II./JG53 Co-Op Squad is recruiting

[JG53_Valantine]

As an established CO-OP group with over 40 members we are looking for BF109 pilots from all over the world to fly Co-op missions with us. We have three sections, one absed in the UK/EU, one in the USA/CAN and another based in AUS/NZ, all are operational and have plenty of active and dedicated pilots all waiting to welcome you into the group!
We fly using 1946 patched to the latest full version (ie. 4.08 ), generating our co-op missions using Lowengrins Dynamic campaign generator. We are currently operating over Stalingrad in late 1942 flying the BF109G2. With this oepration wrapping up we are currently discussing where to go to next, so now is a great time to get onboard and join in an operation from the start! If you join now you'll even get to have a vote on where you would like to fly with us!
We allow our pilots to fly in other IL2 squadrons providing mission times don't clash - we do this as we know some people like to have a co-op squad and an online "wars" squad as well as those who enjoy being in an "axis" squad and a different "allies" squad. So if you're looking for a CO-OP squad to fly with, id ask you to consider joining us here at II./JG53.
You've probably seen a fair few of us messing about on Hyperlobbby the past few days, if you've enjoyed flying with us, or just watching to random banter then feel free to drop by our forums and say hi, no obligation to join!
You can find our website here; http://www.freewebs.com/jagdgeschwader53/
With a link to the forums and "sign up" in the navigation bar as well as our Roster, Awards and News pages!

Hope to see you i nthe air with us soon!
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[JG53_Valantine]

I would like to take this oppertunity to welcome all 5 of our new members to the group!
We are always welcoming more pilots into the air with us so if yo uare looking for a group please feel free to check us out.

Perhaps it won't always be me that gets my engine hit by flak in future:


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[Dowly]

Tee hee, poor Val.

[JG53_Valantine]

Not sure what you are laughing about Dowly - If I remember rightly you are on latrine duty this week!

However, we are always welcoming more pilots into the group - we have had 8 new pilots in the past week so now is a great time to join as we are running a fair few training sessions and are getting all of our new pilots familiar with the old gits!
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[JG53_Valantine]

We are currently looking for more pilots, Especially those of you located in the USA/Canada and Australia/NZ! So please feel free to drop by, no matter where you are in the world - we have a place for you!

Stalingrad has just 25 missions left, so you are still in time to come and join in some Winter fun before our next theatre of operations which is set to begin January/February 1943.
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[JG53_Valantine]

A Quick Bump to say that we have expanded hugely of late and now total just over 50 pilots on roster with approximately 35-40 of these active. We regularly get 12+ pilots per mission and are always welcoming more into the group!
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[JG53_Valantine]

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

[JG53_Valantine]

Hi all,



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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[JG53_Valantine]

www.iijg53.com



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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