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Hauptmann Wilhelm Balthasar.
Late afternoon on the 29th of October, The commander of III./JG 3 Hauptmann Wilhelm Balthasar led his unit on a Free Hunt mission over England.
The formation was flying at 26,000ft and was preparing to attack a squadron of Spitfires below when they suddenly came under attack from "Sailor" Malan´s 74 "Tiger" Squadron.
Oberleutnant Egon Troha, the Staffelkapitän of the 9th staffeln was flying in "Yellow 5" thought that he was protected from his rear by his Rottenflieger.
However a Spitfire manage to got on his tail and his aircraft was sprayed with 303 bullets, striking the radiator, the wings and the oil radiator,
Egon Troha had no other option than to belly-land his stricken machine at West Court Farm at 1715 hrs.
Re-live the events of that day with 74 Squadron High Contact mission!
Link: http://www.mediafire.com/file/eskh99oqlidsacm/74_Squadron_High_Contact.7z
[My thanks to Claus Sundin for permission to use his illustration's and this text!]
Installation:
Place in your Documents/1C SoftClub/il-2 sturmovik cliffs of dover - MOD folder
Good luck!
Ben
Hauptmann Wilhelm Balthasar.
Late afternoon on the 29th of October, The commander of III./JG 3 Hauptmann Wilhelm Balthasar led his unit on a Free Hunt mission over England.
The formation was flying at 26,000ft and was preparing to attack a squadron of Spitfires below when they suddenly came under attack from "Sailor" Malan´s 74 "Tiger" Squadron.
Oberleutnant Egon Troha, the Staffelkapitän of the 9th staffeln was flying in "Yellow 5" thought that he was protected from his rear by his Rottenflieger.
However a Spitfire manage to got on his tail and his aircraft was sprayed with 303 bullets, striking the radiator, the wings and the oil radiator,
Egon Troha had no other option than to belly-land his stricken machine at West Court Farm at 1715 hrs.
Re-live the events of that day with 74 Squadron High Contact mission!
Link: http://www.mediafire.com/file/eskh99oqlidsacm/74_Squadron_High_Contact.7z
[My thanks to Claus Sundin for permission to use his illustration's and this text!]
Installation:
Place in your Documents/1C SoftClub/il-2 sturmovik cliffs of dover - MOD folder
Good luck!
Ben