Game: IL-2 Sturmovik 1946
Difficulty: Medium (so I can have icons and external views, everything else is full real)


"My names Richard Smucker, I am a fresh out of flight school US navy pilot stationed on the USS Enterprise. Ever since Pearl Harbor I have been training my rear off to get in the fight against the evil Tojo. I was born in Austin, Texas, and all my squad mates call me Alamo, for some reason or another. My story begins in May of 1942, in the Coral Sea."


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Today was a schedueled to be a nice patrol, and for us it was. Me and the boys got prepped around 10 a.m on the flight deck. If we weren't at war this place would be a dream vacation for a farm boy like me

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We didn't expect any Japs in the area, so after take off I started messin' about, flying out of formation, the usual stuff I'm known for. Until the radio started buzzing with messages from friendlies, mumbled words and screams for help.

"Zero's 6 o'clock high!"
"I'm hit, I'm hit! I'm bailin out!"

Messages I had never experienced before. The carrier sent us an order to head north east, look for the troubled pilots. By the time we had gotten there , there was no sign there had ever been a dogfight, no debris in the water that we could tell. Best guesses were the Jap's high tailed it after getting some victories. I won't let it happen again.

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On the way back to my home away from home, all I could think about was the news of Pearl Harbor, mixin' in my head with the radio messages of those missing flyboys. First Jap I see is goin' straight to hell.


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OOC: I hope to keep this career going the whole war, unless I die, in which case you will be informed. I hope someone reads it so I ain't just writing for nothing.

I read it, goodluck!

Beautiful choice of game, I will certainly be reading.

Never played IL-2 in the Pacific, preferred the European fronts. Good luck there.

is that the normal colouring or has somebody scorched the deck already?

and don't worry about nobody reading, people read mine and I have no talent so imagine your ratings :p

is that the normal colouring or has somebody scorched the deck already?

and don't worry about nobody reading, people read mine and I have no talent so imagine your ratings :p

I imagine the color is from the tires.

On Texas and Tojo: Part II

Last night was restless, nothing but the sounds of death playing over and over in my head. Not much sleep was got, and worst thing was bright and early in the morning we got warning a Japanese scout had spotted us, and worst yet that he had gotten away. So we saddled up and rushed the only planes we had in the air, six Wildcats, me and the boys.

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All was fine until we were airborne and the enemy was spotted. I had never expected such a large onslaught, there had to be twenty or more Zero's buzzing around, with only us six, it would be a suicide run.

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OOC: Lets see if I survive this. All the dots in the second image are Zero's. Hopefully my career doesn't live up to it's namesake, Alamo.

On Texas and Tojo: Part II, Part II


The battle didn't last long, I noticed my guns torn into a fuel tank on one of the Japs before I was going down. I survived to fight another day, can't say the same for my squad, before I lost conscientiousness I saw at least three more of our birds hit the water.

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I live to fight another day, most likely later in the evening. If I can get in a plane I will take some of em down this time.

"Rudder Controls: damaged", that's a bit of an understatement. Your whole right wing is missing! :lol:

I am back and will do an update for this tonight, most likely.

On Texas and Tojo: Part III
Got me a Zero


After my last encounter with the Imperial navy I thought for sure I would be killed. Someone was watchin' over me, I might have lost a plane but that could be replaced, and replaced it was. Two days had passed with no action whatsoever, then the scout planes send back urgent messages about another large fighter/bomber assault heading our way. On the Enterprise we got our six Wildcats on the deck and prepped for take off. I vowed I would score a kill this time and I was dead set on it.

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On the deck I looked at my buddies, we knew this could be the last time we all saw each other so the thumbs up all around was a depressing moment.

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When we got to altitude we turned back to face our fleet and behold the might of the Japanese navy. A good thirty planes, mixed between bombers and fighters, aiming at our carriers no doubt. We flew formation and reared into position. The fight was coming. We twist and turned, weaving through friend and foe alike. The opportunity revealed itself to me, a break away Zero aiming at one of my buddies, I pushed the throttle to 110% and jumped behind him. We slugged back and forth for what seemed like eternity, both fighting to keep a shot open, then I had it, he stalled and was forced to level out and I pulled the trigger.

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Scratch one for old Alamo and another bad guy successfully stopped. I know my parents would be proud if they could only see. We made our way back to the carriers after all the remaining planes had fled, going over the days combat report. My squad had taken out five and lost one of our own. The captain came down to tell us we did good, and the odds were favorable, but I will never accept a friends death as 'acceptable'. Not as long as I can fly.

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We received some newspapers from back home talking about the Germans and the air war in Europe. I can only imagine the type of battlefield that must be, they have ground and we have an endless sea, they have airfields and we have a couple ships. Either way, we fight for the same cause and if the rest of the pilots are like me and the squad, this war will be over in no time.

Congrats on your first kill. Given the Japanese seem determined to take out the Enterprise, I wouldn't be surprised if it were the first of many.

Bravo, my American compatriot!