I can't unsee the plane having a single eye with a little happy face from the front.

@TerminalLumbago3657

Жыл бұрын

I just noticed that too, now I’ll never be able to unsee it!

@kensai7

Жыл бұрын

A minion plane! :D

From the diary of Sergeant Isay Isaakovich Kirilenko Entry #16 There are days when our comrade pilots are clearly successful in their mission to destroy the enemy on the ground and they all come back in one piece. And then there are days like this in which while our comrades had succeeded in bombing the enemy's positions, they did not come away from those fights unscathed. Comrade Antonov took a flight of six or seven Yaks to the frontlines, to the sector held by the Romanians to be exact. They went on a ground attack mission to destroy Romanian artillery positions bombarding our lines, and it would appear that they succeeded in doing that. However, as I mentioned earlier, the flight didn't get away without a scratch. An anti-aircraft gun managed to hit the Moscow Menace himself, and to that I have to reluctantly give credit to the Romanians. The Germans have tried this many times and failed, but on the one time that Major Antonov flew over Romanian positions, he managed to get hit by their anti-air defenses. I heard that the Comrade Major took his revenge on the gun that he believed to be responsible for his machine's wounds, but in the heat of battle it surely must be nearly impossible to tell which gun was the one that hit you. But I will let the Major have his revenge in his mind and speak of this matter no further. The Comrade Major and his entire flight were able to make it back to friendly lines, thank goodness. I can’t say the same for their planes though. Comrade Musienko said that he was going to bail out of his aircraft just a kilometer or two away from the field, and with my binoculars I saw the parachute emerge from the sputtering Yak before the machine fell into some trees. At the same time, Comrade Antonov said that he was going in for a crash landing on the opposite side of Abganerovo village, claiming that his engine had seized up on him. When my men reached the site where his plane had gone down, Comrade Antonov was already out of his cockpit. His nose and mouth were bloody; apparently he had hit his gun sight upon impact. But apart from that, the Comrade Major was none the worse for wear, and I helped him into the truck that would carry him off to the field hospital. They probably already have his bed ready and waiting for him given the number of times he’s been injured in the line of duty. In the meantime, Captain Alexey Musienko, the other guy who bailed out, will be the acting commanding officer of the 9th GIAP until Comrade Antonov’s return. Here's hoping that all the men under Comrade Musienko’s command will keep coming back alive after their missions as well. ~ Entry dated 18 December 1942 (And the late entry from Episode 12) The squadron moved to another airfield yet again, some place called Abganerovo. Comrade Antonov’s first act as new commanding officer of the 9th GIAP was to literally lead the squadron to our new base in preparation for further attacks against the forces of the Rome-Berlin Axis trapped in Stalingrad. The airplanes and their pilots arrived at Abganerovo on the afternoon of the 11th, while the support crews (mechanics, armorers, and the anti-aircraft gunnery units like mine) followed a few days later. It might not have been the best idea to put our squadron in Abganerovo for this phase of the campaign given that the Germans had launched a new offensive in order to relieve their trapped comrades and our airfield is right in the path of one of their armies, but what do I know about these things? I am merely a sergeant of the Air Defense Forces. My superiors clearly know better. One positive that I heard the pilots joke about is that their missions no longer take as long for them to get to their operational area because their mission targets are now almost literally at our doorstep. The 9th GIAP had been conducting ground attack missions against the Germans ever since our relocation to Abganerovo, and Major Antonov had been leading some of those attacks himself. Their latest mission had seen the Comrade Major take a flight of eight machines to attack an enemy fortification to the southwest. I heard that they had succeeded in destroying three anti-aircraft guns, three machine guns, and a transport truck. Comrade Antonov’s flight then encountered a flight of German machines who had apparently also just completed a similar ground attack mission against our own units. We couldn’t actually see the dogfight itself but we did hear it somewhere in the distance, and at the end of it all, six German machines had been shot down at the cost of two of ours. Fortunately for us though, although we lost two Yak-1s, both pilots were able to jump out and land in friendly territory. Comrades Turov and Skvortsov will consider themselves lucky because, had they ended up in German-controlled territory, they could have been accused of treason had they been captured by the enemy. Speaking of captured enemies, we got our hands on a German pilot whose plane was shot down by none other than Comrade Antonov himself. The fellow looked to be only in his early 20s and had been roughed up by the Red Army unit that found him. We interrogated him through Vittmann, a Volga German whom we had managed to keep in our unit for this very purpose despite the removal of ethnic Germans from all Red Army units at the start of the fascist invasion. Commissar Yefimov asked the questions, and Vittmann translated them into German. Despite this, all we could learn from him was his name (Heinrich Brunner), rank (oberleutnant), and serial number. But I could sense the fear in young Brunner even as he continued repeating his name, rank, and serial number over and over again. His reward for his stubbornness? A one-way ticket to a labor camp in either Siberia or Kazakhstan courtesy of the NKVD. I try not to lose too much sleep over the fate of young Brunner. Had the tables been turned, I would be on my own way to a German labor camp, if I haven’t already been executed. Things right now are already bad enough as it is, but things could definitely be much worse. ~ Entry dated 15 December 1942

Conversation among ground crew: "Those idiots are going to get Yuri killed! You can't outmanuever an AA Gun! Yet they keep sending him into enemy positions. You know as soon as those Krauts saw that red 34 they made him priority number 1. Every gun there turned on him." "Who can blame them, how would you like to be the one to shoot down a legend?" "At least it was just his plane this time. More hospital time, but a quick jeep ride from base, but what about next time?" "Well, you know Yuri, if he's going to die, he'll make them earn it."

@notfeedynotlazy

Жыл бұрын

also "Damn it! He gets all the HOTSU medals AND all the nurses!"

Three Hero of the Soviet Union medals. Incredible. Like getting the Knight's Cross WITH Oak Leaves AND Swords.

Long time lurker and absolutely love the channel! Thanks for the hours of entertaining content! One thing I noticed was during your turns you were out of coordination. I'm not sure if you already know this so if you do, feel free to ignore this. Otherwise (and for anyone curious) there is an instrument that will tell you how to keep your turns and maneuvers coordinated. The instrument that is in the center of the main panel is called the Turn Coordinator. That tells you your bank angle (needle that swings left and right, white ticks are likely 30 or 45 degree bank) and your coordination (the black ball inside the level). The trick to this is to always (unless you're doing a slip) keep the ball in the center. That will maximize your turns, climbs, and overall flight efficiency. The rule of thumb to remember is to "step on the ball." So if the ball is left of center, you need more left rudder. If the ball is right of center, more right rudder. If you have left rudder in and the ball is right of center you need less left rudder. From a physics perspective this will ensure that your lift vector is directly out the bottom of the plane thus giving you maximum performance of the wings and airframe. I have no idea if this makes any difference because I don't know the modeling level of these characteristics in game. You might be able to test this by putting the aircraft into a slip. Go full rudder one direction and alieron the opposite, while slightly nosing down to prevent a stall. You're rate of decent should rapidly increase but your airspeed remain relatively constant. I'm basing this off real life pilot experience so take it all with a grain of salt when it comes to the game. However if it is modeled well then it may help give you an edge in dogfights and bombing runs!

@AtomickPhoenix

Жыл бұрын

TIL; thank you for this newfound knowledge good sir or ma’am idk

@adferxis

2 ай бұрын

Golden tidbit of knowledge

Your bomb-dropping skills have definitely improved. Always good to see progression.

Yuri has destroyed so so many of his own aircraft at this point I imagine command is somewhat unhappy with him

@razorback20

Жыл бұрын

High command can only blame themselves, IMHO. They sent Yuri way too often on air combat missions with a fliying coffin Lagg-3. And now that he upgraded to a fast, nimble but less rugged Yak, they send him mostly on ground attack missions. Not really a clever move...

If ground attacks are all you're getting now in missions, then it seems that the Luftwaffe has been severely depleted, with Yuri contributing the most to this result of course And yeah, Yuri seems to be doing very good at being squadron leader, I can see him commanding air groups pretty soon should he survive

Yuri has caught so much lead at this point that he'll probably just die or fly off if he goes anywhere near a large magnet

@whatisaiming306

Жыл бұрын

I'm surprised he hasn't died of lead poisoning yet

I absolutely love this series! Amazing job Wolfpack. Yuri is basically the hero of the Soviet Union at this point😂

@zanaduz2018

Жыл бұрын

Considering he has earned that award 3 times now when being awarded it once was impressive…

Glad to see Yuri survived another sortie, hope to see him back in the air before long. Thank you for all the work you put into these Wolfpack, always a pleasure to see you upload!

@Wolfpack345

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I will have more IL-2 content out soon!

Sir, I've devlepoed a rather uncomfortable sore on one of my caucuses! I am confined to quarters so am out of action for 24 hours. Here's hoping that Boris has stopped enthusing quite so much over Uranus and can sort out your Yak for you Sir... Salut Comrade Antonov! Staff Szt. Raptowsyak.

3 Heroes of the Soviet Union?! GAAHHHDAMN

@GaldirEonai

Жыл бұрын

There weren't a lot of people IRL with multiple HOTSUs. Most of those that existed got at least some of theirs for reasons other than combat, and a significant amount of recipients got theirs posthumously. Three frontline combat HOTSUs awarded while alive...if Yuri had been real he would have been somebody even Stalin's inner circle would have had to tread _very_ carefully around. We're talking "can kick Lavrentiy Beria in the balls on red square in broad daylight and get away with it" levels of prestige here. For the record, Marshall Zhukov ended his career with four, only two of which were actually won on the battlefield.

@aceofspadesattorney

Жыл бұрын

@@GaldirEonai Or we could be talking “at the end of the war just so happens to disappear by manner or Stalin” levels of prestige-Zhukov’s entire career effectively ended due to being too much of a threat to the Soviet government.

From your voice I hear you're through some cold or other sickness. I hope you're feeling better and it wasn't heavy on you. Almost everyone I know (me included) is going through that lately

Your campaign series is a fun watch. You were playing with fire going back for the AA gun here. Good luck, stay alive!

Damn, near the end I almost thought it was the end for Yuri

@Silverhks

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I much prefer to hit the silk. Even if they have increased the survivability of crash landings.

Ouch, gotta be careful and watch out for the pesky German AA! Can't have a repeat of what happened in your Nieuport series!

Yuri! Thanks for the Il-2 content.

@Wolfpack345

Жыл бұрын

More to come!

Great video again comrade, great bombing, thanks 🙏

Seeing the title and I’m already getting flashbacks to the Mustang campaign.

Great video just wanted to say thank you for the great content

Really lookin forward to seein more of Yuri soon! Love these series’s!

How does Yuri even get up in the air with all those medals?

@Planefan1000

Жыл бұрын

He puts them in his pocket, duh

I hope Yuri gets transferred to a La-5 regiment after hospital!

A small case of instrument-face can't take down a machine like Yuri

Another great video Wolfpack!

In 2 weeks I watched every preceding episode, including battle of Moscow, and finally I am here!

These ground attack missions are dangerous. Nice work on the impromptu landing

Give us some IL-2 Tank Crew as well please!

Bittersweet victory i guess. At least you survived to take revenge on them for denting your airframe

Yay!! Nice belly landing!

Would love to see a career with Battle of Normandy with you playing as a British or American airman.

These videos are great. Btw. if you exhaust flame is blue, your fuelmix is to lean. It should be a nice warm orange. If it's red, the mix is too rich.

Hurrah a good one for sure in my estimation

I cant wait for the next video :D

Have you ever thought of a PWCG campaign? There is some more variety in missions and more realistic missions.

@Bagration421

Жыл бұрын

Agree the debrief at the end and the fact that you have to indicate your own battle report is awesome

@Wolfpack345

Жыл бұрын

My Me-262 career was with PWCG

Your comrades apparently missed their bomb drops, all of them. Or they are victims of the AI bug where if they don't follow the mission waypoints very precisely (player must use full autopilot if they are lead) they become completely unresponsive and fail to attack, either ground forces or air targets. You also probably made this crash landing after the latest update, before it was pretty much suicide to try it. Even the softest landings could be fatal. I'd rather bail out even nowadays. Just make sure to quit the mission before you get close to the ground if you parachute above a forrest or are close to any clump of trees, 99% mortality rate as well.

@jonqueller4444

Жыл бұрын

Wait, they fixed the landing bug where if u clipped some grass, u die?

@superjuca55

Жыл бұрын

@@jonqueller4444 Yes, just a couple days ago a made a crash landing and survived. Very soft on an I-16, got hurt but lived. On a quick mission, of course, no way I'm risking a pilot on a pilot career.

Yuri is one tough Soviet

Quality thumbnail, quality vid!

so that is what it needs for Yuri to not bounce the landing ^^

Hey Wolfpack, are you planning on doing some content with the new Churchill MkIV? Would love to see some new ground-based videos!

What plan do you fly in this mission? Great Video.

Should gain some altitude so you can glide back.

Greed strikes again lol! Would have made it back 100% but for that aa strafe

I count 66 kill bonuses. Nice doubles.

So the wound stripes are only introduced in 42. I noticed I don’t get them in battle of Moscow

I'd almost bail rather than try to crashland. Too much chance of a weird bounce killing the pilot. Good luck for Yuri though.

@WolfPack345 I am unaware so if you already have this video disregard, but is it possible for you to do an in depth keybinding video for this game? I just got my HOTAS and would love to see what binds you run. Thanks!

Nice belly landing. Curious, what will happen next.

Hey Wolf, what are you using to play IL2 ? I'm thinking about getting the game for a long time now but I wanna know what is required for the best experience

Finally :)

Looks like if you didn't turn off you might've just barely made the airfield

I don't know which version to buy. There are so many IL-2 titles. Is there like a complete edition with all the expansions rolled into one big game?

Admittedly, I'm not very familiar, but I'm curious why you decided to crash land vs bailing out? I'd've thought when the engine quit you could've used your remaining airspeed to climb a fair bit and then bail out.

@screamingcactus1753

Жыл бұрын

Bailing is generally a last resort thing. If a landing a feasible, even if it's not under ideal circumstances, it's generally safer than attempting to bail.

@pasha21363

Жыл бұрын

@@screamingcactus1753 and you will lose a plane if you bailout also what's cool about the IL-2 Great Battles is wounded mechanic in normal IL-2 sturmovik you won't see it but in this game you will see it if you get hit the screen will go darker

@robertkalinic335

8 ай бұрын

Gliding controllable plane is better than parachute, better question to ask would be why he didnt deploy his landing gear. Belly landing guarantees radiator damage and possible death if plane starts spinning. Not using flaps in no power emergency is i believe standard procedure but not using landing gear was either just for show or mistake.

Does somebody know if he still uses headtracking or VR?

Any possibility of seeing Yuri flying a p-40 for a mission in the future?

@benwyness148

Жыл бұрын

Sadly wolf plans to stick with russian made aircraft for yuri's whole career

@jonqueller4444

Жыл бұрын

I don't think P-40s were commonly used than yak-1s during stalingrad

Like video

I don’t know if you know how to fix this problem or not. Whenever I am trying to play Il-2 battle of Stalingrad whenever I am in a flight the game pops up with a white box in the center. What should I do?

Why no landing gear?

Why is there a picture of Aleksandra Samusenko on the dashboard of the plane you're flying?

@notfeedynotlazy

Жыл бұрын

Because

Oof, poor Yuri

What does the Russian text on the engine at 7:56 mean in English? [Летчику при вынужденной посадке открыть боковой капот]

pretty lucky flying rt over flack cannons and making it home in one piece! I would try a no sec bomb fuse and drop from a higher elevation. (Might need some practice but it should work out with the same ratio of hits or better vs the skip bombing method) just a nice suggestion not saying you have to

More Yuri!! Uraaaaa!

What's the Russian for Lucky...cause that's your new name ha ha.

Obligatory algorithm comment

Day 1 of asking for submarine combat in cold waters.

@jamesgriffiths7588

Жыл бұрын

Check the back-catalog my guy, that should keep you occupied for a while. If you manage to exhaust that, work your way through the SH3 and SH4 careers/stories. Enjoy :)

@beatleszink04

Жыл бұрын

@@jamesgriffiths7588 I allready did watch every video