Overview
Battle Over Europe is a dynamic campaign add-on for Il-2 Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles.
The scenarios take place between June 1944 and May 1945 in the Western European theatre, mainly over Germany and France.
Players can fly in 12 campaigns for the USAAF or Luftwaffe (six per side), focusing on single-engined fighters and fighter-bombers in short-range tactical and close support operations.
Detailed features
For the first time in IL-2 the user can fly missions on the Western Front over Normandy and Ardennes.
Online Dynamic Campaign feature
For the first time ever users will be able to play dynamic campaigns online with other players, where results of each mission will directly influence the situation in the next.
Historical US military ranks and awards are given out by the campaign engine in a realistic fashion.
Also included are names and faces of US pilots for the squadron roster component of the campaign engine.
The user can enlist in over 100 historical squadrons, many with accurate historical paint schemes.
Updated campaign engine and greatly enhanced mission briefings compared to stock Forgotten Battles campaigns - all written by the original dynamic campaign creator.
Every new mission is generated based on 61 mission types and thousands of potential targets for each of the 12 campaigns - giving a total of roughly 3.5 million unique missions!
Three new single, three co-op and six dogfight missions for online play for US and Germany 93 total skins for a total of 20 aircraft types.
This is counting the aircraft subtypes (i.e. P-47D-22 and P-47D-27 are counted as two different aircraft - and they do have different skins).
Aircraft
The following aircraft appear in the campaign (these aircraft are supplied by Forgotten Battles and are utilised by Batllel over Europe).
USAAF Flyable
P-47D-10 (Razorback)
P-47D-22 (Razorback)
P-47D-27 (bubbletop)
P-51D-5 (bubble top, with reflector gunsight)
USAAF AI
P-51D-20 (same as the D-5, but had a different floating or acemaker gunsight)
B-17G
C-47
Luftwaffe Flyable
Bf 109G-6
Bf 09G-6/AS
Bf 109G-6-Late
Bf 109G-10
Bf 109G-14
Bf 109K-4
Fw 190A-5
Fw 190A-8
Fw 190A-9
Fw 190D-9
Me 262A-1
Me 262A-2
Luftwaffe AI
Ju 88
He 111
Fi 156
Ju 87
Bf-110
Me 210
Fw 190F-8
Ju 52
Me 323
Hs 129
Offline campaigns
Enlist in dozens of historical squadrons and choose between several historical planes for each campaign, with distinct missions for each campaign/plane combination.
Mission types in these campaigns include air superiority, free hunt over enemy territory, bomber intercept, paratrooper intercept, ground attack, close air support, and many others mission types against dozens of potential target types in thousands of locations.
Luftwaffe
May 1944: France - Bf 109G-6, Bf 109G-6 Late, Fw 190A-8
June 1944: The Invasion - Bf 109G-6, Bf 109G-6 Late, Fw 190A-8, Me 262A-2a
September 1944: Berlin Air Defence Bf 109G-6 Late, Bf 109G-6/AS, Bf 109G-10, Bf 109G-14, Fw 190A-8
November 1944: Hungary Air Defence Bf 109G-6 Late, Bf 109G-6/AS, Bf 109G-10, Bf 109G-14, Fw 190A-8, Fw 190D-9
December 1944: Ardennes Offensive Bf 109G-6/AS, Bf 109G-10, Bf 109G-14, Bf 109K-4, Fw 190A-8, Fw 190A-9, Me 262A-2a
February 1945: The Last Days Bf 109G-6/AS, Bf 109G-10, Bf 109G-14, Bf 109K-4, Fw 190A-9, Fw 190D-9, Me 262A-1a
USAAF
May 1944: Preparing the Invasion - P-47D-10, P-47D-22, P-47D-27, P-51D-5
June 1944: Operation Overlord - P-47D-10, P-47D-22, P-47D-27, P
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