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#4192191 - 11/08/15 11:23 AM First Victory - Crash Site  
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Sometimes I note the longitude/latitude data we can collect from the inflight info (Z-key),
when I am over the crash site of an enemy aircraft I brought down.

Then I look into GoogleMaps to see, where it would have been in the real air war.
The first victory for Vizefeldwebel Wolfram Ohlhoff, Jasta 2, was at Beaulencourt,
3 kilometers southeast of Bapaume. Here is such a research result.
It somehow adds a "goose-skin touch of realism" to it all for me.




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#4192194 - 11/08/15 11:55 AM Re: First Victory - Crash Site [Re: Olham]  
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Hehe, extra realism added, nice touch!

Would be marvellous if we could have a Google Maps ingame,wouldn´t it?

#4192196 - 11/08/15 12:03 PM Re: First Victory - Crash Site [Re: Olham]  
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Well, we have the long/lat data - that requires a short pause, okay -
but that's good data to find the spot later on!


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#4192211 - 11/08/15 01:15 PM Re: First Victory - Crash Site [Re: Olham]  
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Very cool sir!

#4192223 - 11/08/15 02:07 PM Re: First Victory - Crash Site [Re: Olham]  
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NOTE: Write the data like this: N50 04 15 E02 53 39

(not like given in WOFF, with * and ')

Have fun!


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#4192273 - 11/08/15 05:31 PM Re: First Victory - Crash Site [Re: Olham]  
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Now that's quite cool!

#4192285 - 11/08/15 05:48 PM Re: First Victory - Crash Site [Re: Olham]  
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I used that info long ago when filling out claim reports. It worked well-- sometimes!


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#4192634 - 11/09/15 02:30 PM Re: First Victory - Crash Site [Re: Olham]  
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#4195765 - 11/18/15 03:08 AM Re: First Victory - Crash Site [Re: Olham]  
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