Category IL-2 Series: Forgotten Battles & Pacific Fighters › Campaigns (Offline)
Submitted by Icefire
Author's Name Icefire
Version 1.0
Compatibility IL-2 1946 v4.08
PF Standalone No
Filesize 27.7mb
Historical / Semi Historical Yes
FMB Map/Theatre Okinawa and Kyushu
FMB Aircraft (Player) F4U-1C and F4U-1D Corsair
Time Period (ie 1939-45) 1945
Published
Mon Nov 05, 2007 12:35 am New!
Facing the Wind - fly 25 missions with VF-84 and VF-85 in the F4U-1D and F4U-1C Corsair against the kamikaze threat during one of the largest combined land, sea, and air battles of World War II.
The Battle of Okinawa was one of the largest land, air and sea battles ever fought in the history of human conflict. During these battles new tactics were employed and bitter adversaries faced off for the last major battle of the war. In October 1944 Vice Admiral Takijiro Onishi formed some of the first official "Special Attack Unit" and spearheaded some of the first recorded kamikaze attacks on Allied shipping. By the battle of Okinawa these special attack units were in full force and were unleashed against the large numbers of Allied ships engaged in the invasion of Okinawa. Kamikaze translated litterally means "god wind" or more commonly accepted "divine wind". In this campaign you will fly with VF-84 of the USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) and VF-85 of the USS Shangri-La (CV-38) as a United States Navy fighter pilot against the kamikaze threat and in support of the invasion of Okinawa and of Japan itself.
In part one you will fly 16 missions as VF-84 with the F4U-1D Corsair in the early attacks on Kyushu and then to support the invasion of Okinawa. In part two you will transfer to VF-85 and fly the F4U-1C during some of the last missions of the war against the Japan home islands. Both of these parts are to be considered semi-historical as they try and follow the general history of events without seeking to recreate the specific missions flown by these units. Part two is particularly limited by the maps available in the game.
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