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The airlift statistics.
 

Planes lost by the Luftwaffe during the Stalingrad air-lift.

During the Stalingrad air-lift (Nov. 24th, 1942 until Jan. 31st, 1943) (69 days)
the Luftwaffe lost 488 planes : an average of 7.07 transport planes a day.

266 Junker 52 (a third of Luftwaffe's total complement) (3.85 Ju52 each day)
165 Heinkel 111 (2.42 He111 each day)
42 Junker 86
9 FW 200
5 Heinkel 177

166 planes were completely destroyed
108 planes were (are) missed (also the crews)
214 planes were lost during the take-off or landing
and written off

The total losses are the equivalent of five wings, or more than
one complete air corps.

About 1100 airmen died, (an average of 16 each day)  including many
of the Lufwaffe's most experienced bomber and transport pilots,
navigators and training instructors.

Note : these numbers not include the destroyed planes, by the Soviet
Airforce, during their air-raids on the German airfields outside the
Stalingrad pocket. (between Dec. 25th, 1942 and Jan. 9th, 1943
the Soviet Airforce destroyed  87 planes on German airdromes
used for to supply 6th Army)



About the supply.

During the 72 days and nights between Nov 24th, 1942 and
Feb 3rd, 1943, the Luftwaffe had carried or dropped to the encircled
troops a total of 8350.7 tons of rations, fuel and ammunition, or an average
of 117.6 tons a day.

The Army needed  300 tons a day, the absolute minimum amount.
(To keep 6th Army operational, the army needed 500 tons a day)

Only a few times the daily goal was reached. The most
succesful day was Dec. 7th, 1942.
362 ton supply was flown in.

To feed all soldiers of the encircled 6th Army, about 250.000 men,
with 200 grams of bread, the army needed 50 tons of bread each day.
(25 planes (Ju 52) each day)

To feed all soldiers of the encircled 6th Army, about 250.000 men,
with 100 grams of bread, the army needed 25 tons of bread each day.
(20 planes (He 111) each day)


Heinkel 111 statistics.

Between Nov. 29th, 1942 and Feb. 3rd, 1943  (68 days)
2566 Heinkel 111 flew to the Stalingrad pocket.
(37.73 He 111 each day)

2260 Heinkel (91%) were unloaded in the pocket.
(unloaded includes also the dropped supply the last days)
(33.23 He 111 each day)

Supply :

Medical supply : 1541.14 tons (22.66 tons each day)
Ammunition :        767.50 tons (11.28 tons each day)
Other freight :         99.16 tons (1.45 tons each day)
A total of  :         2407.80 tons (35.40 tons each day)

Fuel :

Diesel : 609.07 m3 (8.95 m3 each day)
Otto :   459.35 m3 (6.75 m3 each day)
B 4 :       42.60 m3 (0.62 m3 each day)
Total : 1111.02 m3 (16.33 m3 each day)

1111.02 m3 fuel = 887.00 tons

The Heinkel 111 formations supplied 6th Army with 3294.80 tons
An average of  48.45 tons each day.

165 Heinkel 111 were lost
(2.42 He 111 each day)

Note : this number not include the destroyed or damaged  Heinkel 111, by
the Soviet airforce, during their air-raids on the German airfields outside
the Stalingrad pocket.

The Heinkel formations flown out of the pocket :

Wounded : 9208 soldiers (all ranks) (135.41 each day)
Post : 533 postbags
Dropped boxes (empty) : 2369


The 'German' airports used for the air-lift.

Inside the German pocket at Stalingrad
Next  7 airports were available.
(by the time the air-lift started)

Pitomnik
Bolshaia Rossoshka
Stalingradski
Gumrak
Basargino
Voroponovo
Karpovka

The base airdromes for the landing of every transport plane were :

Pitomnik
Gumrak
Bolshaia Rossoshka

These airdromes were coverd by anti-aircraft artillery, searchlights and
fighterplanes.

Stalingradski airport was also used between Jan 22nd- Jan 23rd 1943.

In order to decrease the losses resulting from the Soviet Airforce, the
Germans prepared in the ring of encirclement many additional landing
strips.

The airstrips outside the German pocket.
Next airstrips were used to supply the encircled 6th Army :

Morozovskaya
Tatsinskaya
Sverovo
Salsk
Stalino-nord
Novotsherkassk
Lugunsk
Gorlokova
Makejevka
Konstantinovka
Rostov


Voyenno-vozdushnyye sily (Soviet Air Force)
at Stalingrad during the Stalingrad air-lift.

The 8th, 16th and 17th Air Armies participated in the destruction of the 6th Army.
At the beginning of operation Uranus Nov. 19th, 1942 (the encircling of the 6th Army)
following numbers of airplanes were available :


Fighters
. Combat
support Day
Bombers Nigth
Bombers Recon-
naissance Total
16th Air
Army   114
. 105
. -
. 93
. 3
. 315
.
8th Air
Army 284
. 273
. 65
. 122
. 7
. 751
.
17th Air
Army 82
. 40
. -
. 79
. -
. 201
.
Total 480 418 65 294 10 1267


Of these, up to 25% were defective

On December 1st, 1942 Stalin ordered to make an end to the air-lift to Stalingrad.
An example of airplane sorties for the destruction of 6th Army and to end the
air-lift  :


16th Air Army - January 1943
Number of airplane sorties for attacks on the German airdromes inside the pocket


Date 4th-5th 7th 11th 13th-14th 15th-16th 17th-18th 19th-20th   21st Total
Airdromes  
Rossosska 39 8 25 60 160 - 22 - 314
Gumrak 8 - - - - 90 15 15 128
Pitomnik - - 35 43 - - - - 78
Total 47 8 60 103 160 90 37 15 520






In addition to operations against the airdromes from January 10th - January 31st
the Soviet Airforce carried out 1186 airplane sorties for the destruction of German
airplanes (transportplanes) in the air.

Missions carried out by the Soviet Airforce (VVS)

Missions carried out Dec. 1942 and Jan. 1943 by the 8th, 16th and 17th Air Armies


December 1942 January 1943
Missions carried out   Airplane Sorties Airplane Sorties Total
a a a a
Attacks against troops 1838 4483 6321
Destruction of planes 4147 2389 6536
Of these
- Attacking airdromes 2856 638 3494
- Patrolling 273 359 632
- Intercepting airplanes 468 111 579
- Sweeping flights 550 338 888
- Blocking airdromes - 933 933
Covering troops 252 - 252
With combat- support  
planes and bombers 1757 661 2418
Reconnaisance 1505 373 1878
Action against railways 204 - 204
Other missions 756 494 1250
Total 10459 8400 18859



The operations of aviation against German troops were not carried out uniformly during
this period, they were most active during the period of intense operations of Soviet ground
troops. These periods were the fighting of the troops of the Southern Front against the
German Winter Storm offensive (Hoth's attempt to relief 6th Army) and the subsequent
smashing of this group (from December 12th until the 19th, 1942) and the offensive of the
Don Front for the purpose of liquidation of the encircled 6th Army at Stalingrad (from
January 10th until the 02nd February 1943).

Zak

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Posted Today, 16:30

Dear pilots!

I'm glad to announce that this Wednesday, August 14th we'll be streaming the game on Twitch.tv
You'll see the current version of the game and hear comments from Albert 'Loft' Zhiltsov and me, Andrey 'Zak' Shumakov.

The stream starts in 16:00 GMT.

Dear all, this is the very first stream that we're making, and it will be in Russian. Sorry for inconvenience. The next stream will be in English. And this one will be published on YouTube later this week with all the conversations transcripted into video captions in English

I sincerely count on your understanding.



Stay in touch!

De jolies images de Pe2.

Zak a écrit:
Dear Pilots!


Today’s 30th anniversary Dev blog note is a perfect occasion for some presents, don’t you think?

It has been five weeks since we launched the IL-2: BOS pre-order program. We say thanks to everyone who pre-ordered either edition by September 1st! In appreciation of all who have pre-ordered by this date, you will receive two bonuses for your in-game IL-2 aircraft:

Weapon modification with a ShKAS machinegun in the rear.
Unique camouflage skin.

Both these additions will be available to you the very first day when IL-2: BOS is released. The IL-2 skin is unique and cannot be unlocked while playing the game.

More good news - we have decided to extend the early-access pre-order program for one more month until October 1st! Over the past few weeks we have revealed more and more information about the project, our technology, the team and our goals. Now many more potential pilots can make an informed decision about BOS and still participate in our pre-order program. We hope they will want to join you in the skies above Stalingrad this year.

In addition to extending the pre-order program, anyone who has already placed or will place an order before October 1st will receive a special skin for the Bf-109 F4. This is just one of several other bonuses that will be announced for those that place a pre-order before the deadline. Stay tuned!

And finally the biggest news so far - both the Standard and Premium editions of BOS will now include all 8 flyable aircraft as a launching set of aircrafts! We always listen to our community’s opinion and we respect your input and concerns. Therefore we have decided to give all users the Yak-1 and Bf-109 G2 as part of the basic package. The dogfights will surely be epic fun for all.

And as promised the record of yesterdays live stream is now available with English subtitles on our YouTube channel

Posted Today, 12:38

Dear friends,

We're glad to announce that the Pre-order program is now over, and starting November 12th the project enters the Early access stage. Our team is grateful to you for supporting us on the early stage of development. We hope to continue this friendly and fruitful communication in future.

So, what changes has the early access brought to us?

1) As the Founders Pre-order program is now closed, the previously known Standard and Premium editions with all their bonuses and special features are no longer available

2) Premium editions return to our shelves on November 12th at the price of $94,99. Purchasing such edition automatically grants access to the early access, but these versions don't contain other gift items.

3) Buyers of the Standard Edition of the Pre-Order Program will get early access in December 2013 prior to public release (the exact date will be announced later). Buyers of the Premium Edition will get the early access on November 19th 2013. Upgrade from the Standard to the Premium Edition is not available.

Additional info will be published as a FAQ later.