This reminds me of the fun I used to have playing the old B-17 Flying Fortress game. Anyone else remember that? My buddies and I used to make a whole squadron and start filling up planes with people we knew and the rest were gimmick planes such as one that was all Soviets. By the end if I was still alive most of my friends were dead... Good times! On a separate but related note if you haven't seen the movie Memphis Belle go watch it right the fuck now!
I heard that one song from that movie B-17 some thing Bell, I heard that song at the ending. If you cant understand me, the reason why you can is because I got bad spelling and I ant good at making sentences.
I know this is just a game but the video does give some idea of what those guys went through. You know its interesting. The Bombers were getting shot down in enourmus numbers by the Luftwaffa, till P51's started escorting the Bombers all the way to the target. But the one thing they could never really defend against was flack. I bet flack brought down more Bombers than anything else.
P-47s/P-38s didn't have any range until drop tanks came in early 1944.
P-51s didn't arrive until later. This rate of loss of bombers depicts a mission like Schweinfurt and therefore the B-17s being green/grey in the video is correct. P-47s escorted no further than Belgium and had only several minutes time with the bombers before needing to leave, so crews suffered.
It wasn't until D-Day, a silver 8th AF existed and penetrated deeply.
@verf1234 , Most all B-17 untill late 1943, were painted OD Green. On late F and G models, the majority of the planes were not painted. 1) to save weight, and 2) since the threat of Luftwaffe attacks on airfields was reduced to none, there was no need to camoflage them, and 3) the 8th AF WANTED to draw Luftwaffe fighters up, so that allied fighters could destroy them.
I know it's just a game...I have hope that gamers respect the issue of war in general. My neighbor Stan is an Englishman that flew "Spits" during that conflict. The past few weeks he's had nurses come 'round the clock, he doesn't have long. He never talked to me about the War. Diana, his wife is an American...she asks me not to bother him about it, so I don't. But he told my father a few stories. The fact is that we play games.....that was not a game to them. It was life and death in the air.
f you like the B17 i have a story for u in 1943 UK east harling . An american airman took to war with him a coin SEAL it was his fathers .The coin was very soon to become the good luck Icon for the base and then all of the other bases.Unknown to them they were carrying the seal of god on their missions.The coin was one of four sewn into Jesus cloke it had been past hand to hand to this momentin time Hitler had to go .See The real christos coin u tube to see the mission
@whatever0481 You can fly as Russians, Germans, Americans, British, Japanese, Finnish, Polish, New Zealand, Australian, French, Romanian, and Slovakian. It's a lot of fun.
@SMJeOma Well, to be honest, I've never flown bombers, I always consider myself a fighter pilot, and I'm a lousy, lousy bomber. However in the sequel, Wings of Prey, in the bombers, you can switch between each turret. So it's possible that its the same in IL2
@whatever0481 Yes and yes. I definitely recommend this game. In order to play online you have to have hyperlobby however. You can download something what's called Ultrapack and basically it allows you to fly every plane in the game, of which there's around 200. From the B-29 with the atom bomb and F-86 Sabre, to I-15bis of the Finno-Russian war. Best of luck!
@blackshark1984 hi dude, thanks for your recommendation and sorry for late reply. I dont think i would play it online cs dont want to spend too much time on it but i will buy the CD. Take care
This vaguely resembles a true story where the german pilots threw their bf-109s at the bombers, one of them hit the leading bomber and literally decapitated it.
The action was, perhaps, too fast paced, still, lovely.
I know a crashed b-17 that was shot down by a messerschmitt, they shot the messerschmitt at the same time, it came down too, the b-17 was about to crash on the house I am living in at the moment but it crashed 1 kilometer further because a soldier inside managed to pull it up, I was there when they dug it up, I have alot of pieces of the wreck, including alot of (charged) bullets. Its sad that some people died, because a grenade was thrown in.
@CrazyWW2fan Bit melodramatic, but still awesome. I think the pre-flight scenes are the best. Seeing that film as a kid is one of the big reasons that I got my jeep.
@CrazyWW2fan Bit melodramatic, but still awesome. I think the pre-flight scenes are the best. Seeing that film as a kid is one of the big reasons that I got my jeep
@madmanofyork How stupid are you?! What the man said is true. JG52 was the UNIT number. Read nextime, before you start you the whole armchair general act.
my grandfather was able to fly a b 17 in the second world war he loved it. when his tour was up he became a fighter pilot and flew over berlin dropping hot love to the germans his bomber was originally named after mr peanut then it got shot up and he had to bail out over england. Its funny to him cause most named they're planes after their mothers and wifes he named his after the mascot of the company he worked at
I don't know nereon. Maybe that depends of your kind or mark of Audio/Sound and of your Video/Card, pereferently the video card. Some video cards allow max settings with better textures than another for some games and for another don't. It's a matter of compatiblity. Read the requeriments of the IL2:1946 and the settings of your hardware of your cpu and search what fits and what don't fits and the things don't fit change. that's all. :) enjoy your play.
if this is il2 sturmovik 1946 how come the graphics* look so much better then what iv got and iv got Max settings on everything o.O and doesnt look that good
My Dad was a flight engineer on the B-17's, 24's based out of England. Other than knowing that I don't know dick about what he did or the stories he could tell. If he was alive today I would pump him for so much info I could write a book about him and his experiences in WWII. Now, I'll never know shit because I wasn't interested when he was alive. Now when I meet a combat vet from WWII I give them a loaded pistol and tell them to shoot me when they're sick and tired of all the questions I ask.
@53moreHP Know what you mean, my father was on Iwo Jima. He told some of it, a lot I just listened to, some I remember, wish I remembered a lot more. At that age it means little to you and when you are the age your father was as he related this, you, as I said, wish to Hell you'd listened and ingested each and every word. I guess youth in that facet can be cruel as old age nears.
man you are awsome make more even thought my grandad was lost to a messerschmitt he respected the german pilots and once he was in a wild cat and a german pilot let him go because he lasted so long
@SPORE11165 I hate to suggest this, but to my understanding, the Grumman F4F Wildcat didn't see service in Europe. Well, wait, did the Brits use them, were they called the Martlett. If so I apologize. Please enlighten me.
@malaspuzvicalnakrpa They were in use with the RAF at the beginning of the war, because England didn't have enough fighters of theyre own. A lil' bit like the russians used the Spitfire and the Mustang later in the war.
@malaspuzvicalnakrpa No, they were only used in the Pacific theatre. They were basically obsolete at Pearl Harbor but it was the only fighter America had in operation. The F6F - Hellcat was the replacement for the Wildcat and it was put into service in late 1943. The only other country that employed it was Great Britain and they used it their own carrier operations in and around the English Channel. As for the F4F Wildcat, it was only useful in a dive, that's it. Worthless otherwise.
@SPORE11165 yah? some how i doubt all of this is true because a wild cat is a NAVY plane that was dedicated to the PACIFIC theatre, so maybe your grandad was lost to a japanese zero
@boratfan6492 I know my stuff. My grandfather is American too, and my great grandfather is American, Then my great grandfather was a Ukrainian immigrant.
On my mother's side, Mom is Romanian, my grandparents are Romanian, My great grandparents were Greek and Romanian, and so on.
but anyway i met a man in a bar in la in 88 ,we got chatting he toldme he was there i wish i would have had more time i just wanted to ask him questions .he was a gentleman to boot,i feel sad sometimes i did'nt say fuck it, fuck the job.
Beautiful video! But it should be the 546th BS of the 384th BG. Not the other way 'round. The 384th BG was comprised of the 544th, 545th, 546th and 547th Squadrons.
omg people saying "only 1 made it back, that cant happen..." just stop...its a move not a real thing.thats like saying but in star wars, we dont really have light sabers...
The 360 version is for little baby pilots wearing diapers. You need PC version Il-2 1946 patched up to mod pack UP2.On. Go to Warbirds of Prey website for details.
i made a misson like this one but wiht 400 B-17's 120 P-51's and over 200 hindred bf-109's and fw-109's not a single bomber was lost all the p-51's where.... i was the last one left....... lol good vid 5/5
IL2 Sturmovik 1946 for the PC contains well over a hundred flyable aircraft. I can't remember if the B-17 was present in the "flyable" list, but I'll get back to you on that. This film is, judging by the graphics, made with '46.
IL2 Sturmovik: Birs of Prey (or Wings of Prey on the PC) is the newest installment in the series, doesn't contain as many flyable aircraft as the previous games and, if I have understood correctly, as I haven't played it, you need to unlock certain aircraft in SP mode.
@IconOfSin88 Yeah you need to unlock aircraft using SP. There are a lot less aircraft, but its a good game. There are a lot of really cool missions in it too.
Out of all those planes, only one made it back to England? I've had the privilege of knowing some of the fine men who flew B-17 and B-24 bombers during World War II, and I can tell you there were a lot of happy stories about the guys who made it back... as well as a lot of sad ones about the guys who didn't. My respects to all the fliers of World War II- no matter what flag they fought for, they took to the skies with honor.
Some good, and some bad. Every soldier, especially combat veterans, will have a lot of stories to tell, happy and sad. The crews of the British and American bombers, and the Germans who rose to fight them will be as likely to have such stories as anyone. Those were some of the bravest men ever to live.
@wagonrace- Thank you, but I'm nobody special. Just a young man trying to make his way in the world. I meant what I said, though. I always mean what I say.
@TheDastan96- There were German pilots, soldiers, sailors, etc. who weren't Nazis and war criminals. And not all British, Russian, American, etc. military personnel were perfect either.
@TheDastan96- I think it can safely be said that there were at least a few German pilots who were honorable. Who did their jobs and never got all mixed up in Nazi politics and ideology.
And you'd be a fool if you thought Germans were the only ones committing crimes during World War II.
@Jurassic0Al well most of the pilost were thaer before hiltler took over the luftwaffa and navy were not relly nazis some wore but most comading wernt wach the movie das boot
@Jurassic0Al Met a Spitfire pilot once. Battle Of Britain fella. May I say that I'm not worthy to polish his boots. A fine old chap that laughed about his exploits.
Nice reverse at 4:10
mrceebees14 1 month ago
i love ils sturmovik birds of pray XD
bilinearhawk 1 month ago
Love that you used the music from The Memphis Bell !!!
Herbymac0811 4 months ago
@Herbymac0811 is it from The Memphis Bell, I think its from Black Hawk Down? then again it could be in both........... :D happy viewing
thegunnyguy 3 weeks ago
@thegunnyguy Now that you mention it I went back and checked. It is from black hawk down.
Herbymac0811 3 weeks ago
@thegunnyguy The music from memphis bell is at the end though.
Herbymac0811 3 weeks ago
@Herbymac0811 ahh i see cause i watched 1hr ish of it and didnt hear it............but thanks for that, ill have to watch the full thing
thegunnyguy 3 weeks ago
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This reminds me of the fun I used to have playing the old B-17 Flying Fortress game. Anyone else remember that? My buddies and I used to make a whole squadron and start filling up planes with people we knew and the rest were gimmick planes such as one that was all Soviets. By the end if I was still alive most of my friends were dead... Good times! On a separate but related note if you haven't seen the movie Memphis Belle go watch it right the fuck now!
PvtMartin78 5 months ago
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PvtMartin78 5 months ago
this vid was class :) is this one of the missions on il2 birds of prey. is this game worth while getting ?
quickfingers12 5 months ago
this is four, i'v taken' hit's!
thomasredbaronevans 5 months ago
WHAT IS THIS BLOODY GAME!
MrTrainwreck09 6 months ago
@MrTrainwreck09 That is IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946, can be bought from Steam as well as various online shops for just a few bucks
JG52Karaya 6 months ago
@MrTrainwreck09 its frekin class
quickfingers12 5 months ago
video je vyborne zpracovano a s velmi peknym hudebnim doprovodem
Zodiak411 6 months ago 2
Memphis belle?
adum50 6 months ago
The name of the song is Leave No Man Behind from the movie Black Hawk Down.
KMZLucas 6 months ago
Yea, the music at the end when the bomber is landing is from the movie Memphis Belle. Its my favorite movie
kylego97 6 months ago
I heard that one song from that movie B-17 some thing Bell, I heard that song at the ending. If you cant understand me, the reason why you can is because I got bad spelling and I ant good at making sentences.
TheJefrey24 7 months ago
@TheJefrey24 Memphis Belle?
jtb0201 6 months ago
@jtb0201 yes
TheJefrey24 6 months ago
I know this is just a game but the video does give some idea of what those guys went through. You know its interesting. The Bombers were getting shot down in enourmus numbers by the Luftwaffa, till P51's started escorting the Bombers all the way to the target. But the one thing they could never really defend against was flack. I bet flack brought down more Bombers than anything else.
Joshuajlawn 7 months ago
Good video.
USAAF B-17's in 1942 and 1943 were Green/Grey.
P-47s/P-38s didn't have any range until drop tanks came in early 1944.
P-51s didn't arrive until later. This rate of loss of bombers depicts a mission like Schweinfurt and therefore the B-17s being green/grey in the video is correct. P-47s escorted no further than Belgium and had only several minutes time with the bombers before needing to leave, so crews suffered.
It wasn't until D-Day, a silver 8th AF existed and penetrated deeply.
rollosnook 7 months ago
@verf1234 , Most all B-17 untill late 1943, were painted OD Green. On late F and G models, the majority of the planes were not painted. 1) to save weight, and 2) since the threat of Luftwaffe attacks on airfields was reduced to none, there was no need to camoflage them, and 3) the 8th AF WANTED to draw Luftwaffe fighters up, so that allied fighters could destroy them.
TeargasHorse 7 months ago
Some Memphis Belle music i like it.
LeftofCenter5150 7 months ago
IF YOU WANT TO SEE REAL B-17s AND REAL WW2 FILM GO TO TOPCAMERMAN
TOPCAMERMAN 7 months ago
nice vid!
spitfire05211 7 months ago
it is a fun video and i respect what is happend in the war but those bombers aren't b-17 because b-17 are grey
verf1234 7 months ago
@verf1234 I'm sorry to dissapoint you but those are B-17's. Just because they have another colour doesn't mean they're not B-17's
MrStM1993 7 months ago
@verf1234
b17can be green or any colour!!!!
spitfire05211 7 months ago
were u using Ultrapack?
ayanmipun123 8 months ago
Excellent Vid
paquetsky1 8 months ago
over 546th bomber group only "1" survived O_o
junior101031 8 months ago
what is name of song please??
joeybohher696 8 months ago
4:53, looks like XD lol
TheXXxSavagexXx 8 months ago
Epic video, where where the P-47s when you needed them earlier? No external fuel tanks?
MightyTabooTiki 8 months ago
I know it's just a game...I have hope that gamers respect the issue of war in general. My neighbor Stan is an Englishman that flew "Spits" during that conflict. The past few weeks he's had nurses come 'round the clock, he doesn't have long. He never talked to me about the War. Diana, his wife is an American...she asks me not to bother him about it, so I don't. But he told my father a few stories. The fact is that we play games.....that was not a game to them. It was life and death in the air.
DickLodge68 8 months ago 2
Too bad no Me 262 for roller coaster attacks LOL. cool vid!!
Luftw4ffe 9 months ago
Great video. Thought it was real footage.
Rickje112 9 months ago
Gunther Rall was in JG52
acepilot1997 9 months ago 18
I did meet Gunther Rall few years ago here in Reykjavik Iceland :)
Krringur 7 months ago
@Krringur You lucky bastard. I really want to go talk to him sometime before he dies.
acepilot1997 7 months ago
@acepilot1997 how did you set up the game to fire so many flaks?
X3freako 7 months ago
@X3freako I didn't make this. But he sped it up so it looks like alot of flak.
acepilot1997 7 months ago
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f you like the B17 i have a story for u in 1943 UK east harling . An american airman took to war with him a coin SEAL it was his fathers .The coin was very soon to become the good luck Icon for the base and then all of the other bases.Unknown to them they were carrying the seal of god on their missions.The coin was one of four sewn into Jesus cloke it had been past hand to hand to this momentin time Hitler had to go .See The real christos coin u tube to see the mission
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krayzie1234567 10 months ago
Is this game (Il 2 Stormavik) created by Russians? Can you fly Amercan or German planes?
Thanks
whatever0481 10 months ago
@whatever0481 You can fly as Russians, Germans, Americans, British, Japanese, Finnish, Polish, New Zealand, Australian, French, Romanian, and Slovakian. It's a lot of fun.
HalcyonSkies 10 months ago
@HalcyonSkies and in a b17 whos shooting in top etc. ?
SMJeOma 9 months ago
@SMJeOma Well, to be honest, I've never flown bombers, I always consider myself a fighter pilot, and I'm a lousy, lousy bomber. However in the sequel, Wings of Prey, in the bombers, you can switch between each turret. So it's possible that its the same in IL2
HalcyonSkies 9 months ago
@whatever0481 Ironically the Hungarians made it lol!
acepilot1997 9 months ago
@whatever0481 Yes and yes. I definitely recommend this game. In order to play online you have to have hyperlobby however. You can download something what's called Ultrapack and basically it allows you to fly every plane in the game, of which there's around 200. From the B-29 with the atom bomb and F-86 Sabre, to I-15bis of the Finno-Russian war. Best of luck!
blackshark1984 9 months ago
@blackshark1984 hi dude, thanks for your recommendation and sorry for late reply. I dont think i would play it online cs dont want to spend too much time on it but i will buy the CD. Take care
whatever0481 9 months ago
Excellent choice of music, neat video.
This vaguely resembles a true story where the german pilots threw their bf-109s at the bombers, one of them hit the leading bomber and literally decapitated it.
The action was, perhaps, too fast paced, still, lovely.
HeniuriSaito 10 months ago
horrido !!! ... the Messerschmitt 109 G (r6), perfect fighter to intercept bombers.
satnet2020 10 months ago
This song is in Black Hawk Down!!!! Am I right?
chuchiscool 10 months ago
I know a crashed b-17 that was shot down by a messerschmitt, they shot the messerschmitt at the same time, it came down too, the b-17 was about to crash on the house I am living in at the moment but it crashed 1 kilometer further because a soldier inside managed to pull it up, I was there when they dug it up, I have alot of pieces of the wreck, including alot of (charged) bullets. Its sad that some people died, because a grenade was thrown in.
Jerbod2 10 months ago
only 1 b-17 survived lol
ProPorchMonkey 10 months ago
nice man, you have talent
supermonkeywtf09 11 months ago
those are not jg-52s those are messerschmitt 109 fighters
homingowl 11 months ago
@homingowl They are from jg 52 not using jg 52, you are thinking of the ju 52...
LummyBray 11 months ago
@CrazyWW2fan Bit melodramatic, but still awesome. I think the pre-flight scenes are the best. Seeing that film as a kid is one of the big reasons that I got my jeep.
14408GPW 11 months ago
go Memphis Belle those men have my respect.
CrazyWW2fan 11 months ago
what is the song in the beginning
hamy152 1 year ago 10
@hamy152 look for black hawks down soundtrack buddy
boblio123 9 months ago
@hamy152 Black Hawk Down Soundtrack- Leave No Man Behind
1ODYN1 8 months ago
@hamy152 It's from the "Blackhawk Down" movie soundtrack.
WarriorPoet01 7 months ago
@hamy152 idk what it's called but it's also used in the movie Black Hawk Down
projackedreality 6 months ago
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tomlemagne 5 months ago
@hamy152
Leave no man behind - Hans Zimmer
ludlekill 5 months ago 4
The last one is track six off the Memphis Belle Soundtrack: "The Final Mission"
14408GPW 1 year ago
@14408GPW Dude i love that movie!
CrazyWW2fan 11 months ago
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@CrazyWW2fan Bit melodramatic, but still awesome. I think the pre-flight scenes are the best. Seeing that film as a kid is one of the big reasons that I got my jeep
14408GPW 11 months ago
Most likely I'm wrong, but aren't those Messerschmidt's BF109? 'Cause if they aren't they sure look like 'em.
**Srry For bad English, I'm Dutch***
TheDhrMax 1 year ago
@TheDhrMax yes sir those are messerschmidt bf-109s
MrJp990 11 months ago
@MrJp990 Then why is the video called JG 52's messerschmitt vs B-17?
TheDhrMax 11 months ago
@TheDhrMax Because that possibly could have been the squadron name? Idk much about squadrons ik more about the guns these beasts had
MrJp990 11 months ago
Memphis Belle music! =D how do you get the B17? Is it on PSP as well?
RockiBalboa101 1 year ago
nice video, what's the music?
Aaidas2 1 year ago
Anybody knows the music tittle ??
nynaiqmal 1 year ago
looks alot like aces high
Freedom12121 1 year ago
Great graphics!!!!!
TubeAhalin 1 year ago
@TubeAhalin this game is made in 2003.... it was a good graphic at that time ;)
JaguarKinG95 1 year ago
@JaguarKinG95 which il2 is this?
MrLeeCummings 1 year ago
Nice vid on Jagdgeschwader 52 battling B-17.s.
anneloev 1 year ago
also this is the 100th vid i tagged as FAV!! YAY!!!!!!!!!
nynaiqmal 1 year ago
hey, I recongnize this music from Memphis Belle when they take off, right? Cool video and good work!
legioXXXtraiana 1 year ago
The Junkers Ju 52 was a German transport aircraft so get it corect ther BF109 noy Ju52
madmanofyork 1 year ago
@madmanofyork How stupid are you?! What the man said is true. JG52 was the UNIT number. Read nextime, before you start you the whole armchair general act.
OCJT2007 1 year ago
how comes i cant find some of these planes in my game :(:(:(
dholispikesingh01 1 year ago
ther bf109 not jg52
madmanofyork 1 year ago
@madmanofyork
JG52 is the unit number. It was one of the most famous Luftwaffe fighter groups of the war.
bagocross08 1 year ago
Jurassic0Al - Very beautiful comment ^^
SuperRom2 1 year ago
my grandfather was able to fly a b 17 in the second world war he loved it. when his tour was up he became a fighter pilot and flew over berlin dropping hot love to the germans his bomber was originally named after mr peanut then it got shot up and he had to bail out over england. Its funny to him cause most named they're planes after their mothers and wifes he named his after the mascot of the company he worked at
Rambonii 1 year ago
how did you get those camera angles great vid.
dannyboyog 1 year ago
faved!
Beautiful song... Can you tall me, what is it?
SergeantEversman 1 year ago
BEAUTYFULL VIDEO!
sllovakista 1 year ago
ooooh....it looks so cool.....beautyfull
TheTomas3434 1 year ago
its sad becouse most of these guys were forced to fight
scarydance3 1 year ago
Axis or Allies, the pilots of WWII where some of the bravest and most skillfull pilots of all time
MetalHead1722 1 year ago
i hate the flak in bop, especially when using a slow moving bomber :(
Shooterman0990 1 year ago
I don't know why but all I could think about the whole time was Memphis Belle.
killerman46 1 year ago
@killerman46 same here
Shooterman0990 1 year ago
@killerman46
Me 2
FarCry2Nerd 1 year ago
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5 stars my friend
raptorman120 1 year ago
God they have like no chance once they are engaged :(
sumi1993 1 year ago
All pilots were flying at what these machines have my respect ....:)
MsTrvs 1 year ago
All pilots were flying at what these machines have my respect ....:)
MsTrvs 1 year ago
I don't know nereon. Maybe that depends of your kind or mark of Audio/Sound and of your Video/Card, pereferently the video card. Some video cards allow max settings with better textures than another for some games and for another don't. It's a matter of compatiblity. Read the requeriments of the IL2:1946 and the settings of your hardware of your cpu and search what fits and what don't fits and the things don't fit change. that's all. :) enjoy your play.
jeandemetz2009 1 year ago
I thought JG 52 aka Abbeville boys had yellow prop hubs in addition to yellow engine cowling covers?
morningstar808 1 year ago
I'm a newbie, I have 14 kills, but would like to dogfight better, could you give me any hints? My email is Emoriano@aol.com
Rte57 1 year ago
if this is il2 sturmovik 1946 how come the graphics* look so much better then what iv got and iv got Max settings on everything o.O and doesnt look that good
nereon11211 1 year ago
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nereon11211 1 year ago
where the fuck are the escorts?
hellojulie 1 year ago
...бей фашистов!!!
Никогда не выступал на стороне врага!!!
И-16, оборона Ленинграда, доигрался до "полковника", "дважды героя Советского Союза"!!!
mayzus 1 year ago
is there any patch or mode withi which we can fly all the planes in il2 sturmovik or iL 1946 or with which some flanes are unlocked?
kalunq 1 year ago
is there any patch or mode withi which we can fly all the planes in il2 sturmovik or iL 1946 or with which some flanes are unlocked?
kalunq 1 year ago
that's real good movie...)))
BarometreFaso 1 year ago
I love how at the end there is a song from the movie "Memphis Belle." It gave me the chills.
gene4fish 1 year ago
great video please make more
MrCsw123456789 1 year ago
WOW! IM IMPRESSED! GREAT JOB! A ROUND OF APPLAUSE!
cppowerful 1 year ago
Look a stolen film
flightrulez 1 year ago
excellent video...thank you for post
xxsnakexx70 1 year ago
My Dad was a flight engineer on the B-17's, 24's based out of England. Other than knowing that I don't know dick about what he did or the stories he could tell. If he was alive today I would pump him for so much info I could write a book about him and his experiences in WWII. Now, I'll never know shit because I wasn't interested when he was alive. Now when I meet a combat vet from WWII I give them a loaded pistol and tell them to shoot me when they're sick and tired of all the questions I ask.
53moreHP 1 year ago
@53moreHP Know what you mean, my father was on Iwo Jima. He told some of it, a lot I just listened to, some I remember, wish I remembered a lot more. At that age it means little to you and when you are the age your father was as he related this, you, as I said, wish to Hell you'd listened and ingested each and every word. I guess youth in that facet can be cruel as old age nears.
8301968 1 year ago
man you are awsome make more even thought my grandad was lost to a messerschmitt he respected the german pilots and once he was in a wild cat and a german pilot let him go because he lasted so long
SPORE11165 1 year ago 16
@SPORE11165 I hate to suggest this, but to my understanding, the Grumman F4F Wildcat didn't see service in Europe. Well, wait, did the Brits use them, were they called the Martlett. If so I apologize. Please enlighten me.
8301968 1 year ago
@8301968 i dont know but my grandfarthers flight journal said my grandfarther got shot down by a messerschmitt
SPORE11165 1 year ago
@SPORE11165 Were wildcats deployed to Europe???
malaspuzvicalnakrpa 11 months ago
@malaspuzvicalnakrpa They were in use with the RAF at the beginning of the war, because England didn't have enough fighters of theyre own. A lil' bit like the russians used the Spitfire and the Mustang later in the war.
youpooner 11 months ago
@malaspuzvicalnakrpa No, they were only used in the Pacific theatre. They were basically obsolete at Pearl Harbor but it was the only fighter America had in operation. The F6F - Hellcat was the replacement for the Wildcat and it was put into service in late 1943. The only other country that employed it was Great Britain and they used it their own carrier operations in and around the English Channel. As for the F4F Wildcat, it was only useful in a dive, that's it. Worthless otherwise.
DeutscheRitter1 10 months ago
@SPORE11165 i saw something like that on the history channel "dogfights", thats pretty cool that ur grandad was in a wildcat
xDudek13lx 10 months ago
@SPORE11165 I thought wildcats were only used in the pacific by the Americans. Only the British used them in Europe
B1GONEs1 10 months ago
@SPORE11165 yah? some how i doubt all of this is true because a wild cat is a NAVY plane that was dedicated to the PACIFIC theatre, so maybe your grandad was lost to a japanese zero
boratfan6492 9 months ago
@boratfan6492 The British were given Wildcats and PBYs in the lend lease for coastal patrol and interception. SUCK IT!
acepilot1997 9 months ago
@acepilot1997 well you profile says your american, but im going to take your word for it and assume that your grandfather was british
boratfan6492 9 months ago
@boratfan6492 I know my stuff. My grandfather is American too, and my great grandfather is American, Then my great grandfather was a Ukrainian immigrant.
On my mother's side, Mom is Romanian, my grandparents are Romanian, My great grandparents were Greek and Romanian, and so on.
acepilot1997 9 months ago
Also all the camera angles. how did u make them. im in the process of making a vid and that would work perfectly.
WarNerd16 1 year ago
At 0:54 how did u get that camera angle? by zooming in? or in game?
WarNerd16 1 year ago
i hate censorship
but anyway i met a man in a bar in la in 88 ,we got chatting he toldme he was there i wish i would have had more time i just wanted to ask him questions .he was a gentleman to boot,i feel sad sometimes i did'nt say fuck it, fuck the job.
rapide89b 1 year ago
Well said Jurassic ,I met a man in a bar in la in 88 and its still in my memory ,i felt such empathy from him.lets we never forget
rapide89b 1 year ago
Beautiful video! But it should be the 546th BS of the 384th BG. Not the other way 'round. The 384th BG was comprised of the 544th, 545th, 546th and 547th Squadrons.
gdansk079 1 year ago
omg people saying "only 1 made it back, that cant happen..." just stop...its a move not a real thing.thats like saying but in star wars, we dont really have light sabers...
patdab00 1 year ago
The 360 version is for little baby pilots wearing diapers. You need PC version Il-2 1946 patched up to mod pack UP2.On. Go to Warbirds of Prey website for details.
Nice video. I like this music a lot.
NOMAD4T2 1 year ago
i made a misson like this one but wiht 400 B-17's 120 P-51's and over 200 hindred bf-109's and fw-109's not a single bomber was lost all the p-51's where.... i was the last one left....... lol good vid 5/5
riflelord2 1 year ago
great vid but some thing was bad
first only 1 b-17 returned?? they where like 30 20 of them qand 1 returned/?
and the b-17 crashed like a plane rain they fall out of sky like engine problems and explosions still
4½ star
1makermovie 1 year ago
greate vid!!! 5/5
MRIce197 1 year ago
is this on pc? can i fly a mission with b-17s on the xbox 360 version?
plane15 1 year ago
The 360 "version" as you call it is a completely different game.
IconOfSin88 1 year ago
tell me more old boy.
plane15 1 year ago
IL2 Sturmovik 1946 for the PC contains well over a hundred flyable aircraft. I can't remember if the B-17 was present in the "flyable" list, but I'll get back to you on that. This film is, judging by the graphics, made with '46.
IL2 Sturmovik: Birs of Prey (or Wings of Prey on the PC) is the newest installment in the series, doesn't contain as many flyable aircraft as the previous games and, if I have understood correctly, as I haven't played it, you need to unlock certain aircraft in SP mode.
IconOfSin88 1 year ago
Yes B-17 it's a flyable one
KALISTO1986 1 year ago
@IconOfSin88 Yeah you need to unlock aircraft using SP. There are a lot less aircraft, but its a good game. There are a lot of really cool missions in it too.
Molotov1943 1 year ago
pc il-2 1946
martyblaha 1 year ago
good great pilot of the luftwaffe
xorobenjafach 1 year ago
Did only 1 b-17 survive the fight?
28thBobbyplane 1 year ago
Hot Stuff!!!
Barker5798 1 year ago
thundervolt wildest dream maneuver like that and destry a bf 109 that easy.
pipe086 1 year ago
what game g?
ReppYaEndz 2 years ago
were u get both these planes frm? plz respond asap
Kieran1693 2 years ago
good game!!
Ticonio 2 years ago
Out of all those planes, only one made it back to England? I've had the privilege of knowing some of the fine men who flew B-17 and B-24 bombers during World War II, and I can tell you there were a lot of happy stories about the guys who made it back... as well as a lot of sad ones about the guys who didn't. My respects to all the fliers of World War II- no matter what flag they fought for, they took to the skies with honor.
Jurassic0Al 2 years ago 72
May those brave souls be blessed....:)
nynaiqmal 1 year ago 31
@nynaiqmal No german souls, they fought for nazis
TheDastan96 1 year ago
my great great grangfather was a real piolit of a b-17 only him and his top and bottom gunner survived he might have verey sad stories
flightsimx65 1 year ago
Some good, and some bad. Every soldier, especially combat veterans, will have a lot of stories to tell, happy and sad. The crews of the British and American bombers, and the Germans who rose to fight them will be as likely to have such stories as anyone. Those were some of the bravest men ever to live.
Jurassic0Al 1 year ago
@Jurassic0Al No , just because this one has damaged , so it is the last return to England .
7511232 1 year ago
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@Jurassic0Al @Jurassic0Al No , just because this one has damaged , so it is the last return to England .
7511232 1 year ago
@Jurassic0Al ...damn. i can only use one thumb up.
wagonrace 1 year ago
@wagonrace- Thank you, but I'm nobody special. Just a young man trying to make his way in the world. I meant what I said, though. I always mean what I say.
Jurassic0Al 1 year ago
@Jurassic0Al Well germany didnt
TheDastan96 1 year ago
@TheDastan96- There were German pilots, soldiers, sailors, etc. who weren't Nazis and war criminals. And not all British, Russian, American, etc. military personnel were perfect either.
Jurassic0Al 1 year ago
@Jurassic0Al you got a point
123mrresidentevil 1 year ago
@Jurassic0Al No honor for germany, You'll get no honor by killing unarmed people.
TheDastan96 1 year ago
@TheDastan96- I think it can safely be said that there were at least a few German pilots who were honorable. Who did their jobs and never got all mixed up in Nazi politics and ideology.
And you'd be a fool if you thought Germans were the only ones committing crimes during World War II.
Jurassic0Al 1 year ago
@Jurassic0Al well most of the pilost were thaer before hiltler took over the luftwaffa and navy were not relly nazis some wore but most comading wernt wach the movie das boot
dvpkid 1 year ago
@Jurassic0Al
Nice thought
kino57 1 year ago
@kino57- Yup. Thanks.
Jurassic0Al 1 year ago
@Jurassic0Al If you want to see the truth, youd' better stay away from cartoons (manipulated simulation games)
rommelervin 1 year ago
@rommelervin- Was there something specific you wanted?
Jurassic0Al 1 year ago
@Jurassic0Al Met a Spitfire pilot once. Battle Of Britain fella. May I say that I'm not worthy to polish his boots. A fine old chap that laughed about his exploits.
Spraycando 1 year ago