Multi-schmitts!!!

[Richie]

I can't wait till the F's come!

[hiro]

Originally Posted by Richie

I can't wait till the F's come!

Yeah I liked the F's and the E's they just were great planes for IL-2 1946

I like the F's in Il-2, the 15 mm wasn't quick enough to kill (like the 20 or 30mm nose ones) but that was just fun to fly.


I remember reading somewhere the Luftwaffe have the F's with 15mm nose cannon ones late BOB.

[unreasonable]

F2s arrived at front line units during spring 1941. But the LW continued with fighter sweeps and jabo attacks at a lower intensity than the BoB, so it would certainly fit in with the map and RAF plane-set.

[csThor]

Actually there was no such thing as a "Bf 109 E-7/b" since the stock E-7 incorporated the ETC attachment of the E-1/b, E-3/b and E-4/b into the production process (and added the necessary plumbing for a droptank). The /b suffix simply denoted a modification for the earlier Emils that enabled them to carry an ETC and a bombload.

As for the Friedrich Stab/JG 51 received a number in October 1940 (Bf 109 F-1 with MG FF/M as central cannon) for frontline tests. Werner Mölders claimed a kill on October 25 as the first kill ever to be claimed by a Bf 109 F.

[droz]

F-1's saw actual service and action towards the end part of BOB, and I believe recorded some kills. I'll be disappoint if we don't see the F-1.

[droz]

oops, yeah, what Thor said.

[unreasonable]

I would love it too - of all the planes I have tried for any time in IL2 classic campaigns, the Fs were my favourite. I even think I like the F2 (or F1 if we had it) better than the F4: it really improves your shooting!