II./JG53 Co-Op Squad is recruiting

[JG53_Valantine]

Ladies and Gentlemen,

JG53 is progressing very nicely and we are continuing to grow. Due to the large volume of sign ups Stab has taken the decision to create an AWOL section on the roster, when moved to AWOL a pilots page will be kept for a period up to 3 months, if after this 3 month period is up the pilot in question has made no contact with us via the forums, email or private message that pilot page will be deleted meaning that if that pilot wishes to return to JG53 in the future they must start from scratch.
This can easily be avoided by informing us that you will be away for a certain period, and if possible give us a rough guess when you will be back. If you no longer wish to be a member of JG53 let us know so that we can place your pilot page in the Retired section giving you a place of honour in the history of our group as well as leaving your pilot stats safe for any possible return.
At the moment I have only moved Flieger Kadettes to the AWOL section. These are people who have signed up with us but have not made any progress towards completing their training or joining in missions. Please get in contact and let us know if you will be back or not so that we do not keep spending time trying to get in contact with you. (List at end of this email)

I do have to say that our turn outs during missions over the past 3 months have been fantastic, in general we get at least 12 pilots airborne each mission. Rote will be starting up missions very shortly and both Weisse and Gelbe are continuing to go strong.

We are welcoming new recruits all the time and the majority of which are maintaining activity and are progressing with extreme promise.

We are also in the final stages of testing the version 1.2 of the JG53 mod pack and I have to say - it is looking fantastic! We are looking at a release some time over the next 2 weeks and unlike the previous version this will be a very easy one to install since it is a complete version and not a "patch".
We are also finishing up Sicily some time over the next few weeks and commandis currently looking at our next area of operations.

That is all for now,
I hope you are all well and to hear from any of you inactive chaps soon.
I also look forward to meeting any new recruits who see this and sign up.
V

Flieger Kadette Erich Thomas (Weisse)
Flieger Kadette Navon Balsman (Weisse)
Flieger Kadette Mitika Ehrlichmann (Weisse)
Flieger Kadette Hollander Kraaijer (Weisse)
Flieger Kadette Ronald Von Braunnschweiger (Weisse)
Flieger Kadette Nicholaus von Schwede (Weisse)
Flieger Kadette Franz Weber (Weisse)
Flieger Kadette Darcy von Nowotny (Weisse)
Flieger Kadette Kurt Welter (Weisse)
Flieger Kadette Werner Eichmann (Weisse)

Flieger Kadette Ernest Amsel (Rote)
Flieger Kadette Pancho Kaiser (Rote)
Flieger Kadette Michael Schmidt (Rote)
Flieger Kadette Maxer Stotzer (Rote)
Flieger Kadette Erik Kruger (Rote)
Flieger Kadette Sebas¨Harthman¨Fiset (Rote)
Flieger Kadette Jaime Schmidt (Rote)

Flieger Kadette Erik "Doc W" Landwehr (Gelbe)
Flieger Kadette Erich Von Stalhein (Gelbe)

(If your name appears on this list YOUR position in JG53 will be lost unles you get in contact with us soon)

[x__CRASH__x]

Not to sound mean, or anything, but do you really think your squad business belongs in this public forum? The answer is no. Recruiting is one thing. But this newsletter business just doesn't belong here. Find a different way to recruit.

[JG53_Valantine]

Crash - everyone is entitled to their own oppinion.
I feel the newsletters are an important part, not only in the recruitment side of things through letting people who how things are with the group, but also important in keeping the the community sense that IL2 has.
By keeping the community informed it may not bring us recruits, but it does give people the heads up that constructing things are happening out there and that there is still a lot of dedication towards IL2.
It certainly can't hurt, im not detracting from any other important threads here. If you want to read it, then open the post, if not then don't - no-ones forcing you to read the newsletters, but at least they are there if you DO want to read them.
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By the by, we have another newsletter, but for our friend Crash Il keep it short here:

First things first, our new theatre of operations has been voted for, and the results see us transferring to join in with the defence of Smolensk on the Eastern Front. We expect the Soviets to be much more of a worthy opponent than the previous times we have engaged them (Stalingrad/Crimea). We expect to see a lot of improved fighters and ground attack aircraft as well as a fair portion of interesting and varied missions.

Equally, command has a very pleasant surprise for us! We are to swing past the Bavarian/Austrian area just north of the Alps in order to receive a few days rest whilst also refitting to the new and improved BF109 G4 variant. This variant is very much like the trusty G2 in both terms of handling and armament – it does however have an improved radio set, non retractable tail wheel and something I know many of will be happy about – larger tires to help with those rough landings!

We are also very pleased to announce the latest version of the JG53 Mod pack – Version 1.2
This is a COMPLETE and EASY to install package since the feedback from the 1.1 patch process indicated that a complete install would be much better for the vast majority of our members. This pack contains a whole new range of things from (lots of) aircraft and maps to more realistic effects and sounds.
V

[JG53_Valantine]

Bump!
We have just arrived back in the Fatherland and are refitting to our spanky new 109G4s. Although not eveyrthing is hunky dorey - we have just recieved word that we are to be shipped off to the Eastern Front near Smolensk!
So why not join us and help defend against the Red hordes!
V

[JG53_Valantine]

Please note.
Stab has been discussing the merits of introducing an age limit for entrance to the group. This is in response to a few issue we have had in the past, mainly the one caused by Hartmann/Ben/Galland and all the other names he used.
It is also due to the fact that 95% of JG53 members are aged over 21 and some, tripple that amount. Many members felt that by having pilots of younger ages it restricted the friendly chatter and although swearing etc. is no encouraged within JG53, many members feel uneasy having a laugh with such young pilots.

We have been discussing this issue for almost 2 months now, and we have come to the agreement that we should introduce an age limit for entrance the the group.

This age limit will mean that 15 years old is the absolute minimum for new recruits into JG53, this is reflected on both the group sign up form and on our rules page.
The rules read:

Please note that we do now operate a minimum age policy. All applicants MUST be aged 15 or over, applications from those below this age cannot be considered. However immaturity will not be tolerated from members of any age.

Although 15 is still much younger than most of us here, Stab felt that 15 was a fair compromise between being an almost fully "open" group and being a one where everyone felt comfortable to enjoy their time here without fear of problems, from possibly insulting younger people to, forbid, having innapporpriate accusations thrown around.

So, what does this mean for our current members who are below 15?

Well, for those established in the group - you are evidently mature enough to fit in, or else you would have already been spoken to regarding your attitude.

For those new recruits to the group, in the interests of fairness to you, I will not dismiss you without a chance, however you will need to do your induction flight as normal, but will also need to fly with at least two members of stab who will judge if you will be a good fit for the group and if you have a mature enough attitude to be able to join in with the group flights.

Stab is unanimous in its decision that this is indeed the best way forward for the group in roder to maintain the great caliber of comraderie we currently have.
V

[JG53_Valantine]

Just bumping to inform eveyrone that the Russians have begun their counter attack in the Smolensk region.
All pilots are needed to stop the red horde!
V

[JG53_Valantine]

Great news Gents,
After a fair while of inactivity over the pond our Rote section is once again preparing to stand as an active section operating missions in their own time zone.

It has been a while in the planning what with setup problems, personal issues and many more with all the others who have tried we have now got someone to the stage where he is able to host missions, has MLR installed and knows how it works and has had a basic run through on FMB and is currently training with Joint Ops to be a better CO-OP mission builder.

So everyone, please say a huge thanks to Randall H Klaue for stepping up and taking on this responsibility!

The last thing to get organised is to arrange when the best suitable time/day for the Rote (USA/CAN) section to be airborne is!
Please visit the thread found on the JG53 forums, if you are a Rote Staffel member of JG53 and give Klaue the best times that you are available to fly!
I hope to see a lot of you chaps who have been inactive for a while putting in your input to help you get flights that are in your time zone!

Also this is a great chance for pilots of other sections to have even more oppertunities to fly, so why not pop in and see how things are developing!

We are currently operating over Smolensk and the Russians are putting up some extremely fierce resistance, so much so we are being pushed back by the Russian advances, Smolensk probably has another month before it falls so we will be looking at our next theatre of operations very soon.

If you recieve this and no longer wish ot be a member, please contact me so that I can move you to the inactives and remove you from the mailing list, if you have been inactive for a while and still wish to be a member of the group please get in contact and let us know that you are OK and if possible a rough guess at when you will return. Participating in misions has been great the last few months, so you'll be mroe than welcome to join in on our exciting missions.

So, again, a bit of fantastic news that all of us can celebrate!
V

[JG53_Valantine]

We are currently in the process of updating our Luftkriegsschule training program. In order to enhance the training experience with JG53 we are moving to a "Program" system of training.
All new applicants who join between certain dates will be placed in the same training "Class" and will progress through several weeks of Basic training together, after completion of the course those pilots graduate into the main Staffels.
We are currently putting the finishing touches to both a Basic Flight school and an Advanced Flight school. Both will have full programs to help players of any ability improve so that they can enjoy their time with JG53 to the fullest.

So far we have several new sign ups that will be ready to start in the first class:

Flieger Kadette Willi Kotygoroshko Hidler (Weisse)
Flieger Kadette Gunther Von Marmusmann (Rote)
Flieger Kadette Scheifer Hartmann (Rote)
Flieger Kadette Eberhart Ludwing (Rote)
Flieger Kadette Adolf Keller (Rote)
Flieger Kadette Patrice Strasbourg (Weisse)

So if you wish to join us and be in the first "Class" od the new and improved JG53 Luftkriegsschule take a look at our website and see if we are the Squadron for you!
I hope to see you online with us in the future!
V

[JG53_Valantine]

Smolensk has been all but lost, as such Command has ordered us out of the area and to reinforce our fellow Geschwaders over the Gulf of Finland near the Leningrad Pocket!

All three time Zone Staffels are up and running and missions occur at least 4 times per week as well as additional official training nights. Plus ontop of that most nights you'll find us flying about in co-ops either direct IP or on hyperlobby - so a pretty active bunch who are always on the look out for new recruits from all time zones!
V

[JG53_Valantine]

Hi all,
I hope that this message finds you all well!
This is just a little update on things over at JG53.

We are currently looking to appoint a new Stellvertreter since Anto has become the Gruppe Technischer Offizier, we have also created a new role: Betriebs Offizier and are actively seeking applications for this position.

We have recently started in a new theatre, Leningrad. In this theatre we have a whole range of missions ahead of us and an extremely large and detailed map to offer us many flying oppertunities.

Turnouts to missions are at a decent level with us operating several Schwarms per mission which has seen the standard of teamwork in missions rise and improve.

Of course we are always looking for new members and are also looking for our inactive membership to renew their interest and jump on. Both the EU and Australian sections are running regular missions - the USA/CAN section is also "standing" although flights have yet to resume after last week's vacation - this is a situation that shoudl hopefully change within the next few days so that our members from the other side of the pond can enjoy all that JG53 has to offer.

So all in all, everything is progressing nicely in the group and we are continuing to expand with the right calibre of recruit and are continuing to enjoy the comraderie of flying together as a close knit unit.

Hope to see you in the air soon!
V