Furball over Bonninghardt https://youtu.be/9TGpi6KOwSgVideo was taken from the Group Session of January 14, 2024. The Mission was flown on the Rheinland map.
Rheinland map @ IL-2 Mission Planner (Revived):
https://serverror.github.io/IL2-Mission-Planner/#rheinlandSeveral of us were engaged with Bf-109’s and Fw-190s over and near the city of Bonninghardt in Grid 1421. As for my success during the mission let me sum it up by saying
"Sometimes you are the windshield other times you are the bug…"--------------------------------
Even though I know the sites are Global I am still quite often surprised at the interactions these videos or forums engender.
I posted this video on a DIscord channel a couple of days ago and I had an interesting conversation today with someone who actually lives in the area. According to them the German town of Alpen is actually mislabeled in the game as Bonninghardt. I looked it up on Google maps and they were definitely correct regarding the town naming..
Alpen Germany:
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpen,_Germany
Google maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/w7PZH1YocHRCh5Rr8Game map:
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