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Originally Posted by major_setback
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Nice picture Major!
Once I have read, that in one case in the battle of Kursk - Prokhorovka, 1 Ju-88 attacked Russian infantry from a dive. Ju-88 droped all of its bombs. The Russian infantry opened fire from bellow with all possible weapons - pistols, guns, rifles etc. In to the following seconds, they succeeded to kill the pilot, and Ju-88 continued to fall down in diving. But then the bombs exploded from below, and the blast air wave pushed the nose of the Ju-88 upwards, and the aircraft continued to fly forward as a glider, an then later, crushed at the ground. I hope Oleg will implement such soft not-destructive air blasts.
Another awful moment from the war: Russian pilots of Il-2 reported that they often find after landing equipment and human meet belonging to the enemy infantry in some places of the aircraft. Such places are the air cooling orifices of the Il-2. The found objects: German belt buckles, Romanian helmet with human scalp attached to left front wheel of the Il-2 /the wheels where extended in to the attack, because the pilot was trying to imitate Ju-87 in order to mislead the Romanian troops/, pieces of enemy infantry jacket, etc. These objects have been thrown in to the air by Russian unguided rockets fired by Il-2 and than being "catched" by the aircraft in to the air. All this happens when Il-2 attacks the enemy troops columns. I think Oleg is able to give as more realism this way.