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&name="Night fighters over the Kuban"


&description="Fly the Bf-110 G2 as night fighter pilot of 10.(NJ)/ZG 1<br><br><u>Author</u><br>Juri_JS<br><br><u>Map</u><br>Kuban<br><br><u>Time Period</u><br>April to June 1943<br><br><u>Number of Missions</u><br>10<br><br><u>Remarks</u><br><li>A mission is complete only when the player returns to and lands at his home airfield.</li><li>Do not hide the entire GUI (H key) when flying a mission. Doing so will disable the messages you receive during flight.</li><li>Except for the player aircraft all plane and ground object markers are disabled by default, irrespective of the selected realism settings.</li><br><br><u>Background</u><br>10.(NJ)/ZG 1 was formed in October 1942. Not much is know about the first months of its existence, but from February 1943 onward it was based at Bagerovo as a night fighter squadron tasked with the defense of the Kerch Strait area. Most of the supplies for the German forces fighting in the Kuban bridgehead had to be transported across the narrow strait between the Crimea and the Taman peninsula, so the area became a primary target for Soviet night bombers. The pilots of 10.(NJ)/ZG 1 also carried out missions over or near the front to counter frequent night harassment attacks, often flown by obsolete biplanes. None of the unit's Bf-110s were equipped with radar, so interceptions had to be done in close cooperation with searchlight batteries. Despite the lack of onboard radar and the small number of available aircraft, the unit scored dozens of night victories. In August 1943 10.(NJ)/ZG 1 became the 5th Staffel of NJG 200, one of the two dedicated eastern front night fighter Geschwader the Luftwaffe formed during the war."