Profiles of planes and pilots, with a history of their service and how they are used in the Blood Red Skies game.
Jagdgeschwader 7 (Nowotny) operated the Messerschmitt Me 262. This heavily armed aircraft was the world’s first operational jet-powered fighter. Messerschmitt Me 262 Vital Statistics Crew: 1 Length: 10.6 m Wingspan: 12.6 m Max Speed: 900 km/h Combat Range: 1,050 km Armament: 4 × 30 mm MK 108 cannon (the A-2a had only two cannons); 24 × 55 mm (2.2…
Jagdgeschwader 52 employed the Messerschmitt BF109G on the Eastern front. It was the most successful fighter wing of all time. Messerschmitt BF 109G Vital Statistics Crew: 1 Length: 8.95 m Wingspan: 9.925 m Max Speed: 640 km/h Combat Range: 850 km Armament: 2 × 13 mm (.51 in) synchronized MG 131 machine guns with 300 rpg; 1 ×…
Explore the career of one of the Soviet Union’s highest-scoring aces – fight the Fascists in Spain and defend the Motherland with Lev Shestakov! View in Store Spring, 1944. A swarm of Ju-87 Stukas hammered away at an advancing Soviet tank formation. Hoping to drive off the now-obsolete dive bombers, a squadron of LaGG-3 fighters…
The skies over Guadalcanal are swarming with Japanese Zeroes. Diving into this furball is one of America’s top-scoring aces – Joseph J Foss! View in Store An F4F Wildcat skidded across the runway at Henderson Field, riddled with bullet holes. Without flaps or landing gear, carved a gouge in the dirt, careening past a grove…
This week, we’re looking at one of the top German Focke-Wulf 190 aces, who shot down the legendary Pierre Clostermann – Hans Dortenmann. View in Store A Hawker Tempest lands heavily on the makeshift airfield, smoke belching from the engine, its fuselage riddled with holes. Its pilot – famed French ace Pierre Clostermann has just…
This week, we’re looking at the top French ace of the war, with 33 kills to his name. Pierre Clostermann takes centre stage! View in Store It’s July, 1943. A dozen Focke-Wulf 190s have bounced a flight of RAF Spitfire Mk.Vbs during a fighter sweep over northern France. In the cockpit of one Spitfire, one…
Blast up off the pitching deck of a US Navy aircraft carrier in the rugged F4F Wildcat! Protect the fleet from marauding Zeroes and Kates! Despite a rocky development process that led to aircraft designs being scrapped and redrawn several times, the F4F Wildcat proved to be an incredibly successful naval fighter. In the hands…
Jump into the cockpit of one of the Luftwaffe’s most advanced fighters and turn the tables on those pesky Spitfires! Enter the Focke-Wulf 190A! View in Store After his first design lost out to the vastly superior Bf 109, aircraft designer Kurt Tank and the Focke-Wulf company began work on a new fighter aircraft, that…
While the Spitfire steals the spotlight an unappreciated workhorse is defending Britain’s shores from the marauding Luftwaffe. Enter the Hawker Hurricane! View in Store Designed and built in the early 1930s, the Hawker Hurricane was the RAF’s workhorse during the early part of the second world war. While not as glamorous as the Supermarine Spitfire,…
Dive back into Blood Red Skies with a brief look at the Soviet Air Force – defend the Motherland from the hated fascists! Unlike their illustrious counterparts in the west, the Soviet air force had rather humbler beginnings, transforming from the Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Air Fleet in 1918 to the Military Air Forces (VVS)…
Dan Hewitson
Tom Mecredy