When did this all start?

[Chivas]

BOB was first announced by Oleg in 2004 for a tentative release of end of 2005. BUT Luthier was expanding his Pacific Fighters addon and need help finishing, so Oleg's crew dropped most work on BOB to help. Ubi announced BOB in 2006, but that came off the rails when they decided to continue doing addons for IL-2. Work was delayed until IL-2 1946 was finished in what 2008? Although they did have maybe a guy or two working on SOW thru that long period.