Making its combat debut in July 1942 the Lavochkin La-5 is here for Blood Red Skies! Lavochkin La-5 View in Store Able to fight German fighters on an equal footing the LA5 was developed and refined from the LaGG-3, it became one of the Soviet Air Force’s most capable types of Fighter aircraft of WWII….
The Lavochkin La-5 squadron + Ace: Ivan Kozhedub of the 240 IAP (Fighter Aviation Regiment) are about to arrive on the Eastern front for Blood Red Skies! Pre-order in Store 240 IAP (Fighter Aviation Regiment) The 240 IAP (Fighter Aviation Regiment) was one of the foremost Soviet fighter units. Initially equipped with obsolete I-16 fighters,…
The Kawanishi N1K-2 ‘Shiden Kai’, one of the finest land-based fighters flown by the Japanese, is here for Blood Red Skies! KAWANISHI N1K-2 ‘SHIDEN KAI’ View in Store The Kawanishi N1K-2 ‘Shiden Kai’ (“Violet Lightning”) was an Imperial Japanese Navy Air Force (IJNAF) land-based fighter. Known by the Allied forces as “George”, the N1K-2…
Making its combat debut in June 1944 the Mitsubishi J2M Raiden, is here for Blood Red Skies! MITSUBISHI J2M ‘RAIDEN’ View in Store After a year correcting serious engine problems, the Mitsubishi J2M Raiden (“Thunderbolt”) known by the Allied forces as “Jack”, finally arrived in front line squadrons February 1944. Primarily designed to defend against…
Percy Charles ‘Pick’ Pickard flew a variety of aircraft during the war, from the Wellington bomber, through the Westland Lysander to the Mosquito, with which he appears in this Aces box. He had a reputation for being calm under fire and always focusing on the mission objective. This set contains: 1 x Plastic de Havilland…
There are not one but two Hawker Hurricane Aces for Blood Red Skies – Douglas Bader and Witold Urbanowicz. Available now from Warlord Games… Douglas Bader This set contains: 1 x Plastic Hawker Hurricane Advantage Flying Base Set of Double-sided Pilot Skills Discs Aircraft Card Aircraft Trait Card Ace Skill Card Johnny Johnson Ace Card…
While Johnnie Johnson missed the Battle of France and Battle of Britain due to a sporting injury, he went on to become the most successful RAF pilot against the Fw 190, destroying 20. He was also the highest scoring western fighter ace against the Luftwaffe in general. This set contains: Plastic Spitfire Advantage Flying Base…
In this Pilot Profile series, we’ll be looking at each of the ACEs released for Blood Red Skies, their exploits and their abilities in your games, continuing with Royal Air Force ACE Adolph Gysbert “Sailor” Malan, DSO & Bar, DFC & Bar As commander of No. 74 Squadron RAF during the Battle of Britain, Sailor…
In this pilot profile series, we’ll be looking at each of the aces released for Blood Red Skies, their exploits and their abilities in your games. Continuing with German ace Adolf Joseph Ferdinand Galland. 705 combat missions on the Western Front. 104 aerial victories. Survived being shot down 4 times. 1937 During the Spanish Civil…
In this Pilot Profile series, we’ll be looking at each of the ACEs released for Blood Red Skies, their exploits and their abilities in your games, continuing with Japanese ACE Saburō Sakai Sub-Lieutenant Saburō Sakai (25 August 1916 – 22 September 2000), known as the samurai of the skies, was a Japanese naval pilot ace…
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