Il-2 1946: Bf-109G-6 Online Dogfight

Описание: During the winter of 1944-45 on the Western Front, the pilot of a Bf-109G-6 sees some friendly Fw-190s engaged in a deadly low altitude dogfight with RAF Spitfires. Throwing caution to the wind, he dives into the furball to assist.

I recommend watching the video in 720p if you want to have any hope of seeing and following the small shapes of the enemy planes in parts of the video. The streaming quality is otherwise too low.

This video was recorded using Fraps and the game was Il-2 Sturmovik: 1946. The movie was condensed with Windows Live Movie Maker to make the file size small enough for uploading to youtube. The gameplay itself comes from an ntrk recording of a sortie I flew online last year on the Warclouds_WF server, so unfortunately the comms chatter between the Fw-190 pilots and I was not recorded. Looking around the cockpit was made possible by Trackir 5, however the settings were not optimized, and the sensitivity is very high, resulting in very sudden head movements. Alas, there is nothing I can do about that.

The aircraft flown is a Bf-109G-6 early, and the aircraft engaged are all Spitfire Mk IXe. You can't see the big picture of the fight going on, but there are many other friendly and enemy aircraft in the area. Friendly aircraft that were assisted: Fw-190A-6 and A-9. Other friendly aircraft in the area: Fw-190D-9 and a Fw-190A-8. Other enemy aircraft in the area: P-51D-20NA, Tempest V, and more Spitfires. The result was the destruction of most of the allied aircraft with the loss of the A-8. The A-6 and A-9 were also damaged. Everyone else made it back to base safely.

Warclouds_WF has all realism settings turned on except: Speed Bar, Navigation Map Path, and it has short range friendly icons.

I chose not to include music to let you listen to the sounds without hindrance. I think music goes best with things like montages, not uncut dogfights.

Note: Please don't use the comments for political arguments or debates. Just enjoy the video.