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Originally Posted by yogybär
The Game-Map "Kurland" was created by Ian Boys & me in 2004. During that time, we and csthor researched the whole aerial battles incl. OOB there as far as possible at that time.
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Which, btw, was the original inspiration for this thread.
If you don't mind, I must say that many of the OOBs as seen in the Kurland campaigns seem a bit off. I'll list a couple of inconsistencies I've found so far:
-10.(Pz)/SG 3 is depicted in one of the campaigns as flying from the Kurland region (excluding the official "Kessel" designation) from late June-November 1944, yet ww2.dk shows them as being in Kurland (Riga, IIRC) only for a short time in Sept.-October 1944. Was this a concession to give the player a longer campaign with this unit?
-the same issues above, but instead dealing with JG 51. From my research, it seems for the majority of the time period they were flying far south of the depicted game map; again, was this a concession made for gameplay?
-JG 54 aircraft (aka their 190s) are not depicted at all their operational airfields, depending on the time period. For instance, Zabeln, Cirava, and Windau are all listed as operational airfields for January 1945, yet these airfields are either completely empty of aircraft or feature only Ju 52s and Fw 200s. Is there a reason for this?
I don't want it to seem like I am bashing the work you and many others did with this map and the campaigns, as I really enjoy flying for both sides on this map. It's just that I like things to be as historically correct as possible when doing so.
Thanks!