olife 10-22-2011 10:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by McQ59 (Post 352509)
I second MAC here Olllie! Great pic :)

millions thanks for kind words my friend!!

olife 10-31-2011 11:33 AM

happy halloween guys!

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KAV 10-31-2011 12:44 PM

Very nice work Olife, thanks for sharing....

olife 10-31-2011 03:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KAV (Post 356657)
Very nice work Olife, thanks for sharing....

millions thanks ace!!

olife 11-01-2011 05:43 PM

hello guys

just share with u this nice little video i find in internrt...enjoy!!!it's too nice!!

http://youtu.be/y3DoLsYB52Q

and this one,sometimes maybe hard to see but really realistic.the courage of the samourais...waoo impressive!

http://youtu.be/7RNdd2rdAJo

olife 11-14-2011 01:51 PM

new

here is a new rubric here,"ace of war".

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Biplane fighter aces

Soviet Union

Kapitan Aleksandr Fedorovich Avdeyev HSU

1917 - 12 August 1942

Aleksandr Fedorovich Avdeyev was born 1917 in the village Velka Talinka. He lived in Lyubina near Moscow and worked in a factory. He learned to fly in a civilian aeroclub were he received his license in 1937. In 1938 he joined the army and attended the Borisoglebsk Military Air College.

During the Winter War, Avdeyev served in the Leningrad area in the 153 IAP as a Leytenant and was later promoted to Starshiy Leytenant and Flight commander.

After the German attack on the Soviet Union, the 153 IAP defended Leningrad City using I-153 Tchaika biplanes.

On 19 July 1941, Avdeyev claimed two Bf109s.

One day his flight attacked a formation of Ju88s protected by Bf109s (approx. 20 aircraft altogether) over the Leningrad area. He shot down one of the bombers in flames but his aircraft was damaged by return fire and caught fire. He continued however to attack and shot down another bomber before he bailed out and parachuted to safety.
He was wounded during this combat and hospitalised. When he returned from hospital he was promoted to Kapitan.

On 23 September 1941 he attacked AA guns position near Pushkino together with others and destroyed them.

The next day he led a formation of fighter-bombers from 153 IAP in an attack on an enemy motorised column on the eastern outskirts of Leningrad and they shot up more than ten vehicles.

In the beginning of October 1941, during a reconnaissance flight he and Nikolay Lebedev found five He111s. Avdeyev shot down the formation leader but Lebedev's guns jammed and defending fire damaged his aircraft. Avdeyev saved his friend by hazardous manoeuvres so that the Heinkels had to return without success.

On 5 October, he shot down a Bf109.

In 1941 he was awarded with the Order of the Red Banner for 189 flights and 11 aerial victories.

Avdeyev was also decorated with the Order of the Red Star in December 1941 after having discovered a disguised German long-range artillery battery during a reconnaissance mission..

On 1 January 1942, he added another victory.


153 IAP was the first regiment to be re-equipped with the Bell Airacobra (Mk.Is produced for the RAF but shipped to the USSR instead). The first sorties with the new fighters were flown on 30 June 1942 and the unit was also later re-based to Lipetsk Airbase.

In August 1942 his unit fought over the Voronezh area.

On 12 August 1942, the unit attacked enemies in the Novaya Usman area. During this combat he was killed when ramming a Bf109.
It seems that most probably this combat was against Bf109s from II/JG 77, which was the only Luftwaffe fighter unit based in the Voronezh area in August 1942, but this has not been possible to verify. Hungarian Re.2000 fighters were stationed south of Voronezh, but they didn’t suffer any losses on this date.
According to Russian sources his victim was 46-victory ace Feldwebel Franz Schulte of 6./JG 77, who went missing during the day.

On 10 February 1943 he was posthumously awarded the Gold Star of the Hero of the Soviet Union and the Order of Lenin.

At the time of his death, Avdeyev was credited with 12 biplane victories and a total of 13.


Biplane victories: 12 destroyed.
TOTAL: 13 destroyed.




source : http://surfcity.kund.dalnet.se/soviet_avdeyev.htm

MACADEMIC 11-14-2011 03:24 PM

Hello Monsieur Olife,

Thank you for starting this new series, a fantastic add on to our Club thread. Reading through these short biographies makes us more aware of what it really meant to go to war in airplanes, and how easy and inconsequential (except for having fun and making lots of friends) it is for us.

Another of your wonderful contributions. Merci!

MAC

olife 11-14-2011 04:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MACADEMIC (Post 361469)
Hello Monsieur Olife,

Thank you for starting this new series, a fantastic add on to our Club thread. Reading through these short biographies makes us more aware of what it really meant to go to war in airplanes, and how easy and inconsequential (except for having fun and making lots of friends) it is for us.

Another of your wonderful contributions. Merci!

MAC

gunten tag teacher!

millions thanks for compliments!really very kind from u!!
and yes i'm agree with u,we play a video game,for fun and share our planes passion with friends,...but for these real ww2 pilots ,it was not a game for sure,i think ,they even didn't think 1 second to be an ace but just try to defend their country in same time stay alive as long as possible and sometimes their love for their country was strongest and important than their own life...they were and are the real heroes...i'm not sure that in our modern materialistic world ,we should be able to do the same...they fought for their life ,they fought for their country,they fought for the honor of their flag!....

even if i called this rubric"ace of war",i will add some pilots who had only 1 or 2 or even 0 victories because even if they are not an official aces ,i think to fly in ww2 planes ,fight and survive ,these guys are all the aces!!

i just want to honored them with these humble rubric .


danke teacher!

friendly
olife

olife 11-14-2011 04:14 PM

a little call to all,

if u know the story of a pilot of ww2 ,for example of your nationality,send me this story ,for example with a link,even if this pilot is not an ace,i will add this story here,it should be better if this pilot,during ww2 fly in one of a plane of the game il2 birds of prey (to do the pic)fighter,bomber,and recon units allowed.if he didn't fly in the same planes that bop,u can share this story here too,of course.

friendly
olife

MATALIEBRES 11-14-2011 08:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by olife (Post 361424)
new

here is a new rubric here,"ace of war".

[IMG]http://nsm06.casimages.com/img/2011/...2719048668.png[/IMG]

Biplane fighter aces

Soviet Union

Kapitan Aleksandr Fedorovich Avdeyev HSU

1917 - 12 August 1942

Aleksandr Fedorovich Avdeyev was born 1917 in the village Velka Talinka. He lived in Lyubina near Moscow and worked in a factory. He learned to fly in a civilian aeroclub were he received his license in 1937. In 1938 he joined the army and attended the Borisoglebsk Military Air College.

During the Winter War, Avdeyev served in the Leningrad area in the 153 IAP as a Leytenant and was later promoted to Starshiy Leytenant and Flight commander.

After the German attack on the Soviet Union, the 153 IAP defended Leningrad City using I-153 Tchaika biplanes.

On 19 July 1941, Avdeyev claimed two Bf109s.

One day his flight attacked a formation of Ju88s protected by Bf109s (approx. 20 aircraft altogether) over the Leningrad area. He shot down one of the bombers in flames but his aircraft was damaged by return fire and caught fire. He continued however to attack and shot down another bomber before he bailed out and parachuted to safety.
He was wounded during this combat and hospitalised. When he returned from hospital he was promoted to Kapitan.

On 23 September 1941 he attacked AA guns position near Pushkino together with others and destroyed them.

The next day he led a formation of fighter-bombers from 153 IAP in an attack on an enemy motorised column on the eastern outskirts of Leningrad and they shot up more than ten vehicles.

In the beginning of October 1941, during a reconnaissance flight he and Nikolay Lebedev found five He111s. Avdeyev shot down the formation leader but Lebedev's guns jammed and defending fire damaged his aircraft. Avdeyev saved his friend by hazardous manoeuvres so that the Heinkels had to return without success.

On 5 October, he shot down a Bf109.

In 1941 he was awarded with the Order of the Red Banner for 189 flights and 11 aerial victories.

Avdeyev was also decorated with the Order of the Red Star in December 1941 after having discovered a disguised German long-range artillery battery during a reconnaissance mission..

On 1 January 1942, he added another victory.


153 IAP was the first regiment to be re-equipped with the Bell Airacobra (Mk.Is produced for the RAF but shipped to the USSR instead). The first sorties with the new fighters were flown on 30 June 1942 and the unit was also later re-based to Lipetsk Airbase.

In August 1942 his unit fought over the Voronezh area.

On 12 August 1942, the unit attacked enemies in the Novaya Usman area. During this combat he was killed when ramming a Bf109.
It seems that most probably this combat was against Bf109s from II/JG 77, which was the only Luftwaffe fighter unit based in the Voronezh area in August 1942, but this has not been possible to verify. Hungarian Re.2000 fighters were stationed south of Voronezh, but they didn’t suffer any losses on this date.
According to Russian sources his victim was 46-victory ace Feldwebel Franz Schulte of 6./JG 77, who went missing during the day.

On 10 February 1943 he was posthumously awarded the Gold Star of the Hero of the Soviet Union and the Order of Lenin.

At the time of his death, Avdeyev was credited with 12 biplane victories and a total of 13.


Biplane victories: 12 destroyed.
TOTAL: 13 destroyed.




source : http://surfcity.kund.dalnet.se/soviet_avdeyev.htm

Hello friend Olife and encourage the new work we're giving away. You're a genius and waiting for the next chapter with fervor (the pics as always fabulous), a big hello friend frances

olife 11-15-2011 05:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MATALIEBRES (Post 361590)
Hello friend Olife and encourage the new work we're giving away. You're a genius and waiting for the next chapter with fervor (the pics as always fabulous), a big hello friend frances

hello my spanish neighbour!
millions thanks for compliments ,kind words and support!!!very honored!!!
next chapter will be here soon my friend!thx again!!

friendly
olife

olife 11-16-2011 12:57 PM

ace of war part 2

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(black crosses=victories sure - grey crosses=victories share with an other pilot)


Marcel Albert


What an extraordinary journey for this Parisian " wisecracking " kid, successively, a lathe operator for the Renault factory, hero of the Soviet Union, and consortium executive in the USA…

Born in Paris on the 25th of November 1917, Marcel Albert started his working life as a lowly apprentice for the Renault Company in Billancourt outside of Paris. Fascinated with aviation, he passed both basic pilot licenses thanks to a Government grant. In 1938, he entered the Istres flight school and obtained his military pilot license in July of that year. Promoted to Corporal, he was assigned a year later to the first fighter wing.

When World War Two began, he was transferred to the CIC (fighter pilot school center) in Chartres as an Instructor. Insisting on being sent to the front, he finally got his wish in February of 1940, and he was assigned to the 2nd escadrille of fighter group I/3 based in Cannes, as the transition to Dewoitine D-520 was in progress.

It was with GC I/3 that Marcel Albert obtained his first two victories; one confirmed on Mai 14th, and one probable on the 20th. After a long period of inactivity due to the armistice, Albert planned on " deserting " the Air Force of the Armistice with two other comrades; Sergeants Durand and Lefèvre. On the 14th of October 1941, taking off from Oran Algeria for a routine patrol, the three pilots headed for Gibraltar, where from there, they would rally the free French in England. At the end of the RAF's mandatory transition in a training unit, Albert was assigned to the Group " Ile de France " in May of 1942 where he would fly 48 war missions.

Volunteering for the Russian front, he arrived to the group " Normandie " on the 7th of October 1942. On the 16th of June 1943 he achieved his first success in Russia:
" With Préziosi, we had taken off to protect the small train station of Soukinovichi located near the front. All of a sudden, an interpreter came on the radio, announcing that an enemy reconnaissance airplane was taking photos of the train station. Looking in the direction of the station, I spotted a twin boom airplane, probably a Focke-Wulf 189. I rocked my wings to alert Préziosi, we had radio, but we seldom used it. The " Fritz " never saw us coming, and after we shot at him, he performed a reversed turn, coming very close to us. The airplane had lost the cone of its center cockpit; one of its engines was stopped and full of holes.
We followed him for a while and I could smell the odor of burnt varnish as we flew behind him. We abandoned him at an altitude of about 50 meters and Préziosi and I flew on home. Photos taken of the FW-189's airdrome by the Russians that very morning showed 12 airplanes on the field. In the evening, as they again took photos, there was one airplane less, and that fact confirmed our victory.

During the Orel battle, Albert would add five more victories to his core. Following the lost of Lieutenant Léon, he took command of the 1st escadrille on the 4th of September 1943. When the "Normandie" moved to its winter quarters in Toula on the 6th of November 1943, Albert learned of his promotion to the rank of lieutenant.
During the offensive against Eastern Prussia in October of 1944, he scored 7 new victories; Stalin honored Albert by naming him " Hero of the Soviet Union " on November 28 1944.

Promoted to Captain, Marcel Albert left the regiment on the 12th of December 1944. He was one of the rare survivors of the first contingent, and one of only three pilots of the " Normandie Niemen " who became a " Commandeur de la Légion d'Honneur ".
He would again join his regiment for their triumphant return at Le Bourget airport in June of 1945. Named Inspector of the Fighter Arm in October of 1945, he became the Air attaché in Prague, then left the Air Force, immigrated to the United States where he got married and became President of a large consortium of companies.

ALBERT Marcel

Sergeant
GC I/3
14.05.40 (2) Do 17 Suippes [51]

Pilot officer / Second lieutenant
GC 3
16.06.43 (2) Fw 189 Brusna-Mekovaïa [USSR]
14.07.43 (1) Bf 110 Iagodnia [USSR]
17.07.43 (1) Fw 190 Iagodnia [USSR]
17.07.43 (2) Fw 190 Znamenskaïa [USSR]
19.07.43 (5) Ju 88 Znamenskaïa [USSR]
31.08.43 (1) Ju 87 Ielnia [USSR]
01.09.43 (2) Fw 190 Ielnia [USSR]
17.09.43 (1) Fw 190 Ielnia [USSR]
22.09.43 (1) Fw 190 Smolensk [USSR]
04.10.43 (6) Hs 126 Krasno [USSR]
12.10.43 (1) Fw 190 Gorki [USSR]

Flying officer / First lieutenant
15.10.43 (3) Ju 88 Gorki [USSR]
15.10.43 (2) Fw 190 Gorki [USSR]
15.10.43 (2) Fw 190 Gorki [USSR]
16.10.44 (5) Ju 87 Pillupönen [Eastern Pomerania]
16.10.44 (2) Ju 87 Pillupönen [E.P.]
16.10.44 (1) Fw 190 Stallupönen [E.P.]
18.10.44 (2) Hs 129 Stallupönen [E.P.]
18.10.44 (3) Hs 129 Stallupönen [E.P.]
23.10.44 (2) Bf 109 Stallupönen [E.P.]
26.10.44 (3) Bf 109 Walterkehmen [E.P.]

(X): total number of pilots participating to the destruction of the enemy airplane.

source:http://aerostories.free.fr/pil_cha_fr/albert/page2.html

MACADEMIC 11-16-2011 04:52 PM

Bravo Olife!

Really enjoying reading these reports.

MAC

MATALIEBRES 11-16-2011 08:24 PM

Again thank you for this new chapter, a genius, thanks friend Olife

olife 11-17-2011 01:42 PM

teacher MAC and MATALIEBRES ,

millions thanks for your compliments!!!honored and moved!!!
a glass of "st emilion great wine of bordeaux"up!in your honor buds!!

friendly
olife

olife 11-17-2011 01:46 PM

ace of war part 3

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John P. Quinlan

Rank, Service
Tech Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Forces
Veteran of:
U.S. Army (USAAF) 1942-1945
World War II 1942-1945
Branch
Tribute:
John Quinlan was born on June 13, 1919, in New York. He enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Forces on April 27, 1942, and after completing basic training, aerial gunnery school, and B-17 Flying Fortress Combat Crew Training, he served as tail gunner on the B-17 "Memphis Belle" with the 324th Bomb Squadron of the 91st Bomb Group in England from September 1942 to May 1943. During this time, Sgt Quinlan was credited with the destruction of 2 enemy aircraft in aerial combat. He and the crew next completed a war bond tour across the United States with the famous B-17 from June to September 1943. After serving in the United States, he began training as a B-29 Superfortress tail gunner, and then deployed to Chakulia AB, India, with the 44th Bomb Squadron of the 40th Bomb Group from April 1944 to February 1945, where he was credited with the destruction of 3 more enemy aircraft in aerial combat, for a total of 5 during World War II. TSgt Quinlan was forced to bail out of his B-29 over China on December 7, 1944, and after returning to his base in India in February 1945, he was sent back to the United States. He received an honorable discharge from the Army Air Forces at the end of the war. John Quinlan died on December 18, 2000, and was buried at the Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery in Schuylerville, New York. His wife, Julia A. Quinlan (1923-2003), is buried with him.

source:http://www.veterantributes.org/Tribu...il.asp?ID=1289

olife 11-17-2011 04:04 PM

ace of war part 4

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black crosses=ennemy planes destroyed in aerial combat ,red crosses=ennemy planes probably destroyed in aerial combat ,orange crosses=ennemy planes damaged in aerial combat.



Rolf Arne Berg - One of the Few

Rolf Arne Berg was probably the best Norwegian fighter pilot during world war two. He might still be the best fighter pilot Norway has ever had. Spitfirepilots.com presents the story of this magnificent fighter pilot, and perhaps even previously unknown information to many about this fascinating man from Norway.
The Norwegian pilots during the war spoke seldom about individuals in their group of people. They were all of the same team. Even though, if one individual should be pointed out, it has to be Rolf Arne Berg.

Rolf Arne Berg was born in Trøndelag in Norway and joined the air force shortly before the war, and continued his war efforts from England and Europe alongside his fellow pilots in 331 and 332 squadron. Rolf Arne was the kind of person that is very seldom noticed in peace-time. Shy, quiet but extremely intelligent. An expert in handling a Spitfire, maybe the best Norway had.
He was an officer but not a snobby one. Rolf Arne was an individual everyone liked, Englishmen and Norwegians all the same. He was an expert at handling dangerous situations. Calm and steady on the stick in most situations normal people would wet themselves in horror.

To fly was his life. Once a mission was completed, he was ready for the next. There’s more than a slight possibility that Rolf Arne had more missions than anyone else in the whole 2nd Tactical Air Force.
He often talked about what he wanted to do after the war. Sometimes he wanted to continue flying, sometimes he wanted to buy a fishing boat or maybe just travel the world.

Fighter pilots were considered as something very glamorous during the war. Glamorous and popular. Almost celebrity like. Some of them were widely known in the media. Rolf Arne however was no big tease among girls as many others were. According to Svein Heglund, Rolf Arne had someone special. Somewhere.

One story about Rolf Arne that may not be widely known is the story told in Duncan Smith’s book “Spitfire into battle”. After a mission Smith and Berg landed at an American bomber base in England after running low on fuel. Most of the Americans had never seen a Spitfire up close before and giggled at the site of the small Spitfire compared to their Flying Fortresses. To escort B-17 bombers to Germany had probably never crossed Mitchell’s thought when he designed the wonder that is a Spitfire.
The Americans more than willingly filled up their Spitfires with fuel and even wanted to give Rolf Arne and Smith a few dollars as thanks for escorting their bombers into France and back. Rolf Arne, quite embarrassed said: “I’m a Norwegian Officer; I cannot take your money”. The Americans thanked for all the help and waved goodbye to the departing Spitfires on their way back home to North Weald.

Rolf Arne stayed with 331 squadron all the way to the end. Promoted to Wing Commander Flying he was the only one in the squadrons with a specially painted Spitfire. His own initials instead of the regular squadron codes. Parts of the tail and the wings were painted in Norwegian flag colours. He had the respect and admiration of both squadrons.


Rolf Arne Berg died in February 1945 in a tragic crash. Not only was it so tragic that he died in a crash but he was also tour-expired. He went along for an extra mission out of pure stubbornness and willingness to go up again one more time to fight the enemy. He convinced his friend Zulu Morris to add him to the mission. There had been reports about a Dutch airfield full of German airplanes parked around it. After getting “no” from Helge Mehre, he went further up the command and got his “yes” after all.
Even his bags were packed. He was supposed to go to Chamonix to ski. He wasn’t supposed to go over Holland in a Spitfire another time. But, the German airplanes were a too good of a chance to miss. A great opportunity to get in a few easy ground kills. It was supposed to be the encore for Norway’s best overall fighter pilot.

Flak was a fighter pilots worst enemy. No experience or 10 German airplanes shot down can help you deal with flak. Flak is about luck. Lots of experienced allied pilots lost their lives to flak when the war in reality had already been won. A German pilot could probably never have gotten close to shooting Rolf Arne down. He was that good and that experienced. Flak was something else. It was game of dice where the looser died.
When the Norwegian Spitfires attacked the airfield in Holland the flak opened up on them. Rolf Arne’s Spitfire was hit massively in one of the wings. Probably hit while gaining height after the attack. The Spitfire lost one of its wings and dived without control straight into a barn without exploding. He was found inside the cockpit by locals and buried nearby.

It may sound weird that Rolf Arne pulled up after such an attack. Famous fighter pilot Pierre Clostermann writes in his book “The big show” that pulling up from such an attack is asking to be shot down. The flak batteries are able to aim better if you’re higher up and not 10 meters from the ground. Rolf Arne pulled up but he probably had his reasons.

There were no real German airplanes on this airfield. They were dummy planes. It makes the entire event even sadder.
Rolf Arne Berg, with his capability and experience as leader and as a fighter pilot would have been as good as gold for Norway after the war. The loss of him can still be felt in Norway and the air force. What Rolf Arne would have done for the air force and for his country after the war nobody knows for sure, but it would have been a huge presence from a great man.
Norwegian fighter pilots and friends of Rolf Arne visited the church yard were Rolf Arne was buried after the war. On his grave someone had put flowers. Someone cared.

Rolf Arne's body was later transferred back to Norway and he's buried in Trøndelag.


Rolf Arne Berg – Skvadronleader 331 Skv. 14/5 43 - 1/10 43

DFC Wing Commander Flying 11/3 44 – 3/2 45

Score: 5 ¾ Destroyed 1 ½ Probable, 3 1/3 Damaged

Killed 3/2 45

source : http://www.spitfirepilots.com/berg.html

a big thanks to Mcq59 for this super link!takk bro!

olife 11-18-2011 11:24 AM

ace of war part 5

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Walter "Nowi" Nowotny

Walter “Nowi” Nowotny was born on 7 December 1920 at Ceske Velenice/Gmünd on the Czechoslovakian/Austrian border. He joined the Luftwaffe on 1 October 1939. His flying training was completed at Jagfliegerschule 5 at Schwechat, near Vienna. Nowotny was posted to JG 54 on 23 February 1941. Leutnant Nowotny was assigned to 9./JG 54. His first four weeks with the unit were served with the Stabsschwarm of Ergänzungsgruppe/JG 54. He claimed his first victories over Ösel Island on 19 July, when he shot down two Russian I-153 biplane fighters. However, he was, in turn, shot down in Bf 109 E-7 (W.Nr. 1137) “White 2” by an I-153, flown by the future Russian ace Alexandr Avdeev (13 victories, killed in action 12 August 1942) of 153 IAP, VVS, over Riga Bay in this engagement. After three days and nights at sea in a rubber dinghy, Nowotny finally reached the shore. He recorded his 10th victory on 13 September. On 11 March 1942, Nowotny transferred to 3./JG 54. He shot down five Russian fighters on 20 July. On 2 August 1942, Nowotny claimed seven enemy aircraft shot down to record his 48th through 54th victories. On 11 August, he shot down two Russian MiG-3 fighters. His Bf 109 G-2 (W.Nr. 10 360) was hit in the engagement and caught fire. Nowotny was able to bring the burning aircraft back to his base for a crash-landing, although he did suffer some injuries. Leutnant Nowotny was awarded the Ritterkreuz on 4 September for 56 victories. Nowotny, was appointed Staffelkapitän of 1./JG 54 on 25 October 1942. He recorded his 75th victory on 20 March 1943. On 26 March 1943, Nowotny met the first Russian flown Spitfire fighters, operated by the 26 GvIAP of the Leningrad Air Defence, and shot down one of them for his 79th victory. In June, he shot down 41 enemy aircraft, including five on 1 June (84-88), six on 8 June (93-98), his 100th victory on 15 June, six on 21 June (109-114) and 10 on 24 June (115-124). On 10 August 1943, Nowotny was appointed Gruppenkommandeur of I./JG 54. He recorded 49 Soviet planes shot down in August 1943, including nine on 13 August (129–137), six on 18 August (146-151) and seven on the 21 August (155-161). His prolific scoring continued in September when he shot down 45 enemy aircraft during the month. On 1 September 1943, he shot down ten enemy aircraft (174-183); five in the space of 12 minutes during a morning sortie and another five in nine minutes at noon. He shot down six enemy aircraft the next day (184-189). On 4 September, Oberleutnant Nowotny was awarded the Eichenlaub (Nr 293) for 189 victories. He shot down five enemy aircraft on 8 September, including his 200th victory. On 14 and 15 September, he claimed six enemy aircraft on each day to raise his victory total to 215. Hauptmann Nowotny was awarded the Schwertern (Nr 37) on 22 September for 218 victories. During his last ten days on the Eastern Front, ending on 14 October 1943, Nowotny shot down 32 Russian aircraft, including eight on 9 October (224-231) and six on 13 (239-244) and 14 October (245-250). Nowotny was the first pilot in history to pass 250 victories and was now the top-scoring fighter ace of the Luftwaffe. On 19 October, he became the eighth recipient of the Brillanten. The Nazi propaganda machine turned Nowotny into a “superstar” of the Luftwaffe. He had received the highest military awards available: Ritterkreuz mit Eichenlaub, Schwertern und Brillanten and was withdrawn from combat activity by the High Command. During the following months, his main role was to perform propaganda and moral-boosting duties before, on 1 April 1944, Hauptmann Nowotny was appointed Kommodore of JG 101, an operational fighter-training unit, based at Pau in France.


In September 1944, Major Nowotny was put in charge of Kommando Nowotny, equipped with the Me 262 jet fighter. The unit consolidated a number of test units and was tasked with acquiring tactical knowledge and experience of Me 262 operations. The unit was based on two airfields northwest of Osnabrück: Achmer and Hesepe. Nowotny was besieged with difficulties in operationally testing the jet fighter. In addition to staving off the increasing Allied fighter presence the jets attracted, he was also beset with the technical difficulties a new and immature technology presented. By 7 November 1944, Nowotny had claimed three victories in the new jet fighter. Nowotny took off on 8 November 1944, flying against USAAF bombers with a fighter escort. The exact circumstances of Nowotny’s death remain uncertain. Ground personnel reported hearing combat above the clouds. Nowotny reported he had downed a B-24 four-engine bomber and probably destroyed a P-51 fighter. He then reported an engine failure before making a garbled transmission referring to “burning” over the radio. His Me 262 A-1a (W.Nr. 110 400) “White 8” was seen to dive vertically out of the clouds and crash at Epe, 2.5 kilometres east of Hesepe. It is generally accepted that he was shot down by 1st Lt Edward “Buddy” Haydon of the 357th Fighter Group, USAAF and Capt Ernest “Feeb” Fiebelkorn (9 victories) of the 20th Fighter Group, USAAF whom shared a Me 262 victory at 12:45 over Achmer that day.
Walter Nowotny flew over 442 missions in achieving 258 victories. He recorded 255 of his victories over the Eastern front. Of his three victories recorded over the Western front, 2 were four-engine bombers and all 3 victories were gained while flying the Me 262 jet fighter. He claimed 24 victories over Il-2.


Victories : 258
Awards : Ehrenpokal (14 July 1942)
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (21 August 1942)
Ritterkreuz (4 September 1942)
Eichenlaub (4 September 1943)
Schwertern (22 September 1943)
Brillanten (19 October 1943)
Units : JG 54, JG 101, Kdo Nowotny

source : http://www.luftwaffe.cz/nowotny.html

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olife 11-20-2011 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by MATALIEBRES (Post 362681)
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