Do these look familiar to anyone??

[TX-EcoDragon]

While viewing these try to think of where these images were captured, and then assign the appropriate caption radio call to each image, answers to follow shortly (the first one has a fill in the blank statement to get you on the right start):



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Image #3  (may have same caption as #2, this is just little different, and from another angle)


The first one to guess correctly is the winner of a new MT composite prop for their favorite steed in FB! ;-)

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[TX-FlightRisk]

Looks Like you flying over Sanfrancisco?S~TX-FlightRisk Black 3

[TX-EcoDragon]

try again. . .here is a hint, This flight originated at an Airport named Gumrak.;-)S!TX-EcoDragonBlack 1TX Squadron XO

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Volgograd or Stalingrad Russia??? HmmmS~TX-FlightRisk Black 3

[TX-EcoDragon]

:-DS!TX-EcoDragonBlack 1TX Squadron XO

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Black1 wheels up in an EF 2000 ?Over Stalingrad ? Wow , 61 yrs too late too , damned charts.. heheS~Cya up there...TX-ShadowWhite 3

[TX-Chukar]

What ? You guys don't even recognize the LA 7 after that last patch?TX-ChukarBlue 1

[TX-EcoDragon]

Well. . .it looks like the general vicinity has been pinned downok . . . I guess it is answer time!#1Black 1 Wheels Up North Blue #2 Black1 orbitting Checkpoint 2 Angels 4 (with west red in the back ground)(#3 Checkpoint two with Checkpoint 1 and Stalingrad in the background)I was working on a project, and decided to fly around the world in the eurofighter. I departed 0O5 (university) direct to PHNL (Honolulu) for fuel, then to Narita Japan, and from there to Novosibirsk,  I over flew Anapa, and it struck me that I was loking at IL-2 country!  then I started to wonder what our other IL-2/FB stomping grounds look like in FS2004. . .so I set out searching. Most names have changed so it is tough to find them other than by just flying around or trying every airport.S!TX-EcoDragonBlack 1TX Squadron XO

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This has some neat Gumrak fact in it.

                   

Airlift January 1943 To supply Sixth Army with 300 tons aday, the absolute minimum amount demandedby the army (which really needed 500 tons) would necessitatean average of 150 fully laden Ju 52s landingin  the pocket each day. (500 tons an averageof 250 Ju 52s landing in the pocket, including loading, unloading, losses, etc.  it would mean they needed 800 Ju 52sto realize the 500 tons each day.) Of the six airfield inside the Stalingrad pocket, only Pitomnik wasproperly equiped to handle large-scale operations. It even had lights, flare paths and signalequipments for night operations. This is not complete, I tried to add as much info as I found. If someonethinks he can help me, please let me know.  Ju 52 = Junker 52 He 111 = Heinkel 111                       Date               Number      and type       of      airplanes flown in         Supply flown in         Kind of supply         1st  Friday ? Ju 52 +  ? He 111 120 planes 230 tons . Ammo / Food Medical supply . 2nd  Saturday No flights . 0 ton . No supply . . 3rd  Sunday ? Ju 52 +  ? He 111 About 120 planes 250 ton  . Ammo / Food Medical supply . 4th Monday . . . . Fuel / Ammo  Medical supply  . 5th Thuesday 21 He 111 . 40 tons  . Ammo / Fuel Medical supply  Too cold for the Junkers to start   6th Wednesday Fuel / Ammo  Medical supply  . 7th Thursday Food / Ammo Medical supply . Friday 8th, 12.00 noon  ?Ju 52 + ? He 111    Ammo / Fuel until Saturday 9th 12.00  ? Ju 52 + ? He 111  220 tons Medical supply  For the first time a FW 200 'Condor' plane landedin the pocket. 7 of them arrived and took 156 wounded out of the pocket. The 7 FW 200 flew22.5 tons of medical supply, 5 tons fuel 9 tons of ammo in the pocket. . 10th Sunday Fuel / Ammo  Medical supply  For the first time a Junker 290 plane landed in thepocket. 78 wounded flew out with it. A Junker 290 plane carried 10 tons of supply. . 11th Monday No flights . 0 ton . No supply . . 12th Thuesday Fuel / Ammo  Medical supply  . 13th Wednesday No flights . 0 tons . No supply . . Wednesday 13th - 14th Thursday (at night) 45 Junker 52  41 He 111 + ? Ju 290 160 ton . Ammo / Fuel Medical supply  A Ju 290 with 80 wounded on board crashed secondsafter the take-off. Only one survided. NCO Alfred Lutz. The pilot who flew the planenamed Häning.   14th Thursday No flights . 0 tons . No supply . . 15th Friday Fuel / Ammo  Medical supply . 16th  Saturday ? Ju 52 + ? He 111  About 39 planes 68.5 tons . Ammo / Fuel Medical supply  Pitomnik airstrip overran by the Soviet forces. Gumrakairstrip is now in use. Until today + 20.000 wounded or sick soldierswere evacuated out of the Stalingrad pocket.  .  NOTE : Between the first of January 1943 and January16th, 1943, 2325  tons of supply arrived. An average of 145 tons a day. .  17th  Sunday ? Ju 52 + ? He 111 About 45 planes  About 82 tons Flown in and dropped 28 t ammo / 48 t med. Food / 4.65m3 fuel The first planes landed on Gumrak airstrip. . 18th Monday Food / Ammo Medical supply . 19th Thuesday ? Ju 52 + ? He 111 About 40 planes  32 tons flown in 30 tons dropped  Fuel / Ammo  Medical supply  . 20th Wednesday ? Ju 52 + ? He 111 57 planes - 25 landed 52.2 tons Flown in and dropped Food / Ammo Medical supply . 21st  Thursday ? Ju 52 + ? He 111 100 planes  About 200 tons . Fuel / Ammo  Medical supply  Soviet forces pressed in on Gumrak airstrip at night.The airfield is no longer available for the air-lift. . 22nd Friday ? ? ? DROPPED  Food / Ammo Medical supply The last available airstrip 'Stalingradski' is operational,6 planes are crashing on the strip trying to land. . . 23rd Saturday ? ? ? DROPPED  Food / Ammo Medical supply Fall of  Gumrak and Stalingradski airstrip.No airstrips available anymore.  From now on the supply needs to be dropped. . 24th  Sunday 3 Ju 52 + 4 He 111  1 FW 190 / 8 planes 12.5 tons DROPPED Food / Ammo Medical supply Fog. Planes flew very low. About 50 meter above ground. . 25th  Monday ? Ju 52 + ? He 111  7 planes 13 tons DROPPED  Food / Ammo Medical supply 8 planes take-off.  -20 degrees Celcius  . 26th  Thuesday ? Ju 52 + ? He 111  52 planes 46.3 tons DROPPED Food / Ammo Medical supply The 6th Army pocket is cut in two. The southern partis twice as big as the northern. Droppings  above the two pockets. .  27th Wednesday 57 Ju 52 + 50 He 111 + 5 FW 200  103 tons DROPPED Ammo 28 tons Medical supply 75 tons Droppings above the two pockets.  .  28th Thursday ? Ju 52 + ? He 111  87 planes 83.1 ton DROPPED Ammo  Medical supply  The southern pocket is cut in two. Droppings abovethe 3 German pockets at Stalingrad.  .  NOTE : Between January, 17th and January, 28th, 790tons of supply was flown in or dropped. An average of 60.75 tons a day.   29th Friday   Friday, 29th +  Saterday, 30th (at night) ? Ju 52 + ? He 111  109 planes    ? Ju 52 + ? He 111  + ? He 177 / 124 planes 108.8 tons DROPPED   130 tons DROPPED Food / Ammo Medical supply   Food / Ammo Medical supply Major General Pickert of the 9th Flak Division isdismissed by Milch. Droppings above the 3 German pockets at Stalingrad. 125 planes take-off.(day) 151 planes take-off. (at night) .  30th  Saturday ? Ju 52 + ? He 111  + ? He 177 / 85 planes 118 tons DROPPED Food / Ammo Medical supply Droppings above the 3 German pockets at Stalingrad.89 planes take-off. (at night) .  31st  Sunday ? Ju 52 + ? He 111  89 planes 72 tons DROPPED Food / Ammo Medical supply Southern and the center pockets surrenders to theRussians. Droppings only above the northern pocket. 109 planes take-off but only 89 are ableto reach the droppping zone. (at night) Notes :  -Several pilots / planes flew twice a day.   Sources : Books Stopped at Stalingrad - Hayward Luftbrücke Stalingrad - Franz Kurowski The battle for Stalingrad - Rotundo (The 1943 Soviet General StaffStudy)

 

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